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Feb 18th, 2012
(Reuters) - Participants wait backstage for the start of a drag queen competition during carnival festivities in Las Palmas on the Spanish Canary Island of Gran Canaria February 17, 2012. Picture taken February 17, 2012. REUTERS/Borja Suarez (SPAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) -
By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT (Reuters) - After two lackluster decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most avant garde in the Gulf, thanks to a new generation eager to tackle sensitive issues using cutting-edge art forms. The artists have been exhibiting works in the graphic arts, photography, animation and fa... [Full Article]
By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim Cook faced criticism from a Senate subcommit... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street edged lower at the open on Wednesday, weighed by weak results from Merck as investors waited to hear from the U.S. Federal Reserve on the state of the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 41.40 points, or 0.28 percent, to 14,798.40. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index lost 3.14 points, or 0.20 perc... [Full Article]
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's coalition government put a crackdown on immigration at the heart of its legislative agenda on Wednesday in the hope of stopping an exodus of voters to a populist anti-immigration party before a national election in 2015. In a pageantry-rich ceremony marking the annual opening of Britain's parl... [Full Article]
By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest banks were spared a full-blown inquiry into the personal current account market after the consumer watchdog said changes already being implemented could stimulate competition in the industry. The Office of Fair Trading decided not to refer the industry to the Competition Commission for the ... [Full Article]
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