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Free agency not best route to World Series title - MLB.com
27 Jan 2012 at 4:15pm
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Free agency not best route to World Series title
MLB.com
And, no, it isn't the $214 million contract that Tigers officials gave Fielder as a free agent. When it comes to these monster contracts, neither baseball nor any other pro sport is immune to the law of supply and demand. Whatever somebody is willing ...
Astros move is to league of free spendersHouston Chronicle (blog)
Tigers introduce FielderThe Seattle Times
Doubters abound on Miguel Cabrera's move to third baseUSA TODAY
Los Angeles Times
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Peyton Manning Free Agency Rumors and Reports Roundup - Yahoo! Sports
27 Jan 2012 at 4:51pm
CBC.ca
Peyton Manning Free Agency Rumors and Reports Roundup
Yahoo! Sports
Chris Perkins of CBS Sports: "The Miami Dolphins are interested in pursuing Indianapolis quarterback Peyton Manning and Green Bay's Matt Flynn as free agents, local reports say. Due to NFL tampering rules, Dolphins officials can't speak publicly about ...
Mailbag: All eyes on Peyton ManningESPN (blog)
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To Be Free, Twitter Must Not Be Free - Huffington Post
27 Jan 2012 at 4:46pm
Daily Mail
To Be Free, Twitter Must Not Be Free
Huffington Post
The one thing that was always constant was that most people believed that humanity has finally developed a medium that is truly democratic, in the sense that is it is free from any means of control or influence which could prevent a message from ...
Twitter sparks free speech fury by announcing it will censor messages country ...Daily Mail
Twitter's new censorship plan stirs global furorLos Angeles Times
Twitter's Censors Provoke BacklashWall Street Journal
AFP -Boston.com
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NFL free agency looks overloaded once again - Philadelphia Inquirer
28 Jan 2012 at 2:03am
NFL free agency looks overloaded once again
Philadelphia Inquirer
This year's free-agent market won't quite be the shopper's paradise that we saw last summer following the lockout, when hundreds of top-level players were available. But it's still going to be considerably more attractive than previous years.
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Syria crisis: Free Army fighters claim control of Douma - BBC News
26 Jan 2012 at 8:17pm
msnbc.com
Syria crisis: Free Army fighters claim control of Douma
BBC News
They said they were members of the Free Syrian Army, the loose alliance of fighters - mainly defectors from the regime's army - who have picked up guns to try to overturn more than 40 years of rule by the Assad family. Their weapons were no match for ...
Free Syrian Army shows video of alleged Iranian fighters abducted in HomsAl-Arabiya
Free Syria Army claims capture of Iranian agents in HomsJerusalem Post
Syrian Rebels Make Inroads With Help of Armed FightersNew York Times
Reuters -msnbc.com
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Student receives free cocaine with Amazon textbook order - msnbc.com
27 Jan 2012 at 3:53pm
msnbc.com
Student receives free cocaine with Amazon textbook order
msnbc.com
By Rosa Golijan Any university student who has ever purchased a used textbook knows that there are sometimes strange surprises hiding between those pages. Usually they come in the form of messy scribbles or perhaps even a forgotten piece of gum, ...
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Are free-riders gaming Massachusetts health reform? - Washington Post (blog)
27 Jan 2012 at 12:59pm
New York Times
Are free-riders gaming Massachusetts health reform?
Washington Post (blog)
But he did raise one less-common policy challenge to Massachusetts health reform: the idea of free-riding. In Massachusetts, and in the federal health-reform law, the fine for not purchasing insurance tends to be much lower than the cost of purchasing ...
Mitt Romney Defends Massachusetts Individual Mandate Despite PushbackABC News (blog)
Romney's Unlikely And Persuasive Defense Of The 'Individual Mandate'NPR (blog)
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Hutaree defendants ask for free lodging, judge offers a jail cell - Detroit F...
28 Jan 2012 at 1:01am
Hutaree defendants ask for free lodging, judge offers a jail cell
Detroit Free Press
... state and federal law enforcement officers and their vehicles. Defense lawyers have long argued that the defendants were simply engaged in tough talk, which is protected by free speech rights, and they never had any real plans to harm anyone.
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City Limits Free Tutoring to the Poorest Students - New York Times
27 Jan 2012 at 10:40am
City Limits Free Tutoring to the Poorest Students
New York Times
By Anna M. Phillips An increase in the number of students who qualify for free tutoring this year has led New York City to narrow its eligibility requirements, cutting off services to more than 3500 students and offering them exclusively to those in ...
