onsdag 27 november 2013

27-Nov-2013 15:56

NSA spygate concerns prompt Microsoft to encrypt its internet traffic :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/7R3uikVRpks/

Comcast Xfinity Broadband is now one the largest IPv6 network :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/V73IYzZctUc/

Black Friday And Cyber Monday 2013 Makeup And Beauty Deals: 36 Top Sales, Codes, And Coupons :: <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 day after Thanksgiving is the perfect opportunity to begin shopping for holiday gifts, as Black Friday offers unprecedented deals on everything from clothes to electronics to makeup. Many stores accommodate excited shoppers by opening as early as 12:00 a.m. or remaining open overnight on Thanksgiving Day and beginning sale prices at midnight.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/black-friday-cyber-monday-2013-makeup-beauty-deals-36-top-sales-codes-coupons-1487946

The fall (and rise?) of Yahoo: How the web giant crumbled and built some great tech in the process :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/9VvVVOB8jpE/

Sponsored post: Technology and art collide at SIME MIA in Miami the week of Art Basel: 20% off tickets :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/r4cYf6zGZ4w/

The Chrome Show: Our recommended Chromebook and extensions for new Chromies :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/WqB3MIvPtp8/

Ex-Nokia employees launch smartphone :: A team of former Nokia employees launches Jolla, a smartphone looking to take on Google's Android platform.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25120727#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Storage wars rage on as Pure Storage, EMC ratchet up legal spat :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Zx_Rvp3fQrk/

Thanksgiving Food For Thought: What A Table Full Of Foreigners Taught Me About The Most American Of Holidays :: <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>SYDNEY, Australia -- "Everything I know about Thanksgiving comes from American sitcoms," Chilean Picho Sepulveda tells me. "There's always a Thanksgiving episode, a special one where something really big and exciting happens."</p>
<p>It's Sepulveda's first Thanksgiving, though neither of us lives in the United States, and he's expecting something out of "Friends." I've invited him and nearly two dozen other expatriates from various countries to my apartment in Sydney for a taste of Turkey Day Down Under.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/thanksgiving-food-thought-what-table-full-foreigners-taught-me-about-most-american-holidays-1485690

Ode To The Wild Turkey: American Comeback Story And Thanksgiving Tradition :: <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 dir="ltr">The Thanksgiving bird that most of us feast upon this holiday season would have astonished the Pilgrims and Native Americans of the 1600s. Today's turkeys are fatty beasts bred to have oversized chests – large enough that a factory-farmed tom can't actually have intercourse with a hen, because his massive breast gets in the way. Odds are nigh-on 100 percent that your Butterball was conceived through artificial insemination.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ode-wild-turkey-american-comeback-story-thanksgiving-tradition-1486736

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

United Utilities limits price rises :: Water company United Utilities says it will scale back its proposed price increase for next year, with prices rising by no more than inflation.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25121194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

NSA Monitored Online Sexual Habits Of Muslim 'Radicalizers' In A Bid To Discredit Them: NSA Document Reveals :: <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 National Security Agency, or NSA, reportedly spied on the "online sexual activity" of individuals that the agency believed were radicalizing others through social media and other means, in a plot to undermine their reputation and credibility.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nsa-monitored-online-sexual-habits-muslim-radicalizers-bid-discredit-them-nsa-document-reveals

Europe's response to U.S. surveillance is hopeful rather than harsh :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gQyIqlQmhx8/

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

Beijing Lawmaker Lobbies For Free Abortion For College Students :: <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>While U.S. politicians and judges tangle over insurance coverage for contraception and abortion, a Chinese lawmaker is calling for making affordable — if not free — abortions available to college students, in a push to get young women with limited funds to use legitimate hospitals instead of resorting to unlicensed clinics.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/beijing-lawmaker-lobbies-free-abortion-college-students-1487452

