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WSI Internet Franchise Announces a New Regional Master Franchise Office in Paris, France
International Franchise Expo Moving to NYC
After spending the last 20 years in the Nation's Capital, the International Franchise Expo is heading to the business capital of the world - New York City.
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Allen Stanford Trial: Billionaire Ponzi Schemer Found Guilty of Fraud
A Texas jury found Allen Stanford, Texan financier, multi-billionaire and cricket mogul, guilty of $7 billion fraud Tuesday.
The New iPad Release Date March 16, 2012; Pre-Order at Apple Store Online Now
Apple’s third-generation iPad, formally known as the new iPad, will officially go on sale March 16, 2012, around the world. This will be Apple’s biggest roll-out ever. Apple will release the new iPad in brick and mortar stores as well as on its online store on that date but pre-order online at the Apple store start Wednesday.
World Sugar Prices Fall as Peru Divests from Nation's Mills
Peru's government will complete divesting itself from the country's sugar mill industry, completing the change in agrarian policy in the country started in 1997 and marking the end of government involvement that sector has seen since 1969, according to Bloomberg News. The development is expected to help boost sugar production in the country and, consequently, send world sugar prices down.
South Korea Paying $20B for Persian Gulf Oil Fields
South Korea, which has been under U.S. pressure to diversify away from Iranian crude oil, won the right to explore for oil in three undeveloped fields off the United Arab Emirates coast.
CARE Celebrates International Women's Day 2012
Highlights Include a New Report Championing the Measurement of Women's Empowerment, Citizens Storming the Hill for Change, and a Special Screening of "Pray The Devil Back to Hell"
AmerisourceBergen Paying $520M for World Courier
U.S. drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Corp. said Tuesday it will pay $520 million in cash to buy privately held World Courier Inc., a global specialty transportation and logistics provider for biopharmaceutical companies.
Pension Plans: Are Big US Firms Betting on a Bull Market With New Accounting Step?
A significant but largely unnoticed shift is underway in how big U.S. companies account for pensions on their books. The move to mark-to-market accounting could signal that corporate America is betting on rock-bottom interest rates and continued economic recovery through 2012 and into next year.
Google Play could Lead to Apple and Amazon’s Demise?
Google Play could Lead to Apple and Amazon’s Demise? Google Inc. has integrated its music, apps store, films section and digital books archive into one store, to be now called Google Play.
UN Report: 2011 Global Disasters Amount to Economic Costs of $380-B
All combined, the natural disasters that the world saw in 2011 have amounted to a whopping economic cost of $US380 billion, according to a new report issued by the United Nations on Monday.
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