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Analysis of top property markets by PricewaterhouseCoopers finds London struggling to retain status as gold standard of real estate
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Euro crisis hangs over latest EU summit

January 30, 2012 by  BBC

The eurozone crisis will dominate an EU summit on Monday, with an emphasis on growth and "smart" budget discipline.
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The World Economic Forum in Davos has ended with worries about the economy, but hopes that the eurozone crisis is under control.
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Following a year in which "people power" was the rallying cry from the Arab Spring to the Occupy movement, the annual World Economic Forum might seem an elitist anomaly.
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Google Science Fair 2012: Now More Global

January 17, 2012 by  mashable.com

The second annual online Google Science Fair competition is getting even more global this year, allowing teenagers between 13 and 18 to submit entries in 13 languages for projects that could make a practical difference in the lives of a group or community.
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Who Will Survive After CES?

January 13, 2012 by  inc.com

The Consumer Electronics Show is great for getting buzz, but it's no guarantee for success for start-ups. Here's what it takes to survive after Las Vegas.
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European (SXXP) stocks advanced after Spain and Italy sold debt at lower borrowing costs, signaling continued investor appetite for euro-area securities. U.S. index futures climbed, while Asian shares retreated.
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Foreclosure filings and repossessions fell to their lowest level since 2007 last year. Total filings, including default notices and bank repossessions were down 33% for the year to 2.7 million, according to RealtyTrac, the online marketer of foreclosed properties.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), likely to keep the title of most profitable U.S. bank when it reports earnings tomorrow, has a West Coast rival closing in: Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC)
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International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) won a record number of U.S. patents in 2011, its 19th straight year on top, as some Asian competitors advanced in the rankings at the expense of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Intel Corp. (INTC)
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China's export powerhouse slows down

January 11, 2012 by  CNN

China's export powerhouse is slowing down. Chinese exports increased 13.4% in December, the General Administration of Customs reported Tuesday. Aside from blips due to New Year holidays, that marked the slowest export growth since November 2009.
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How do great companies groom talent?

January 11, 2012 by  CNN

You can't build a great business without nurturing from within. Meet the firms that are doing it right.
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Investors set aside their worries about Europe Tuesday after comments from credit ratings agency Fitch raised hopes for an end to the eurozone debt crisis late in the year.
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If I Die: Facebook App Lets You Leave Sweet Last Words

January 06, 2012 by  mashable.com

Facebook profiles don’t die the same way people do. If I Die is a Facebook app that makes sure, even if you die, your social self can still send out your last wishes and post messages to your friends years after you’re gone.
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Central Bank Governor Erdem Başçı said on Friday that the Turkish lira will be one of the strongest currencies of 2012 and will continue to appreciate throughout the year.
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Borrell Associates has come out with an extensive new report about small business (“SMBs”) and social media adoption. It contains forecasts and spending estimates as well as other data about SMB usage of social media as a marketing tool. by Greg Sterling
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The United States holds a disproportionate amount of the world's rich people.
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Turkey Greenlights Russia’s Gas

January 05, 2012 by  Turkish Diary

Turkey signed an agreement with Russia to allow a Russian natural gas pipeline to pass under Turkish Black Sea waters.
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Turkish exports up 18.5 percent in November

January 05, 2012 by  Turkish Diary

Exports from Turkey increased 18.5 percent in November 2011 when compared to November 2010.
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After almost seven years, Saudi Arabia has lifted a ban on Turkish poultry imports that was put in place after a bird flu epidemic in 2005.
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Entrepreneurship Board established

January 05, 2012 by  Today's Zaman

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government on Wednesday formed a separate entrepreneurship body that it believes will facilitate the creation and implementation of new strategies to improve the spirit of entrepreneurship across the country.
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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is still the world’s most popular browser, but it and Mozilla’s Firefox lost a lot of market share to Google’s Chrome in 2011, which is now firmly in second place.
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Activity in the eurozone manufacturing sector fell for the fifth successive month in December, but showed a slight improvement on the previous month, a closely-watched survey suggests.
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Revellers around the world are celebrating the end of 2011 and starting to see in 2012.
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The euro’s dramatic slide to the year’s lows in light trading is a likely prelude to more weakening in the New Year and highlights the long haul ahead for the euro zone’s debt crisis.
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Home Sales in U.S. Beat Forecasts

