Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:30:02 +0100 (Reuters) - People enter a government job centre in Chipiona, on the southern coast of Spain January 27, 2012. Spain's unemployment rate rose to 22.9 percent in the fourth quarter of this year, passing the five million mark, data from the National Statistics Institute showed on Friday, up from 21.5 percent in the previous quarter. The National Statistics Institute said 5.27 million people were out of work at the end of December.
REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)
Michael Jackson's daughter Paris (L) and brother Tito Jackson ...
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:50:06 +0100 (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's daughter Paris (L) and brother Tito Jackson share a moment at a ceremony where the singer is immortalized with hand and foot imprints in cement in the courtyard of Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles January 26, 2012. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
There's still hope for BlackBerry, but don't thank RIM's new CEO
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:13 +0100 It’s been a bumpy week for RIM. On Sunday, the Canadian smartphone maker’s co-CEOs tried their best to quietly resign and hand over the CEO position to their former Chief Operating Officer, Thorsten Heins. For months, investors and journalists have been calling for Research in Motion’s co-CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis — who have each taken turns running the company since it was founded in 1991 — to step down. Until Sunday, they showed no signs of doing so. (Source: Digital Trends)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) talks with other ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:20:06 +0100 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (C) talks with other administration officials before U.S. President Barack Obama delivers
his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington in this January 24, 2012 file photo. Geithner said on January 25, 2012 he would not expect to be asked to continue as Treasury chief if Obama wins re-election. REUTERS/Jason Reed/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS PROFILE)
Abu Dhabi further delays Louvre, Guggenheim projects
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:16 +0100 ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi is once again pushing back the opening of local branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim art museums, after a fresh review of the projects, the government's tourism arm said on Wednesday. The Louvre Abu Dhabi, a spin-off of the famous Paris museum, will now open in 2015 while Abu Dhabi's branch of New York's Guggenheim, will open in 2017, Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) said in a statement. The Zayed National Museum will open in 2016, the statement said. All the three museums were originally scheduled to open between 2013 and 2014. ... (Source: Reuters)
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