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  • News with a difference promised by Al Jazeera in US avatar News with a difference promised by Al Jazeera in US avatar

    WASHINGTON - Al Jazeera's new American channel coming in summer hopes to be different with lesser focus on celebrities or other tabloid fodder found on U.S. television news. Al Jazeera America hopes to stand out with a diet heavy on "fact-based, in-depth, long-format news." According to Ehab Al Shihabi, executive director of international operations for Al Jazeera Media Network, Al Jazeera ...

  • Aragon Pharmaceuticals being acquired by Johnson and Johnson Aragon Pharmaceuticals being acquired by Johnson and Johnson

    WASHINGTON - Healthcare products conglomerate Johnson Johnson is buying privately-held Aragon Pharmaceuticals in a near $1 billion deal to gain control of its experimental drugs for prostate cancer. The acquisition of Aragon Pharmaceuticals includes its androgen receptor antagonist program targeting the treatment of prostate cancer, including its primary product candidate in phase 2 ...

  • Apple latest among tech firms to deny sharing customer data Apple latest among tech firms to deny sharing customer data

    WASHINGTON Technology giant Apple Monday revealed that over the last six months it had received between 4,000 to 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters. The disclosure comes on the heels of similar statements and data from the Microsoft and Facebook Inc last week after reaching a deal about ...

  • Marketing scams in 2012 saw Australian consumers robbed of over $94mn Marketing scams in 2012 saw Australian consumers robbed of over $94mn

    SYDNEY - Australian consumers were fleeced of nearly $94 million last year due to various marketing scams, with the majority being perpetrated using text messages and direct calls, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in its latest report. The actual number of losses due to scams could be much higher because many go unreported, stated ACCC Deputy Chair Delia Rickard. The ...

  • Chevron commences LNG shipment from Angola Chevron commences LNG shipment from Angola

    SAN RAMON, California - Production and shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Angola by Chevron Corporation's subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited has commenced with the first consignment being sent to Brazil, the global energy giant has confirmed. Angola LNG is one of the largest energy projects on the African continent. "First gas at Angola LNG is an important milestone in ...


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Hearts and Minds [DVD]

Hearts and Minds [DVD]

"We must be ready to fight in Vietnam, but the ultimate victory will depend upon the hearts and the minds of the people who actually live out there."--President Lyndon B. Johnson In the nearly three decades since U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam and the U.S.-backed South Vietnamese government fell to the communist North Vietnamese, there have been a plethora of expl ... ...

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  • Ford Motors to increase car exports out of India CEO

    Global automobile major Ford Motor Company considers India as a major market for it to grow as well as ship out more cars to other markets even as it is bringing down production in line with the demand in Europe, said a top company official. Betting big on the 'B' or compact car platform/chassis, the company also hopes to generate higher sales volume from the Asia Pacific region in few years ...

  • Fear corruption economic woes cause low vaccination rates in Ukraine _ stirring polio fears

    KIEV, Ukraine -- When the time came to vaccinate her 4-year-old daughter, Yelena Hlushko hesitated, spooked by widespread fears in Ukraine about vaccines and by a boil her older child developed after an immunization shot. Eventually she decided to follow the government's recommendation -- only to find her local health clinic was out of the vaccine. A combination of suspicion, funding ...

  • Devils looking at angel investors

    EXCLUSIVE The New Jersey Devils must have a guardian angel.The National Hockey League is in talks with two investors about taking a minority stake in the money-losing team, The Post has learned. The deal under discussion with ex-Tampa Bay Lightning owner Oren Koules and former pro hockey player Brian Lawton would allow the pair to take eventual ownership of the cash-strapped franchise if they ...

  • Pork ‘chop’ squeal Starboard objects to a company move

    Move over, Carl Icahn: There’s a new troublemaker in town. Jeff Smith, the CEO of $1 billion hedge fund Starboard Value - while much more low-key than the tough-talking, Far Rockaway-bred Icahn - is nonetheless fast becoming one of the most aggressive Wall Street saber-rattlers.The 41-year old investor proved that yesterday when he urged the board of Smithfield Foods to abandon its $4.7 ...

  • Glamour gains a new boss

    Connie Anne Phillips, a star publisher at Time Inc.’s InStyle until just recently, is returning to Conde Nast, where she will take over for Bill Wackermann as publisher of Glamour magazine. Wackermann - a "Mr. Fix It" who didn’t quite get the job done this time - will move to Conde Nast Traveler as executive vice president and publications director. Last week, ...

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