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MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe shed 0.43 percent, its fifth straight daily decline.
The euro and sterling gained as May obtained backing from her cabinet on her Brexit deal, which she now has to convince parliament to approve.
Sterling was last trading at $1.2999, up 0.22 percent on the day, with the euro up 0.23 percent to $1.1315.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, fell 0.35 percent.
U.S. Treasury yields fell as investors fretted that renewed weakness on Wall Street could signal problems in the world's largest economy.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes last rose 5/32 in price to yield 3.1268 percent, from 3.145 percent late on Tuesday.
Is iTunes 'Reboot' Driving iDataCenter Project?
Speculation that Apple will shift iTunes to a web-based streaming delivery model woulkd explain the scope of the massive iDataCenter project in North Carolina, where the company is building a 500,000 square foot facility. Are there more to come?
Some of our recent reporting on Apple's $1 billion data center in North Carolina is being discussed around the web this week.
Apple has hired a key data center executive from eBay to oversee the expansion of its data center operations.
Apple is planning a major East Coast data center to boost the capacity of its online operations, and may invest as much as $1 billion in building and operating the huge server farm.
The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) has noted another attempt by Democratic Alliance (DA) led coalition of opposition parties to dislodge the African National Congress (ANC) from governing. The DA led coalition of opposition of parties has tabled a motion of no confidence against the State President, C...
The DA led coalition of opposition parties supported by some neo-liberal media houses who are the advocates of white supremacy, have partnered with likes of Save SA and Methodist Church of Southern Africa to advance the regime change. It is unfortunate that out of frustration of being reshuffled from cabinet, the forme...
It is also surprising that the likes of Sipho Pityana, Rev Ziphozihle Siwa et all who have been quite when companies were found guilty of collusion, banks manipulating the Rand, mines are not complying to Social and Labour Plans and retrenching workers, bogus Pastors feeding congregants with rats and snakes, young girl...
- Speedy establishment of Judicial Commission of Inquiry to holistically investigate any form of State Capture. The ANCWL calls all members of society with information of any acts of State Capture to allow this process to unfold and make submissions at the Commission.
- Ensuring that all financially needy and academically deserving students, whether poor, working class or middle class, can access loans and bursaries in order to gain entry to university and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges without paying upfront fees at the point of entry.
- Intensify support measures for the agricultural sector in particular small scale farmers.
- Move the National Health Insurance (NHI) Scheme from pilot phase to implementation.
- Transform the Post Bank into a fully fledged bank and used it as the bank of first choice by government for its banking services and any transactions with the citizens.
- Strengthen Corporate Governance at State Opened Companies.
The frivolous motion by DA led coalition of opposition parties is an attempt to remove democratically elected government that seeks to eradicate the legacies of colonialism and apartheid which resulted in high levels of inequality, unemployment and poverty. Colonialism and apartheid are system which are appreciated by ...
There is a need of unity of purpose amongst South Africans to defeat the colour revolution and protect the gains of our freedom. The ANCWL supporters, members and society in general must expose the hidden agenda of the DA of seeking to collapse the South African government with a hope of taking over and protecting the ...
The ANCWL calls all its supporters, members and the society in general to reject colour revolution led by DA. If the DA governs the country the status quo of skewed racial economic and land ownership will not be tempered with.
BRECKSVILLE, Ohio - On Tuesday night, City Council authorized the administration to seek bids for construction of a new aquatics section in Brecksville Community Center.
The project, estimated to cost between $6 million and $6.2 million, would involve replacing and expanding the existing outdoor pool. The existing 3,600-square-foot indoor competitive pool would remain the same size, but the city will add a second indoor pool for recreation, along with another 2,800-3,000 square feet of...
"(The facility) will provide aquatics for all ages all year long," Mayor Jerry Hruby said in a Tuesday email. "The outdoor facility is equal to what we planned at Blossom Hill."
The city previously considered building a new aquatics center on the municipally owned, 185-acre Blossom Hill property on Oakes Road. Hruby said that option was dropped because residents prefered having all the pools, including the competitive pool, in one area. It was also less expensive to expand the existing aquatic...
Hruby said he would not share with cleveland.com a blueprint or drawing of the aquatics center until the plan is finalized. He said that won't happen until the design is reviewed by the city's Planning Commission and, if necessary, the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Hruby said the city will choose a general contractor to build the aquatics section and might hire a firm that, acting as the project "owner's agent," would oversee the work.
The city hopes construction will start in mid-July or August and wrap up in summer 2019.
Under a conceptual plan unveiled in June by ThenDesign Architecture, a Willoughby firm the city hired to design the project, the amount of outdoor pool space at the community center would grow significantly, from 2,036 square feet to between 10,500-13,000 square feet.
Brecksville would significantly increase the amount of pool space and surrounding deck area in Brecksville Community Center, under a conceptual plan recently presented to City Council. However, when cleveland.com asked city officials for copies of the drawings presented to council at a public meeting, they said they di...
