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Breaking News Fri, 27 Jan 2012
Samsung - Electronics - Technology
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 Canada Dot Com 
Smartphones drive record Samsung profit
Fri 27 Jan 2012
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $4.7 billion quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend $22 billion this year to boost production of chips... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
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 Business Day 
RON DERBY: Fed sees cheap money will be around for a while
Fri 27 Jan 2012
WITH the promise of cheap money — for much longer than expected — from the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the fundamentals to support stronger equity and currency markets have been set. The dovish comments... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin)
Gasoline Prices - Pump - Oil - Crude  Jakarta Post  Fri 27 Jan 2012
Oil hovers near $100 amid Iran tensions
Crude prices were steady Friday amid a weaker US dollar and expectations that Europe will be able to find oil elsewhere if Iran makes good on its threat to immediately halt exports to the region.... (photo: WN / sweet)
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Salt  Tulsa World  Fri 27 Jan 2012
Gradually lowering salt intake makes it easier not to miss
Dear Doctor K: My blood pressure has been creeping up lately, so my doctor suggested I reduce the amount of salt in my diet. Where should I start? Dear Reader: That's good advice - and it's good... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Grocery store - Foods - Prices - Shoppers Business Day Fri 27 Jan 2012
Rising food prices shatter hope of taming inflation
PRICES at SA’s factories, mines and farms rose more slowly than expected last month, but hope that inflation would remain in check has been dashed by rising food prices.... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Food   Inflation   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: 2007–2008 world food price crisis
Protestors react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from Sanaa to Oman in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 22, 2012 Al Jazeera Fri 27 Jan 2012
Many killed in Yemen clashes
At least 22 people are reported to have been killed in clashes in a province under rebel control in rugged northern Yemen. A source close to rebel group known as Houthis... (photo: AP / Hani Mohammed)
Death   Photos   Protests   Yemen   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Yemeni uprising
Mme Ashton meet Mr Abbas in Strasbourg The Independent Fri 27 Jan 2012
Abbas willing to find way out of deadlock, says ashton
The Palestinians broke off a round of low-level exploratory meetings with their Israeli counterparts in Amman yesterday, declaring that Israel had "moved not one... (photo: EC / © European Commission)
Israel   Palestinians   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict   peace
A bulldozer is a crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor), equipped with a substantial metal plate (known as a blade), used to push large quantities of soil, sand, rubble, etc., during construction work. The term "bulldozer" is often used to mean any heavy equipment (sometimes a loader and sometimes an excavator), but precisely, the term refers only to a tractor (usually tracked) fitted with a dozer blade or bucket. That is the meaning used here. Sydney Morning Herald Thu 26 Jan 2012
Caterpillar piles up record profits
Caterpillar reported a 58 per cent rise in quarterly earnings that blew away Wall Street expectations on record sales of construction and mining equipment, and projected... (photo: Creative Commons / MathKnight)
Construction   Earnings   Mining   Photos   Wikipedia: Caterpillar Inc.
A group of participants march in front of their gay pride flag during the annual Pride March in Manila, Philippines, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Austin American Statesman Thu 26 Jan 2012
Maine poised for 2nd public vote on gay marriage
AUGUSTA, MaineGay rights activists in Maine, the only New England state that doesn't allow gay marriage or civil unions, said Thursday that they are forging... (photo: AP / Pat Roque)
Augusta   Maine   Marriage   Photos   Wikipedia/Gay
Ice pellets from sleet covers the rear window and trunk of a car in Pocahontas, Illinois, USA during a winter storm on February 1, 2011. Atlanta Journal Thu 26 Jan 2012
Snow hits eastern, central Europe hard
BUCHAREST, Romania — Parts of eastern and central Europe were hit hard by heavy snow for a second day Thursday, leaving hundreds of people trapped in cars and... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
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