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Murdoch Uni ranked among worlds best young unis
Murdoch University has been named for the first time in Times Higher Education's top 100 universities under 50 years old rankings. Murdoch debuted in the rankings at 57, while Curtin University was ranked ...
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China Manufacturing Contraction Deepens In June
China's manufacturing activity contracted at a faster pace in June, reducing the prospects of a promising economic recovery, preliminary results of a survey by Markit Economics and HSBC revealed Thursday. The flash manufacturing purchasing managers' index fell to 48.3 in June from 49.2 in May. The index is now at its lowest level in nine months. Readings below 50 suggest contraction of ...
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EU finance leaders meet over ESM
Eurozone finance ministers meet in Luxembourg today to decide on when and how the European Stability Mechanism bailout fund can invest in a bank to save it from failure. Eurozone leaders want the ESM to be able to become a shareholder in a failing systemically important bank. The move could prevent the expense of saving the bank falling on just one government that may already be struggling ...
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Senate Committee Makes Dyslexia Its Main Order of Business
Special education was the paramount topic before the Senate education committee yesterday, with the panel moving nearly a dozen bills, more than half of them aimed at addressing schools' responses to and services for ...
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Corporation field officers trained as Litter Wardens
DISASTER Management Unit Field officers of the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation are now effectively equipped to aid the ...
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Brazil matters - and not because of the World Cup
As massive protests sweep across Brazil, Tim Harcourt and Mark Thirlwell explain why the importance of that country to Australia goes well beyond the World Cup in 2014 and the Rio Olympics in ...
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Boyd Oregon State knock IU out of College World Series
Bruce Thorson/USA Today Sports OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- In the kind of pitchers' duel the College World Series hadn't seen in three decades, Matt Boyd was just a bit superior to Aaron Slegers. Boyd threw a four-hitter and Oregon State ended the Hoosiers' first appearance in Omaha with a 1-0 victory Wednesday night. "Matt was just a couple of pitches ...
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KY constable who shot suspected shoplifter opens security business www.privateofficer.com
The Commonwealth's Attorney's Office is looking into a security business operated by former Jefferson County Constable David Whitlock, who was barred from working in law enforcement after pleading guilty in October to shooting a suspected shoplifter at a Walmart. Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney John Balenovich said he is reviewing the case to determine whether Whitlock's ...
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Owen Paterson UK must become global leaders on GM crops
genetically modified crops , which he will say will reduce fertiliser and chemical use and improve efficiency.Paterson's strongest speech yet in favour of the controversial practice is expected to make both a moral and economic case for them to be grown widely both in Britain and in developing countries."While the rest of the world is ploughing ahead and reaping the benefits of new ...
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Micron calls change hands at a clip ahead of earnings after the close
MU - Micron Technology, Inc. - Options traders appear to be snapping up out of the money call options on Micron Technology this morning ahead of the company's third-quarter earnings report after the closing bell today. Shares in the name kicked off the trading session in rally mode, rising as much as 2.6% to a six-year high of $14.11 in the early going, but have since turned negative to ...
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The community college payoff New site reveals earnings of California graduates by program
California's community colleges have published the median earnings of graduates who went straight into the workforce after earning a certificate or associate degree -- pay that varies widely by the field of study.Students interested in studying dramatic arts, for instance, can check the college system's Salary Surfer website and see the median earnings of degree holders were just ...
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Fatal blast to close CF Industries La. plant longer than expected
A fatal explosion at a CF Industries Holdings ammonia plant last week will keep the Donaldsonville. La., facility offline a few weeks onger than expected. Still the the manager of North America's largest nitrogen complex doesn't expect the extra downtime will to hurt on nitrogen output or ability to supply customers.The accident occurred on Friday at around 6 p.m. in a section of the ...
