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Rajoy says to trim Spain's bureaucracy, but coy on jobs, savings
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Blanca Rodríguez MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will cut red tape and shut down redundant institutions in an overhaul of state bureaucracy, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Wednesday, putting no figure on potential savings or job losses. Rajoy said the central state should close many of its 4,800 separate bank accounts while all levels of government could unify contracting of power, cleaning and telephone services and get rid of overlapping energy and competition watchdogs. ... More »Rajoy says to trim Spain's bureaucracy, but coy on jobs, savings
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Microsoft says it freed millions of computers from criminal botnet
Reuters - 17 hours ago
By Jim Finkle BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said that an assault it led earlier this month on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings has freed at least 2 million PCs infected with a virus believed to have been used to steal more than $500 million from bank accounts worldwide. "We definitely have liberated at least 2 million PCs globally. That is a conservative estimate," Richard Domingues Boscovich, assistant general counsel with Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, said in an interview on Tuesday. ... More »Microsoft says it freed millions of computers from criminal botnet
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Teen country singer Bradbery captures 'The Voice' U.S. season crown
Reuters - 7 hours ago
By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pitch-perfect teen country singer Danielle Bradbery won TV singing contest "The Voice" on Tuesday, scoring a contract with Universal Music Group and a $100,000 (63,942.71 pounds) cash prize. Bradbery, who was coached by fellow country singer Blake Shelton, covered her mouth and began to cry when named the winner, hugging runner-up Michelle Chamuel. "I'm so thankful," the 16-year-old Texan said. "I'm sorry, I'm speechless. ... More »Teen country singer Bradbery captures 'The Voice' U.S. season crown
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Internet monitoring must have proper limits, Merkel tells Obama
Reuters - 5 hours ago
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday that government monitoring of Internet communications needed to remain within proper limits. "I made clear that although we do see the need for gathering information, the topic of proportionality is always an important one and the free democratic order is based on people feeling safe," Merkel said at a joint news conference with Obama. ... More »Internet monitoring must have proper limits, Merkel tells Obama
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Rousseff salutes Brazil protests, cities cut bus fares
Reuters - 18 hours ago
By Todd Benson SAO PAULO (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public services and more responsive governance as demonstrations continued in some cities around the country. Speaking the morning after more than 200,000 Brazilians marched in over a half-dozen cities, Rousseff said her government remains committed to social change and is listening attentively to the many grievances expressed at the demonstrations. "Brazil woke up stronger today," Rousseff said in a televised speech in ... More »Rousseff salutes Brazil protests, cities cut bus fares
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Cameron says U.S. is right to talk to Taliban
Reuters - 23 hours ago
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) - The United States is right to decide to hold peace talks with the Taliban on Afghanistan, although the process will be difficult, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday. U.S. officials said earlier that the first formal meeting involving U.S. and Taliban representatives is scheduled to be held next week in Doha. "We need to match the security response in Afghanistan ... ... More »Cameron says U.S. is right to talk to Taliban
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Exclusive - Facebook reaches 1 million active advertisers
Reuters - 15 hours ago
By Jennifer Saba REUTERS (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it now has 1 million active advertisers globally who used the platform in the last 28 days, a milestone for the company that is seeking to revive its revenue growth. A vast majority of those advertisers are small business owners who have flocked to the world's No. 1 social network. Facebook executives are hoping to net even more small advertisers since 16 million local businesses, ranging from jewelry sellers to clothing stores, set up free pages on the network. ... More »Exclusive - Facebook reaches 1 million active advertisers
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German banks signal support for euro deposit guarantee scheme
Reuters - 5 hours ago
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German banking association BDB signalled it may drop its opposition to a pan-European deposit guarantee scheme, a radical step under which German lenders would absorb some of the losses of failed banks in other European states. Until now, Germany's banks have been opposed to any plans for funding bank rescues from outside of Europe's largest economy, slowing progress for creating a European Banking Union. ... More »German banks signal support for euro deposit guarantee scheme
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Nigeria drops charges against some Russian arms suspects
Reuters - 23 hours ago
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities dropped charges on Tuesday against eight Russian sailors suspected of trafficking arms, their lawyer said, but another seven will face trial. The 15 Russian sailors were charged with illegally bringing weapons into Nigeria last year, after Nigerian authorities intercepted a ship on October 23, saying they had found several guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition. The court case has raised tensions between Nigeria and Russia, whose Foreign Ministry has spoken out against the charges. ... More »Nigeria drops charges against some Russian arms suspects
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Wall St. extends rise, investors see no change in Fed policy
Reuters - 19 hours ago
By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks advanced for a second straight day on Tuesday as investors bet the Federal Reserve would temper statements which were interpreted to mean a sooner-than-expected winding down of stimulus efforts. Strong market breadth showed an increased appetite for equities, but trading volume was light, a sign that many market participants were taking a wait-and-see attitude. The Fed's two-day policy meeting started Tuesday, and traders are trying to guess its timeline for scaling back purchases of $85 billion per month of bonds. ... More »Wall St. extends rise, investors see no change in Fed policy
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Darty year profit slumps 66 percent
