Monthly Archives: December 2010

NKorea vows better ties with SKorea (AP)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Top Stories

AP – North Korea, which has conducted two nuclear tests in the past, on Saturday welcomed the new year with calls for a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons, better ties with rival South Korea and a promise to boost its military strength. Continue reading →

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NPR On Steve Jobs And Jonathan Ives

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Job News

Great artists steal, as Picasso said. Really really rich ones, however, collaborate. Continue reading →

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Karzai keeps minister considered corrupt by US (AP)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Top Stories

AP – U.S. officials pressured Afghan President Hamid Karzai to remove a former warlord from atop the energy and water ministry a year ago because they considered him corrupt and ineffective, and threatened to end aid unless he went. Continue reading →

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Wall Street ends robust 2010 quietly mixed (AFP)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Stock Markets News

AFP – US stocks closed mixed Friday in a quiet final session of 2010 as investors looked toward the new year in hopes of building on Wall Street’s recent robust gains. Continue reading →

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College of Charleston upsets Tennessee 91-78 (AP)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Sports News

AP – Andrew Goudelock scored 31 points, and Donavan Monroe added 27 as College of Charleston upset Tennessee 91-78 on Friday. Continue reading →

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Oil prices end 2010 at two-year high (AFP)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Business News

AFP – Oil prices rode out 2010 at highs last seen more than two years ago in New York, buoyed by rising hopes for stronger global demand. Continue reading →

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Gbagbo exit ‘bad for Ivory Coast’

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - BBC News

UN peacekeepers have been attacked by Gbagbo loyalists Ivory Coast’s incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo has offered to recount the vote of last month’s disputed poll. He claims to have won the election outright, even though international observers sa… Continue reading →

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Silas, Northern Illinois handle Utah Valley 86-76 (AP)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Sports News

AP – Xavier Silas scored 26 points and Northern Illinois rallied in the final minutes to beat Utah Valley 86-76 on Friday. Continue reading →

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Stocks, commodities shine in 2010 as euro suffers (Reuters)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Stock Markets News

Reuters – World stocks ended 2010 at their highest levels in 28 months on Friday and oil touched a 26-month peak as expectations of a further recovery in the global economy supported investors’ appetite for risk heading into the new year. Continue reading →

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Indexes end strong year and month with quiet day (Reuters)

Written on December 31, 2010 by Editor - Stock Markets News

Reuters – U.S. stocks closed out a year of double-digit gains and the S&P’s best December since 1991 with a quiet and little changed session on Friday as investors found no reason to make big bets ahead of the new year. Continue reading →

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