miércoles, 24 de febrero de 2010

Morning Digest: Toyota chief faces grilling by U.S. congress

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Good Morning Aron, WED 24 Feb 2010 
 
Toyota chief faces grilling by U.S. congress
U.S. missile strike kills 3 militants in Pakistan
Wall St index futures fall; focus on Bernanke
EU says looking into 3 complaints against Google
U.N. says emissions vows not enough to avoid rise of 2 degrees C
Games enthralled by day of raw emotion on ice
Charlie Sheen follows wife on rehab road
Watch this movie and win $10,000?


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Toyota chief faces grilling by U.S. congress
February 24, 2010 02:21 AM ET
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's president braced for tough questions from a U.S. congressional panel on Wednesday after the Japanese automaker conceded it had let safety standards slip and could still not explain most incidents of unintended acceleration.

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WORLD NEWS
U.S. missile strike kills 3 militants in Pakistan
February 24, 2010 04:28 AM ET
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles into Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least three militants, Pakistani intelligence officials and residents said.

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BUSINESS NEWS
Wall St index futures fall; focus on Bernanke
February 24, 2010 05:16 AM ET
(Reuters) - Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 fell 0.2 to 0.3 percent, pointing to a weaker start for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday.

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INTERNET NEWS
EU says looking into 3 complaints against Google
February 24, 2010 04:39 AM ET
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators said on Wednesday they were looking into complaints filed by three online companies against Google.

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SCIENCE NEWS
U.N. says emissions vows not enough to avoid rise of 2 degrees C
February 23, 2010 10:30 AM ET
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Emission cuts pledges made by 60 countries will not be enough to keep the average global temperature rise at 2 degrees Celsius or less, modeling released on Tuesday by the United Nations says.

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SPORTS NEWS
Games enthralled by day of raw emotion on ice
February 24, 2010 05:52 AM ET
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's Olympic inquisition was put on ice after an extraordinary day of raw emotion at the Vancouver Winter Games on Tuesday.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Charlie Sheen follows wife on rehab road
February 23, 2010 06:55 PM ET
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Charlie Sheen, star of U.S. television's hit comedy "Two and a Half Men," has followed his wife and entered a rehabilitation facility as the couple try to put their lives back together after a violent Christmas Day argument.

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ODDLY ENOUGH NEWS
Watch this movie and win $10,000?
February 23, 2010 10:28 AM ET
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Bollywood filmmaker has issued a lucrative challenge to horror movie fans: a $10,000 reward for anyone who can watch his latest supernatural thriller, alone, in a cinema until the closing credits.

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