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 The Street 
Tablet Explosion Looking More Subdued
Fri 18 Feb 2011
A Gartner survey highlighted the continued success of smartphones as the top selling device again this year, but tablets sat way down at the bottom of the list. "Smartphones were followed by laptop... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Coffee
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 NZ Herald 
Pricey coffee? We'll just have to suck it up
Fri 18 Feb 2011
New Zealand cafes and coffee roasters will have to "pick up their game" if they're to cope with the challenges posed by surging international commodity prices, says an industry player. Coffee has seen... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank ECB is seen during a news conference in Frankfurt, central Germany, on Thursday, June 5, 200  The New York Times  Fri 18 Feb 2011
Mystery Surrounds Elevated Borrowing From European Central Bank
FRANKFURT — Emergency borrowing from the European Central Bank remained exceptionally elevated for a second straight day on Friday, intensifying speculation that one or more euro zone bank might... (photo: AP / Daniel Roland)
Banking   ECB   Finance   Photos   Wikipedia: European sovereign debt crisis of 2010–present
Gold Jewelry  The Times of India  Fri 18 Feb 2011
Gold imports may exceed 918 tonnes level this year
NEW DELHI: India's gold imports are seen likely to exceed 918 tonnes in the calendar year 2011 on the back of robust demand coupled with high economic growth. "Gold imports were 918 tonnes in 2010. It... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Coal North Shore News Fri 18 Feb 2011
Coal exports soar in 2010
NORTH Vancouver's Neptune Terminals set new records for volumes of coal and potash shipped last year, topping previous records set more than a decade ago. Neptune handled... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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 The Euro sign is seen in front of the European Central Bank ECB in Frankfurt, central Germany, on Tu Seeking Alpha Fri 18 Feb 2011
Friday FX Brief: Euro Rebounds After Comment From ECB Member
After a rocky start to Friday’s trading, the dollar has regained its poise and is flitting between gains and losses against a basket of currencies on the session.... (photo: AP Photo)
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South Korean Vietnam War veterans and conservative activists with defaced photos of North  Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his youngest son Kim Jong Un shout slogans during a rally denouncing leader Kim's birthday in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Asia Times Fri 18 Feb 2011
North Korean excesses under fire
     Feb 19, 2011... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Defence   N Korea   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
A passer-by looks at an electronic stock board in downtown Tokyo Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average dropped 265.18 points to close at 9,041.07 in the morning sess Asia Times Fri 18 Feb 2011
Asia shifting gears
     Feb 19, 2011... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Asia   Economy   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Asia
Barclays Capital specialists William Bott, right, and Peter Elkins, second from right, tutor Lamar Queen, left, an eighth-grade algebra teacher at the Los Angeles Academy; Reign Glover, second left, a 10th grader from Choctaw High School in Choctaw, Oklahoma; Celebrity Education Ambassador, actor Hank Azaria, third left; with Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman at a post from the floor of New York's Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Philadelphia Daily News Fri 18 Feb 2011
Stocks poised for third straight week of gains
DAVID K. RANDALL The Associated Press NEW YORK - Stocks were headed for a mixed opening Friday with little expected in the way of economic reports or corporate earnings... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Finance   Nasdaq   Photos   Trading   Wall Street   Wikipedia: New York Stock Exchange
Skymark Airlines The Guardian Fri 18 Feb 2011
Superjumbo travel war beckons as Skymark buys A380
* Low-cost carrier is first Japanese buyer of A380 * Plans to start low-fare international routes in 2014 (New throughout) PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Japanese budget... (photo: Creative Commons / Shacho0822)
Airlines   Photos   Skymark   Transport   wikipedia:Skymark Airline
French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his speech during the opening of the G20  Finance summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Feb. 18, 2011. Finance chiefs from the world's 20 industrialized and fastest developing nations wrestle over how to steady the world economy at a two-days meeting in Paris. Breitbart Fri 18 Feb 2011
G20 finance chiefs meet on global imbalances
A cargo ship loads up on the docks of Baltimore harbor in 2010. G20 ministe... G20 ministers gather in Paris Friday to hammer out common criteria for meas... France's... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
Economy   Finance   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: G-20 major economies
Passers-by are reflected on the electronic board of a securities firm flashing world stock prices in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, July 13, 2009 Breitbart Fri 18 Feb 2011
World markets mixed; Nikkei extends winning streak
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, trader Edward Schreier, left, works... BANGKOK (AP) - World stock markets were mixed Friday, as benchmarks in Asia followed Wall... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Markets   Nikkei   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda Al Jazeera Fri 18 Feb 2011
Uganda presidential polls under way
Ugandans have begun voting in a presidential election that is expected to extend Yoweri Museveni's term in office to three decades. Opposition parties in the country,... (photo: AP / Michael Makutu )
Election   Photos   Uganda   Voting   Wikipedia :Yoweri Museveni


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