
Facebook was supposed to soar. Instead, it plunged. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:16:23Z
(Reuters) - ATLANTA - When he entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination in May 2011, Newt Gingrich was the prosperous head of a small empire commonly known as Newt Inc, which included both for-profit consultancies and nonprofit foundations. Altogether, these entwined ventures pulled in more than $110 million over the past decade. Now the vestiges of this empire are mired in debt, as is Gingrich's campaign fund. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:08:48Z
HARARE (Reuters) - All of around 60 miners trapped underground after an accident and fire at Zimbabwe's Mimosa platinum mine are accounted for and are being bring brought to the surface, the company said on Tuesday. "A number of employees who were accommodated in refuge bays due to low visibility are now in the process of being moved to the surface," Mimosa, a joint venture between South Africa's Impala Platinum (Implats) and London-listed Aquarius Platinum Ltd, said in a statement. "The fire has been contained. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:57:29Z
Best Buy Co. said Tuesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 26 percent on restructuring charges as the struggling electronics retailer began implementing its turnaround plan. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:52:12Z
The 17-country eurozone risks falling into a "severe recession," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Tuesday, as it called on governments and Europe's central bank to act quickly to keep the slowdown from dragging down the global economy. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:16:53Z
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced five policemen on Tuesday to 10 years each in prison for their role in killing protesters in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, the first such convictions against a force that was blamed for hundreds of deaths. One of the driving forces behind demonstrations that have erupted since Mubarak was ousted in February last year has been anger that no officials or police have been held accountable for the deaths of more than 850 people during the uprising. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:05:32Z
Security has been stepped up for employees of a German magazine and for members of a small far-right party after a known terrorist called for them to be killed in a video online, officials said Tuesday. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:55:13Z
The Italian government is to free up to €30 billion ($38.25 billion) to make overdue payments to businesses that have supplied goods or services to state institutions. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T12:12:30Z
The tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., a year ago took 161 lives, injured hundreds more and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. It also fractured the landscape of the city and opened the door to a massive rebuilding and recovery operation. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T11:59:43Z
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