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The guessing game over U.S.
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New York has knocked London from its position as the world's leading global financial center after seven years, according to the Global Financial Centres Index compiled by London-based consultancy Z/Yen.
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Europe's and Asia's industrial health will be closely watched in the coming week for an indication of how solid - or weak - a footing the global economy was on at the start of the year.
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Manufacturers across Europe and Asia changed down a gear last month as falling demand from abroad hurt Chinese output and European factory growth dipped from January's 2-1/2 year h...
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Take your pick of the most important economic event of the coming week - forward-looking global activity data, interest rate decisions in Europe or a spot-check on U.S.
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The world's top investors cut exposure to emerging European equities to a five-month low in February as they fretted over a spillover from tensions in Ukraine and Russia, Reuters polls showed on Friday.
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Euro zone inflation due on Friday will be firmly in the sights of financial markets eager to establish whether the European Central Bank (ECB) has enough ammunition to ease monetary policy in the f...
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China's vast factory sector contracted again this month and the expected acceleration in euro zone business activity failed to materialize, highlighting the fragile state of a glob...
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The Federal Reserve's stimulus taper and China's slowdown, twin factors behind this year's emerging market sell-off, will come firmly into view in the week ahead with minutes from the former and a ...
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The euro zone and its constituent parts will report fourth quarter economic growth numbers at the end of the week, offering policy makers at the European Central Bank a needed snapshot of the bloc's under
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European shares edged lower on Monday after further signs of a slowdown in China, although robust data from France and Germany limited their decline.
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The Future of Nutrition Online Conference will feature compelling new insights and diverse approaches to what the future holds when it comes to nutrition and personal transformation.
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With its international voting completed, the U.S. is the final stop on the Voice of McDonald's voting trail. Who will make it to the finals in Orlando? It's up to the voters and the judges to decide.
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Digital Journal is pleased to announce the winners of its Photo Essay contest, which ran from Aug. 1 to Sept. 16, 2013. Find out how these Digital Journalists showcased their photojournalism skills in a contest themed for "Fun, Adventure and Discovery."
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World population growth will, by many estimates, lead to a shortage of food. One particular researcher has recently stated that the solution is developing GM foods. Is this the answer, or does it present new environmental and health risks?
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On May 25, 2013, there will be a worldwide March against Monsanto, protesting the giant pesticide company's attempts to take over the world's food supply. Vandana Shiva speaks about the movement against Monsanto and why it is necessary.
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Imagine butchering a squid at the local fish market. As you are cutting in your knife is brought to a halt by something that feels like a bowling ball. Yes you have just cut into a squid that has a bomb in it's body
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All over the world people were banging pots and pans and generally making themselves heard on Saturday, in the popular "Global Noise" movement against austerity.
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More than a thousand delegates, representing 50 million workers in 140 countries, will be meeting to establish a new global union federation for the mining, energy and manufacturing sectors at a special conference in Copenhagen.
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With only a few hours to go, people worldwide are getting ready to head to the streets to make their voices heard. Will you be among them?
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A government report shows that Google's Street View cars were collecting emails and other data from WiFi users all over the world. Google leaders were informed about this, but the company insists it was 'inadvertent'.
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On May 12, 2012, there will be a worldwide demonstration, a peaceful revolution in cities all over the planet, on virtually every continent.
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Earthquakes are becoming more numerous and powerful and the Ring of Fire has been growling back to life again; therefore, there could be Earthquakes of apocalyptic significance on the West Coast of North America and elsewhere.
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2011 was a year or protest, from Egypt and the Arab Spring, to Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, the U.S.A. and many more countries, the people got out there in the streets to try and take back their basic rights.
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Anonymous has released a new video, telling the world exactly what they are capable of. Not simply hackers, Anonymous is a worldwide collective protest.
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Economic freedom across the world continues its downward trend and is at it’s second-lowest level in a decade, due in part to the overwhelming burden of “reckless government spending” in developed countries, according to a new report.
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A decision about whether to abolish the leap second – an extra second added to world time – for January 2018 has been deferred by the world’s nations.
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Mohammed Saleh Abdulla Al Sadais, energy minister of Qatar, said today that “worries over the debt crisis in the euro zone were pushing oil prices down, rather than issues relating to supply and demand.”
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Oslo -
More than 42 million people world-wide were forced to flee due to a series of climate change-related natural disasters in 2010, more than double the number from 2009, and a new report says extreme weather events are set to continue.
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Global Image
Map showing protest areas in the world on May 12, 2012 12m
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty - Magdeburg, Germany. Accessnow.org
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty - Stuttgart, Germany. Accessnow.org
Global average temperature since 1880.For each year, the range of uncertainty is indicated by the gray vertical bars. The blue line tracks the changes in the trend over time. NOAA
Editor David Silverberg in a Global TV segment Global TV screenshot
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty - Sofia, Bulgaria. Accessnow.org
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty, Dresden, Germany. Accessnow.org
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty - Rostock, Germany. Accessnow.org
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty - Leipzig, Germany. Accessnow.org
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty - Konstanz, Germany. Accessnow.org
Map showing locations of events on May 12, 2012 May12.net
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty - Munich, Germany. Accessnow.org
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty, Berlin, Germany. Accessnow.org
World Evolution 12 May 2012
Map showing locations of Global Noise events on October 13, 2012. Screen capture
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty - Saarbrucken, Germany. Accessnow.org
February 11, 2012 - worldwide protests against the ACTA internet censorship treaty, Wien, Austria. Accessnow.org
Map of protests on October 15, 2011 15october.net
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