Euro, shares gain on brighter economic outlook

LONDON (Reuters) - The euro hit an 11-month high against the dollar and European shares rose on Monday as the region's improving economic growth outlook and the declining prospects of further monetary easing bolstered demand.The common currency peaked at $1.3404, its highest level since February 2012, producing a hefty gain of 2.5 percent since European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gave a...

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Oil rises near $94 on China, US recovery hopes

BANGKOK (AP) — Oil prices rose to near $94 on Monday, supported by signs of economic recovery in the U.S. and China.Benchmark oil for February delivery was up 33 cents to $93.89 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped 26 cents to finish at $93.56 a barrel in New York on Friday.Gordon Kwan, head of energy research at...

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China mulls hiking investment quota for foreigners

HONG KONG (AP) — The head of China's securities regulator says Beijing is considering substantially raising the quota that foreign institutions are allowed to invest in the country's stock markets.Guo Shuqing said at a conference on Monday that there was room to raise the limit by "at least 10 times, nine times."He said that money invested through the quota system for foreign investors accounted...

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Soccer-Playmaker Sahin to return to Borussia Dortmund - media reports

BERLIN, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Playmaker Nuri Sahin will return to Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund after unsuccessful spells at Real Madrid and Liverpool, several German media said on Friday.The 24-year-old Turkey international, who left for Real in 2011 after helping Dortmund to the Bundesliga title, failed to win a starting spot in Spain before joining Liverpool in August 2012 on a loan deal.Dortmund...

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UPDATE 1-Soccer-I feel fine, Terry says after comeback from injury

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Chelsea's former England captain John Terry said his knee felt "totally fine" after making his comeback for the club's under-21 team following two months on the sidelines.The 32-year-old central defender played for 45 minutes on Thursday night, featuring as an over-age player in a 2-0 victory over neighbours Fulham.Chelsea's interim manager Rafa Benitez confirmed the centre...

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Soccer-City's Arsenal curse brings memories of the dark days

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - When Manchester City face Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday, the Premier League champions will be looking to end a 37-year hoodoo and perhaps remove the last symbolic reminder of a period of tumultuous decline and fall.The last time the blue half of Manchester's current Premier League duopoly tasted league victory in the red half of north London was on Oct. 4, 1975.It would...

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Sony No Longer Shipping PlayStation 2 in Japan

You may have grown up with it. Your children may have, too.Sony's PlayStation 2 home game console, released in 2000, was one of the most popular game consoles of all time, rivaled in sales only by the different kinds of Nintendo DS handheld console. It continued to be sold new on store shelves until just recently, even years after Sony launched its PlayStation 3 successor.Now, however, Sony's sent...

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Ubuntu se mete en los celulares con un sistema operativo propio

Al igual que otras plataformas que buscan una convergencia entre el mundo móvil y la PC, Canonical confirmó el arribo de su sistema operativo Ubuntu a los dispositivos móviles. Disponible en una primera instancia como una instalación no oficial para la línea de smartphones Nexus 3, la versión de Linux utilizada en más de 20 millones busca posicionarse como una alternativa ante un mercado dominado...

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Samsung’s New Smart TV Software Development Kit Supports Linux and Mac O/S

Samsung Electronics announced that it will be releasing the Smart TV SDK (Software Development Kit) 4.0 at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) from January 8th to 11th, 2013. The Smart TV SDK will allow Smart TV software development on Linux and Mac, in addition to Windows O/S. Up till now, Samsung's Smart TV software development only supported...

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Japan's Abe to visit Southeast Asia to boost economic ties

26, 2012. REUTERS/Toru HanaiTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first overseas trip will see him visit Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand in January, aiming to bolster ties with the growing Asian economies as relations with Beijing stay tense.Abe had hoped to first visit Washington in order to strengthen Japan's alliance with the United States, but the visit was postponed due to President...

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