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Rafael Nadal relieved to be playing Australian Open final injury-free - Heral...
28 Jan 2012 at 1:33am
Rafael Nadal relieved to be playing Australian Open final injury-free
Herald Sun
WHEN Rafael Nadal walks on to Rod Laver Arena tomorrow night, it will be precisely two weeks since he sat at his hotel weeping, fearing his Australian Open was over before it started. The indestructible warrior of tennis dreaded a pinched tendon ...
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ComEd should pay customers for damages caused by outages during wave of summe...
28 Jan 2012 at 12:40am
Chicago Tribune
ComEd should pay customers for damages caused by outages during wave of summer ...
Chicago Tribune
If the Illinois Commerce Commission agrees with Attorney General Lisa Madigan's findings, the utility could be required under state law to pay claims to people who lost refrigerated food and suffered other damages as well as to local governments that ...
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Viacom CEO Dauman's pay drops to $43M in 2011; former top earner won't match ...
27 Jan 2012 at 7:44pm
Viacom CEO Dauman's pay drops to $43M in 2011; former top earner won't match ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK ? Viacom Inc.'s Philippe Dauman led the list of America's top-paid CEOs in 2010 but his pay package for 2011 was nearly halved, mainly because he didn't get stock bonuses for renewing his contract as he did a year ago.
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Fannie, Freddie to Get Paid for Forgiving Debt in Mortage Pl - Bloomberg
27 Jan 2012 at 3:14pm
Bloomberg
Fannie, Freddie to Get Paid for Forgiving Debt in Mortage Pl
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Fannie, Freddie to Get Paid for Forgiving Debt in Mortage Pl Fannie, Freddie to Get Paid for Forgiving Debt in Mortage Pl Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Abandoned houses at the Desert Mesa subdivision in North Las Vegas Nov. 13, 2011.
Parker: Gingrich's wondrous, elastic definitionsCincinnati.com
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Merit pay no panacea for teachers - Toronto Star
28 Jan 2012 at 1:02am
Merit pay no panacea for teachers
Toronto Star
Re: Should better teachers be paid more? Jan. 22 One of the difficulties of ?merit pay? as applied to teaching is the great difficulty of finding an objective way of evaluating ?merit.? Given this difficulty, it is often tempting to take any objective ...
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Romney's Tax Returns Show He Paid More in Taxes Than He Owed - TIME
27 Jan 2012 at 3:03pm
New York Times
Romney's Tax Returns Show He Paid More in Taxes Than He Owed
TIME
By Josh Sanburn | @joshsanburn | January 27, 2012 | + In a deep dive into Mitt Romney's tax returns, it turns out that the 2012 GOP presidential candidate paid about $44000 more in taxes than he owed. The New York Times is reporting that Romney's ...
Romney Paid More Than He OwedNew York Times
Many of the super-rich pay 15% tax rate like Mitt RomneyDetroit Free Press
Romney paid $6.2m tax on $42.5mIrish Times
Salt Lake Tribune -Boston Globe -Wall Street Journal
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Pay to play is a losing proposition for bands - Montreal Gazette
28 Jan 2012 at 1:55am
Pay to play is a losing proposition for bands
Montreal Gazette
That's because the vast majority of the city's small clubs, where original music, be it rock, metal, hip-hop or whatever else is born, are what are known as "pay-to-play" venues. The bands pay for the room, and in return, they have access to a staff, ...
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Techs, Railroads Pay Up - Barron's
28 Jan 2012 at 4:22am
Techs, Railroads Pay Up
Barron's
It took cash-rich technology companies some time to heed the call of investors to pay dividends, or even to boost skimpy ones. And holdouts remain. Apple (ticker: AAPL) said Tuesday that it was "actively discussing" uses for its $100 billion cash stash ...
Final tribute paid to Joe Paterno - Clearfield Progress
27 Jan 2012 at 12:10pm
BBC News
Final tribute paid to Joe Paterno
Clearfield Progress
By Terry Whetstone and Tyler Kolesar Staff Writers STATE COLLEGE - The Bryce Jordan Center was filled yesterday afternoon as the center hosted "A Memorial For Joe," a tribute to the former Penn State football coach who lost his battle with cancer on ...
Penn State Paid Final farewell to Paterno with a Funeral Tribute on Wednesdayallvoices
Thursday's Sports in BriefWashington Post
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I paid a fortune in tax, Redknapp told police - AFP
27 Jan 2012 at 12:40pm
AFP
I paid a fortune in tax, Redknapp told police
AFP
LONDON ? Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp told police he did not fiddle taxes and had paid "fortunes" in income tax, a court heard on Friday. Redknapp also said he lost £6 million in a property venture in Southsea in south-east England and had ...