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

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

27-Nov-2013 14:53

<p>It's Sepulveda's first Thanksgiving, though neither of us lives in the United States, and he's expecting something out of "Friends." I've invited him and nearly two dozen other expatriates from various countries to my apartment in Sydney for a taste of Turkey Day Down Under.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/thanksgiving-food-thought-what-table-full-foreigners-taught-me-about-most-american-holidays-1485690

Ode To The Wild Turkey: American Comeback Story And Thanksgiving Tradition :: <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 dir="ltr">The Thanksgiving bird that most of us feast upon this holiday season would have astonished the Pilgrims and Native Americans of the 1600s. Today's turkeys are fatty beasts bred to have oversized chests – large enough that a factory-farmed tom can't actually have intercourse with a hen, because his massive breast gets in the way. Odds are nigh-on 100 percent that your Butterball was conceived through artificial insemination.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ode-wild-turkey-american-comeback-story-thanksgiving-tradition-1486736

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

United Utilities limits price rises :: Water company United Utilities says it will scale back its proposed price increase for next year, with prices rising by no more than inflation.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25121194#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

NSA Monitored Online Sexual Habits Of Muslim 'Radicalizers' In A Bid To Discredit Them: NSA Document Reveals :: <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 National Security Agency, or NSA, reportedly spied on the "online sexual activity" of individuals that the agency believed were radicalizing others through social media and other means, in a plot to undermine their reputation and credibility.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nsa-monitored-online-sexual-habits-muslim-radicalizers-bid-discredit-them-nsa-document-reveals

Europe's response to U.S. surveillance is hopeful rather than harsh :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gQyIqlQmhx8/

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

Beijing Lawmaker Lobbies For Free Abortion For College Students :: <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>While U.S. politicians and judges tangle over insurance coverage for contraception and abortion, a Chinese lawmaker is calling for making affordable — if not free — abortions available to college students, in a push to get young women with limited funds to use legitimate hospitals instead of resorting to unlicensed clinics.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/beijing-lawmaker-lobbies-free-abortion-college-students-1487452

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

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

VIDEO: 'I took out loan to make ends meet' :: A food bank user in Hull explains why she took out a £2,000 bank loan to buy basic necessities.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25120480#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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

VIDEO: Thomasina Miers: Pigswill ban 'crazy' :: Some celebrity chefs have joined forces to try and change what British farmers can feed their pigs, after a ban on the porkers eating catering waste was introduced during the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25120544#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 jump in profits :: Royal Mail reports a big jump in half-year profits 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

VIDEO: HP shares up 7% in surprise soar :: Investors were braced for bad news from veteran computer firm Hewlett-Packard but they got just the opposite.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25119020#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

AUDIO: Carbon price floor is 'useful revenue' :: The BBC's environment and energy analyst, Roger Harrabin, reports on the carbon price floor that George Osborne is under pressure to scrap.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25117439#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

27-Nov-2013 13:53

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 &amp; 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

27-Nov-2013 12:52

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

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

Sharkeisha Fight Video: Twitter Reacts With Funny Memes [WATCH NSFW VIDEO] :: <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 href="http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-goes-viral-instagram-twitter-watch-graphic-video-here-1487620">The "Sharkeisha" fight video</a> got attention on Tuesday night through various different social media platforms when a clip of a girl punching another in the face went viral.</p>
<p>It's assumed the two girls' names in the video are Sharkeisha and Shay, and to say Shay didn't exactly win the fight would be an understatement. She didn't even see Sharkeisha's iron fist coming her way until the slugger had already pelted her in the face with what seemed like brute force.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-twitter-reacts-funny-memes-watch-nsfw-video-1487686

Investigating Fish Traps From Space: Google Earth Images Reveal Severe Overfishing In Persian Gulf :: <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>Google Earth has helped a team of scientists at the University of British Columbia, or UBC, to reveal that large fish traps in Persian Gulf nations could be catching up to six times more fish than they officially reported.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/investigating-fish-traps-space-google-earth-images-reveal-severe-overfishing-persian-gulf-1487684

Surveillance covers porn, too — leaks show NSA considered undermining "radicalizers" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/cs_caN2oG18/

