Archive for June 10th, 2009

Oil rises above $72 on falling U.S. inventories (Reuters)

Reuters – Oil rose above $72 a barrel on Thursday, heading for a third consecutive day of gains, after data showed falling U.S. crude and product inventories, adding to signs that oil demand may have bottomed out.

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Oil rises above $72 on falling U.S. inventories
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Analysis: Netanyahu cornered by hawks and Obama (AP)

AP – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make a dramatic attempt to narrow a growing divide with the Obama administration when he delivers a major policy speech in the coming days, his aides say ? even at the expense of alienating hawkish coalition partners opposed to territorial compromise.

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Analysis: Netanyahu cornered by hawks and Obama
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Venezuela bans Coke Zero, cites "danger to health" (Reuters)

Reuters – The Venezuelan government of U.S.-critic President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday ordered Coca-Cola Co to withdraw its Coke Zero beverage from the South American nation, citing unspecified dangers to health.

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Ahmadinejad’s economic record may sway Iran vote (Reuters)

Reuters – If Iranian voters deny President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-election on Friday, it may be more a verdict on his economic performance than on his fierce rhetoric against the United States and Israel, his defense of Iran’s nuclear policy or his persistent questioning of the Holocaust.

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Ahmadinejad’s economic record may sway Iran vote
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Guns, Germs and Recession: The Curse on Mexican Tourism (Time.com)

Time.com – The triple whammy of the drug warm, swine flu and the global economic crisis have sapped out of one of Mexico’s critical revenue streams

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Guns, Germs and Recession: The Curse on Mexican Tourism
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Peshawar: More and More, A City Under Siege (Time.com)

Time.com – This week’s bombing of a landmark hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan is the latest in a series of attacks on the frontier city that is increasingly coming under militant fire

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Peshawar: More and More, A City Under Siege
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Casio’s Latest Exilim Snaps 1,000 Pictures Before a Recharge (PC World)

PC World – Swimwear and suntan lotion? Check. Camera? Check. Camera charger? No need. There’s a lot to remember when packing for vacation but a new digital camera from Casio could mean one less thing in your baggage.

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Casio’s Latest Exilim Snaps 1,000 Pictures Before a Recharge
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Ex-clients sue Lehman over auction-rate securities (Reuters)

Reuters – Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is being sued by two former clients for more than $190 million, alleging the failed bank deceived them about the market for auction-rate debt.

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Ex-clients sue Lehman over auction-rate securities
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