Soccer Coach Harry Redknapp Told Police He Paid $1.6 Million TaxBusinessWeek
Harry Redknapp tax evasion trial: I'm paid £40k a week so have no need to ...Daily Mail
News Corp.'s Tabloid Paid $12524 for Information on Soccer Manager ProbeBloomberg
Telegraph.co.uk -Express.co.uk -This is Leicestershire
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FINS.com: Tough UK Pay Rules Cut Cash Bonuses - Wall Street Journal
27 Jan 2012 at 11:03am
FINS.com: Tough UK Pay Rules Cut Cash Bonuses
Wall Street Journal
In 2010 [bonus round, paid in early 2011] we saw a genuine and stark gap between the compensation of top performers and the rest of the pack with an unprecedented number of zero bonuses for managing directors. We would only expect this trend to ...
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Survey: Tablet, e-reader ownership surges - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
28 Jan 2012 at 4:08am
Survey: Tablet, e-reader ownership surges
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
MARK LENNIHAN Associated Press The percentage of adults who own a tablet PC or e-reader nearly doubled during the holiday season, finds a survey from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. According to the survey, 19% of adults ...
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State regulators fine PG&E $16.8M for shoddy gas leak surveys under new ... - ...
27 Jan 2012 at 7:35pm
KTVU San Francisco
State regulators fine PG&E $16.8M for shoddy gas leak surveys under new ...
Washington Post
$16.8 million for failing to perform gas leak surveys in the wake of a deadly pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb in 2010. The California Public Utilities Commission announced the fine Friday, as part of a new citation program that gives its ...
CPUC fines PG&E $16.8M for shoddy gas leak surveysKTVU San Francisco
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Survey: Record number of Israeli Jews believe in God - Haaretz
26 Jan 2012 at 6:03pm
Haaretz
Survey: Record number of Israeli Jews believe in God
Haaretz
By Nir Hasson Tags: Jewish law Orthodox Jews Reform Jews Fully 80 percent of Israeli Jews believe that God exists - the highest figure found by the Guttman-Avi Chai survey since this review of Israeli-Jewish beliefs began two decades ago.
Survey: 80 Percent of Israelis Believe in GodChristian Broadcasting Network
Poll: 80% of Israeli Jews believe in GodYnetnews
Rising Number of Jews Believe in GodForward
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How the Public Sees Business Rules - New York Times
27 Jan 2012 at 6:13pm
How the Public Sees Business Rules
New York Times
In surveys of 1000 people in each of 25 countries late last year, Edelman, a public relations firm, asked, ?When it comes to government regulation of business, do you think that your government regulates business too much, not enough or about the right ...
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Atlanta Fed Survey:Firms See 2012 Infl +1.8% vs Prev Est +1.9% - MNI News
27 Jan 2012 at 10:46am
Atlanta Fed Survey:Firms See 2012 Infl +1.8% vs Prev Est +1.9%
MNI News
By Ian McKendry WASHINGTON (MNI) - The Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank said Friday a survey of businesses show expectations are for inflation in 2012 to rise 1.8%, down slightly from their expectation in December for a 1.9% increase.
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Community Survey Aims to Help Services Improve - NBC 29 News
27 Jan 2012 at 6:50am
Community Survey Aims to Help Services Improve
NBC 29 News
University of Virginia's Center for Survey Research is in the midst of placing calls asking for your opinions. This is the first time the center has conducted a survey of the Jefferson Area Region. They want to know what you think about politics, ...
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Survey of the Best CD Rates for January 27, 2012 - Deposit Accounts (blog)
27 Jan 2012 at 6:11pm
Deposit Accounts (blog)
Survey of the Best CD Rates for January 27, 2012
Deposit Accounts (blog)
This CD survey blog posts are intended to highlight nationwide CD deals that may not be apparent in the tables. For example, I'll include the post-penalty yields of a few long-term CDs. The CD survey blog posts are also intended to highlight the local ...
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Ashland unveils results of adolescent health survey - Wicked Local
27 Jan 2012 at 11:16pm
Ashland unveils results of adolescent health survey
Wicked Local
By Joe O'Connell/Staff writer While MetroWest high school and middle school students say they are smoking and drinking less, many admitted they are more stressed, according to the results of an adolescent health survey administered by the MetroWest ...
