.cnn_stryspcvh4 { position:static; }.cnn_stryspccvh6 { position:static; float:left; width:172px; font-size:10px; margin-left:130px; top:0; }.cnn_stryspccvrgebot { font-size:3px; overflow:hidden;}Part of complete coverage onBy Ramy Inocencio, for CNNJanuary 25, 2013 -- Updated 0821 GMT (1621 HKT)STORY HIGHLIGHTS'U.S. fiscal cliff still coming' in form of failure to raise debt ceiling, Cantor Fitzgerald...
Damon ‘hijacks’ Kimmel’s ABC show
Label: HealthNEW YORK (AP) — Matt Damon had his revenge.The butt of a long-running joke on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the actor opened Thursday night’s show as a kidnapper who tied Kimmel to a chair with duct tape and gagged him with his own tie.“There’s a new host in town and his initials are M.D.,” Damon said. “That’s right, the doctor is in.”For years, Kimmel has joked at the end of his show that he ran out...
Current account changes ‘needed’
Label: Business25 January 2013 Last updated at 02:52 ETFurther significant changes are needed in the market for personal current accounts, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.The OFT has been reviewing the way the UK’s banks run these accounts, because of concerns over competition and a lack of focus on customers’ needs.Despite improvements since its last review in 2008, it said consumers still lacked confidence...
Stock index futures signal mixed Wall Street open
Label: WorldLONDON (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 rising 0.2 percent, the Dow Jones futures down 0.2 percent and the Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.3 percent. Apple stepped up audits of working conditions at major suppliers last year, discovering multiple cases of underage workers, discrimination and wage problems. ...
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NCAA announces problems with Miami investigation
Label: TechnologyCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The NCAA's probe of Miami's athletic compliance practices is ramping up yet again.Only this time, the Hurricanes aren't exactly the subject of the inquiry.In a bizarre twist, it's college sports' governing body itself that is being investigated after NCAA President Mark Emmert acknowledged on Wednesday "a very severe issue of improper conduct" by former investigators working...
Benghazi blame-game is useless
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Broadway’s “Spider-Man” producers, Taymor, near settlement, again
Label: HealthNEW YORK (Reuters) – The producers of “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” and Julie Taymor, the musical’s ousted director, are once again ready to settle their long-running court case, a court filing showed on Wednesday.“We anticipate notifying the Court within the next week that a final settlement agreement has been executed,” attorney Charles T. Spada, who represents Taymor, wrote in a January 22 letter...
Europe Groans at Cameron’s Talk of an EU Exit
Label: BusinessViewed from across the English Channel, Prime Minister David Cameron’s call Wednesday for a referendum on British membership in the European Union was either a pretty bad idea—or a downright dangerous one.EU leaders accused Cameron of pandering to British euroskeptics and warned that uncertainty about London’s commitment would hurt Britain as well as other bloc members. He “is playing a dangerous...
Stock futures signal losses; all eyes on Apple
Label: WorldPARIS (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.22 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.02 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.3 percent at 1014 GMT. Shares of Apple Inc will be in the spotlight after the world's biggest tech company missed Wall Street's revenue forecast for the third straight quarter after...
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Williams loses Stephens; Azarenka into semis
Label: TechnologyMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams was only thinking out loud when she muttered that this Australian Open had been "the worst two weeks."Not long after a courtside microphone picked up those comments during her quarterfinal with 19-year-old American Sloane Stephens, things got a whole lot worse.Stephens outplayed Williams, whose movement and serves had been slowed by a back injury, and beat...
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