NEC aims to shed 10,000 Jobs by September (Reuters)
Reuters – NEC Corp said on Thursday it aims to shed 10,000 jobs by the end of September, and would fail to reach a target to raise sales to 4 trillion yen ($51.13 billion) by March 2013.
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Building collapses in center of Rio de Janeiro (AP)
AP – A multistory building collapsed in Rio’s center Wednesday evening, leaving rubble strewn over a wide area but confusion about the number of possible victims and the cause.
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Study of freakish mystery illness finds no cause (AP)
AP – Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin. Sound like a horror movie? Well, at one point several years ago, government doctors were getting up to 20 calls a day from people saying they had such symptoms.
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Netflix shares surge as customer base grows (Reuters)
Reuters – Netflix Inc signed up more U.S. subscribers than expected in the fourth quarter, reversing a wave of defections triggered by a series of high-profile missteps last year and pushing its shares up 13 percent.
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U.S. commandos free two hostages in daring Somalia raid (Reuters)
Reuters – Elite U.S. Navy SEALs swooped into Somalia on Wednesday and rescued two hostage aid workers after killing their nine kidnappers, a rare and daring raid in the Horn of Africa nation to free foreign captives.
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Paterno: Visiting hours ahead as PSU mourns (AP)
AP – For decades they cheered him, now it’s time for Penn State students and alumni to mourn Joe Paterno.
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Analysis: Romney tries pit bull approach in Fla. (AP)
AP – Mitt Romney spent years building a presidential candidacy based on corporate success, a squeaky clean image and an aura of electability that let him focus on President Barack Obama rather than his GOP rivals.
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‘The Artist’ silent but golden at producer awards (AP)
AP – “The Artist” followed its Golden Globe win by taking top honors at the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, as the silent film continues its unlikely run toward Oscar night.
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Scrambled GOP race heads to Florida (AP)
AP – A suddenly scrambled Republican presidential contest now shifts to Florida, a day after Newt Gingrich stopped Mitt Romney’s sprint to the GOP nomination by scoring a convincing victory in South Carolina.
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