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India’s Modi draws flak for ‘despite being a woman’ comment about Bangladeshi PM

June 8, 2015 publisher australia, australian, bangladeshi, famous-female, included-client, passwords, potential, sheikh, sheikh-hasina, south-asian, the-potential, thomson-reuters

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sparked outrage after he praised his Bangladeshi counterpart for her courage to fight terrorism “despite being a woman”, triggering an avalanche of criticism on social media site Twitter. #DespiteBeingAWoman was one of the top trends on the micro blogging site on Monday, with users expressing anger at what they said was a bigoted and sexist remark and posting pictures of famous female scientists, politicians and athletes. Modi, who was on a two-day official visit to neighboring Bangladesh, on Sunday told an audience at Dhaka University that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina showed that she was committed to ending terrorism which has plagued both South Asian nations

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Pledge sues Penn State, fraternity caught in nude photo scandal

June 8, 2015 publisher australia, being-burned, court-documents, group-featuring, monday-james, passwords, sheikh, south-asian, sued-the-school, the-potential, thomson-reuters, while-pledging

(Reuters) – The whistleblower in a Penn State University fraternity scandal tied to a private Facebook group featuring photographs of nude and apparently unconscious female students has sued the school and fraternity, according to court documents released on Monday. James Vivenzio says he was subjected to life-threatening hazing, which included being burned by cigarettes and forced to drink bucketfuls of alcohol mixed with vomit and urine while pledging for Kappa Delta Rho, according to the complaint filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia

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London-based Abacas launches asset-backed coins for digital exchange

June 8, 2015 creative before-moving, exchange, group-featuring, london-based, probably-gold, said-on-monday, simon-jessop, sued-the-school, the-exchange, thomson-reuters

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – London-based Abacas has launched asset-backed coins (ABCs) that will allow investors to trade a range of assets on a digital exchange, the company’s chief operating officer Morgan McDonnell said on Monday. Rather than supplant the fund firms that buy and sell stocks, bonds and other assets on behalf of investors, Abacas has designed a new trading environment in which investors will be able to trade a range of assets using ABCs

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Zambian police arrest musician for mocking president

June 8, 2015 admin 24th, charity, crime, government, london-based, lyrics, president-edgar, probably-gold, simon-jessop, sued-the-school, thomson-reuters

A popular Zambian singer was arrested on Monday after being accused by supporters of President Edgar Lungu of mocking the leader in a song that police said could provoke public clashes. Singing in a local language, musician Fumba Chama, also known as Pilato, mocks a man named Lungu who the lyrics say has no ideas but carries a suitcase full of bottles of whisky.

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Symantec revenue misses Street on strong dollar

May 14, 2015 publisher also-forecast, current, data-management, its-cash-cow, products-come, said-it-expects, software-maker, street, strong-dollar, symantec-corp, thomson-reuters, while-sluggish

(Reuters) – Antivirus and security software maker Symantec Corp’s quarterly profit and revenue missed Wall Street estimates, hurt by a strong dollar and lower demand for its consumer security products.

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Quake-hit Nepalis need information, not just food and water

May 1, 2015 creative billion-off-its, food-rations, from-others, its-website, kathmandu, linked, other-place, person, place, same-challenges, thomson-reuters

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – There is probably no other place in the world right now where information – from the fate of your family members to where to get food and water – is more desperately needed than in the Nepal, devastated by a powerful earthquake six days ago. The 7.8 magnitude quake brought down thousands of buildings in the densely-populated Kathmandu Valley, which includes the capital, severely damaged telecommunications, tore apart roads and snapped bridges.

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No meetings at tourist hotspots, China reminds officials

May 1, 2015 creative bali-since, china, chinese, country, government, hawaii, labour, linked, other-place, posted-pictures, president, step-on-friday, thomson-reuters

China’s top graft buster took the unusual step on Friday of plastering its website with pictures of 21 top Chinese tourist sites where officials are banned from holding meetings, a reminder of its crackdown on extravagance and corruption. As the country marked the Labour Day holiday, the party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s normally quite staid website posted pictures of the 21 no-go zones under the caption: “Though these sites are good, just don’t meet there!” The sites include the Badaling sector of the Great Wall outside of Beijing, the old summer residence of the Qing emperors at Chengde and the beach resort of Sanya, which China likes to style its answer to Hawaii or Bali.

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Expedia shares soar on strong bookings despite strong U.S. dollar

May 1, 2015 creative 44-1-million, cents-per, despite-foreign, earned-more, online-travel, over-the-year, percent-rise, priceline, priceline-group, thomson-reuters, thursday, travel-bookings, travel-sales, united-states

Expedia Inc on Thursday reported first-quarter profit that exceeded analysts’ expectations as it earned more money from travel bookings in and outside the United States, despite foreign currencies falling relative to the U.S. dollar.

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Selerity reveals Twitter results ahead of schedule

April 28, 2015 publisher 456-8-million, allen, average-had, dating-websites, earnings, market-data, numbers-before, street, the-first, thomson-reuters

(Reuters) – Micro-blogging website Twitter Inc had lower-than-expected quarterly revenue, according to market data firm Selerity, which revealed the earnings numbers before the company's scheduled announcement. Twitter, which allows users to broadcast 140-character messages, had revenue of $436 million in the first quarter, according to Selerity. Excluding items, the company earned 7 cents per share, Selerity said on its Twitter page

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