Wal-Mart Says 'Save Money Live Better,' But Workers Don't Make Living Wage And Rely On State Benefits :: <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"><p>Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) announced Tuesday that CEO Mike Duke will be replaced by Doug McMillion next year. The change in top management comes at a time when the company's financial performance is thriving, but also just as its labor disputes are increasingly becoming a national issue.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/wal-mart-says-save-money-live-better-workers-dont-make-living-wage-rely-state-benefits-1487598
Pebble Mine Executive Says Northern Dynasty Can Manage Giant Alaskan Copper Mine Alone, If Necessary :: <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"><p>A top mine developer behind the ambitious and controversial Alaska Pebble mine, one of the world's largest proposed copper and gold mines, said Tuesday that his company could build the project without a partner if need be.</p>
<p> Ron Thiessen, head of Canada's Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM), told International Business Times in a phone interview that his company could file for the required regulatory permits alone, if necessary.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pebble-mine-executive-says-northern-dynasty-can-manage-giant-alaskan-copper-mine-alone-if-necessary
9th WTO Bali Ministerial Conference 2013: A Final Attempt To Salvage The Doha Round Of World-Trade Talks :: <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"><p>Twelve years ago, negotiations began in Doha, Qatar, to further liberalize trade rules around the world. Twelve years and numerous impasses later, negotiators are preparing to meet on the Indonesian island of Bali in a last-ditch effort to salvage the Doha Round of world trade talks and the credibility of the World Trade Organization.</p>
<p>Next Tuesday, trade ministers from WTO member states will begin three days of meetings in Bali for the ninth WTO Ministerial Conference -- the fifth Ministerial Conference since the launch of the Doha Round in 2001.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/9th-wto-bali-ministerial-conference-2013-final-attempt-salvage-doha-round-world-trade-talks-1486822
Cheapest World Cup final ticket £150 :: The organisers of the 2015 Rugby World Cup announce the cheapest tickets for the final at Twickenham will cost £150.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/25121033
Project Beauty: Chinese Officials Pressure Uighur Muslim Women In Xinjiang To Drop Their Veils, Men To Cut Beards :: <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"><p>Muslims in China's far western Xinjiang province have become annoyed and offended by the authorities' attempts to discourage local Uighur women from wearing veils and men from sporting beards. The Times News Network, an Indian news agency, reported that the provincial government in Xinjiang has tried to exploit womens' vanity by staging beauty contests designed to highlight the attractiveness of their uncovered faces. The program even has the fanciful title of "Project Beauty."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/project-beauty-chinese-officials-pressure-uighur-muslim-women-xinjiang-drop-their-veils-men-cut
China to sell off cotton reserves :: China, which has about half the world's cotton, will start sales from its reserves on Thursday, says the China National Cotton Exchange.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25118513#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Consumer spending drives UK economy :: Economic growth in the UK was driven by consumer spending in the third quarter of the year, official figures show, and business investment also rose.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25118514#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Angela Merkel's Conservatives Strike Coalition Deal With Center-Left Social Democrats :: <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"><p>German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the country's main center-left party struck a deal on Tuesday night to form a grand coalition government, following negotiations that lasted more than two months since general elections were held in the country.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/angela-merkels-conservatives-strike-coalition-deal-center-left-social-democrats-1487742
Royal Mail reports rise in profits :: Royal Mail says half-year profits are up in its first results since its flotation, as Business Secretary Vince Cable defends the sale before MPs.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25106394#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Comet ISON's Thanksgiving Encounter With The Sun: Where To Watch The Sun-Grazing Comet :: <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"><p>As Comet ISON makes its way rapidly toward the sun, astronomers are anxious to find out whether the space projectile will disintegrate from the sun's intense heat and gravity, or if it will manage to slingshot around the star on Thursday.</p>
<p>Many observatories across the U.S. are preparing to catch a glimpse of the comet and show it to the public through telescopes, hoping that it will survive its Thanksgiving Day encounter with the solar system's center-star. Meanwhile, a report from LiveScience said any place with a dark sky and a low horizon would be good to watch the comet.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/comet-isons-thanksgiving-encounter-sun-where-watch-sun-grazing-comet-1487730
US Stock Futures Suggest Higher Open; Durable Goods Orders, Jobless Claims And Consumer Sentiment Data To Be Watched :: <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"><p>Wednesday comes loaded with economic data releases as durable goods orders, jobless claims, Chicago purchasing managers' index, leading indicators and consumer sentiment numbers vie for the attention of investors preoccupied with battling a foul weather system standing between them and a turkey dinner.</p>
<p>Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.08 percent while futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index were up 0.13 percent while those on the Nasdaq 100 Index were up 0.17 percent.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-suggest-higher-open-durable-goods-orders-jobless-claims-consumer-sentiment-data-be
S. Africa since apartheid: Boom or bust? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/TMiH2-RTh_g/index.html
UK Third Quarter GDP Not Revised From Preliminary Estimate :: <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"><p>The UK recorded a quarterly growth of 0.8 percent in the third quarter of 2013, unrevised from a preliminary estimate from Oct. 25, official data released on Wednesday showed. The figure was in line with expectations and higher than a 0.7 percent quarterly rise in the June quarter.</p>
<p>On a yearly basis, gross domestic product, or GDP, grew 1.5 percent in the third quarter, unchanged from a previous estimate and same as in the previous quarter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/uk-third-quarter-gdp-not-revised-preliminary-estimate-1487712
Aide: Pacquiao will be cleared on tax :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/iTTBSsqWARY/index.html
German GfK Consumer Confidence Index Tops Expectations, Hits Years-Long Highs And Forecasts A Sharp Rise In Consumer Spending :: <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"><p>An index measuring German consumer confidence for December, showed that optimism about the economy's future and expectations of rising incomes hit highs not seen in several-years, forecasting a demand-driven holiday season in Europe's largest economy.</p>
<p>The GfK consumer climate report, published on Wednesday, showed that the forward-looking index, which measures the level of consumer confidence in economic activity, rose sharply to 7.4 for December, against analysts' predictions that the index would remain steady at November's upwardly revised 7.1 number.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/german-gfk-consumer-confidence-index-tops-expectations-hits-years-long-highs-forecasts-sharp-rise
London Market Report :: Catering giant Compass Group helps to pull the FTSE higher after announcing a 9% rise in full-year profits and a new £500m share buyback.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Surveillance covers porn, too — leaks show NSA considered undermining "radicalizers" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/cs_caN2oG18/
Euro or pound for Scotland? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LIP3JeR9ls8/qmb-scotland-independence-economy-humza-yousaf-intv.cnn.html
Xbox gamers banned over cursing :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/2XSSXqxnxQI/index.html
Paul Smith's celebrates career :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LSFxhZPJIiE/qmb-intv-paul-smith.cnn.html
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