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The case against Arroyo has emerged a key test for her reformist successor, President Benigno Aquino III, who has promised to root out corruption and said that no one should be allowed to evade justice. The case against Arroyo has emerged a key test for her reformist successor, President Benigno Aquino III, who has promised to root out corruption and said that no one should be allowed to evade justice. Read more ...

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23 Feb 2012

US prime money funds raise eurozone exposure

US prime money market funds have recently increased their exposure to banks in the eurozone after months of large reductions, but this key source of funding for the financial system remains vigilant about risk according to a new report by Fitch [...] Read more ...

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23 Feb 2012

IMF Official: 'Huge' Greek Program Implementation Risks In Next Few Days

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23 Feb 2012

Goldman Goes Long WTI

Goldman's David Greely is no Tom Stolper. In fact his recommendations have been correct more often than not. Which is why we believe that when the market learns that the Goldman commodities strategist just opened a long September WTI position at $107.55, it will merely provide that extra oomph to send WTI up, up and away. Or maybe not: this could b [...] Read more ...

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23 Feb 2012

News from The Associated Press

Obama signed a package that renews a 2 percentage point cut in the employee portion of the tax that funds Social Security. It also extends jobless benefits and prevents big cuts in payments to doctors who treat Medicare patients. The payroll holiday extension represents a political victory for Obama. Clinching the deal was a decision by House Repub [...] Read more ...

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23 Feb 2012

Temporarily Lock or Disable iphone home button

The thing is that that the OP doesn't even provide any good reasoning for why it might be a good idea to disable the home button. But I'm thankful for answering the question, one way or the other. The person below with 6 votes answered the question with a link, quote, and alternative - he had the better answer. –  Grillz Nov 16 '10 at 19:41 I do [...] Read more ...

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23 Feb 2012

Christchurch remembers quake dead

More than 10,000 New Zealanders and 90 people from Japan, some teary eyed, stood in silence at a Christchurch park Wednesday while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago. Read more ...

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23 Feb 2012

Vinyl Runout Groove Bank

The idea to record and document these grooves came about when I found myself picking out a record with the intention of listening to the runout groove, after the music, for an extended period of time. Some of the records have lock grooves which I’ve decided to omit for copyright reasons. The grooves were recorded with a Pro-ject RPM 1.3 turntable [...] Read more ...

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23 Feb 2012

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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Embargoed: Not for publication or broadcast before 00:01 on the 23 February 2012.Manufacturing industry ur [...] Read more ...

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23 Feb 2012