December 29, 2011 by  Bloomberg

The number of Americans signing contracts to buy previously owned homes rose more than forecast in November as falling prices and low borrowing costs boosted demand.
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Consumer confidence shoots higher again

December 29, 2011 by  CNN

onsumer confidence shot higher for the second month in a row in December, according to a survey from The Conference Board.
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Google+ off to better-than-expected start

December 29, 2011 by  CNN

The Google+ social network has topped 60 million users, according to Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen, who also made the bold prediction late Tuesday that Google+ would reach 400 million users by the end of 2012.
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Turkish Pipeline Corporation (BOTAŞ) Chairman Fazıl Şenel (L) and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller sign an agreement on construction of the South Stream pipeline as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız look on, in Moscow on Dec. 28, 2011.
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Mortgage rates fall to record lows

December 28, 2011 by  CNN

Mortgage rates sunk to record lows again this week. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 3.94%, matching the all-time low hit in early October, according to Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage rate survey. Meanwhile, 15-year fixed-rate loans hit a new record low of 3.21%, surpassing the record set on October 6.
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SEC charges former execs of Fannie, Freddie

December 28, 2011 by  CNN

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged six former executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with securities fraud on Friday for misrepresenting their holdings of high-risk mortgage loans.
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The 42nd fastest supercomputer on earth doesn’t exist. This fall, Amazon built a virtual supercomputer atop its Elastic Compute Cloud — a web service that spins up virtual servers whenever you want them — and this nonexistent mega-machine outraced all but 41 of the world’s real supercomputers.
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More than 1,000 people are missing in the aftermath of a tropical storm that wreaked havoc across the southern Philippines last weekend, the country's government said Friday, as it grappled with the mounting humanitarian crisis in the region.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Thursday's French vote on a bill that criminalizes the denial of the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide has clearly revealed the gravity of hostility against Muslims in France and Europe.
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The Armenia vote has provoked large amounts of sound and fury, but will this bill become law? For the time being the answer is quite clearly No.
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ECB lends banks $639 billion over 3 years

December 21, 2011 by  Today's Zaman

The European Central Bank is lending 489 billion euros ($639 billion) to the continent's banks for an unprecedented three years in an effort to bolster Europe's stressed financial system.
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The story behind the news pictures

December 21, 2011 by  BBC

In the third of a week-long series by guest bloggers, photographer Matt Dunham looks back at his year covering the biggest news stories for the Associated Press news agency(AP).
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How to Master Facebook Timeline in 5 Quick Minutes

December 19, 2011 by  Wired.com

Yesterday, Facebook rolled out its new Timeline feature to the masses. This ultra-illustrative, chronological listing of posts, photos, shared links, check-ins, and more is a radically different arrangement than the Facebook profile you’ve been used to.
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Muted ceremony marks end of Iraq war

December 17, 2011 by  CNN

America's contentious and costly war in Iraq officially ended Thursday with an understated ceremony in Baghdad that contrasted sharply with its thundering start almost nine years ago.
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Flash floods sparked by a tropical storm in the southern Philippines have killed at least 180 people and left hundreds missing, officials say.
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Turkey's unemployment down to 8.8 percent in September

December 15, 2011 by  Today's Zaman

Turkey's unemployment rate continued to fall, with the country's unemployment registering at 8.8 percent in September 2011, according to data released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) on Thursday.
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French court finds Chirac guilty of corruption

December 15, 2011 by  Today's Zaman

A French court found former President Jacques Chirac guilty in a historic verdict Thursday of embezzling public funds to illegally finance the conservative party he long led, and handed him a suspended prison sentence.
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Bernanke Signals Fed Ready to Ease on EU Risk

December 14, 2011 by  Bloomberg

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke signaled he’s concerned Europe’s crisis will hobble a 2 1/2-year U.S. expansion that may need another boost from the central bank.
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Unemployment is world's fastest-rising fear

December 12, 2011 by  BBC

Unemployment is the world's fastest-rising worry, a BBC World Service survey covering 11,000 people in 23 countries suggests.
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Q&A: Will new deal solve Europe's problems?

