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Feds investigate after plane parts land on GA home
ELLENWOOD, Ga. - Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from its right wing that landed on a woman's house in Clayton County.The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the China Airlines flight landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after Sunday's incident. No injuries were ...
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How to fix college
(Nate Shron/Getty Images) So, you're considering college but don't have the dough. Or maybe you're out of college now and still don't have the dough. You're not alone: In the past 30 years, the cost of a college degree has risen 1,120 percent and the number of people taking out loans to pay for it has skyrocketed. The good news is that with a little creativity (and ...
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Czech police search for American suspected of killing family
Petra Vedrova said the suspect may be armed and dangerous. Police had taken measures to stop him from leaving the country and were in contact with neighboring states. "(The suspect) goes by the ...
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Euro final to showcase Brand Germany
Champions League final provides a "brilliant showcase" for "Brand Germany" Bundesliga clubs have strong "indigenous corporate engagement" Expert: Sponsor and fan cooperation is for the clubs' greater good Like German businesses, Bundesliga clubs pursue long-term ...
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Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law
DENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their ...
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Euro fell sharply yesterday against the dollar
Comment: Euro fell sharply yesterday against the dollar, after Ben Bernanke said that they might cut the pace of asset purchases in the following months. Technically, the upward reaction was expected after the reach of our target at 1.2800 area, which is the base of the head and shoulders formation in the daily chart. However, yesterday's upward reaction was limited below 1.3000 important ...
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Euro Zone Contracting but at slower pace
Output was still contracting in May, although at a slower pace, according to PMI flash estimates released this morning. The Composite PMI for activity rose to 47.7, up by 0.7 points. Yet, survey details suggest that the downturn might ...
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European banks are broadly lower
- Fed Chairman struck a less dovish tone during his address of congressional committee. - FOMC Minutes underscored a growing rift within the Fed: Many members needed more data before reducing purchases; Most prepared to adjust purchase pace up or down; a number willing to reduce purchases as soon as June -ECB's Praet: ECB could expand range of tools used if needed to fight deflation -China ...
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Eurozone business sluggish but signs look up survey
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The downturn in eurozone private sector business activity eased in May, even as the recession continued, a widely-watched survey showed on Thursday.The Markit Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers Index registered 47.7 points, a three-month high and well up on April's 46.9 points albeit still below the threshold of 50 points indicating growth or recession.The survey is an ...
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FTSE battered by Chinese data U.S. stimulus concerns
* FTSE 100 down 1.9 pct, eyes worst day in 11 months * Break below 6,700 could spell steeper losses * United Utilities rewarded for dividends, Halfords punished By Toni Vorobyova LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Britain's top shares slid from 13-year peaks on Thursday, battered by weak Chinese economic data and signs the U.S. Federal Reserve could soon taper its stimulus programme. Mining stocks ...
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We have a good chance of hosting Euro 2020 games – minister
Youth and Sports Minister Azad Rahimov has expressed his opinion on the fact that Azerbaijan claims to hold matches of the European Football Championship 2020. "You could say that we already have two stadiums ready to host the matches of Euro 2020. It is the Olympic Stadium and the Republican stadium. European Championship 2020 will be held under the new scheme and the country does not ...
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Falling food sales lead UK decline in April figures
Fergal O'Brien - 23 May 2013 RETAIL sales in the UK unexpectedly fell in April, led by the biggest drop in food sales for almost two years - something that is sure to worry food companies here in ...
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US-type house auction scheme could free our pillar banks from loans in less than year
Kingsley Greenland - 23 May 2013 How quickly could Ireland's 'pillar banks' be free of troubled home loans? If the experience of the US is a guide, the answer could be less than three ...
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Lagarde Faces Questioning Over Misuse of Public Funds
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde has arrived at a French court where she is due to be questioned on Thursday over her involvement in an arbitration payment made to a billionaire supporter of former president Nikolas Sarkozy. The case revolves around a decision Lagarde made when she was French finance minister in 2007 to refer a long-running dispute between the French state and ...
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British PM seeks answers after brutal London attack
south London street . A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just minutes after Wednesday's killing showed a man with hands covered in blood shouting Islamic slogans and promising revenge ...
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Euro-zone PMI rises to three-month high
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Private-sector activity in the 17-nation euro zone continued to shrink in May, albeit at a slower pace than in previous months, according to the preliminary Markit composite purchasing managers' index released on Thursday. The index rose to a three-month high of 47.7 from 46.9 in April, beating expectations, but still well below the 50-mark that separates expansion ...
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Ranbaxy shares dive over 9 on bourses after Daiichi Sankyo says misled over probes
The Japanese drug maker added that it continues to support Ranbaxy in its efforts to address and correct the conduct of the past which led to the ...
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Slovakia sets final terms on 5.5-year euro bond sale
By Davide Scigliuzzo Thu May 23, 2013 5:58am EDT LONDON, May 23 (IFR) - The Slovak Republic has closed books on its upcoming sale of a 5.5-year euro-denominated international bond, through which it is set to raise EUR1bn, according to market sources. The sovereign, rated A2/A/A+, has set the final spread on the issue at 65bp over mid-swaps, at the tight end of official guidance of 67bp area ...
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Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers
Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to ...
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Euro zone slump eases in May
The downturn across euro zone businesses eased slightly this month, although a lack of new orders means the bloc's economy is likely to contract again in the second quarter, business surveys showed today. Markit's flash euro zone Services PMI, which surveys around 2,000 companies ranging from major banks to caterers, rose in May to 47.5, a three-month high, from 47 in April. While ...
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Putin finds it very important to pool efforts to ensure equal security in Euro-Atlantic space
MOSCOW, May 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin finds it very important to pool efforts of all countries and the expert community to ensure equal security and a joint strategy of the struggle against the threats and challenges emerging in the Euro-Atlantic ...
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Eurozone downturn in manufacturing services eases in May
See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive Tools upgraded to a new content management ...
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Families remember young tornado victims
Plaza Towers Elementary School after a monstrous tornado raked across the building, leaving the one-story building a heap of bricks, broken concrete and twisted metal. In all 24 people were killed -- including 10 children -- when Monday's storm ravaged Moore and a slice ...
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Colorado killers reprieve sharply criticized
Religious leaders from Colorado, from left, Dr. Jim Ryan, Colorado Council of Churches, Dean Peter Eaton, St. John's Cathedral, Rabbi Steven Foster and Catholic Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila listen as Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces at a news conference at the Capitol in Denver on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, that he was granting a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap from his death ...
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Baku to take steps to bid to host UEFA Euro 2012
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has decreed to take measures related to nomination of Baku to host the European Football Championships in 2020. According ...
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US nuclear missles in Europe remain poised for a war that will never come
The United States and Russia recently signed a new landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty called START in March and the US in early May followed up its non-proliferation goals by making the unprecedented step of publicly declaring how many nuclear weapons it had – just over 5,113 in total, though many of them are in storage and would take time to be deployed.
That is a vast reduction compared to the total arsenal the country possessed at the height of the Cold War in 1967, the number at that time was 31,225, according to reports by European news media. Read more
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