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Exclusive: Sanctions delay North Korea’s atom bomb work, U.N. says

By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang's illicit nuclear arms program, according to a confidential report by a U.N. panel of experts seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The latest annual report by the U.N Continue reading

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Nikkei up after Japan gets nod from G7 on stimulus

BANGKOK (AP) — Japan's stock market jumped Monday after global finance leaders gave a seal of approval to the country's stimulus program and refrained from criticizing its weakening effect on the yen. Stocks were mixed elsewhere in Asia Continue reading

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Center seeks to improve, certify stadium security

Year-long program includes checklist of 175 metrics. Continue reading

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Stocks end near lows after Fed announcement

Stocks kicked off May with a thud, with major averages dropping nearly 1 percent across the board, as a batch of weaker-than-expected economic data overshadowed the Federal Reserve’s plan to maintain its stimulus program.”I don’t think there’s any new information in this announcement – in fact, I’d have been surprised if the Fed had done something different,” said John Fox, co-manager of the FAM V… Continue reading

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Halo 4 Triumphs At Game Marketing Awards Festival

SAN FRANCISCO, April20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –The prestigious Game Marketing Awards, held last night in San Francisco, is the first and only U.S. Continue reading

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Ally, ResCap Spar Over Federal Foreclosure-Review Program

Government-owned lender Ally Financial Inc. is sparring with its Residential Capital mortgage subsidiary over the unit’s efforts to get out of a federal foreclosure-review program. Continue reading

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New Tesla loan program designed to assure skeptics

Hoping to improve the affordability of the company’s new battery-electric vehicle while also addressing skeptics, Tesla has announced a “revolutionary” new financing program that is designed to cut costs while also giving customers an out if they’re not happy with their new Model S sedans.Working with Bank of America, the program combines a low-interest rate, minimal down-payment – and the ability… Continue reading

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Free shotguns? In Ariz., effort underway to arm residents

Privately funded program would give those in crime-prone areas free guns to defend themselves. Continue reading

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Yahoo buys startup run by British teen for millions

One of Britain’s youngest Internet entrepreneurs has hit the jackpot after selling his top-selling mobile application Summly to search giant Yahoo. Seventeen-year-old Nick d’Aloisio, who dreamed up the idea for the content-shortening program when he was studying for his exams, said he was surprised by the deal. As with its other recent acquisitions, Yahoo didn’t disclose how much it is paying for .. Continue reading

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Guggenheim Museum and The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Announce Major Initiative to Advance Contemporary Chinese Art

– Program Encompasses Commissions, Exhibitions, Publications, Educational and Public Programs — Dr. Thomas J. Berghuis Selected as the Future Robert H. Continue reading

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