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Germany divided over buying secret Swiss bank data

BERLIN/ZURICH (Reuters) – German politicians were divided at the weekend over whether to buy the bank data of up to 1,500 possible tax evaders with accounts in Switzerland that media say an informant has offered to sell authorities.

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DP World mulls $884 million IPO of Australian unit

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Port operator DP World, part of Dubai World conglomerate, is considering a A$1 billion ($884 million) initial public offering (IPO) by spinning off some of its Australian assets, a media report said on Monday.

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Leslie Harris…Woman On The Move!

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ — Women on the Move, located in Boynton Beach, Florida, is the new network that aims to serve as a support system highlighting the positive experiences of women and their many passions. Women from different l…

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Obama wants company cell phone tax repealed

Ever make a personal call on your company cell phone? Did you record the value of that call as taxable income, as required by law?

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Nexus One Heading For AT&T?

Google’s HTC Nexus One, while available unlocked (always), but subsidized by T-Mobile with a two-year contract. Hopefully anyone who bought the Nexus One with the intent of using it with an AT&T SIM read the fine print and realized that it wasn’t c…

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Tories accused of muddled thinking over spending cuts

• Tories confirm shift over deficit by limiting spending cuts• Lord Mandelson says Cameron ‘wobbling around’ over policyDavid Cameron and George Osborne today confirmed a shift in Tory thinking on tackling the deficit, suggesting they would be able to make only limited spending cuts this summer, and only by acting in conjunction with the Bank [...]

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Why are there so few female film-makers?

No woman has ever won an Oscar for directing. Could this be the year that all changes?For Vanity Fair’s annual ­Hollywood issue a few years back, photographer Annie Leibovitz created a classic image of a film director at work. Posing beneath a stormy sky, George Clooney stood with his shirt ripped open, trousers tucked rakishly into [...]

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Toyota recall reaches Israel, Peugeot recalls Toyota made cars

The sticky accelerator pedal defect that led to 19 deaths in US initiating the 6.5 million car recalls has now also spread to Israel. Reportedly, the recall is now turning out to be the world’s largest recall ever.

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Pope urges ‘responsibility’ during tough times

Pope Benedict XVI has urged sense of responsibility from governments, employers and workers as they deal with job losses from the economic crisis.

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Are stocks set for a down year?

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The adage “as January goes, so goes the year” bodes ill for equity investors after the S&P 500 closed out its worst month in almost a year. This week, they will have to contend with fears of sovereign defaults and potential unp…

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