‘No Strings Attached’ lands at No. 2, while newcomer ‘The Mechanic’ and holdover ‘Green Hornet’ are tie for No. 3 spot with $11.5 million. New Line/Warner Bros.’ Anthony Hopkins exorcism pic The Rite opened on the lower end of expectations, but still won the weekend box-office race with an estimated gross of $15 million from 2,985 [...]
Jan 31 2011 | Posted in
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Lafarge and the leisure industry remain under pressure, while Carrefour and values related to energy progress. At 14:40, the Cac 40 gained 0.35% to 4,016 points. The Paris Bourse has erased its losses earlier this afternoon, announcing a larger increase than expected U.S. consumer taking precedence over concerns about geopolitical unrest in Egypt. The underlying trend is also [...]
Jan 31 2011 | Posted in
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BRUSSELS- In the euro area, inflation has accelerated more that expected in January, over annd above the target of the European Central Bank (ECB), but it would most likely solidify his oratory than its rate. It was based on groundwork estimates released by Eurostat by Monday, price rises at 2.4% over a year in 17 [...]
Jan 31 2011 | Posted in
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The film “The King’s Speech“ dominated the nominations with 12 citations for the 83rd edition of the Academy Awards. Nominations were announced Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. “The King’s Speech” is particularly cited in the categories Best Film, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Supporting Actress (Helena Bonham-Carter), Best Supporting Actor (Geoffrey Rush) and best director (Tom [...]
Jan 27 2011 | Posted in
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New York (EFE) – Skype, the main service and free Internet telephony, will begin trading on the stock market in the second half of this year, later than expected by investors, said today on its website. According to sources familiar with the case cited by the newspaper, Skype plans to release in the stock market [...]
Jan 27 2011 | Posted in
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New York (EFE) – Motorola Mobility, a division of Motorola is dedicated exclusively to the manufacture of mobile phones and other devices, drastically reduced its losses in 2010 (93.6%) and managed to close the quarter with profits quarter. The U.S. company today announced its results for the first time business as an independent entity, as [...]
Jan 27 2011 | Posted in
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Oil stocks rose more than five times I expected the United States last week, as gasoline stocks, according to figures released Wednesday by the Energy Department. Advanced oil reserves by 4.8 million barrels to 340.6 million barrels in the week ending Jan. 21. Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires expected a rise of only 900,000 [...]
Jan 27 2011 | Posted in
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As its name implies, this special edition is two-tone paint both outside and inside, and offers the best equipment in the Italian home. The most successful car in Lamborghini’s history captures the imagination of who manages it with its V10 engine of 560 horsepower, the grip of its system of four-wheel traction and stability that [...]
Jan 27 2011 | Posted in
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Madrid – The government and unions reached today an agreement in principle on the reform of public pension system in Spain, after two weeks of intense negotiations, confirmed news media . According to Cadena Ser, the Executive and the two Iberian country’s major unions, the Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) and Union General de Trabajadores (UGT), reached [...]
Jan 27 2011 | Posted in
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Sales of new U.S. homes last December were up 17.5% to total 329,000, against 280,000 in November, reaching its highest level since April 2010 when there was still the government support program, reports the Vector brokerage. According to the report, that figure far exceeds the 3.5% growth for the month expected by economists. About 85% [...]
Jan 27 2011 | Posted in
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