The new outdoor swim area, under the conceptual plan, would consist of a lap pool with basketball and volleyball nets and a separate family pool area, which would contain a splash park, dump buckets and other features.
"There will be those (features) and more," Hruby said Tuesday. "It will all be in one pool but segmented by depths and events."
A proposed miniature golf course, which would have surrounded the outdoor pool area, did not make it into subsequent designs, Hruby said.
According to the conceptual and revised plans, outdoor deck space would increase from 3,000 square feet to between 11,300-12,000 square feet.
"The outdoor area will present several features that are designed for fun, family and fitness," Hruby said. "Outdoor lighting for night events is included, along with concessions and storage areas."
The second indoor pool will about double the size of the existing indoor pool area. The indoor recreational pool will include play features, like water slides and dump buckets.
Rebecca Riser, Brecksville's director of purchasing, said that with council approving the bidding process Tuesday night, the city would advertise for bids as soon as the planning commission and, if necessary, the BZA approves the final design.
Council, with little discussion, voted 7-0 to move the project forward.
Last week we brought you the news that Internet Explorer 9 was going to be sent out today to the world through Windows Update, a move by Microsoft that is set to greatly expand the browser’s market share around the world.
We have long anticipated that IE9 would supplant IE8 as the world’s most popular browser, but we had not guessed that Microsoft would so quickly push the browser to the full globe.
Redmond obviously feels that its testing through the beta and the RC period of IE9’s life were sufficient to warrant sending the software out en masse.
What do we think this will do for IE9 market share? According to Clicky Web Analytics, the browser already controls over 1% of the market, but with this push, we expect a multi-point bump nearly over night. We will keep you updated.
GAZA (Reuters) - Rateb Samour sees 250 patients a day whose complaints range from hair loss to cerebral palsy and cancer. But he is not a doctor and has never worked in a hospital.
“I am treating serious and chronic diseases which have no cure in regular medicine, I have achieved excellent results,” said Samour, an Egyptian-educated specialist in entomology and bees in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave.
“We speak about chondritis in the neck and spine, migraine, loss of hair, alopecia areata, skin diseases, cerebral palsy, autism and cancer,” he said inside an apartment packed with patients on the edge of a beach refugee camp in Gaza City.
The Islamist-ruled Gaza is under blockade by neighboring Egypt and Israel, which restricts the movement of goods and people in and out of the territory. So Gaza lacks sophisticated medical equipment and has patchy access to medicines.
Inside Samour’s home, men and women wait their turn in separate rooms.
“Treatment by bee stings has been more effective than treatment by regular medicine but you need to be patient,” said Saeed Al-Ghafari, a government employee. His daughter has been receiving treatment from Samour for nearly nine months.
Muneera Al-Baba said her son Anas, who suffers from cerebral palsy, has made much more progress in a year and a half than he ever did using mainstream medicine, which also cost twice as much.
In a TV market saturated with shows for children, Blue Peter still stands out.
A BBC staple for more than 50 years, the show is a voyage of discovery for Britain's youth. As far as PR professionals are concerned, if you want to reach an audience of six- to 12-year-olds, it remains the right target.
But a time slot change in early 2008 to make way for The Weakest Link's move to BBC1 has crippled viewing figures, which have fallen from 335,000 to 100,000.
Practical could be added to the list. Blue Peter is famed for its try-it-yourself ethic, and has children up and down the country asking parents for sticky back plastic.
Involvement is a key factor to the show's longevity - that and its infectious presenters, currently Andy Akinwolere, Helen Skelton and Joel Defries. Despite falling viewer numbers, recent campaigns have enjoyed record numbers. A Royal Mint coin design competition saw 12,000 entries - three times as many responses as th...
Gilby is, however, more cautious than Levell about the audience figures and suggests viewers may have simply gone elsewhere. 'Family audiences are more likely to watch The One Show,' she suggests.
- What story ideas are you looking for?
It does not have to be about kids, but it does have to be aspirational. Recently Blue Peter featured the Red Arrows and climbing Nelson's Column.
- What should PROs not send?
Don't bother with competition prizes unless they are incredibly special. We only have one or two a year and prizes have included painting a jumbo jet, designing a Christmas stamp and creating a Dr Who monster.
- What is the best way to reach Blue Peter?
Ring our development team and pitch them your idea. Phone is better as then you can turn it into a great proposal. Email us back with your improvements and we'll go from there.
- Your charity appeals are always a success, but is it appropriate to target children?
It is the first time they are aware that not all children are as privileged as them, so it is important. We never ask for money. We encourage them that doing something, however small it may be, makes a difference.
The U of S Huskies volleyball teams are both still in the playoff hunt with four weekends — and eight matches — yet to play.
The playoff picture could definitely use some HD, as in High Definition.
Right now, it’s simply not clear enough whether the University of Saskatchewan volleyball teams are playoff-bound.