December 10, 2011 by  CNN

European leaders have thrashed out a new deal aimed at ending months of uncertainty over the future of the euro and resolving an escalating debt crisis that has pushed several economies to the brink of collapse.
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On Ledge and Online: Solitary Sport Turns Social

December 10, 2011 by  The New York Times

Tommy Caldwell climbing El Capitan. Caldwell updated his progress on Facebook using his iPhone.
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Why I Hire People Who Fail

December 10, 2011 by  Harward Business Review

A few weeks ago, I wrote about avoiding social media failures. I briefly mentioned our company's "Failure Wall" and was surprised by the number of comments and questions I received about it. What's the purpose? How does it work? And what other kinds of things do you do in that crazy office of yours?
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Eurozone deal reached without UK

December 09, 2011 by  BBC

Most EU members have agreed to press ahead with a tax and budget pact to tackle the eurozone debt crisis.
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Turkey's exports have reached $133.97 billion in the past 12 months, indicating that the country has now broken a new record with the highest level of exports in the history of the republic, Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan said at a meeting in Ankara on Thursday.
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Last week, in writing about the top social media influencers I was struck by the sheer scale of connectivity that leading influencers create for themselves....
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Twitter Just Fired A Cannonball At Facebook And Google+

December 09, 2011 by  BusinessInsider

Twitter is revamping the service with personal Twitter profile pages, a new timeline that includes rich media and other related information embedded into tweets, and easier search for information based on @ symbols (usernames) and hash tags. Talking at Twitter's unfinished new headquarters building in San Francisco, founder Jack Dorsey and CEO Dick Costolo explained that the changes are meant to make Twitter more accessible to everybody.
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Ken Patchett ran Google’s Asian data centers for more than a year and a half, and he says it’s “B.S.” that the company treats its computing facilities as trade secrets jealously guarded from the rest of the world.
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Graph: How long it took Facebook, Twitter and Google+ to reach 10 million users
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The end of the European dream?

July 04, 2011 by  CNN

The end of the European dream?
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Turkey world’s fastest growing country in Q1

June 30, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

the Turkish economy was the world's fastest growing economy in the first quarter of 2011, followed by Argentina with 9.9 percent and China with 9.7.
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Why Successful People Leave Work Early

June 10, 2011 by  BusinessInsider

Try this for a day: don't answer every phone call. Stop checking your email every two minutes. And leave work early. You'll be astounded at how much more you'll get done. According to a study published in the Psychological Review conducted by Dr. K. Anders Ericcson, the key to great success is working harder in short bursts of time. Then give yourself a break before getting back to work.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Oil prices breached the $100-a-barrel mark Wednesday after OPEC said it could not reach an agreement about raising crude production. U.S. crude jumped $1.65, or 1.7%, to settle at $100.74 a barrel. Oil prices were trading down about $1 just before the OPEC announcement. The price of brent crude - the European benchmark - rose 1.1% to $118.07 a barrel.
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Jobs To Cupertino: We Want A Spaceship-Shaped, 12K Capacity Building As Our New Apple Campus by Alexia Tsotsis
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EBay acquires Magento, builds a commerce OS

June 07, 2011 by  gigaom.com

EBay said it is buying the rest of e-commerce platform Magento, which it previously had a 49 percent stake in, in a bid to build a broader commerce operating system that spans online, mobile, social and local. In effect, eBay is looking to be the go-to resource for online and offline retailers, helping connect them to consumers. By Ryan Kim
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Internet giants to G8: Hands off

May 28, 2011 by  CNN

(FT) -- Internet entrepreneurs confronted their would-be regulators in Deauville on Thursday as the leaders of Facebook, Google and other technology companies warned the G8 leaders to tread carefully in attempting to police the web.
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Turkey to partner with Sikorsky to export choppers

