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...In a sign that Dylan hasn’t entirely mended his rowdy ways, the gnarled blues-rock groove that he settled into after 1997’s Time Out of Mind makes a disruptive appearance on “False Prophet”, “Goodbye Jimmy...
...This dual role of holding consumer and health data is already the subject of a lawsuit against Google and the University of Chicago....
...Seven years of near rock-bottom rates have eaten into the traditional banks’ margins, forcing them to cut staff and shut branches....
...While President Dilma Rousseff’s finance and planning ministries have backpedalled on targets to rein in the budget deficit, the Central Bank of Brazil has been quietly holding the line....
...(Wired) On the rocks Filipinos living on a remote island in the vast South China Seaare watching as China dredges sand nearby to build on reefs and rocks they claim as their own....
...That momentum helped attract 95 new alternative mutual funds last year, topping 2010’s 84 and more than doubling 2009’s 46, according to data from Cerulli Associates and Strategic Insight/SIMFUND....
...Banks holding less than €30bn assets – which include most of Germany’s retail banks – would be primarily overseen by national authorities....
...The process demands high pressure pumping systems and highly abrasive horizontal drilling techniques to extract oil and gas from rock formations....
...Gas trapped in shale rock in the US has been a sought-after asset this year....
...After the stratospheric success of Nevermind, Nirvana released just one further studio album, 1993’s In Utero, and toured to breaking point....
...But now investors are turning the screw to discuss renegotiating the terms of these previously rock solid commitments....
...“With high inflation and slow growth, the Fed is caught between a rock and a hard place,” said Peter Possing Andersen, analyst at Danske Bank....
...Now, his pursuit of Northern Rock means he can add Newcastle upon Tyne to the list....
...S&N is viewed as a target for Carlsberg. With those thoughts in mind SAB rose 1 per cent to £14.66, while Scottish & Newcastle added 2.1 per cent to 622p....
...There were also gains for HBOS, which added 4.9 per cent to 916p, and Northern Rock....
...S&P further cut its rating on GM, Delphi’s former parent. Dana is restating earnings due to accounting errors, as the auto supplier faces potential fallout from Delphi’s Chapter 11 filing....
...The mid-cap FTSE 250’s renaissance of the last two weeks also continued, with the index 73.1 points stronger, 1 per cent, at 7,092.4, its highest position since April 14. Volume was 3.1bn shares....
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