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The BB Cream Fad: Why Beauty Balms Are A Worthy Addition To Your Makeup Bag

Beauty Balms, or BB Creams as they are frequently, have reached a height in popularity as a all-in-one primer, SPF, moisturizer and tone evener. But is this "wonder cream" another advertising trick a la Don Draper to tantalize a woman's desire for beauty in something as easy applied as a balm? Turns out, Beauty Balm is far from just another tinted moisturizer.

Siemens May Cut Thousands Of Jobs, Bad Sign For Germany

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Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), Europe?s largest engineering company, is in early internal talks to slash thousands of jobs after posting quarterly results that came in sharply below analysts? estimates, a German newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Glencore Won't Pay More For Xstrata, Despite Qataris' Demand

Glencore International PLC (LON: GLEN), a commodity trading company based in Baar, Switzerland, has said it is prepared to bow out of talks to buy Xstrata PLC (LON: XTA) rather than give in to a demand for more money from a major shareholder of the giant mining company.
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Bundesbank Warns Germans Of Costs Of Propping Up Europe

Germany's central bank warned Monday that Europe's biggest economy could be stressed by the continent's endless financial crisis, with signs of a slowdown building even as it is being relied on ever more to prop up its neighbors
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3 United Airlines Flights Make Emergency Landings Over The Weekend

By the time the clock hit midnight Sunday, three United Airlines flights had made emergency landings over the weekend, stranding passengers and leaving others wondering whether the airline, which recently merged with Continental, was in the midst of a rocky marriage.
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Asian Stocks Fall But Stimulus Hopes Persist

Asian stocks fell Monday as it became apparent to investors that Europe's policymakers were still lingering on taking decisive action to contend with the euro zone debt crisis.
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Germany, U.K. Reported To Secretly Aid Syrian Rebels

Spies from Germany and the U.K. have been engaging in covert operations to help Syria?s rebel forces topple President Bashar al-Assad?s regime, according to reports from British and German press, just as U.N. observers end a failed mission to monitor the violence.
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Merkel Mulling Easing Greece Bailout Terms, German Lawmakers Say

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is consider easing debt-laden Greece's bailout terms, triggering tensions with members of her coalition, who oppose giving the Greek government any more concessions, two German lawmakers said, according to a published report Friday.

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