Morgan Stanley Under Justice Department Scanner For Its Hiring Practices In China :: <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 U.S. Justice Department has launched an anti-bribery probe into Morgan Stanley's (NYSE:MS) hiring practices in China that allegedly violated U.S. laws, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/morgan-stanley-under-justice-department-scanner-its-hiring-practices-china-1487682

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

Pope slams market 'tyranny' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/upYmBwUsGX4/qmb-pope-market-tyranny-beck-intv.cnn.html

France downgraded to AA rating :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/4J5mA4MKXd0/qmb-france-economy-downgraded-philippe-gudin-intv.cnn.html

Scottish independence plan unveiled :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LWv8AxUKGZU/index.html

Blast Near India's Kudankulam Nuclear Plant In Tamil Nadu State Kills 6 People :: <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>Six people were killed and two injured in a bomb explosion on Tuesday night near the controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, only weeks after the plant began producing power after years of delays and public protests.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/blast-near-indias-kudankulam-nuclear-plant-tamil-nadu-state-kills-6-people-1487668

Sony files patent for 'SmartWig' :: Sony files a patent application for "SmartWig", which it says can help navigate roads and collect information such as blood pressure.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25099262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Endangered Bonobos Further Threatened By Forest Loss And Poaching: Study :: <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 bonobo, an endangered species of apes found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is rapidly losing its territory to a burgeoning human population that has triggered deforestation and rampant poaching, according to a new study jointly conducted by University of Georgia, University of Maryland, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Wildlife Fund and other groups.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/endangered-bonobos-further-threatened-forest-loss-poaching-study-1487646

Pentagon's B-52 Challenge To China's Air Defense Zone Draws Criticism From Chinese Public Who Say No-Fly Zone Is Pointless Unless China Responds :: <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 Pentagon's announcement that two B-52 bombers breached China's newly established air-defense identification zone, or ADIZ, over the East China Sea drew heavy criticism from the Chinese public on Wednesday, with several commentators also registering disapproval over a lack of immediate response from the Chinese government.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pentagons-b-52-challenge-chinas-air-defense-zone-draws-criticism-chinese-public-who-say-no-fly-zone

27-Nov-2013 11:50

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

Royal Mail reports rise in profits :: Royal Mail reports an increase in half-year profits, driven by growing revenue from parcels, in its first results since listing on London's stock market.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25106394#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Sharkeisha Fight Video: Twitter Reacts With Funny Memes [WATCH NSFW VIDEO] :: <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 href="http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-goes-viral-instagram-twitter-watch-graphic-video-here-1487620">The "Sharkeisha" fight video</a> got attention on Tuesday night through various different social media platforms when a clip of a girl punching another in the face went viral.</p>
<p>It's assumed the two girls' names in the video are Sharkeisha and Shay, and to say Shay didn't exactly win the fight would be an understatement. She didn't even see Sharkeisha's iron fist coming her way until the slugger had already pelted her in the face with what seemed like brute force.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-twitter-reacts-funny-memes-watch-nsfw-video-1487686

Investigating Fish Traps From Space: Google Earth Images Reveal Severe Overfishing In Persian Gulf :: <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>Google Earth has helped a team of scientists at the University of British Columbia, or UBC, to reveal that large fish traps in Persian Gulf nations could be catching up to six times more fish than they officially reported.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/investigating-fish-traps-space-google-earth-images-reveal-severe-overfishing-persian-gulf-1487684

Surveillance covers porn, too — leaks show NSA considered undermining "radicalizers" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/cs_caN2oG18/

Morgan Stanley Under Justice Department Scanner For Its Hiring Practices In China :: <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 U.S. Justice Department has launched an anti-bribery probe into Morgan Stanley's (NYSE:MS) hiring practices in China that allegedly violated U.S. laws, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/morgan-stanley-under-justice-department-scanner-its-hiring-practices-china-1487682

