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Justin Timberlake hurts his leg on film set

Justin TimberlakeJustin Timberlake injured his leg earlier this week while performing a stunt for a new movie. The accident happened on the set of his upcoming sci-fi thriller ‘Now’ in Los Angeles, reports UsMagazine.com. As per Entertainment Tonight, Timberlake continued shooting, despite his injury. Now – costarring Olivia Wilde and Amanda Seyfried – is due out [...]

Singapore Export growth eases as global slowdown hurts demand

Singapore’s export growth slowed in September as shipments of electronics and pharmaceuticals eased, heralding softening demand in the coming months as the global economy weakens.

Non-oil domestic exports climbed 22.7% from a year earlier, after a revised 30.8% gain in August, the trade promotion agency said in a statement in Singapore today. The median forecast of 14 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for an increase of 19.7%.

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Cyber-security Hurts Federal Government Productivity, Survey Says

Officials from 28 federal agencies say cyber-security measures impact productivity by restricting access to information and delaying communications with others, according to a Government Business Council survey. Officials say they often bypass security controls on purpose to get things done. – Despite their bosses’ insistence on strong cyber-security in government,
federal officials find those measures get in the way of doing their jobs,
according to the results of a Government
Business Council survey released Sept. 30.
Federal executives said cyber-security measures impacted quot;in…


Mark Hurd’s Exit Hurts HP: 10 Reasons Why

News Analysis: Mark Hurd is out as Hewlett-Packard’s CEO, and now the company needs to rebuild. But how will his departure affect HP’s ability to stay atop the PC market? – In a shocking development on Aug. 6, Hewlett Packard announced that its CEO,
Mark Hurd, had left HP over investigative findings that he had violated HP’s standards of
business conduct. The investigation was launched after claims of sexual
harassment were made by a former HP contractor. Hurd was q…


Tiger Air has record fall as forex loss hurts profit

Tiger Airways Holdings, the discount carrier part-owned by Singapore Airlines, slumped by a record after foreign exchange losses damped profit in the first quarter.
 
The company fell as much as 7.1% to $2.08 and changed hands at $2.13 at 9:03 a.m. on the Singapore stock exchange. The stock had jumped 4.7% in the last two days.

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General Petraeus: Torture is Unnecessary, Hurts Our National Security and Violates Our American Values

General Petraeus – the military commander overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – told Meet the Press Friday that torture is counterproductive:I have always been on the record, in fact, since 2003, with the concept of living our values. And I th…

Candidate Switch Helps Whitman, Hurts Fiorina in Calif. Races

Ex-Congressman Tom Campbells decision to drop his bid for California governor and run for the Senate has given a boost to ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitmans gubernatorial campaign, but hurt former HP CEO Carly Fiorinas run for the Senate. Whitman has increased her lead in the race for the GOP nomination, while dropping Fiorina into second in the Senate race. The primary election in California is scheduled for June 8.
– Former California Congressman Tom Campbells decision Jan. 14 to
drop his candidacy for the states governors office and instead vie
for the U.S. Senate seat has changed the face of both races, according
to recent polls.
The move has impacted the campaigns of two former CEOs of major IT companies …


ATandT iPhone App Asks Customers Where It Hurts

AT T is using the iPhone, a source of its ails, to help cure its coverage issues. With the free AT T Mark the Spot app, customers can note where and when a problem occurred. AT T will use the metrics to direct its network-building dollars.
– The overwhelmingly successful Apple iPhone has been blamed for poor service experiences on the AT amp;T network
according to the carrier, its smartphone network traffic has
increased 5,000 percent over the past three years. Now, however,
AT amp;T is putting the iPhone to work, with an app that …


Powerful quake in central Indonesia kills two, hurts dozens

Officials say a strong undersea earthquake killed two people and damaged buildings on the remote island of Sumbawa in central Indonesia. Rustam Pakaya, the head of the Health MinistryÕs crisis center, said at least 20 people were hospitalized after the 6.7-magnitude temblor, many of them