Platinum set to hit parity with gold, but comeback may be a blip

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Platinum is set to reach parity with gold after rallies in recent weeks sent the metal's discount to gold to its narrowest in nine months, but it may be too early to declare platinum's comeback since economic recovery remains weak, especially in Europe.The spread between gold and platinum narrowed to $31.30 an ounce, its smallest since last April, after platinum staged its biggest...

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World stocks higher on China recovery optimism

BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets rose Monday on optimism that China's economic recovery is firmly taking root.Many analysts expect China's fourth quarter and 2012 growth figures due Friday to show the world's No. 2 economy continuing to bounce back from its worst slump since the 2008 financial crisis.Sentiment improved last week after Japan announced a $224 billion stimulus package to boost its...

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Stock index futures trade flat to higher

Reuters/Reuters - Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange June 11, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidLONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a flat to higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.1 percent at 0844 GMT.Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 futures were unchanged.European shares were also flat, with the FTSEurofirst 300 <.fteu3> just shy...

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Soccer-Hitzlsperger extends Everton stay to end of season

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger will stay at Premier League club Everton until the end of the season, manager David Moyes said on Friday.The 30-year-old midfielder, a former Germany international, signed a short-term contract with the club in October, and has played seven times this season."Thomas is going to stay until the end of the season. He wants to play, like everybody...

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Soccer-Galliani wants a younger and more Italian Milan

Jan 11 (Reuters) - AC Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani wants to create a younger side boasting more Italians, meaning Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba is unlikely to arrive."We want a younger, more Italian Milan," he told reporters on Friday."I really liked the end of the match in Turin (the 2-1 defeat at Juventus in the Italian Cup on Wednesday) where we had all of our young attackers on...

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Soccer-Belhanda injury concern for Morocco

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Morocco midfielder Younes Belhanda will find out on Saturday whether he will be able to play in the African Nations Cup after he injured his thigh in training, the Morocco Football Federation said."It's too early now to be sure of the extent of the injury. Hopefully by Saturday morning we'll have a realistic idea of the situation," team doctor Abdelrrazak Hifti told...

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Mint, otro Linux para quienes quieren explorar el mundo fuera de Windows

Una de las grandes virtudes de Linux (un sistema operativo libre para PC y otros dispositivos) es la cantidad innumerable de versiones disponibles. Estas distribuciones, además, son en su enorme mayoría de uso gratis, y representan una buena alternativa para los que no desean invertir en una licencia de Windows o quieren explorar -sin gastar- alternativas para la computadora hogareña.Hemos recomendado...

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Makers of $99 Android-Powered Game Console Ship First 1,200 'Ouyas'

Like Nintendo's Wii U game console, the Ouya (that's "OOH-yuh") has an unusual name and even more unusual hardware. The console is roughly the size of a Rubik's cube, and is powered by Android, Google's open-source operating system that's normally found on smartphones and tablets.Ouya's makers, who are preparing the console for its commercial launch, encourage interested gamers to pop the case open...

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Can Samsung survive without Android?

Samsung (005930) is the world’s top Android smartphone vendor by a staggering margin. Aside from LG (066570), which managed a small $20 million profit from its mobile division last quarter, no other global Android vendor can figure out how to make money selling Android phones. Meanwhile, Samsung posted a $6 billion profit on $47.6 billion in sales in the third quarter, thanks largely to record smartphone...

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Indonesia to add photo warnings to cigarette packs

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has issued regulations that will require cigarette packets to bear graphic photographic warnings, a long-delayed measure in a country with one of the highest rates of smoking in the world.The regulations were watered down following opposition by tobacco farmers and cigarette companies, and fall far short of those in many Western countries and other Asian markets....

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