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

Pope slams market 'tyranny' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/upYmBwUsGX4/qmb-pope-market-tyranny-beck-intv.cnn.html

France downgraded to AA rating :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/4J5mA4MKXd0/qmb-france-economy-downgraded-philippe-gudin-intv.cnn.html

Scottish independence plan unveiled :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LWv8AxUKGZU/index.html

Blast Near India's Kudankulam Nuclear Plant In Tamil Nadu State Kills 6 People :: <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>Six people were killed and two injured in a bomb explosion on Tuesday night near the controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, only weeks after the plant began producing power after years of delays and public protests.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/blast-near-indias-kudankulam-nuclear-plant-tamil-nadu-state-kills-6-people-1487668

Sony files patent for 'SmartWig' :: Sony files a patent application for "SmartWig", which it says can help navigate roads and collect information such as blood pressure.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25099262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Endangered Bonobos Further Threatened By Forest Loss And Poaching: Study :: <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 bonobo, an endangered species of apes found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is rapidly losing its territory to a burgeoning human population that has triggered deforestation and rampant poaching, according to a new study jointly conducted by University of Georgia, University of Maryland, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Wildlife Fund and other groups.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/endangered-bonobos-further-threatened-forest-loss-poaching-study-1487646

Pentagon's B-52 Challenge To China's Air Defense Zone Draws Criticism From Chinese Public Who Say No-Fly Zone Is Pointless Unless China Responds :: <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 Pentagon's announcement that two B-52 bombers breached China's newly established air-defense identification zone, or ADIZ, over the East China Sea drew heavy criticism from the Chinese public on Wednesday, with several commentators also registering disapproval over a lack of immediate response from the Chinese government.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pentagons-b-52-challenge-chinas-air-defense-zone-draws-criticism-chinese-public-who-say-no-fly-zone

Biocon, Mylan Get Nod From Indian Drug Regulator To Market Biosimilar Version Of Herceptin Used For Treating Breast Cancer :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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>Biocon Ltd (NSE:BIOCON) on Tuesday announced it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India, or DCGI, to sell a biosimilar version of Herceptin, a best-selling breast cancer drug, which the company co-developed with Canonsburg, Pa.-based Mylan Inc (Nasdaq: MYL), in India.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/biocon-mylan-get-nod-indian-drug-regulator-market-biosimilar-version-herceptin-used-treating-breast

Thailand Protests May Spread To Tourist Areas Outside Bangkok :: <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>Protesters who have gathered en masse across Bangkok since Sunday vowed to take their movement to topple the government nationwide Wednesday in a sign that Thailand's worst political crisis since 2010 may be far from over.</p>
<p>The protesters are demanding that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who took office in 2011, step down amid claims that her government is, in fact, controlled by her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006 on charges of corruption.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/thailand-protests-may-spread-tourist-areas-outside-bangkok-1487624

Who Is Gail Sandidge? Texas Nurse Stabbed And Killed While Protecting Patients During Surgery Center Attack :: <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>Nurse Gail Sandidge immediately jumped into action Tuesday when she heard a commotion that turned out to be a stabbing at a Texas medical center.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/who-gail-sandidge-texas-nurse-stabbed-killed-while-protecting-patients-during-surgery-center-attack

Sharkeisha Fight Video Goes Viral On Instagram And Twitter; Watch Graphic Video Here :: <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 href="https://twitter.com/search?q=Sharkeisha&amp;src=tren" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Sharkeisha."</a> That's one of the few topics <a href="http://twitter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>could talk about Tuesday night after a video that had already gone viral on Instagram started to get attention on the mini-blog, too. An unsuspecting girl gets punched hard in the face as an onlooker films the assault.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://instagram.com/p/hKvVM4Fb8F/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the graphic, violent video here</a>]</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-goes-viral-instagram-twitter-watch-graphic-video-here-1487620

