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Ireland To Spend $2.76B To Cut Joblessness, Boost Services

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The Irish government will spend more than ?2.25 billion ($2.76 billion) on new infrastructure projects and to restart existing road, school and health care construction projects to create as many as 13,000 jobs without hiking debt, government officials said on Tuesday.
Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pacific Investment Management Co., participates in the 2010 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California

PIMCO's Mohamad El-Erian: The Ideal Prime Minister for Egypt

On Tuesday, it was reported that Mohamed El-Ehrian, the chief executive officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., or PIMCO, was being considered for the role of Egypt's Prime Minister. He doesn't want the job, but he does have the qualities that Egypt lacks.
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‘Metal Gear Solid 5’ Release Date Not Coming Soon, Konami Shoots Down ‘Leaked’ Image From Comic Con [PHOTO]

‘Metal Gear Solid 5’ Release Date Not Coming Soon, Konami Shoots Down ‘Leaked’ Image From Comic Con [PHOTO]

The annual Comic Con festival is usually full of surprises for fans of graphic novels, superheroes, video games and any other nerdy niche. Players of the Metal Gear Solid franchise thought they were in for a surprise when a supposed leaked image revealed the alleged logo and taglines for the game's fifth installment. However, Konami has denied that Metal Gear Solid 5 was revealed at Comic Con this weekend, Kotaku reports.
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India Sets Up Panel To Finalize GAAR Provisions

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who recently took over the charge of the Finance Ministry, has set up an expert committee to review and finalize the controversial General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR), which the foreign investors say are not investor-friendly.
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India's Industrial Output in May Up by 2.4 Percent

India's industrial output picked up more than expected in May, bolstering the case for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to keep interest rates high at its next policy meeting as a slow start to the monsoon puts pressure on inflation, especially food prices.
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China Q2 GDP Growth Slows To 7.6%

China's gross domestic product growth slowed down in the second quarter to the lowest rate in three years, due to soft global demand official data released Friday show.
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US Probing Failed Broker PFGBest's Use Of Small Auditor

U.S. futures industry investigators are looking into why Iowa-based collapsed brokerage PFGBest used a tiny accounting firm that appears to be operating from inside a suburban Chicago home to audit its books, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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