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Ireland may spend any spare budget cash rather than ease austerity
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Ireland may spend any spare budget cash rather than ease austerity
Tue 30 Apr 2013
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland may spend any spare cash from future budgets rather than ease austerity measures, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said on Tuesday, after it left its plans to cut spending by... (photo: European Community / EC)
Samsung galaxy note 10.1
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Samsung Surfs The Smartphone Boom Despite Soft Macro Conditions
Tue 30 Apr 2013
Samsung Electronics (PINK:SSNLF) delivered a yet another stellar performance in Q1 2013, riding the smartphone boom to grow revenues by 17% and operating profits by an even higher 54% over the same... (photo: Creative Commons / DILIN)
In this Feb. 25, 2010 file photo, Trader Albert Young, left, studies his screens as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange  The State  Tue 30 Apr 2013
Stocks flip between gains and losses
NEW YORKWeak earnings from Pfizer and other companies held back major market indexes on Tuesday, as the Standard & Poor's 500 flipped between slight gains and losses. Pfizer's stock dropped 3... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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Public transportation workers protest in demand of salary raises in front of the national TV building, right, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday Feb. 14, 2011. Thousands of Egyptian state employees, protested Monday in Cairo to demand better pay and conditions in a wave of labor unrest unleashed by the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak.  Middle East Online  Tue 30 Apr 2013
Morsi courts Egypt workers with halt to privatisation
CAIRO - Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi said Tuesday his government will no longer privatise state firms, in a break with a policy launched in the 1990s by his ousted predecessor Hosni Mubarak's... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra)
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Syrian refugees gather on a street lined by makeshift shops, during a strike at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Thursday, April 25, 2013. Herald Tribune Tue 30 Apr 2013
Jordan: More than 45,000 refugees return to Syria
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordan says that more 45,000 refugees in its territory who fled Syria's civil war have chosen to return since last August. Enlarge Syrian elderly refugees... (photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon)
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File - Young men help stock food items for delivery to refugees from Bani Walid, Libya, a town which was recently the scene of heavy fighting between locals and government-affiliated troops. The Guardian Tue 30 Apr 2013
Value of aid overstated by billions of dollars as donors reap interest on loans
Data reveals Japan receives more from developing countries than it gives when interest repayments are taken into account, as OECD reviews how it measures aid Japan... (photo: UN / Iason Athanasiadis)
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Britain's Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Theresa Villiers speaks at the Conservative Party Conference, in Manchester, England, Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009. Britain's Conservative Party is holding its last annual conference before next year's national election, which polls show is all but certain to put the party back in power after more than a decade. Belfast Telegraph Tue 30 Apr 2013
Extra cash to help Northern Ireland economy possible
Additional funds may be made available to boost Northern Ireland's economy, Theresa Villiers revealed. She stressed it was up to Stormont's ministerial Executive to work... (photo: AP / Jon Super)
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 Joe Hockey (sl1) The Australian Tue 30 Apr 2013
NDIS levy could curb growth: Joe Hockey
OPPOSITION treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says now isn't the time for a new levy on taxpayers, as Finance Minister Penny Wong confirmed one was being considered to fund... (photo: Public Domain )
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People queue to enter an unemployed registry office in Madrid Tuesday Oct. 2, 2012. BBC News Tue 30 Apr 2013
Unemployment in Spain: Case studies
What does the economic crisis in Spain mean for ordinary people? Last week it was announced that unemployment had reached a record high - more than six million. The... (photo: AP / Paul White)
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President Barack Obama listens as Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx, right, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 29, 2013, where the president announced he would nominate Foxx for transportation secretary succeeding Ray LaHood. The Tribune San Luis Obispo Tue 30 Apr 2013
Obama welcomes transportation nominee Anthony Foxx
Obama, Putin discuss Syria and claims that it used chemical weapons 7 minutes ago Obama welcomes transportation nominee Anthony Foxx 17 minutes ago... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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People walk by a Banco do Brasil bank in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. Brazil's leading state-owned bank said Friday it will pay 4.2 billion reals ($1.8 billion) for a stake in the banking unit of one of the nation's biggest conglomerates to help ease credit in Latin America's largest economy. Banco do Brasil SA said in a statement to regulators that the deal, when completed, will give it a 50 percent share in Votorantim Finances SA Wall Street Journal Mon 29 Apr 2013
Brazilian Firms Stampede Into IPOs
By ROGERIO JELMAYER SÃO PAULO—Brazilian companies are rushing to tap the country's stock market, with initial public offerings running at a record pace. But the IPO... (photo: AP / Ricardo Moraes)
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Kevin Lodewick with Quattro M Securities works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 The State Mon 29 Apr 2013
Business Highlights
--- US consumers keep spending despite higher taxes WASHINGTON (AP) - This year got off to a sour start for U.S. workers: Their pay, already gasping to keep pace with... (photo: AP / Craig Ruttle)
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Bertelsmann Sun Sentinel Mon 29 Apr 2013
Bertelsmann offers RTL shares at 55.50 euros each
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German media conglomerate Bertelsmann has set the placement price for part of its stake in RTL Group at 55.50 euros, bringing it gross proceeds of... (photo: Creative Commons / Galantereischik)
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