27-Nov-2013 10:49

Royal Mail reports rise in profits :: Royal Mail reports an increase in half-year profits, driven by growing revenue from parcels, in its first results since listing on London's stock market.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25106394#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Sharkeisha Fight Video: Twitter Reacts With Funny Memes [WATCH NSFW VIDEO] :: <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 href="http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-goes-viral-instagram-twitter-watch-graphic-video-here-1487620">The "Sharkeisha" fight video</a> got attention on Tuesday night through various different social media platforms when a clip of a girl punching another in the face went viral.</p>
<p>It's assumed the two girls' names in the video are Sharkeisha and Shay, and to say Shay didn't exactly win the fight would be an understatement. She didn't even see Sharkeisha's iron fist coming her way until the slugger had already pelted her in the face with what seemed like brute force.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-twitter-reacts-funny-memes-watch-nsfw-video-1487686

Investigating Fish Traps From Space: Google Earth Images Reveal Severe Overfishing In Persian Gulf :: <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>Google Earth has helped a team of scientists at the University of British Columbia, or UBC, to reveal that large fish traps in Persian Gulf nations could be catching up to six times more fish than they officially reported.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/investigating-fish-traps-space-google-earth-images-reveal-severe-overfishing-persian-gulf-1487684

Surveillance covers porn, too — leaks show NSA considered undermining "radicalizers" :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/cs_caN2oG18/

Morgan Stanley Under Justice Department Scanner For Its Hiring Practices In China :: <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 U.S. Justice Department has launched an anti-bribery probe into Morgan Stanley's (NYSE:MS) hiring practices in China that allegedly violated U.S. laws, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/morgan-stanley-under-justice-department-scanner-its-hiring-practices-china-1487682

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

Pope slams market 'tyranny' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/upYmBwUsGX4/qmb-pope-market-tyranny-beck-intv.cnn.html

France downgraded to AA rating :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/4J5mA4MKXd0/qmb-france-economy-downgraded-philippe-gudin-intv.cnn.html

Scottish independence plan unveiled :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/LWv8AxUKGZU/index.html

Blast Near India's Kudankulam Nuclear Plant In Tamil Nadu State Kills 6 People :: <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>Six people were killed and two injured in a bomb explosion on Tuesday night near the controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, only weeks after the plant began producing power after years of delays and public protests.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/blast-near-indias-kudankulam-nuclear-plant-tamil-nadu-state-kills-6-people-1487668

Sony files patent for 'SmartWig' :: Sony files a patent application for "SmartWig", which it says can help navigate roads and collect information such as blood pressure.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25099262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Endangered Bonobos Further Threatened By Forest Loss And Poaching: Study :: <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 bonobo, an endangered species of apes found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is rapidly losing its territory to a burgeoning human population that has triggered deforestation and rampant poaching, according to a new study jointly conducted by University of Georgia, University of Maryland, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Wildlife Fund and other groups.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/endangered-bonobos-further-threatened-forest-loss-poaching-study-1487646

Pentagon's B-52 Challenge To China's Air Defense Zone Draws Criticism From Chinese Public Who Say No-Fly Zone Is Pointless Unless China Responds :: <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 Pentagon's announcement that two B-52 bombers breached China's newly established air-defense identification zone, or ADIZ, over the East China Sea drew heavy criticism from the Chinese public on Wednesday, with several commentators also registering disapproval over a lack of immediate response from the Chinese government.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pentagons-b-52-challenge-chinas-air-defense-zone-draws-criticism-chinese-public-who-say-no-fly-zone

Biocon, Mylan Get Nod From Indian Drug Regulator To Market Biosimilar Version Of Herceptin Used For Treating Breast Cancer :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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>Biocon Ltd (NSE:BIOCON) on Tuesday announced it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India, or DCGI, to sell a biosimilar version of Herceptin, a best-selling breast cancer drug, which the company co-developed with Canonsburg, Pa.-based Mylan Inc (Nasdaq: MYL), in India.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/biocon-mylan-get-nod-indian-drug-regulator-market-biosimilar-version-herceptin-used-treating-breast

