Verizon Wireless to sell Nokia’s new Lumia smartphones

affiliate marketing HELSINKI (Reuters) – Verizon Wireless will begin selling Nokia‘s new Lumia smartphones this autumn, helping the Finnish company to fight back against Apple and Samsung in the United StatesThe Nokia Lumia 822, which will run on Microsoft‘s Windows Phone 8 software, will include an 8 megapixel camera and allow for wireless...

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‘Anderson Live’ to end after 2 seasons

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anderson Cooper‘s daytime talk show will be wrapping after two seasons.Warner Bros. said Monday that the marketplace made it increasingly difficult for “Anderson Live” to “break through” to viewers despite format changes. affiliate marketing The...

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Meningitis Outbreak Updates and Insights

affiliate marketing Physicians, health experts, and public health officials continue to grapple with the ongoing outbreak of fungal meningitis related to contaminated vials of an injectable steroid medication. Some nearly 14,000 people who may have been inadvertently exposed to the infection wait with bated breath to see if they, too,...

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Stock, bond markets shut on Tuesday, may reopen Wed

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – Stock and bond markets will be closed on Tuesday, as Hurricane Sandy forced Wall Street to shut down trading for at least a second straight day.NYSE Euronext and Nasdq OMX Group said they made their decision in consultation with industry executives and regulators, and intend to reopen Wednesday, conditions...

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More than ever, Barca more than club for Catalans

affiliate marketing BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nearly 20 minutes into the latest clash between Spain’s most popular football teams, Barcelona‘s 98,000-seat Camp Nou stadium erupted into a deafening roar. Tens of thousands of Catalans in the city at the heart of their separatist movement chanted in unison: “Independence!”More than ever,...

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SAP eyes “long” period of high sales growth: report

affiliate marketing BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany‘s SAP may be able to sustain high sales from software and related services for a “very long time,” co-chief executive Bill McDermott told a German newspaper.“It’s our ambition to grow with double-digit numbers for a very long time to come,” Euro am Sonntag quoted McDermott as saying in an...

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Reports: UK police arrest Gary Glitter

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — The sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children’s television host Jimmy Savile widened on Sunday as police arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.Police would not directly identify the suspect arrested Sunday, but...

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New test to improve HIV diagnosis in poor countries

affiliate marketing LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have come up with a test for the virus that causes AIDS that is ten times more sensitive and a fraction of the cost of existing methods, offering the promise of better diagnosis and treatment in the developing world.The test uses nanotechnology to give a result that can be seen with the...

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In China, a ‘Golden Rice Bowl’ For Civil Service

affiliate marketing Paper-pushing for low pay? That’s not how most Chinese view employment in the country’s civil service, touted as the “golden rice bowl” for the lifetime of cushy benefits it provides. By the evening of Oct. 24, the closing of the application period, some 1.6 million people were expected to have registered to take...

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Lithuania opens 2nd round of national election

affiliate marketing VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Voting stations have opened in the second round of Lithuania’s parliamentary elections, with the results likely to determine whether the small East European nation continues tough austerity measures in an effort to join the euro zone.Nearly half of Parliament’s 141 seats are at stake in single-mandate...

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