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Foxconn Prevents Mass Suicide at Wuhan Factory

Workers look on from a Foxconn logo near the gate of a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua, Guangdong province May 29, 2010.
Foxconn, the top technology independent contractor in the world, has settled a dispute with a multitude of employees, who threatened with mass suicide to protest low pay and dismal working conditions at its Wuhan factory in China.
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Kodak Reported in Talks with Citigroup for Bankruptcy Cash

Eastman Kodak Co is in advanced talks with Citigroup Inc to obtain financing that would be used if the money-losing photography company files for bankruptcy protection, Bloomberg News said on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
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Canada Rules Marriages of Foreign Gays Invalid

The government is abruptly arguing that the same-sex marriages of many foreigners who wed in Canada are not valid, a move that stunned the gay community and could affect thousands of couples.
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Blue Ivy: N.C. Church Denies Calling Beyonce's Daughter Satan

Beulah Hill Baptist Church officials on Thursday denied calling Beyonce and Jay-Z's daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, Satan. The Satan rumors came days after the baby's birth and after mounting unfounded Twitter rumors that the name Blue Ivy is connected with Illuminati and Satanism.
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Class-Action Suit Against American Honda Thrown Out

American Honda Motor Co won a legal victory as a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday said a nationwide lawsuit over a brake system used in some Acura RL vehicles should not have been certified as a class-action.
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Uber vs Taxi Magic: Which App is Best for Getting a Cab?

Tech startups be warned - herein lies the cautionary tale of Uber, a service and mobile app that gets you a cab and lets you pay for it with your phone. Uber uses a sliding pay scale depending on how high demand is for the service. If it's busy, you pay more; slow and you pay less.
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Fitch Continues Warnings of Italy Downgrade, Catching Up to Competition

Fitch Ratings analysts continued their saber-rattling over Italy on Thursday, making remarks observers fear signal a coming downgrade of that country's sovereign credit rating. The comments carry an element of the ratings agency playing catch-up to its two main competitors: New York-based Moody's Investor's Services and Standard & Poor's. Fitch currently holds a rating of A+ on Italian government debt, a notch above the ratings assigned by those competitors
A woman leaves the office complex where MF Global Holdings Ltd have an office on 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan

MF Global Trustee Has no Plans to Transfer More Cash

Former customers of MF Global Holdings Ltd's collapsed brokerage were disappointed to hear on Thursday that the trustee hunting for funds missing from their accounts has no immediate plans to transfer more money to them.
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Target to Launch Upscale Shops Within Stores

Target Corp., known to many U.S. shoppers as the place to go for trendy, low-priced merchandise, will soon have shops within its discount stores selling everything from dog treats to high-end home accessories.
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School Report: From Good Works to Bad Behavior

The world of New York education made news lately--good, bad, cultural and ugly. It does seem sometimes that the latest energy adrift in the zeitgeist gets played out in school yards across the town, and today is no exception.
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'PLUS Model Magazine' Spread Controversial Claims That Models Are Anorexic

PLUS Model Magazine has sparked controversy with a new editorial spread featuring a plus size model posing alongside a skinny straight-size model in an effort to show how fashion magazines and advertisements promote unhealthy weight standards. One of the magazines many claims is that runway models set unreasonable standards for women and classify as anorexic.
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'Sex and the City' Creator Says 'I’ve Moved On,' Will Not Make More Movies

If you've been desperately wishing for another Sex and the City movie to come out, you may as well be pining away for something as equally attainable as winning the lottery. During a press conference at a Television Critics Association in Pasadena, Calif. this week, Sex and the City creator Michael Patrick King said he has moved on from Carrie Bradshaw movies.

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