Thailand Protests May Spread To Tourist Areas Outside Bangkok :: <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>Protesters who have gathered en masse across Bangkok since Sunday vowed to take their movement to topple the government nationwide Wednesday in a sign that Thailand's worst political crisis since 2010 may be far from over.</p>
<p>The protesters are demanding that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who took office in 2011, step down amid claims that her government is, in fact, controlled by her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006 on charges of corruption.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/thailand-protests-may-spread-tourist-areas-outside-bangkok-1487624

Who Is Gail Sandidge? Texas Nurse Stabbed And Killed While Protecting Patients During Surgery Center Attack :: <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>Nurse Gail Sandidge immediately jumped into action Tuesday when she heard a commotion that turned out to be a stabbing at a Texas medical center.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/who-gail-sandidge-texas-nurse-stabbed-killed-while-protecting-patients-during-surgery-center-attack

Sharkeisha Fight Video Goes Viral On Instagram And Twitter; Watch Graphic Video Here :: <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 href="https://twitter.com/search?q=Sharkeisha&amp;src=tren" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Sharkeisha."</a> That's one of the few topics <a href="http://twitter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>could talk about Tuesday night after a video that had already gone viral on Instagram started to get attention on the mini-blog, too. An unsuspecting girl gets punched hard in the face as an onlooker films the assault.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://instagram.com/p/hKvVM4Fb8F/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the graphic, violent video here</a>]</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-goes-viral-instagram-twitter-watch-graphic-video-here-1487620

WTO: Global trade deal faces collapse :: The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevedo, warns that global trade deal talks face collapse.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25099257#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

27-Nov-2013 09:49

Sony files patent for 'SmartWig' :: Sony files a patent application for "SmartWig", which it says can help navigate roads and collect information such as blood pressure.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25099262#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Endangered Bonobos Further Threatened By Forest Loss And Poaching: Study :: <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 bonobo, an endangered species of apes found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is rapidly losing its territory to a burgeoning human population that has triggered deforestation and rampant poaching, according to a new study jointly conducted by University of Georgia, University of Maryland, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Wildlife Fund and other groups.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/endangered-bonobos-further-threatened-forest-loss-poaching-study-1487646

Pentagon's B-52 Challenge To China's Air Defense Zone Draws Criticism From Chinese Public Who Say No-Fly Zone Is Pointless Unless China Responds :: <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 Pentagon's announcement that two B-52 bombers breached China's newly established air-defense identification zone, or ADIZ, over the East China Sea drew heavy criticism from the Chinese public on Wednesday, with several commentators also registering disapproval over a lack of immediate response from the Chinese government.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pentagons-b-52-challenge-chinas-air-defense-zone-draws-criticism-chinese-public-who-say-no-fly-zone

Biocon, Mylan Get Nod From Indian Drug Regulator To Market Biosimilar Version Of Herceptin Used For Treating Breast Cancer :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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>Biocon Ltd (NSE:BIOCON) on Tuesday announced it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India, or DCGI, to sell a biosimilar version of Herceptin, a best-selling breast cancer drug, which the company co-developed with Canonsburg, Pa.-based Mylan Inc (Nasdaq: MYL), in India.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/biocon-mylan-get-nod-indian-drug-regulator-market-biosimilar-version-herceptin-used-treating-breast

Thailand Protests May Spread To Tourist Areas Outside Bangkok :: <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>Protesters who have gathered en masse across Bangkok since Sunday vowed to take their movement to topple the government nationwide Wednesday in a sign that Thailand's worst political crisis since 2010 may be far from over.</p>
<p>The protesters are demanding that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who took office in 2011, step down amid claims that her government is, in fact, controlled by her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military coup in 2006 on charges of corruption.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/thailand-protests-may-spread-tourist-areas-outside-bangkok-1487624

Who Is Gail Sandidge? Texas Nurse Stabbed And Killed While Protecting Patients During Surgery Center Attack :: <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>Nurse Gail Sandidge immediately jumped into action Tuesday when she heard a commotion that turned out to be a stabbing at a Texas medical center.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/who-gail-sandidge-texas-nurse-stabbed-killed-while-protecting-patients-during-surgery-center-attack