Cvent Enhances Web Survey Solution with Most Significant Feature Additions an...
27 Jan 2012 at 4:30am
Cvent Enhances Web Survey Solution with Most Significant Feature Additions and ...
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cvent, the world's largest provider of cloud-based software for web surveys, event management and meeting site selection, today announced several considerable advancements to its web survey solution, featuring upgrades that foster ...
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Cvent Enhances Web Survey Solution with Most Significant Feature Additions an...
26 Jan 2012 at 8:54am
Cvent Enhances Web Survey Solution with Most Significant Feature Additions and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MCLEAN, Va., Jan 26, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cvent, the world's largest provider of cloud-based software for web surveys, event management and meeting site selection, today announced several considerable advancements to its web survey solution, ...
Cvent Introduces Mobile-Friendly Online Registration and Event WebsitesEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
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Everyone Qualifies for Free Tax Preparation & E-Filing With TaxACT(R)
26 Jan 2012 at 12:43pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA-- - TaxACT is the free federal tax preparation and e-filing solution for everyone, regardless of income, age, state of residence, filing status, military status, or complexity of return."Free ...
SchoolBook: City Limits Free Tutoring to the Poorest Students
27 Jan 2012 at 10:47am
An increase in the number of students who qualify for free tutoring this year has led New York City to narrow its eligibility requirements, cutting off services to more than 3,500 students and offering them exclusively to those in the poorest households. Currently about 54,000 city students take part in federally funded tutoring because they attend schools that have failed for two years to make ...
City Limits Free Tutoring to the Poorest Students
27 Jan 2012 at 10:46am
An increase in the number of students who qualify for free tutoring this year has led New York City to narrow its eligibility requirements, cutting off services to more than 3,500 students and offering them exclusively to those in the poorest households. Currently about 54,000 city students take part in federally funded tutoring because they attend schools that have failed for two years to make ...
Free Syrian Army 'control' Douma
26 Jan 2012 at 9:08pm
BBC's Bowen visits a Damascus suburb where rebels claim control
How to Electronically File Your Income Tax Return for Free
26 Jan 2012 at 8:56am
Free File is offered through a public-private partnership between the Internal Revenue Service and tax software companies, and can help you safely file your taxes.
Intuit?s Free Mobile App Helps Low-income Taxpayers Find, Claim Overlooked Cr...
26 Jan 2012 at 7:30am
Intuit Inc. is offering a free, mobile application to help taxpayers determine if they qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC.
Taiwan set for first free trade area
26 Jan 2012 at 11:04am
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou said a free trade area would be set up soon in the south, as the government begins moves to joining a trans-Pacific free trade alliance.
Los Angeles Area Bloggers Get "Free Food" from Gardein and the Green Truck
27 Jan 2012 at 11:00am
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA-- - WHAT:The makers of meat-free Gardein are offering all Greater Los Angeles bloggers "free food" from the L.A. based Green Truck that has been hitting the streets with ...
Free Voice Call/Messenger Application 'LINE' Reaches 15 Million Downloads in ...
27 Jan 2012 at 12:00am
TOKYO, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NHN Japan Corporation (NHN Japan hereafter) announced that the total downloads of its free voice call/messenger smartphone application 'LINE' reached 15 million on ...
NFL free agency looks overloaded once again
28 Jan 2012 at 2:18am
This year's free-agent market won't quite be the shopper's paradise that we saw last summer following the lockout, when hundreds of top-level players were available. But it's still going to be considerably more attractive than previous years.
I paid a fortune in tax, Redknapp told police
27 Jan 2012 at 12:38pm
Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp told police he did not fiddle taxes and had paid "fortunes" in income tax, a court heard on Friday.
Report: Spotify Hits 3 Million Paid Users
26 Jan 2012 at 5:01pm
Spotify has reached 3 million subscribers, 20 percent of which pay for the service.
RAIT Financial Trust Announces Tax Treatment of Dividends Paid in 2011
27 Jan 2012 at 9:12am
RAIT Financial Trust today announced the following:
As It Happens, Romney Paid More Taxes Than He Owed - High & Low Finance
26 Jan 2012 at 11:29am
The tax code of the United States is far too complicated, if the errors in Republican Mitt Romney?s tax returns are any indication.
Romney paid $3M in federal income tax in 2010
24 Jan 2012 at 7:55am
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney paid about $3 million in federal income taxes in 2010, having earned more than seven times that ? $21.7 million ? from his investments and making him among the wealthiest of American taxpayers.
