MF Global customers sue PricewaterhouseCoopers in amended lawsuit

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former customers of MF Global Holdings Ltd‘s broker-dealer have added accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as a defendant in a lawsuit stemming from the collapse of the brokerage.In an amended complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday, the customers of MF Global Inc accused PwC of failing to adequately audit...

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Newspaper discloses new Cameron text messages

LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker says he’s asked the country’s media ethics inquiry to consider newly disclosed text messages sent between Prime Minister David Cameron and Rebekah Brooks, the ex-chief executive of Rupert Murdoch‘s British newspaper division.The Mail on Sunday newspaper on Sunday published two previously undisclosed messages exchanged between...

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Mosaic by Mixbook tops iOS Apps of the Week

Mosaic by Mixbook is an app that actually results in its user receiving a real package of photos in the mail. Our other top apps this week are not quite as ambitious, but they’re all interesting in other ways. There’s a big update to a great music discovery app, a new recipe app, a 5K training app and an app for kids to learn about the forest.With the...

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“Wreck-It Ralph” hammers box office, sails over “Flight”

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Wreck-It Ralph,” Disney‘s animated film about a videogame character who destroys everything in his path, scored the highest-grossing opening weekend in Disney animation history with $ 49.1 million, as box office attendance picked up in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.The tally for “Wreck-It Ralph,” which features the voices...

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Drugmakers offer to cap Greece’s medicines bill

LONDON (Reuters) – International drug companies have offered to cap the total amount the Greek government has to pay for its medicines in a bid to resolve a crisis that is jeopardizing both the supply of drugs to patients and drugmakers’ profits.The proposal was set out by the trade group the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations...

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About That Gold Stored in Flood-Prone Lower Manhattan

As New York City continues to dry out in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the financial world is reconsidering just how smart it is to place critical pieces of infrastructure in flood-prone areas. Citigroup’s (C) waterlogged building at 111 Wall St. will be unusable for several weeks, and two critical Verizon Communications (VZ) facilities suffered...

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As foreigners go, Afghan city is feeling abandoned

affiliate marketing KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — By switching from studying business management to training as a nurse, 19-year-old Anita Taraky has placed a bet on the future of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar — that once foreign troops are gone, private-sector jobs will be fewer but nursing will always be in demand.Besides, if...

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News Summary: Android dominates in 3Q

affiliate marketing DOMINANCE: Google‘s Android software for mobile devices was running on 75 percent of smartphones shipped in the third quarter.DISTANT SECOND: Apple‘s iOS system, used in iPhones, was second with a market share of 15 percent, according to an IDC study. Apple’s new iPhone didn’t come out until late in the quarter. affiliate...

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Full house in Toon Town: Oscars get 21 animated submissions

affiliate marketing NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – “Wreck-It Ralph,” “Frankenweenie” and “Hotel Transylvania” are among the 21 animated films submitted for the 2013 Oscars, the Academy announced on Friday.The record number of submissions all but guarantees that the category will have a full slate of five nominees for only the fourth time in...

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Nurses Who Saved NICU Babies Remember Harrowing Hurricane Night

affiliate marketing Nurses at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at New York University’s Langone Medical Center have challenging jobs, even in the best of times. Their patients are babies, some weighing as little as 2 pounds, who require constant and careful care as they struggle to stay alive.On Monday night, as superstorm Sandy bore...

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