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Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt attends a plenary session at ...
May 25th, 2011
(AFP/File) - Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt attends a plenary session at the e-G8 Forum in Paris on May 24. Internet bosses from Google and other top firms set out from their "e-G8" summit Wednesday to take G8 world leaders to task over sensitive issues such as online copyright and freedoms.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont) -
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BRUSSELS (AP) - Foreign ministers from the 28 NATO countries are meeting in Brussels to discuss the wars in Syria and Afghanistan, and to learn the views of a new member of their club - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks hit session highs in morning trading on Friday after a gauge of future U.S. economic activity rose to its highest level in nearly five years. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 64.81 points or 0.43 percent, to 15,298.03, the S&P 500 gained 9.33 points or 0.57 percent, to 1,659.8 and the Nasdaq Composite added... [Full Article]