Word: globe
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...news for consumers is that this legal battle may sap Skype's funding or even threaten its existence. Skype has more than 405 million subscribers who are able to make free and discounted calls around the globe...
Kennaugh told the Boston Globe that he has been collecting art for the past 30 years without having a work of art stolen. Richards also noted the unusual nature of the case. “We have not had cases of this nature in recent years,” he said...
...zero. During this time the Japanese yen was the currency traders loved. No longer, it seems. "The yen has become the least obvious carrying currency," says Credit Suisse's Desbarres, mainly because the near-zero interest rates Japan once exclusively offered are now available from central banks across the globe. Ironically, the yen today looks relatively strong compared to the dollar, making it more expensive to borrow and so riskier to carry. "Even though interest rates are low everywhere as global demand gradually picks up, we think the yen will strengthen," predicts Credit Suisse's Desbarres. Economic growth...
...When Michael Jackson died on June 25, TIME mobilized its hundreds of employees - in journalism, ad sales, production and distribution - around the globe. We all worked the phones and keyboards until late into the night and weekend. By June 29, there was a tribute magazine on newsstands across America. It sold north of 500,000 copies...
...world economy is showing signs of recovery, stock markets are soaring and bankers are again awarding themselves big bonuses. But one year after the financial conflagration that devastated Wall Street and burned financial institutions around the globe, the main firefighters - central bankers, market regulators and government policymakers - continue to struggle with a central question: How do we prevent it from happening again...