onsdag 31 oktober 2012

31-Oct-2012 10:45

Living standards 'may stagnate' :: Millions of poor and middle-income households could see their living standards no higher in 2020 than they were in 2000, a think tank says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20138393#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: Film industry boost to UK economy :: Film tax relief brings in at least £12 for every £1 spent on it, according to the British Film Commission, with three new creative tax reliefs planned for 2013.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20150775#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Barclays in new regulatory probes :: UK bank Barclays says that it is the subject of two new regulatory probes soon after a series of scandals and announces it made a loss in the third quarter.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20150754#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Heseltine issues growth challenge :: Lord Heseltine recommends ending a century of centralisation and moving growth funds nearer to industry in his report into boosting UK growth.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20142837#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Hurricane Sandy Knocks Out Some Websites; Off-Site Data Centers, Back-Up Servers Save The Day :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Hurricane Sandy, which ravaged the U.S. East Coast, has also wreaked havoc in the cyber world as the storm floods knocked down the servers of several popular websites, forcing them to go offline for hours.</p><p>Several websites like the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gawker and Gizmodo experienced technical problems as the servers of the Internet service provider Datagram, which powers these websites, went off. The storm water flooded the electrical and equipment system in the Datagram building forcing them to shutdown power to avoid permanent damage.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/hurricane-sandy-knocks-out-some-websites-site-data-centers-back-servers-save-day-856602

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un's Wife Reappears In Public :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>The wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reappeared in public, after being absent from the public eye for almost two months, according to the state media.</p><p>Ri Sol-ju attended a football match and a concert with her husband Monday, KCNA news agency said.</p><p>Ri's reappearance has put an end to the mounting speculation that she had fallen out of favor of the North Korean leadership and had been chastised for failing to wear the mandatory lapel pin bearing the images of dead Kim dynasty leaders.</p><p>It was also rumored that she might be pregnant.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-uns-wife-reappears-public-856600

US Stock Futures Signal Higher Open As Markets Set To Reopen After Storm :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p> </p><p>The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Wednesday with markets prepared to reopen after two days of closure as Superstorm Sandy hit the east coast.</p><p>The futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.33 percent, the futures on the Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Index were up 0.36 percent and those on the Nasdaq 100 Index were up 0.17 percent. </p><p>"While the economic and social cost of the super storm will be counted over coming days markets in general appear to have brushed off their worst fears," Credit Agricole said in a note.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-signal-higher-open-markets-set-reopen-after-storm-856599

Paywall provider Piano buys cookie-beater to build a better meter :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/oQ6L-w0gtdQ/

Asian Stock Markets End Higher; Nikkei Surges 1% :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Asian stock markets mostly advanced Wednesday as better news in Europe both on the earnings and the fiscal front along with South Korean industrial production data improved risk appetite.</p><p>Japan's benchmark Nikkei surged 0.98 percent or 86.31 points to 8928.29, Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 1.02 percent or 219.37 points to 21647.95 and South Korea's Seoul Composite gained 0.66 percent or 12.48 points to 1912.06, while Chinese Shanghai Composite advanced 0.32 percent and India's BSE Sensex gained 0.24 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/asian-stock-markets-end-higher-nikkei-surges-1-856598

VIDEO: Ryanair 'growing like gangbusters' :: Budget airline Ryanair is to expand its operation, creating up to one thousand jobs at airports in Liverpool, Manchester and the East Midlands.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20150776#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Superstorm Sandy: JFK, Newark Airports To Resume Operations Wednesday; Rescue, Restoration Operations Progress :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>The U.S. East Coast, which has been battered by the most devastating storm to hit in the recent decades, is slowly recovering from the impact and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Newark International Airport in New Jersey would open at 7 a.m. Wednesday with limited services.</p><p>Both the airports along with other airports in the coast were closed Monday and Tuesday due to Superstorm Sandy. An estimated 15,000 fliers were stranded across the country.  </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/superstorm-sandy-jfk-newark-airports-resume-operations-wednesday-rescue-restoration-operations

Boxee lands exclusive Walmart distribution deal for its Boxee TV device :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ChqGl-Pgm-4/

VIDEO: Heseltine reveals plan for growth :: The former Conservative minister has said funds for businesses should be transferred out of London and into the regions.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20150603#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Can coaching kick-start your career? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/_KucZBluR5E/index.html

Sendai Airport Reopens After Squads Secure WWII Bomb :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Sendai Airport in Northern Japan, which was closed after an unexploded bomb from World War II was found near a runway during construction work, reopened Wednesday after bomb squads barricaded the area to secure the bomb.</p><p>Flights resumed at the airport after military troops piled sandbags around the 250-kilogram (550-pound) bomb all through the night. The airport was closed all day Tuesday, with 92 flights in and out cancelled, the Associated Press reported.</p><p>The rust-covered bomb has been identified as made in the U.S.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sendai-airport-reopens-after-squads-secure-wwii-bomb-856576

VIDEO: Disney buys makers of Star Wars :: Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the makers of Star Wars and says it will make a seventh film in the series. The deal was worth more than $4bn.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20150195#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

This is what the reviews say about iPad Mini :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/sM61P4t2t68/

Japan's Manufacturing Activity Contracts To 18-Month Low In October: Markit/JMMA PMI :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Japan's manufacturing activity contracted in October to an 18-month low, increasing the concerns over the slowdown in the economic growth of the world's third largest economy.</p><p>According to the data released by Markit/JMMA Wednesday, the headline Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 46.9 in October, down from 48 in September. The index remains in the area of contraction since the reading is below 50. The continuing shrinking of the manufacturing activity would increase fears of the likelihood of a sharp retardation in the economy.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/japans-manufacturing-activity-contracts-18-month-low-october-markitjmma-pmi-856559

South Korea's Industrial Production Rises 0.8% In September :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>South Korea's industrial output rose in September compared to that in the previous month, ending the period of contraction for the last three months, indicating that there is hope that the country's economy is reviving in spite of the soft global demand.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/south-koreas-industrial-production-rises-08-september-856549

Foxconn shares up on profit rise :: Shares of Apple manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry, known as Foxconn, rise after strong iPhone and iPad demand lifts income.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20149996#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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