May 28, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

Turkey and American company Sikorsky will produce choppers in Turkey and start exports as soon as possible to third countries as Turkey aims to acquire know-how in the defense field with this project in order to make the country a potential helicopter production hub.
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Google Inc. was sued by PayPal Inc., the fastest-growing unit at online marketplace EBay Inc. (EBAY), over claims it misappropriated trade secrets from PayPal’s mobile- payment business.
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San Francisco (CNN) -- Google wants to replace your wallet with a phone. The underlying technology isn't actually that different from a credit card, but just make sure to keep the battery charged.
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google boss Eric Schmidt have warned governments worldwide not to over-regulate the internet.
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Folkart Towers, the second tallest twin towers in Turkey and fifth in Europe, will be built in Izmir, western Turkey. The 200-meter high and 40-storey towers will cost $150 million.
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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde speaks with former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn during a conference in Paris in this June 16, 2010 file photo. Lagarde entered the race on Wednesday to head the IMF and succeed Strauss-Kahn
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Turkey to re-run for non-permanent UN seat

May 24, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

Turkey has officially announced its bid for a new term at the UN Security Council declaring its candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the influential body for 2015-2016.
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More Turkish Executives at INT'l Organizations

May 24, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

The rising number of Turkish executives directing international organizations in different fields from diplomacy to commerce has been a matter of discussion recently especially after three Turks are speculated for the top post at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the IMF chief was arrested, and eventually resigned from the post, on charges of sexual assault.
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First Turkish Built F-16 Unveiled

May 24, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and Lockheed Martin unveiled the first of 30 new Turkish-built F-16s in ceremonies on Tuesday at TAI's facility near Ankara.
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Neighboring countries trust Turkey, survey finds

May 24, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

A large-scale regional survey conducted by İstanbul's Fatih University has unveiled that citizens of neighboring countries see Turkey's rapid drive toward democratization as an opportunity and asset for their countries, hailing Turkey a regional leader while dismissing claims that the country's growing clout was a threat to their national security.
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EU visas for Turks to be much easier to get

May 24, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

The European Union will begin implementing visa liberalization for Turkish citizens as of July as the number of documents required for Schengen visa will be minimized and the duration of application would be no longer than 15 days.
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Today's Zaman : eMarketTurkey to increase awareness of Turkish companies
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Turkey fastest growing economy in Europe

April 27, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

Turkey's economy registered a growth rate of 8.9 percent in 2010 over the previous year, well-above the government’s target of 6.8 percent and higher-than market expectations of about 7.5 percent.
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Turkish exports hit 32-month high

April 27, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

Turkey's exports were up by 22.8 percent in March 2011 compared to the same month of the previous year, rising to $11.7 billion year-on-year, the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) announced.
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Turkish Airlines to add 15 more Boeing 737 aircraft

April 27, 2011 by  Turkish Diary

Turkey’s national carrier, Turkish Airlines (THY), has signed an agreement with US aeronautics giant Boeing to buy 15 Next-Generation 737 airplanes.
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Germany softens on euro as ‘big bang’ solution looms

February 03, 2011 by  Today's Zaman

Germany’s resistance to expanding a euro zone bailout fund and easing Greece’s debt burden seems to be softening as it scents a grand bargain in which European states would commit to tough German-style economic reforms.
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Articles

How do people think outside of the proverbial box? They know how to view things more expansively. Here's how.
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Want help focusing on what really matters? Ask yourself these on a daily basis.
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Genius sometimes just means not realizing that something is impossible.
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How will people remember you long after you've found success? You can only hope it goes something like this.
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The process of selecting insurance for your business may be tedious, but if calamity strikes you'll be happy that you're properly insured.
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Greece's Real Challenge

