Shell CFO says weak Europe economy “all around us”

affiliate marketing LONDON (Reuters) – Europe‘s top oil company Royal Dutch Shell is seeing signs of a weak European economy “all around us,” the company’s finance director Simon Henry said during a third-quarter results conference call on Thursday.He was making the comment in the context of strong refining margins in the quarter, which...

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Mexico’s Day of Dead brings memories of missing

affiliate marketing MEXICO CITY (AP) — Maria Elena Salazar refuses to set out plates of her missing son’s favorite foods or orange flowers as offerings for the deceased on Mexico‘s Day of the Dead, even though she hasn’t seen him in three-and-a-half years.The 50-year-old former teacher is convinced that Hugo Gonzalez Salazar, a university...

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“The Details” Review: airless all-star comedy is devilishly dull

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – The devil is in “The Details,” but only in that this smug and airless comedy feels like 91 minutes in hell. The first few minutes promise a Rube Goldberg whirligig of bad behavior, unhappy coincidences and plain old rotten luck, but all writer-director Jacob Aaron Estes (“Mean Creek”) can...

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RIM says its new BlackBerry phone in testing

affiliate marketing TORONTO (AP) — BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion said Wednesday that its much-delayed new smartphones are now being tested by 50 wireless carriers around the world.The Canadian company called it a key step as it prepares to launch the new BlackBerry 10 software and phones in the first quarter of next year. affiliate...

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Republican candidate calls aborting rapist’s child ‘more violence on woman’s body’

affiliate marketing OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) – Tea Party politician John Koster, the Republican nominee for a hotly contested congressional seat in Washington state, says he opposes abortions, even in cases of “the rape thing,” because it is tantamount to inflicting “more violence onto a woman’s body.”The Snohomish County councilman...

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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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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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Ratings: ‘The Voice’ rises as NBC takes night

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 (TheWrap.com) – “The Voice’s” first-ever knockout round Monday raised the singing competition’s ratings enough to give NBC a win for the night, according to preliminary numbers.While preemptions for coverage of Hurricane Sandy and power outages render the ratings for all of the networks approximate,...

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Holiday gadgets: Microsoft phones, Google gadgets

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft launched its new Windows phone system and Google unveiled new devices under its Nexus brand. Both part of an effort to grab more of consumers’ holiday-shopping dollars.Last week, Microsoft started selling its Windows 8 operating system and Surface tablet computer. Apple announced new iPads...

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How to wage a smart cancer fight

affiliate marketing Receiving a cancer diagnosis can leave patients feeling dazed, dismayed and deluged. While these reactions are natural, cancer patients must play a major role in their own treatment. Asking the following questions is an important first step.Q: What’s the cancer type and stage? affiliate...

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