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Cathay Pacific airways Cathay sits pretty in premium
Cathay Pacific Airways (0293) is bullish about "premium" passenger numbers despite the economic doldrums in the United States and Europe, says its chief operating officer. | //--> Mary Ann Benitez | M... (photo: Public Domain) Hong Kong Standard
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Lenovo - Laptop - Computer - Gadget - Technology China's Lenovo inches closer to a global tech title
| HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd is on track to overtake Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's biggest PC maker by sales as soon as this year, making it the first Chinese company to grab the top s... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Daily Press
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A cleaner cleans the area as customers use a Barclays bank cash point in central London, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Barclays: 'Other banks to face Libor revelations'
Senior managers at Barclays have warned staff in an internal memo that the Libor scandal will envelop other banks. | The memo circulated on Friday said that revelations about its rivals would "pu... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori) BBC News
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French President Francois Hollande, center, alongside French Chief of Staff Admiral Edouard Guillaud review the troops during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees avenue, Paris, Saturday, July 14, 2012. French leader lays down law on privacy
| FRENCH President Francois Hollande has told those close to him to keep their private lives private and to resolve their conflicts away from the news media. | Mr Hollande, who campaigned for France's... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon, Pool) Sydney Morning Herald
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In this May 31, 2009 file photo, an employee works at the Tawke oil fields in the semiautonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq. Iraq warns Turkey: Stop ‘illegal’ Kurd oil exports or else
| Turkey must stop accepting "illegal" transfers of crude oil from the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq or risk damaging bilateral ties, government spokesman Ali Dabbagh warned on Sunday. ... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Middle East Online
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The Hoh Rain forest supports many trees and epiphytes. The ecosystems of the Olympics vary depending on elevation: the lower elevations are quite different from the higher ones. The Ecology of Disease
| THERE’S a term biologists and economists use these days — ecosystem services — which refers to the many ways nature supports the human endeavor. Forests filter the water we drink, ... (photo: Creative Commons / Kevin Muckenthaler) The New York Times
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Hyundai Avante. Hyundai Is Sued Over Elantra Mileage
| MARK GORDON of Whitestone, Queens, figures that buying six Hyundais over the years classifies him as a loyal customer. "I put 220,000 miles on my last one," said Mr. Gordon, 58, a manufacturer'... (photo: Creative Commons / Chu) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh - India- Politics Manmohan Singh a superachiever? Readers comments published in ET
Tweet Time magazine echoed a large strand of domestic opinion when it dubbed India's Prime Minister an underachiever; but it ignores vital achievements of the UPA and the severe constraints within whi... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India ) The Times Of India
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