February 05, 2012 by  Katinka Barysch

The German idea of sending Athens a 'budget commissioner' was daft. Berlin itself could not tolerate such interference in its fiscal sovereignty (the constitutional court would never allow it). But to restrict such budgetary oversight to Greece alone would be disdainful and a political non-starter. The idea predictably caused outrage in Greece.
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Turkey announced it would freeze the financial assets of Syria, its southern neighbor, and prevent all weapons deliveries to the country until the regime of Bashar al-Assad ceases its assaults on civilians protesting autocratic rule and agrees to step down.
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The economic outlook for 2012 is very different than it was a year ago. The cautious optimism that reigned in the first half of 2011 has faded amid renewed uncertainty about the state of the global economy and malaise about the future. The road to recovery is a difficult one, and strong leadership and resolute collective commitment to change are now needed to unblock progress in 2012. Sinking into helpless pessimism is not an option: we need to re-inject hope and confidence.
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When more than 2,600 of the world's richest, cleverest, most powerful, influential or entrepreneurial people are cooped up in a Swiss mountain valley, surely something must come out of it?
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Twitter has taken fire in recent days from activists and bloggers who fear that the company’s new censorship policies will muffle online freedom. News reports recall the ways in which protestors have had made use of Twitter to oppose dictatorships, and dissidents express concern that their ability to communicate will be harmed. The more immediate issue, however, may lie elsewhere. Twitter’s new policies demonstrate vividly the complicated relationship between Internet freedom and democratic government.
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Some commentators argue these days that the much-celebrated Arab Spring is turning out to be an “Islamic Spring.” For as they point out, Islamist parties have won the ballots in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. It is very safe to expect similar results in Libya, and, once the tyranny of Bashar al-Assad and his fellow thugs hopefully falls, in Syria. A more democratic Arab world, it seems, will also be a more Islamic one.
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Change is difficult for everyone, even for those who say they've come to bring change.
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Instead of being blinded by the risks of social media , businesses should open their eyes to its potential.
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When we read inspirational stories of people who quit their stressful jobs to start their own businesses, it moves us. We say to ourselves, wow, if they can make it happen, so can I.
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Turkish financial and business circles are insisting that the EU's crisis will not harm the prospects for investment and continued economic growth. Ankara is due to start accession negotiation with Brussels on October 3, but the closer the talks get, the more distant membership prospects appear to become.
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In 2010-30 the Economist Intelligence Unit expects Turkey's macroeconomic environment to be considerably more stable than in the 1990s or in 2000-01, helped by the IMF-backed stabilisation programme covering 2005 to early 2008 and reforms to be introduced under EU membership negotiations, which were formally opened in October 2005.
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Turkey has a population of about 73m, making it potentially the second-largest market in Europe (behind Germany). The rate of population growth in Turkey is estimated to have averaged 1.4% per year in 2001-05, compared with 1.8% in the 1990s and around 2.5% between 1945 and 1980
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Too busy to work out? Think again. Check out these easy ways to get your health back on track.
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Running a startup is a lot different than running a more mature company. Will you be able to make the transition? Here are three ways to find out.
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Self Confidence

January 13, 2012 by  Ömer Kaşıkcı

Self-confidence is characterized by: assertiveness, optimism, eagerness, affection, pride, independence, trust, the ability to handle criticism, emotional maturity, and the ability to accurately assess our capabilities.
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This post is about innovation. But before we get started, imagine the produce area in your local supermarket. Were you able to do it?
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Culture Isn't Costly

