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  • New US meat labeling rules upsets Canada New US meat labeling rules upsets Canada

    OTTAWA - Canada has threatened "retaliatory measures" against the United States move changing the so-called country of origin labeling that would track beef and hogs through the meat processing and distribution systems, stating that it is discriminatory, a view shared by the World Trade Organisation. On Thursday, the United States Department of Agriculture issued a final modification to its ...

  • Twitter beefs up security with two-step login Twitter beefs up security with two-step login

    NEW YORK - Aiming to tackle recent high-profile breaches, popular micro-blogging site Twitter is introducing an optional two-step login for users to beef up security. The new system would try to ensure "it's really you" when a user signs in to Twitter, which transmits some 400 million messages a day. The move follows recent attacks into the twitter accounts of news organisations' such as ...

  • Royalty Pharma takeover bid fails to find Elan ecceptance Royalty Pharma takeover bid fails to find Elan ecceptance

    DUBLIN/ WASHINGTON Ireland-based biotechnology firm Elan Thursday rejected Royalty Pharma's increased $6.4 billion takeover bid, shortly after the U.S. firm cut the acceptance bar for its latest offer to 50 percent plus one share. Royalty raised its hostile cash bid to $12.50 per share on Monday, from $11.25 previously, but made the new offer conditional on Elan shareholders rejecting, at a ...

  • Wockhardt shares plunge 20 pc on USFDA import alert Wockhardt shares plunge 20 pc on USFDA import alert

    MUMBAI - Shares of Wockhardt, one of the leading Indian pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, witnessed a sharp fall of 20% to Rs. 1,315 ($23.61) on the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) on Thursday after the US FDA published an import alert on one of its three manufacturing facilities near Aurangabad. The import alert, 'detention without physical examination of drugs from firms which have ...

  • 2 Ford units to be shut in Australia in Oct 2016 2 Ford units to be shut in Australia in Oct 2016

    MELBOURNE - Ford Motor Company Wednesday announced plans of closing its local manufacturing operations in Broadmeadows and Geelong in October 2016 thereby forcing 1,200 people out of work. Spelling the end of the iconic Ford Falcon in the country, Ford Australia president Bob Graziano announced that the carmaker would shut its Victorian facilities in October 2016, bringing an end to nearly ...


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Louie Bluie [DVD]

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Prior to the release of Terry Zwigoffs independently produced documentary Louie Bluie in the mid-1980s, the name Louie Bluie meant little to even dedicated music collectors and the name Howard Armstrong meant even less. When Zwigoff, a musician and rabid collector of 78s, traded so ... ...

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  • UK urged by IMF to bring forward high value spending

    LONDON - In a critique of the United Kingdom's austerity programme, the International Monetary Fund Wednesday urged the Europe's third largest economy to rebalance the policy to make the transition to a high-investment and more export-oriented economy. "The UK could boost growth by bringing forward measures already included in its fiscal plan, such as spending on infrastructure and job ...

  • Chidambaram says U.S. Federal Reserves statement misunderstood calls for calm

    Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday sought to calm stock markets in India after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested bond purchases could be scaled back if the U.S. economy improves. Addressing a news conference here, Chidambaram said fears that the Federal Reserve would start reversing its U.S. monetary stimulus programme were being misunderstood in stock market and investor ...

  • Japan Bulls Unwavered by Stock Market Rout

    A day after Japanese equities witnessed their sharpest one-day drop in more than two years, investor optimism over the outlook for the country's stock market remains unshaken. "The market was very right for a correction. [But] longer term there is a lot of potential in Japan. Obviously markets don't move in a straight line," David Dietze, president and chief investment ...

  • ITC Microsoft Xbox doesnt violate Motorola Mobility patent

    Microsoft Corp. did not violate a Motorola Mobility patent when it made its Xbox gaming console, the International Trade Commission ruled Thursday.If the ITC had found that Microsoft infringed, it could have barred the Xbox from being imported into the United States. The fight over the Xbox is related to a larger smartphone patent war between Apple, Microsoft and the mobile phone makers who use ...

  • Market Wrap for Thursday May 23 Wall Street Shrugs Off Global Slump

    Thursday's trading session may have been the most glaring example of just how powerful the bull market in U.S. stocks is right now. Even though all of the major averages closed slightly lower on the day, the U.S. market was able to shrug off a global rout in stock prices that began with a 7.3 percent crash in the Nikkei. The catalyst for the sell-off in Japan centered on concerns ...

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