 | May 22 2013 | Ford to halt car production in Australia in 2016 ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Ford announced Thursday it would cease making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016 and axe 1,200 jobs, having produced its first car in the country in 1925.
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| May 22 2013 | First China manufacturing shrinkage in 7 months: HSBC ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Manufacturing activity in China contracted in May for the first time in seven months, HSBC said Thursday, in another sign of the weakness of recovery in the world's second-largest ... |
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| May 22 2013 | Documentaries are rising stars in film ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Blockbuster features that cost $100 million or more may grab the headlines, but the area of filmmaking that is growing fastest is documentaries, say industry sources at the Cannes ... |
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| May 22 2013 | US report urges action on intellectual property theft ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) A high-powered commission said Wednesday that intellectual property theft was costing the United States the equivalent of all its exports to Asia and urged a tougher approach to ... |
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| May 22 2013 | Experts favor US approval of Merck sleeping pill ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) An independent panel of experts on Wednesday recommended US approval of a new Merck sleeping pill called suvorexant, but expressed concerns over the highest dosage and risks of ... |
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| May 22 2013 | Poland claims world's first life-saving face transplant ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Polish doctors carried out the world's first life-saving face transplant, the centre's spokeswoman said Wednesday, weeks after a 33-year-old man was disfigured by a machine in a ... |
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| May 22 2013 | Google boss says company is doing 'right thing' on tax ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Google boss Eric Schmidt insisted Wednesday his company was trying to do the "right thing" as it faces criticism in Britain over the amount of tax it pays, saying it was for ... |
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| May 22 2013 | Canada lifts ban on gay men donating blood ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Canadian health authorities lifted Wednesday what was effectively a ban on gay men giving blood, announcing new rules making men who have not had sex with men in the past five years ... |
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| May 22 2013 | SARS-like virus claims new life in Saudi ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) A man who had contracted the coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 17, the health ministry announced on its website ... |
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| May 22 2013 | AIDS scientists optimistic of AIDS cure, for some ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Top AIDS scientists were optimistic Wednesday of finding a cure for the disease that has claimed 30 million lives -- but said it might not work for all people.
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