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Wipro shares gain on Citigroup order win
Citigroup . According to reports, the tenure of the contract is five years. As a part of the contract, Wipro will be responsible for application development and maintenance, as well as providing IMS services, for Citi's global operations. The contract also requires Wipro to set up a large offshore delivery centre in Bangalore. The large contract comes at a time when ...
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China manufacturing at nine-month low in June
BEIJING (AFP) - China's manufacturing activity shrank again in June, HSBC said on Thursday, hitting a nine-month low and adding to concerns about the strength of the world's second biggest economy.The British banking giant said its preliminary purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 48.3, worse than May's final reading of 49.2 and its lowest since September.A reading ...
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Ethiopia World Bank - Ethiopia Can Achieve Middle-Income Status By 2020
The World Bank Ethiopia Office released a report on Tuesday (June 18th ) detailing the country's current economic situation and forecasting future prospects. According to the report, the World Bank acknowledged that Ethiopia had the capability to achieve its target of becoming a middle income country by 2020. The report said that in spite of all the challenges, if Ethiopia continued its ...
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World Thirst for Energy
As the global economy slowly recovers from the 2008 financial crisis, indicators point to a significant mid- and long-term rise in energy consumption, specifically in oil and natural gas. Despite recent developments in renewable energy resources and the increasing production of hydrocarbon from shale reserves, it looks likely that both consumption and prices will climb higher over the coming ...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia assets hammered on China fears Fed upset
Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:16am EDT * MSCI Asia ex-Japan slides 3.5 pct to 9-month low * U.S. Treasury yields hit 15-mth high, underpin dollar * China "flash" PMI hits 9-month lows * Asian credit market spreads widen 23 points By Chikako Mogi and Wayne Cole TOKYO/SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters) - Asian markets buckled badly on Thursday after the Federal Reserve heralded an eventual end to free money ...
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China Manufacturing Contracts to Lowest Level in 9 Months
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Turkish unions business groups back crackdown on Taksim Square protest
The Turkish ruling elite is closing ranks around Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown against protests. Threatening to send the army against the population, Erdogan has sent riot police to violently clear Taksim Square, arresting hundreds of protesters Tuesday.WSWS supporters in Turkey reported that 20 business groups and trade union federations took out a full-page advertisement ...
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Emeco cuts earnings forecast again
Shares in mining equipment supplier Emeco Holdings have fallen sharply today to a four-and-a-half year low after the company downgraded its profit forecast for the second time in two months. The company said it expects to report an operating profit after tax in the range of $35 to $36 million, for the year to June ...
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Iranians dance in the streets after qualifying for World Cup days after election
For the second time in days, Iranians, who have had little cause for cheer in eight years, have been dancing in the streets. There was an explosion of joy in their fun-starved nation when its beloved national football team won a prized ticket to next summer's World Cup finals in Brazil with a 1-0 away victory over South Korea on Tuesday. This followed a weekend of celebrations after ...
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Two Canadian sites in running for World Heritage status
A Basque whaling station that dates to the 1500s and a largely unspoiled expanse of boreal forest where five First Nations have existed for six millenniums are among the international sites being considered this week for coveted World Heritage designation.Canadian officials are in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, hoping to convince UNESCO's World Heritage Committee that the Red Bay National Historic ...
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World War Z The zombie canon gets a grown-up addition
From left, Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, Abigail Hargrove as Rachel Lane, and Mireille Enos as Karin Lane in a scene from World War Z. (Jaap Buitendijk/Paramount ...
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Report paints precise picture of global bird decline
Birds the world over are facing unprecedented challenges, a new report has found, with populations plummeting and a growing number of species under threat. But better data from the field is making it possible to pinpoint exactly where and why some categories of birds are at particular risk, paving the way for strategies designed to improve their ...
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Chinas manufacturing activity at 9-month low HSBC
China's manufacturing activities fell to a nine-month low this month, according to a preliminary survey from HSBC.The HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for June fell to 48.3, the lowest level since October and down from 49.2 in May, according to figures released by HSBC on Thursday.An index reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 means ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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