China leader-in-waiting Xi woos and warns U.S WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping wooed and warned the United States on Wednesday, offering deeper cooperation on trade and global troublespots while demanding Washington heed Beijing's demands on Tibet and other contentious "core interests." Xi, who is almost sure to become China's next president in just over a year from now, laid out his views on ties with the United ...
North and south split as euro zone economy shrinks BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) - The euro zone economy shrank at the end of 2011 and will flirt with a mild recession under the weight of the sovereign debt crisis, but strength in France and resilience in Germany may keep it above water. The drag is coming from a stricken, debt-laden south, epitomized by a slumping Italy. Economic output in the 17-nation currency area fell 0.3 percent in the fourth ...
State of Arizona and centenarian turn 100 together SAFFORD, Arizona (Reuters) - The state of Arizona and spirited senior Lavona Jones Evans both have a reason to celebrate on Tuesday -- and it is not Valentine's Day. The Safford homemaker, baker and quilt-maker turns 100 on February 14, the same day Arizona celebrates its centennial as a state. Arizona was the last of the so-called "Lower 48" states to be admitted to the union in 1912, about a ...
Nvidia warns of chip supplies and loss of Samsung SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp warned that delays in ramping up new manufacturing technology are affecting sales of its PC graphics chips and that smartphone chip-customer Samsung Electronics has become a rival. Anxious to move beyond its traditional business of designing graphics chips for personal computers, Nvidia has jumped into mobile devices and late last year unveiled its new Tegra ...
Mike Daisey’s ‘Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’ to make D.C. comeback Mike Daisey says that though he’s never spoken officially to the company whose labor practices he lambastes in his hit one-man show “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” he hears regularly from Apple’s army of employees. Read full article >>
Moody's warns it may cut AAA-rating for UK and France NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rating agency Moody's warned it may cut the triple-A ratings of France, Britain and Austria and it downgraded six other European nations including Italy, Spain and Portugal, citing growing risks from Europe's debt crisis. Moody's move was less aggressive than rival agency Standard & Poor's, but its action puts London's prized top credit rating in jeopardy for the first time ...
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