Starbucks CEO paid $16 million in 2011 fiscal year
27 Jan 2012 at 7:34pm
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was given a pay package worth roughly $16 million in the company's 2011 fiscal year.
News Corp. Tabloid Paid for Information on Soccer Manager Probe
26 Jan 2012 at 2:03am
A News Corp. newspaper closed last year after a telephone hacking scandal paid 8,000 pounds ($12,524) to an unidentified person for information about a tax evasion investigation into Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp and Sheffield Wednesday owner Milan Mandaric.
UK paid 13 mln pounds to turn off wind farms in 2011
25 Jan 2012 at 10:06am
* Grid paid 1.7 mln pounds on Sept. 11 to balance * Green energy body calls for more efficient system * This year, 1.2 million pounds already paid out LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - British electricity networkoperator ...
UK paid £13 million to turn off wind farms in 2011
25 Jan 2012 at 10:09am
LONDON (Reuters) - Electricity network operator National Grid paid 12.8 million pounds to wind farm operators last year to compensate them for switching off their turbines when the grid was overloaded during stormy days, data showed Wednesday. The highest sum paid on a single day last year was 1.7 million pounds as 14 wind farm owners were compensated on September 11 for switching off a total of ...
News Corp.?s Tabloid Paid $12,524 for Information on Soccer Manager Probe
25 Jan 2012 at 7:06pm
A News Corp. (NSWA) newspaper closed last year after a telephone hacking scandal paid 8,000 pounds ($12,524) to an unidentified person for information about a tax evasion investigation into Tottenham Hotspur (TTNM) manager Harry Redknapp and Sheffield Wednesday owner Milan Mandaric.
PG&E fined $16.8M for shoddy gas leak surveys
27 Jan 2012 at 7:32pm
State regulators plan to fine Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $16.8 million for failing to perform gas leak surveys in the wake of a deadly pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb in 2010.
UN surveys typhoon damage in the Philippines
28 Jan 2012 at 4:18am
Manila, Jan 28: The head of the United Nations office dedicated to disaster risk reduction wrapped up her visit to the Philippines on Friday by comparing the damage caused by Typhoon Sendong to that of major tsunamis such as the one that struck Japan last year.
Most People Fudge Numbers on Weight and Height Surveys
27 Jan 2012 at 1:39pm
When people in the U.S. are asked to provide their weight for research surveys, they underestimate their weight and overestimate their height, despite numerous public reports about increasing rates of obesity. Whites are more likely to do so than Blacks or Hispanics, finds a new study in Ethnicity and Disease.
How to ask the right questions on customer surveys
24 Jan 2012 at 5:16am
How to design surveys so that consumers will tell you what you?re really looking for them to answer
Damage surveys complete in Louisiana, Texas storms
26 Jan 2012 at 7:22pm
The National Weather Service office in Shreveport conducted damage surveys in Sabine Parish in Louisiana and in Rusk and Panola counties in Texas and concluded that an two EF0 tornados occurred and one EF1 tornado occurred.
TAP pipeline starts Italian surveys
26 Jan 2012 at 7:11am
ROME, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Engineers started taking soil samples from the seafloor near southern Italy as part of plans to lay a natural gas pipeline, project leaders said.
CPUC fines PG&E $16.8M for shoddy gas leak surveys
27 Jan 2012 at 7:49pm
(01-27) 17:16 PST San Francisco, CA (AP) -- State regulators plan to fine Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $16.8 million for failing to perform gas leak surveys in the wake of a deadly pipeline explosion in a San Francisco...
Cvent Enhances Web Survey Solution with Most Significant Feature Additions an...
26 Jan 2012 at 8:53am
Cvent, the world's largest provider of cloud-based software for web surveys, event management and meeting site selection, today announced several considerable advancements to its web survey solution, featuring upgrades that foster increased participation across a broader audience and allow for deeper analysis?enabling organizations to better identify actionable insights to guide business ...
Canadian Investors More Optimistic than Americans, Manulife and John Hancock ...
25 Jan 2012 at 9:12am
Canadian Investors More Optimistic than Americans, Manulife and John Hancock Investor Sentiment Surveys Indicate
UN Official Surveys Typhoon Damage in the Philippines
27 Jan 2012 at 5:23pm
New York, Jan 27 2012 6:10PM The head of the United Nations office dedicated to disaster risk reduction wrapped up her visit to the Philippines today by comparing the damage caused by Typhoon Sendong to that of major tsunamis such as the one that struck Japan last year.
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