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  • Large rally places job demands on Italian government Large rally places job demands on Italian government

    Protesters marching in the tens of thousands rallied in Italy on Sunday to rail against the policies of the new coalition government. Around 100,000 protesters, led by trade unionists, converged on Rome to wave red flags and placards, urging changes to austerity measures. The union-led crowd called for the new government of centre-left Prime Minister, Enrico Letta, to focus on job ...

  • Americans happier with economic figures Americans happier with economic figures

    Americans are at their most optimistic since 2007 according to a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment. The preliminary index has shown optimism increased to 83.7 in May as stocks surged and real estate climbed. With record stock prices boosting household wealth and unemployment down in some areas, consumers were able to see their way through the effects of ...

  • Financial paper hacked by Syrians Financial paper hacked by Syrians

    Britain's Financial Times was hacked last week by a mysterious group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The newspaper's technology blog was hacked to display a slogan saying: "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army." Several Twitter feeds run by the Financial Times were also plastered with similar slogans. The FT later said its blogs and social media accounts had been compromised ...

  • Hackers target important Saudi websites Hackers target important Saudi websites

    The Saudi Arabia state news agency has reported a coordinated attack on the country's government websites. Several government websites in Saudi Arabia came under heavy cyber attacks last week, shutting them down for a short time. The attacks have been traced to IP addresses from a number of countries. Saudi investigators found the attacks had been launched from hundreds of Internet ...

  • Target looks for new ideas from digital world Target looks for new ideas from digital world

    Target Corp has opened a new office base in San Francisco in order to discover technology ideas. With the second-largest US retailer trying to grow its online commerce business, a Technology Innovation Center has been set up to develop mobile commerce, which has become a particular focus of retailers because new technology allows people to use their mobile devices to shop. With a huge ...


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The Devil Wears Prada [DVD]

The Devil Wears Prada [DVD]

Based on the best-selling roman clef about the soul-sucking world of high fashion by Lauren Weisberger, who worked a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the infamously diabolical editor of Vogue, The Devil Wears Prada was a clever bit of counter-programming i ... ...

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  • SUV crash survival more likely

    Passengers in SUVs are now known to be more likely to survive a serious crash. A new study conducted by the University of Buffalo in the US has found the driver of the SUV is as much as 10 times more likely to survive in a head-on collision where a passenger car is involved. While automakers have taken steps to improve safety in normal passenger cars, such as changing bumper designs on ...

  • Spanish surplus figures improve

    Spain has reported a trade surplus, the first since 1971. With imports slumping due to austerity measures, the first monthly trade surplus for more than 40 years is being seen as a positive development. However, the country is still suffering from an economic downturn with unemployment in Spain now running at 26.7%. The surplus of 634.9 million euros in March reflects a 15% plunge in ...

  • BOEs King Says More Steps Needed for Growth

    The U.K. economy is in recovery but policy makers need to do more to lift growth, Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King said Sunday."We are seeing a recovery. But it's only a modest recovery, and we certainly can't be satisfied with it," Mr. King said in an interview with Sky News.The U.K. economy expanded 0.3% between January and March and the BOE expects it to grow 0.5% in the ...

  • Aust stocks higher after Wall St record

    The Australian share market is higher as another Wall Street record buoys mining and banking stocks.IG market strategist Chris Weston says the strongest University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading since 2007 spurred the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 to reach fresh highs, helping Australian stocks."It's a question of a good lead from Wall Street and people buy ...

  • Yahoo reportedly agrees to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion

    Yahoo's board has agreed to buy Tumblr, the popular blogging service, for about $1.1 billion in cash, a person with knowledge of the agreement said on Sunday. The deal, sealed at a meeting of Yahoo's board, is expected to be announced as soon as Monday, said the person, who was not authorized to speak ahead of the announcement. The acquisition is the biggest yet under Yahoo's ...

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