Reuters - 9 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Darty , Europe's No. 3 electrical goods retailer, posted an expected slump in year profit, hit by weak economic conditions in the euro zone and a structural shift to online sales. The firm, which trails Metro's Media-Saturn and Dixons Retail by annual sales, said on Wednesday it made an underlying pretax profit of 26.4 million euros ($35 million) in the year to April 30. That compared with analysts' consensus forecast of 25 million euros, reduced after a February profit warning, and was 66 percent down on the 78.7 million euros made in 2011-12. Group revenue fell 2. ... More »Darty year profit slumps 66 percent
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Cameron backs banking panel on criminal penalties
Reuters - 4 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he supported a parliamentary banking panel's proposals on criminal penalties against bankers found to have behaved recklessly. Asked in parliament whether he supported the report's recommendations on bonuses and criminal penalties, he said: "Yes, I do support both those measures. We need to take time to read this excellent report. "Penalising, including criminal penalties ... bankers who behave irresponsibly, I say yes. ... More »Cameron backs banking panel on criminal penalties
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Swiss upper house keeps U.S. tax deal alive; set for lower house
Reuters - 7 hours ago
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss upper house lawmakers kept alive a draft law aimed at ending a long-running U.S. tax probe into hidden offshore accounts at Swiss banks on Wednesday, leaving the final say with the lower house, which has previously rejected it. Lawmakers are deeply divided on a bill aimed at allowing banks to sidestep strict Swiss secrecy laws by disclosing their U.S. dealings to prosecutors, helping them to strike deals that are nevertheless expected to include fines that could cost the industry as much as $10 billion. ... More »Swiss upper house keeps U.S. tax deal alive; set for lower house
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New U.S. climate strategy coming within weeks - Obama adviser
Reuters - 51 minutes ago
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will target carbon emissions from power plants as part of a second-term climate change agenda expected to be rolled out in the next few weeks, his top energy and climate adviser said on Wednesday. Obama will take several steps to make tackling climate change a "second-term priority" that builds on first-term policies, Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate change, said at a forum sponsored by the New Republic magazine. ... More »New U.S. climate strategy coming within weeks - Obama adviser
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Icahn seeks Dell share buyback, buys Southeastern stock
Reuters - 17 hours ago
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn promised Dell Inc shareholders that the company would buy back up to $16 billion of stock if they join his campaign to stop the computer maker from going private. Time is running out for Icahn. Next month, the company's shareholders will vote on whether to accept a $24.4 billion bid from the company's founder, Michael Dell, and private equity firm Silver Lake, and so far shareholders' reaction to two of Icahn's proposals has been mixed. Icahn has said repeatedly that Michael Dell's bid undervalues the company. ... More »Icahn seeks Dell share buyback, buys Southeastern stock
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Mississippi leans on Google to crack down on illegal products
Reuters - 18 hours ago
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mississippi's attorney general said on Tuesday he would subpoena documents from Google Inc as part of a probe into allegations the Web search company facilitated the sale of drugs without a prescription and other illegal products. Google responded in a blog post that it had been vigorous in working to limit drug advertisements to legitimate companies that comply with the law and to combat what it called "rogue online pharmacies. ... More »Mississippi leans on Google to crack down on illegal products
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Daniel Radcliffe proves acting skills in London stage role
Reuters - 4 hours ago
By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - British actor Daniel Radcliffe won plaudits this week for a new stage role as a bullied Irish cripple that takes him a critical step further away from his days as boy wizard Harry Potter. In his third foray onto the stage in six years, Radcliffe adopts an Irish accent to play Billy, the bullied 17-year-old title character in "The Cripple of Inishmaan", a politically incorrect black comedy by Martin McDonagh. ... More »Daniel Radcliffe proves acting skills in London stage role
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Crystal, Goodman head back to school in 'Monsters University'
Reuters - 22 hours ago
By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - One-eyed green monster Mike Wazowski and his giant blue, furry friend James P. "Sully" Sullivan go back in time as "scaring" students in "Monsters University," as Walt Disney Co.'s Pixar Animation Studios pins its hopes for a blockbuster on the coming-of-age story. "Monsters University," a prequel to 2001 animated film "Monsters, Inc.," will be released on Friday in U.S. theaters, and director Dan Scanlon told Reuters one of the main challenges was to keep the film fresh and surprising for audiences. ... More »Crystal, Goodman head back to school in 'Monsters University'
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UK food producers, grocers sign up to healthy label scheme
Reuters - 17 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's major food manufacturers and retailers have agreed to follow the same system of nutritional labelling as part of a government initiative to tackle obesity and poor diet and ease the financial burden on health services. The UK's Department of Health said on Wednesday labels would combine both traffic light colour-coding and nutritional information on how much fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar and calories are in food products. Major retailers in the past used different systems of labelling which health campaigners said led to confusion and mixed messages. ... More »UK food producers, grocers sign up to healthy label scheme
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Mexican oil producer Pemex says bomb threat a 'false alarm'
Reuters - 12 hours ago
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's state oil producer, Pemex, on Tuesday evacuated its Mexico City headquarters, the site of a deadly blast in January, but later said it was a false alarm. "We've finished inspecting the Pemex tower," the company said in a message sent on Twitter at 10:25 p.m. local time/0325 GMT. "It was a false alarm." In January, a blast at the same facility killed at least 37 people. The government said a gas leak caused the explosion, although many Mexicans questioned the explanation, speculating it may have been caused by a bomb. ... More »Mexican oil producer Pemex says bomb threat a 'false alarm'

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