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EU leaders talk tough on tackling Amazon, Google over taxes
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain, France and Germany called for stricter rules to stop companies such as Google, Apple and Amazon aggressively avoiding taxes in austerity bitten Europe, while acknowledging they had done nothing unlawful. At a summit to...Tags: Government, David Cameron, Summits, G8, France
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Kurdish crude sales to rise as exports reach second Turkish port
Reuters* Taq Taq crude exports to reach about 60,000 bpd by end June * Kurdistan to start deliveries to second terminal in Turkey * Crude in steady stream to Northern Europe By Julia Payne and Peg Mackey LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan's crude oil...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq, Turkey, Austria
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CORRECTED-Talisman's faulty Yme platform to go in 2014
Reuters(Corrects 8th para to show that a new development plan would be submitted under certain conditions, Yme costs in 9th para) * New development plan for Yme field seen in 2014-2015 * No new cost estimate yet for the project - Talisman Energy By Gwladys...Tags: Talisman Energy Incorporated, Petroleum Industry, BP Plc
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FEATURE-Turkey presents Prophet's sayings for the 21st Century
ReutersBy Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor ANKARA, May 22 (Reuters) - Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it...Tags: Religious Texts, Book, Roman Catholicism, Turkey, Qur'an
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Hungary Wagner festival will not "Ring" in composer's birthday
ReutersBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Opera companies throughout the world are staging Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle this year to fete his 200th birthday on May 22, but Hungarian conductor Adam Fischer is having no part of it during his "Wagner Days" festival in June....Tags: Arts and Culture, New Year's Day, Budapest (Hungary), Lobbying, Festive Events
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German opposition attacks Merkel minister over dud drone deal
Reuters* Critics say fiasco has wasted some 680 million euros * Oppositino says Merkel ally withheld information BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - German opposition parties accused a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel of withholding information on a cancelled...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Angela Merkel
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Weak luxury goods stocks push European shares off peaks
Reuters* FTSEurofirst 300 down 0.6 pct, Euro STOXX 50 falls 0.5 pct * Some traders sell positions ahead of Bernanke speech * Traders expect any pullback to be relatively minor * Burberry fall knocks back luxury goods sector By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, May 22...Tags: Stock Market, DAX, Credit Ratings, Central Bank, Money and Monetary Policy
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Germans blame euro zone crisis for Eurovision debacle
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting. Denmark'...Tags: Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Angela Merkel
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Chicago classical music ensemble Dal Niente gets fierce
A couple of years ago Ensemble Dal Niente trumpeted its mission as presenting "the fiercest music of recent decades." The Chicago-based group of super-musicians still focuses on championing, commissioning and performing some of the most uncompromising...
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Germany celebrates 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, Hitler's favorite composer
Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Nazi Party, Ceremonies, Culture, Berlin (Germany)
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Germany wonders: Will Wagner archives expose Nazi links?
BERLIN — Family archives belonging to a descendant of the composer Richard Wagner are expected to be passed to the German government soon, opening access to researchers who have long sought to shed light on their links to the Nazi regime. With the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Nazi Party, Science and Technology, Culture, Entertainment
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks supported by Fed reassurance; BOJ stands pat
Reuters* Some Asian stock markets buoyed by record highs on Wall St * Fed officials play down speculation of ending stimulus anytime soon * BOJ keeps policy unchanged as expected * JGB futures dip after BOJ, Nikkei stays firm By Masayuki Kitano and Vidya...Tags: DAX, France, Money and Monetary Policy, Ben Bernanke, Nikkei
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