U of S men’s coach Nathan Bennett put his Hockey Central at Noon highlights on pause to discuss his team’s Canada West conference pixel-less playoff picture this week.
The Huskies are currently tied for sixth in the conference with a 7-7 record. The top eight teams make the playoffs.
“You’re always happy to be in a playoff spot, but, hindsight being what it is, we definitely let a few matches get away from us,” admitted the first-year Huskies head coach, whose Huskies host the University of Manitoba Bisons in a pair of matches Friday and Saturday (8 p.m. at the PAC).
“We put ourselves in a position to be in the playoffs, which is good, but the road ahead is not as easy as it could have been.
Nothing is guaranteed. Nothing is clinched.
Saskatchewan has eight matches remaining, four at home (versus the Manitoba Bisons and Mount Royal Cougars) and four on the road (versus Alberta and Thompson Rivers).
“Three of the four weekends are teams that are above us,” noted Bennett, whose team is healthy heading down the final stretch and, thanks to a bye, well rested.
Bennett said the Christmas break was difficult.
In Canada West women’s volleyball, Saskatchewan is currently 10th and out of a playoff spot with a 6-10 record and two-game losing skid.
The Huskies have eight matches remaining, four at home (Manitoba and Mount Royal) and four away (Alberta Pandas and Thompson Rivers WolfPack). All four teams are ahead of the Huskies in the Canada West standings.
U of S head coach Mark Dodds has seen this movie before.
The Huskie women will have to fight for a potential playoff berth.
The U of S women’s volleyball team hasn’t made the playoffs in years, but Dodds is not discouraged. He says it’s all about the process, even if the results don’t immediately come.
Judy Murray, tennis coach and the mother of British star Andy Murray, has been drafted in as 'chief foliage officer', highlighting the problems of excess mint in a glass of Pimm's, as Wimbledon kicks off.
The partnership was the brainchild of Taylor Herring and was announced to coincide with the first day of Wimbledon 2016 (27 June) where Pimm's is one of the drinks of choice around the grounds.
Elly Martin, Pimm’s brand manager, said: "We’re delighted to welcome Judy to the team as our newly appointed Pimm’s chief foliage officer. Mint management is key to a great glass of Pimm’s and we know Judy is a perfectionist and doesn’t settle for second best."
As part of the tie-up, Judy Murray has recorded a training video for bartenders entitled The Art of Mint Management.
Google Inc. offered consumers another reason to ditch their traditional landlines Wednesday by unveiling a service that lets them make free phone calls through its popular e-mail program.
The Mountain View search giant is allowing U.S. users to place free calls domestically and to Canada through its Web-based Gmail service, using their computer's built-in speaker and microphone, or a headset.
It's the latest in a series of additions to Gmail that are increasingly transforming the service into an all-in-one communications tool where people can manage contacts, e-mail, chats, video conferencing and now phone calls.
"We're helping you organize your communications," said Vincent Paquet, product manager of Google Voice, the call-forwarding service that was linked to Gmail to create the new feature. "It's just an easy way for people to stay in touch with their friends and family and community."
People have been able to make phone calls over the Internet with services such as Skype or Vonage for years. But the Gmail packaging and pricing might be different enough to grab customers from both traditional telecommunications companies and other Internet phone services, analysts say.
"There's no question that this has stepped up the competitiveness," said Carl Howe, analyst with the Yankee Group. "Google just took a big whack at the telcos by releasing voice for free."
A call to the Telecommunication Industry Association trade group wasn't returned before press time.
Google is offering free calls within the United States and to Canada for at least the rest of the year. Most international calls will also be less expensive than typical landline and mobile rates, and the company won't be charging the standard connection fees, Google said.
As it is, phone companies have been losing landline subscribers for years, largely because of the rapid adoption of mobile phones. Nearly 25 percent of U.S. households have chosen to go without a landline, according to research by Nielsen Co.
Internet calling services have long allowed free computer-to-computer connections, but generally charge for PC-to-phone calls. Skype rates start at between 1.2 to 2.1 cents per minute, according to its website.
Even with lower international rates, Google believes it will make enough money from overseas calls to support the free service in the United States and Canada, Paquet said. He added that the company has no plans to generate advertising revenue, the company's bread and butter, from the service.
Skype has shown that Internet calling can be a profitable business. The Luxembourg company, which eBay Inc. sold to private investors last year, earned $13 million on $406 million in revenue during the first six months of this year. It filed for a $100 million initial public offering this month.
Google began offering its new service on Wednesday, and it should be available nationwide by the weekend. Google hopes eventually to release it internationally, though it did not say when that would happen.
There is considerable potential for Google to integrate the unnamed service into its other products to further boost its appeal - for instance, offering one-click calling from within online applications or search results, said Maribel Lopez, principal analyst at Lopez Research.
"A lot of this is just about enhancing other properties and making seamless communications possible," she said. "It doesn't replace all calling as we know it, but for certain applications, it's definitely something you really want."