Wall Street up 1 percent boosted by data

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks climbed 1 percent on Thursday after both weekly jobless claims and data on growth in private-sector jobs pointed to improving labor market conditions a day before the government’s closely watched monthly jobs report.Equities extended gains throughout the morning, though volume remained...

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Syrian air force on offensive after failed truce

affiliate marketing AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian warplanes bombed rebel targets with renewed intensity on Tuesday after the end of a widely ignored four-day truce between President Bashar al-Assad‘s forces and insurgents.State television said “terrorists” had assassinated an air force general, Abdullah Mahmoud al-Khalidi, in a Damascus suburb,...

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Facebook shares fall as lock-up period expires

affiliate marketing (Reuters) – Facebook Inc shares fell 4 percent in busy trade early on Wednesday as the company allowed employees to start selling some stock.The world’s largest social network waived a provision that prevented employees from selling shares until November 14. As a result, Facebook staffers were able to sell their vested...

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“Community” returning to old time slot in February

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – “Community” will return Thursday, February 7 to its previous timeslot after a long absence from NBC‘s lineup.NBC confirmed the show’s return date soon after star Yvette Nicole Brown, who plays Shirley on the ensemble comedy, announced the news on Twitter. affiliate...

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European austerity hits GlaxoSmithKline Q3 profit

affiliate marketing LONDON (AP) — Drug company GlaxoSmithKline saw its third-quarter fall by nearly a fifth as sales fell in Europe and the United States.GSK reported Wednesday that its net profit declined 18 percent to 1.12 billion pounds ($ 1.8 billion) in the three months ending Sept. 30, from 1.38 billion pounds in the same period...

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Sandy Grounds Northeast Air Travel

affiliate marketing Anyone hoping to fly to or from the northeastern U.S. today was largely out of luck, and Wednesday won’t be much better, at least around New York City. The federal government and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey closed the area’s three main airports (John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty, and...

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Cuba’s 2nd city without power, water after Sandy

affiliate marketing HAVANA (AP) — Residents of Cuba‘s second-largest city of Santiago remained without power or running water Monday, four days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall as the island’s deadliest storm in seven years, ripping rooftops from homes and toppling power lines.Across the Caribbean, the storm’s death toll rose to 69,...

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Dozens of Indonesian girls ‘friended’ on Facebook by men who kidnap, use them as sex slaves

affiliate marketing DEPOK, Indonesia – When a 14-year-old girl received a Facebook friend request from an older man she didn’t know, she accepted it out of curiosity. It’s a click she will forever regret, leading to a brutal story that has repeated itself as sexual predators find new ways to exploit Indonesia’s growing obsession with...

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‘Up All Night’ takes a page from ‘Happy Days’

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – “Up All Night” is switching from a single camera to multicam format, making a transition formerly made by the classic sitcom “Happy Days.”The series, which stars Christina Applegate and Will Arnett as harried new parents and Maya Rudolph as Applegate‘s self-absorbed boss, will shut down for...

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NYU Medical Center Evacuated

affiliate marketing Paramedics and other medical workers began to evacuate patients from New York University Langone Medical Center due to a power outage caused by Tropical Storm Sandy, followed by a failure of backup generators at the hospital, New York City officials said Monday night.About 200 patients, roughly 45 of whom are critical...

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