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Global army of online freelancers remakes outsourcing industry

YoopyaOct 13, 20120

(Reuters) – Not far from the world of regimented cubicles and headset-toting call center operators, a quiet revolution is stirring in its slippers. University librarian

Insight: The Lex Factor roils Dow Jones

YoopyaOct 7, 20120

(Advisory: this article contains profanity in the fourth, 27th and 41st paragraphs.) By Jennifer Saba (Reuters) – He’s tearing down walls. He’s tossing out old business

Insight: Tiger time – the billionaire, the brewer, and a battle for the bottle

YoopyaSep 29, 2012May 21, 20240

(Reuters) – As a two-month battle with Heineken for control of Tiger beer risked turning ugly, Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi telephoned Lee Hsien Yang, chairman

Insight: As cotton surged, China trader amassed $510 million bet

YoopyaSep 27, 20120

(Reuters) – A landmark U.S. fine for excessive speculation in the benchmark cotton futures market has revealed a startling new dimension to last year’s blistering

Wall Street gains as Apple scales new peak on iPhone 5

YoopyaSep 21, 2012June 17, 20230

(Reuters) – Stocks rose on Friday as Apple unveiled its latest iPhone worldwide, driving its shares up to a new peak, and Spain appeared to

Analysis: Keeping it in the family pays

YoopyaSep 19, 20120

(Reuters) – With all the booms, busts, policy fixes and financial turbulence of recent years, investors would have done well to keep it in the

Fed bets big in new push to rescue U.S. economy

YoopyaSep 14, 2012June 15, 20230

The central bank’s decision to tie its controversial bond buying directly to economic conditions was an unprecedented step that marked a big escalation in its

Special Report: In Nigeria, a concrete get-rich scheme

YoopyaSep 11, 20120

(Reuters) – Aliko Dangote has always liked making things to sell. As a child he boiled up sugar to make sweets he sold around town;

Europe, equities bear brunt of Nomura’s $1 billion cost cuts

YoopyaSep 6, 20120

Reuters) – Nomura Holdings Inc (8604.T), Japan’s biggest brokerage, said it will make cuts in its equities and investment banking businesses as it looks to

Eurozone manufacturing PMI falls again in August

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

Manufacturing output across the 17-country eurozone shrank again in August, according to a widely-watched survey. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) showed the region’s manufacturing sector