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  • Yahoo buys blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 bn cash Yahoo buys blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 bn cash

    NEW YORK - Yahoo promised "not to screw it up" as it formally announced its acquisition of the popular Tumblr blogging platform for $1.1bn in cash, giving the company a much-needed base in social media to reach a younger generation of users. The relaxed wording of the memo for one of the internet giant's biggest acquisitions was echoed in the memo sent by David Karp, Tumblr's 26-year-old ...

  • Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal

    WASHINGTON/ DUBLIN - Actavis Inc, the largest US generic drug maker by market value, is acquiring Dublin-based Warner Chilcott in a deal worth $8.5billion (5.6billion pounds) including $3billion net debt, to create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the country. Under the deal, Actavis, which itself has been the subject of bid speculation, would be offering $5billion in ...

  • New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier

    GENEVA - Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier has expanded its leading Challenger family of business jets with the launch of the new Challenger 350 aircraft in collaboration with global leader in private aviation, US firm NetJets. The launch on Monday was held at a special event here at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE). Bombardier said deliveries of the ...

  • South African regulator gives nod for Eskom wind power project South African regulator gives nod for Eskom wind power project

    JOHANNESBURG - The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted power producer Eskom a licence for its Sere wind farm in the Western Cape, paving the way for the company to start construction of its $254.3 million (R2.4-billion) project. Sere is the Nama word for "cool breeze". The wind farm project is scheduled to become fully commercially operational by the end of ...

  • Morgan Stanley to sell Indian private banking arm to StanChart Morgan Stanley to sell Indian private banking arm to StanChart

    MUMBAI - The UK based Standard Chartered (StanChart) Monday announced plans to acquire the Indian private wealth management business of US multinational financial services firm Morgan Stanley for an undisclosed amount as part of plans to expand operations. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals. "Standard Chartered India has agreed to acquire Morgan Stanley's onshore private ...


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Catch-22

Catch-22

The decade of the 1970s, which is generally considered to be one of the most vibrant and creative periods of American filmmaking, was bookended by two enormous, challenging, high-budget experimental films about war made by successful, established directors who almost lost their careers in the process. The decade ended in 1979 with Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, which retold Joseph ... ...

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  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • European stock markets slip at open

    Europe's main stock markets weakened in opening deals on Tuesday, with London's benchmark FTSE 100 index down 0.11 per cent at 6,748.02 points.Elsewhere, Frankfurt's DAX 30 also fell 0.11 per cent to 8,446.78 points and in Paris the CAC 40 shed 0.37 per cent to ...

  • Microsoft revealing next Xbox platform and vision for future of games

    Technology News: A tented stage has been set up at the technology giant Microsoft's headquarters in the city of Redmond in Washington State for an "Xbox Reveal" event to play out just weeks before a major annual E3 videogame conference in Los ...

  • Microsoft prepares to unveil new Xbox

    PlayStation 4 in February, tech pundits are desperate to see what the latest next-generation console will look like. Although it's the entertainment services under the hood that will matter in the long run.One thing is almost certain, judged on technical specifications alone, the next Xbox is set to be very similar ...

  • Tuesday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Stories - - May 21 2013

    See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive Tools upgraded to a new content management ...

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