Spain’s new government has revised up its forecast for the country’s 2011 budget deficit to 8% of GDP from the 6% target of the previous government, as it approved budget cuts and new taxes.
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Bing Now Correcting and Offering Alternative Search Query
By way of comparison-checking, I stopped by bing and searched for the single word “swagrat”. First 10 results:Jimmy Swaggart (accompanied by list of related searces, all involving “swaggart”)swagat restaurantswagratswagratsuhagraat… and so on. Bottom of page says “Some results have been removed”. Those were probably the correctly spelled ones.
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Bing Now Correcting and Offering Alternative Search Query
China Shifts Foreign-Investment Focus
Beijing has reshuffled a list of sectors where it wants to attract foreign investment, downgrading autos and putting more emphasis on emerging fields.
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Daily Crunch: Car Tracking
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Boeing Examines Supply Chain for Weak Links
Boeing’s production struggles with its 787 Dreamliner taught it to regularly stress-test suppliers, a skill that is now coming to the forefront as it tackles a mountain of orders for its best-selling 737 jets.
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China Growth Continues to Slow
The final HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index rose in December compared with November, but remains in contractionary territory, adding to evidence that growth continues to slow.
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China Growth Continues to Slow
Iran to File in U.S. Court to Unfreeze Funds
Iran’s central bank is preparing to file a motion in a New York federal court early next year to release nearly $2 billion of its frozen funds at Citigroup Inc.’s Citibank unit, according to attorneys for the Iranian bank.
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Biscotti: The Best Product Packaging Since the iPod?
Biscotti TV Phone Box Click here to view this gallery. A cookie-shaped, easy-to-use, $199 video-conferencing solution is impressive, but wrapping it up in packaging that resembles a mash-up between Apple’s design elegance and Henny Youngman ‘s penchants for one-liners is an altogether different level of accomplishment. Introduced last month at the Consumer Electronics Association’s annual New York-based CES Unveiled preview event ( CES 2012 kicks off on Jan. 9 in Las Vegas), the Biscotti TV Phone is a home video-conferencing gadget that works with your HDTV . Each biscotti-cookie-shaped unit cost $199 and works with any other unit via Biscotti’s proprietary network. You can also chat with anyone on GChat (sorry, no Skype). That’s all pretty cool and I’ll be test driving shortly to see if Biscotti works as advertised. In the meantime, though, let’s all spend a moment oohing and ahhing over this extremely well-thought-out packaging. As with the best packaging, there’s little wasted space.
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#LastTweet Collects Finals Tweets of Those Who Died in 2011
The New York TImes Magazine has scoured the web for the final tweets of some of 2011′s biggest personalities and avid tweeters who died this past year. The magazine features tweets from actress Elizabeth Taylor, war photographer Tim Hetherington, Indy Racer Dan Wheldon, saxophonist Clarence Clemons and more. Social media is often thought of as a tool to share your life but it can also be a way to commemorate a death. Stories and talks have been given on what happens to your social profile after you die such as this TED talk, “After Your Final Status Update”, from Mashable ‘s Executive Editor Adam Ostrow. These tweets, while not exactly digital epitaphs, capture something of the people who sent them and the lives they shared online. Take a look at some of the tweets below and share your own findings in the comments below. #LastTweet In besieged Libyan city of Misrata. Indiscriminate shelling by Qaddafi forces. No sign of NATO.
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Could ‘Watched On’ Facebook News Feed Stories Save Netflix?
After a disastrous Q3 2011 , Netflix stands to replace some of the 800,000 subscribers it lost. It’s savior? The Facebook news feed. Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a revised bill to change the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 to allow people to opt in to having their movie rental activity shared. This Act had delayed the Netflix Facebook app ‘s launch in the US. Now the Facebook news feed is beginning to show “Josh Constine watched The Walking Dead on Netflix” stories that point back to the Netflix site. After being enticed by something a friend has watched, Facebook users might sign up and pay on Netflix.com so they can watch too. So far we’ve only spotted these stories coming from Facebook employee profiles.
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Could ‘Watched On’ Facebook News Feed Stories Save Netflix?