Sharkeisha Fight Video Goes Viral On Instagram And Twitter; Watch Graphic Video Here :: <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 href="https://twitter.com/search?q=Sharkeisha&amp;src=tren" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Sharkeisha."</a> That's one of the few topics <a href="http://twitter.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter </a>could talk about Tuesday night after a video that had already gone viral on Instagram started to get attention on the mini-blog, too. An unsuspecting girl gets punched hard in the face as an onlooker films the assault.</p>
<p>[<a href="http://instagram.com/p/hKvVM4Fb8F/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the graphic, violent video here</a>]</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sharkeisha-fight-video-goes-viral-instagram-twitter-watch-graphic-video-here-1487620

Tucson Sisters Imprisoned In Home For 2 Years Break Free After Reportedly Abused By Parents :: <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Three Tucson, Ariz., girls were rescued Tuesday and shockingly told police they had been held captive for about two years. Now their mother and stepfather face kidnapping and abuse charges.  </p>
<p>The girls' stepfather, Fernando Richter, 34, and mother, Sophia Richter, 32, face three charges of kidnapping, child abuse/emotional abuse and child abuse/physical abuse, <a href="http://www.wbtv.com/story/24078408/tucson-police-3-girls-imprisoned-for-2-years" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WBTV</a> reports. The stepfather also was charged with one count of sexual abuse with a person under 15 years of age, police said.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/tucson-sisters-imprisoned-home-2-years-break-free-after-reportedly-abused-parents-1487612

Wife Uses Local Bar Sign To Tell Cheating Husband She's Divorcing Him :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </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 weekend special of revenge was just what one scorned wife ordered for her husband.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2513701/Wife-announces-divorce-BAR-sign-discovering-husbands-affair.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Daily Mail</a> reports that a woman in Wales asked the staff at the bar Noah's Yard to change the establishment's sign outside to read, "Paul...I am divorcing you." The proclamation was visible above the front door of the restaurant for all the patrons, and Paul, to see. The postcript "BTW I am keeping the dog" was later added. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/wife-uses-local-bar-sign-tell-cheating-husband-shes-divorcing-him-1487608

Thanksgiving Snow 2013: Lots of Rain And Wind But Not Too Much White Stuff :: <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>Get out your galoshes, Thanksgiving travelers, because it's going to be a wet one! But according to <a href="http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/11/26/thanksgiving-travel-forecast-lots-of-rain-some-snow-out-west/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CBS,</a> though there will be plenty of rain and wind, there might not be that much snow.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/thanksgiving-snow-2013-lots-rain-wind-not-too-much-white-stuff-1487602

Who Is Olivia Wise? YouTube 'Roar' Sensation Dies After Brain Cancer Battle :: <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 fearless 16-year-old Toronto girl who captured the hearts of millions worldwide with her powerful voice has passed away.  </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/who-olivia-wise-youtube-roar-sensation-dies-after-brain-cancer-battle-1487596

WTO: Global trade deal faces collapse :: The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevedo, warns that global trade deal talks face collapse.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25099257#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Japan gets 2019 Rugby World Cup ball rolling :: Japan aims to convert nation to rugby by 2019
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24853540#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

How Pisa became the world's most important exam :: The world's most important exams
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24988343#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Cute cats could be key to learning :: How cute cats could be the key to learning languages
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25103362#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Nine million in 'serious' debt :: Nearly nine million people across the UK are living with serious debt problems, according to a new report.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25108891#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

What does your ISP say about you? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/cSi4mRqwINk/

Pandora gives up on law to reform music royalty rates :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/A1dOzcCJU-g/

The LightBlue Cortado project board could let you build presence awareness in your home :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/eA4bdQ6rXd4/

Whitman: HP will enter 3D printing but not via acquisition :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/iE5HZwZzz0o/