January 05, 2012 by  Arshad CHOWDHURY

Successful company culture can make the difference between a workplace people dread and one they brag about.
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How to be interesting (in 10 stupid-simple steps):
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CEO’s, like everyone else, get frustrated, and when they do, you can sometimes catch them talking to themselves. For example, when confronted with an unnecessarily stubborn corporate problem, more than one CEO has been heard to mumble, “Darn, I’m positive someone in our company knows the answer to this.”
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The most successful owners, like the best athletes, know there's no reaching the top. There's only working harder and learning faster than the next guy.
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Futurists and smart thinkers weigh in on the technology that will change how you'll do business. The verdict? The future looks bright.
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Next year's economy will be hostage to the scary Euro crisis and towering debts at home. Here's how to get your business ready for a tough year.
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In the past few days, Verizon and GoDaddy.com have both reversed courses, pushed to change policies and proclamations by a groundswell of customer dissatisfaction. After thousands of customers switched away from GoDaddy.com domains, prompted to do so by a social media campaign headed by Reddit users, the company reversed its approval of the SOPA Internet-censorship bill. Verizon’s ill-conceived $2 fee for one-time online payments couldn’t even survive 24 hours, immediately targeted by vocal web users.
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Its Christmas – a time for celebration. But most of all, it is that time of the year when industry leaders reflect on their business’s progress over the past year that has gone by and the New Year’s plan of how to develop their business. The whole office is fired up and the teams are assigned with various tasks and job responsibilities.
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Can we talk for a minute about how well Google knows me? Or i-tunes? Or Amazon? Or Pandora? It's weird, isn't it? All these assumptions, made by a mess of magnetic dust, a collection of binary 1's and 0's. These 1's and 0's think they got me all figured out. I mean, is this even possible?
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The perils of the open Android OS to Google: major competitors will hijack Android by building their own version, and then lock Google’s services out. MG observes that Amazon is starting to do this: the Kindle Fire redirects attempts to go to Google’s Android Market to the Amazon App Store.
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As 2012 approaches, many people are putting pen to paper on the usual New Year’s Resolutions: Eat healthier, go to the gym, save more money. Good intentions, to be sure, but those promises often fall by the wayside before January is even over. So forget the resolutions this year, and instead ask yourself some questions that will actually encourage some change. Below are 10 questions you should ask yourself to get your wallet, your portfolio and your future primed and ready for a successful 2012.
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Just as cloud computing is a game-changer for many companies, it is also changing the nature of jobs – not only within the information technology department, but in other parts of the enterprise as well.
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Silicon Valley's talent wars are going younger. Bay Area tech companies, already in a fierce fight for full-time hires, are now also battling to woo summer interns. Technology giants like Google Inc. have been expanding their summer-intern programs, while smaller tech companies are ramping up theirs in response—sometimes even luring candidates away from college
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For centuries there has been a jostle for power in the South Caucasus, a region at the crossroads between East and West and of considerable geostrategic importance.
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The French disconnection

December 26, 2011 by  İhsan Dağı

The resemblance between France and “old Turkey” is striking. One similarity regards their attitudes towards history. The French government is attempting to construct a “historical truth” for its citizens, who are not considered capable of making up their own minds about the events of the past.
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A man-made disaster triggered the worst of last year’s Forbes CEO screwups list, when BP chief Tony Hayward committed a series of public gaffes in the wake of the April 2010 Gulf oil spill, and then resigned the following October.
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Whether it’s a high-profile tech company like Yahoo!, or a more established conglomerate like GE or Home Depot, large companies have a hard time keeping their best and brightest in house. Recently, GigaOM discussed the troubles at Yahoo! with a flat stock price, vested options for some of their best people, and the apparent free flow of VC dollars luring away some of their best people to do the start-up thing again.
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Jobs was different from many other corporate leaders in that he always knew what he wanted.
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Every morning, write a list of the things that need to be done that day. Do them.
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Off to the next euro crisis summit!
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In one of my last articles, I tried to summarize why I believe Turkey is one of the hottest countries in the internet space. The questions, mails, tweets and all other communication after that article was overhelming. And one of the most asked questions was about the Turkish eCommerce… This is how the story of this article started in my mind.
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Mining Opportunity, Cross-Border Trading Opportunities, Investment Opportunities in Agriculture in Afghanistan, Mining in Afghanistan
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Tanzania Industrial Investment Opportunities, Fruit and Vegetable Processing,Edible oil Manufacturing, Coffee Industry, Fish processing Industries, Sisal Industry, Cotton, Textile Industry and Apparel, Leather Industry, Mining Sector
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The basic characteristics of an oppressive regime are not only cruelty, repression, control of all vestiges of personal and public life, rigged elections and censorship, but also nepotism, unjust distribution of wealth and privileges (as if the country were owned by the ruling cabal), corruption and opaqueness in the administration.
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