Monthly Archives: December 2011

Spain sets out new spending cuts

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - World News

30 December 2011 Last updated at 10:23 ET Spain has seen a number of large protests against the government’s austerity measures Spain’s new conservative government has outlined 8.9bn euros ($11.5bn, £7.5bn) in new spending cuts and tax rises to lower … Continue reading →

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Global markets ending a wild 2011

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - World News

30 December 2011 Last updated at 10:33 ET Stock markets have been rocked by international economic crises in 2011 World stock markets are rounding off a wild and difficult year. The UK FTSE 100 has fallen 5.6% in 2011, while … Continue reading →

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Blizzard has made $26 million just from Battle.net Authenticators

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

Even though World of Warcfraft has lost in the region of 800,000 players in the last quarter, it’s still the biggest MMO out there by far. And it is still managing to generate Blizzard a ton of money every month … Continue reading →

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MacBook Air vs. Ultrabooks: specs showdown

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

While laptops have always been portable, they used to be lumped into one of three categories: 1) powerful, hulking monstrosities, 2) small, lightweight notebooks with abysmal processing power or 3) middle-of-the-road do-it-all machines. When Apple introduced the MacBook Air in … Continue reading →

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Geek.com’s top reviews of 2011

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

Here at Geek.com, just as you might suspect, we get to use a lot of different gadgets. Out of all those we handpick a few products every month to review. They get picked for any number of different reasons — … Continue reading →

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Dynegy bankruptcy examiner to be appointed: judge

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - Business News

By Jonathan Stempel Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:10pm EST (Reuters) – A judge ordered the appointment of an examiner for the bankruptcy of Dynegy Holdings LLC, after a bond trustee said an investigation was needed to determine whether bondholders were … Continue reading →

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Whirlpool accuses Samsung, LG of dumping washers

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - Business News

Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:44am EST (Reuters) – Whirlpool Corp (WHR.N) on Friday accused two South Korean rivals, Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and LG Electronics (066570.KS), of dumping washing machines in the United States by selling them “at substantially less than … Continue reading →

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Spain says deficit bigger than expected, hikes taxes

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - Business News

Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:47am EST MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s new government said on Friday that this year’s budget deficit would be much larger than expected and announced a slew of surprise tax hikes and wage freezes that could drag … Continue reading →

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Wall St near flat; S&P on track to end in black

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - Business News

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK | Fri Dec 30, 2011 12:47pm EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks were nearly unchanged on Friday, the last trading day of a turbulent year, but the SP 500 looked set to end with a … Continue reading →

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Hackers, IT units focusing on smartphone security

Written on December 30, 2011 by Editor - Finance Top Stories

By Tarmo Virki BERLIN (Reuters) – Mobile phones, long seen as safe amid rising threats to computer security, have become a key target for hackers and an increasing worry for corporate IT departments. While the first mobile virus dates back … Continue reading →

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