Ahead of the Bell: US consumer confidence

affiliate marketing WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of Americans’ confidence in the economy likely rose for a second straight month on expectations that business conditions will improve and hiring will pick up.Economists forecast that the Conference Board, a private research group, will report that its monthly consumer confidence index rose...

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Syrian air force on offensive after failed truce

affiliate marketing AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian warplanes bombed rebel targets with renewed intensity on Tuesday after the end of a widely ignored four-day truce between President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces and insurgents.State television said “terrorists” had assassinated an air force general, Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi, in a Damascus suburb,...

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Panasonic’s red ink grows, forecasts loss for year

affiliate marketing TOKYO (AP) — Panasonic Corp.‘s losses ballooned to 698 billion yen ($ 8.7 billion) for the fiscal second quarter as sales plunged in flat-panel TVs, laptops and other gadgets, and restructuring costs to turn itself around were proving bigger than initially expected.The red ink, announced Wednesday, proved far worse...

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“Neighbors,” “Scandal” get full-season orders

affiliate marketing NEW YORK, Oct 30 (TheWrap.com) – ABC has given full season orders to the aliens-next-door drama “The Neighbors” and the political drama “Scandal.”“Neighbors,” a freshman comedy, has benefitted from a Wednesday time slot between “The Middle” and “Modern Family,” ABC’s biggest hit. affiliate...

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Fresenius Medical Care warns on profits

affiliate marketing FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s largest dialysis group, cut its estimates for sales and profits this year to take account of the impact of a strong U.S. dollar on earnings outside the United States.FMC said on Wednesday it now expected 2012 revenue and net profit to be as much as 2 percent...

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Heseltine issues growth challenge

affiliate marketing 31 October 2012 Last updated at 04:55 ETLord Heseltine, the former Conservative party deputy prime minister, has challenged the government to take bolder action to stimulate the economy. affiliate marketing In a new report, commissioned by Downing Street, he says...

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Cuba’s 2nd city without power, water after Sandy

affiliate marketing HAVANA (AP) — Residents of Cuba‘s second-largest city of Santiago remained without power or running water Monday, four days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall as the island’s deadliest storm in seven years, ripping rooftops from homes and toppling power lines.Across the Caribbean, the storm’s death toll rose to 69,...

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Apple software, retail chiefs out in overhaul

affiliate marketing SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook on Monday pushed out the powerful head of the company‘s mobile software products group, sources said, in a major management shake-up that also claimed the recently hired chief of the retail stores division.Scott Forstall, a long-time lieutenant of late Apple co-founder...

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Daniel Craig, Bill Murray confirmed for “The Monuments Men”

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Daniel Craig and Bill Murray are joining Cate Blanchett and Jean Dujardin in George Clooney‘s ‘The Monuments Men,” as previously reported in TheWrap.A rep for George Clooney confirmed the castings to TheWrap. affiliate marketing Blanchett...

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Breast-cancer checks save lives despite over diagnosis

affiliate marketing LONDON (Reuters) – Breast-cancer screening saves lives even though it also picks up cases in some women that would never have caused them a problem, according to a review published in The Lancet medical journal.The independent review, commissioned by the charity Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and Britain’s Department of...

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