Perry Makes Digs at Romney on Fox News
Date: 26 October 2011
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas capped an eventful day on the campaign trail Tuesday with an interview on “The O’Reilly Factor” in which he criticized his chief rival, Mitt Romney.
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Pennsylvania: Governor Declares Emergency
Date: 25 October 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Gov. Tom Corbett on Monday declared a fiscal emergency in Harrisburg, which allows him to assume financial control of the city and name the state’s first municipal receiver.
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More Trading Helps Nasdaq Meet Forecast
Date: 26 October 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Trading volume on United States exchanges surged 14 percent from a year earlier as investors speculated that the European debt crisis was spreading.
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DuPont Earnings Continue to Surpass Analysts’ Expectations
Date: 26 October 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The leading American chemical maker, which has exceeded expectations for the last 11 quarters, also raised its full-year forecast.
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Semiconductor Sales Still Slow
Date: 25 October 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The maker of analog semiconductors predicted revenue would miss analysts’ expectations because of falling demand.
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Uganda: Anti-Gay Bill Is Revived
Date: 26 October 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Uganda’s Parliament has voted to reopen a debate on a bill that seeks to outlaw homosexuality and that could be expanded to include the death penalty.
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Stocks Close Sharply Lower on News From Europe
Date: 25 October 2011
By Christine Hauser
Christine Hauser
Concerns about the outcome of a meeting of European leaders on Wednesday weighed on financial stocks especially.
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Andrea Electronics; Big Data; stylish hard drives; tech news.
Date: 26 October 2011
Doug Andrea, the chief executive of Andrea Electronics, discusses his company’s 75-year history in the audio industry. Quentin Hardy, the deputy technology editor of The Times, explains what “Big Data” is and how it’s being used to put online advertisements in front of people. The weekly news roundup includes Nokia and Microsoft’s new mobile phone venture, Netflix’s continued woes, a new round of “Grand Theft Auto,” and computer scientists cracking the cipher of an 18th-century manuscript. The Tip of the Week offers a quick way to clean up old bookmarks in Firefox.
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Perry May Curtail Role in Coming Debates
Date: 26 October 2011
By Michael D. Shear
Michael
With a proliferation of debates, signs emerge that fatigue is setting in.
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Photographing Conflict for the First Time
Date: 25 October 2011
By Michael Kamber
Michael Kamber
Many seasoned conflict photographers were shocked when scores of young photographers headed to Libya to cover the uprising earlier this year. But many started in similar ways.
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