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WSJ accused of unorthodox boost to circulation

The Guardian newspaper reported Wednesday that it had seen emails and documents showing that The Wall Street Journal funneled money through third parties to a company that was buying up copies of the Journal and boosting its European circulation....

 

BlackBerry outages spread to North America

BlackBerry outages spread to North America

Sporadic outages of BlackBerry messaging and email service spread to the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, as problems stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Senh: This has the makings of a Roland Emmerich disaster movie.

 

Arizona beats out Tampa, lands 2015 Super Bowl

Arizona beats out Tampa, lands 2015 Super Bowl

Back to the desert, and back to Britain, for the NFL. The league awarded the 2015 Super Bowl to Arizona on Tuesday and also committed to playing regular-season games in Britain through 2016 - with more than one game a year likely.

 

Blackberry service disruptions spread to Latin America

Blackberry service disruptions spread to Latin America

Blackberry, which has been plagued by service outages in Europe, the Middle East and India this week, reports that disruptions have spread to Latin America.

 

BlackBerry reports problems in Europe, Middle East and Africa, says it’s investigating

Large numbers of BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been cut off from Internet and messaging services, phone companies in the affected regions said Monday. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. gave few details beyond a brief statement saying that customers were “experiencing issues,” but telecommunications companies in the Middle East and Europe laid the blame at the Canadian company’s door.

 

Optimism about European crisis sends stocks surging

Optimism about European crisis sends stocks surging

Stock prices around the world rose on Monday after European leaders signaled a willingness to tackle the financial crisis brewing there.

 

Binge drinking: Why do intelligent women drink to oblivion every night?

Binge drinking: Why do intelligent women drink to oblivion every night?

Many of the women pictured in nights out in British cities are well-qualified pillars of the community but are determined to shake-off their responsibilities by getting 'smashed'.

 

Germany, France agree on Europe bank bailout

Germany, France agree on Europe bank bailout

The leaders of Germany and France, the eurozone's two biggest economies, say they have reached agreement on strengthening Europe's shaky banking sector.

 

Goodell: NFL hoping to add 2nd game in London

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is interested in adding a second regular-season game in London and says the move will be discussed at the owners meetings this week.

 

Attack on church over gay rights

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie attacks senior figures in the Catholic church over gay marriage. Mr Rennie criticised threats by church leaders to invoke a block vote against proposals to allow same-sex couples to marry in a religious ceremony.

 

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