Indiana dog that crashed half-marathon gets medal

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) ? An Indiana dog that became an Internet sensation after crashing a half marathon has won a medal ? and an appointment with a veterinarian to nip his wandering ways in the bud.

The chocolate Labrador retriever named Boogie ran most of the 13.1 miles in Saturday's Evansville event and then was taken to Animal Control.

Owner Jerry Butts tells the Evansville Courier & Press (http://bit.ly/17dIIR1 ) that the 100-pound dog slipped his leash Friday night. It was his fourth escape.

Butts says Boogie now has a microchip and an appointment to be neutered.

Boogie finished the race in 2 hours, 15 minutes. That's better than more than half of the race's participants.

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Information from: Evansville Courier & Press, http://www.courierpress.com

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Telecoms firm Alcatel-Lucent to cut 10,000 jobs

PARIS (AP) ? Telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA said Tuesday that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years, the latest cost-cutting drive from the loss-making company.

The job cuts are part of a restructuring plan to make the French-American company more competitive. The plan is to reduce fixed costs by cutting 1 billion euros ($1.36 billion), or about 15 percent, by the end of 2015. Under the plan, the company will reallocate research investment to next-generation technology and cut investment in older technology.

The company has struggled since its inception in 2006, when France's Alcatel and the U.S.'s Lucent merged. The savings anticipated by combining research and development costs and reducing staff were quickly offset by pressure to lower prices amid increasing competition from the likes of China's Huawei Technologies Co. and Ericsson AB of Sweden. Last year, the company lost 1.37 billion euros ($1.86 billion), and a new chief executive took over earlier this year.

Alcatel said the job cuts would be presented to its European works council on Tuesday. The cuts will come from all of the regions in which the company operates: 4,100 positions will be cut in its Europe, Middle East and Africa region, 3,800 in the Asia-Pacific zone and 2,100 in the Americas.

In a sign that the layoffs will likely face stiff resistance, especially in Europe, elected officials from western France, the site of an Alcatel-Lucent plant, urged the company to abandon the restructuring plan. The officials said in a statement that they feared the local plant would be closed and accused the company of reneging on promises to keep it open.

Investors appeared at first glance to be backing the plan. The company's share price was trading 1.5 percent higher in morning trading in Paris.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/telecoms-firm-alcatel-lucent-cut-10-000-jobs-075257910--finance.html

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Android 4.4 KitKat Downloads UI leaks, reveals Holo Light theme

Normally, when new Android versions are released to the world, Android fans such as ourselves don?t head to the Downloads app to look for any new goodies. However, when the Downloads app is about to undergo a complete graphical redesign, we pay attention. As we continue towards the next batch of Nexus devices and the inevitable Android 4.4. KitKat release, the pace for leaks has quickened. Let?s take a look at what we have this time around.

• Pictured above, you can see the side by side differences between the leaked UI and the current Jelly Bean UI.
• New Holo Light theme instead of Holo Dark. A white, light theme matches other core Google apps and seems to fit quite nicely with other leaks depicting a whiter Android UI.
• The Downloads icon is now much cleaner and flatter.
• The action bar also includes two new icons. The icon with the three lines most likely contains sorting options for sorting by file size or by date. ?The four square dots icon is most likely for changing the view from displaying files line by line, to a cards view, similar to how Google Drive currently looks and functions as shown below.

Do you like the new Holo Light theme with flatter icons that seem to be the theme with Android 4.4? Let us know in the comments.

Source: Android Police

Source: http://phandroid.com/2013/10/08/android-4-4-kitkat-downloads-ui-leaks-holo-light-theme/

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India's forex reserves dip to three-year low

By Atmadip Ray, ET Bureau | 6 Sep, 2013, 07.32PM IST

Kolkata: India's foreign exchange reserves have dipped to $275.5 billion, a 39-month low, as Reserve Bank of India continued to sell dollars to support the battered local currency.

The rupee has come under come under severe pressure and been the worst performing Asian currency since global investors offloaded their investment in emerging economies to maximise return from rising US bond prices after the Federal Reserve withdrew quantitative easing.

The rupee depreciated about 27% since April to its record closing low of 68.80 a dollar on August 28. In comparison, Indonesian rupiah fell about 12% this year while Malaysian Ringgit saw 8% depreciation. Japanese yen fell 11.6% this year.

The rupee has however recovered since August 28 level on strong RBI action and improved sentiment after governor Raghuram Rajan took measures aiming to boost dollar inflows. The rupee closed Friday at 65.25 a dollar, nearly 110 paise higher than Thursday's close.

"The sentiment in the market has definitely improved," a forex dealer with a foreign bank said. RBI under Rajan has subsidised swap cost to attract FCNR-B deposits and enhanced limits for exporters to re-book cancelled forward exchange contracts to attract inflows. Rajan's decision to roll back the amount a company can use to invest overseas to 400% of its networth, from 100%, has also made investors' easy.

The forex reserves dipped $2.2 billion in the week ending August 30 to $275.5 billion. In rupee terms, it gained Rs 450 billion to Rs 18.341 billion due to exchange rate movement.

Foreign currency assets feel $3.080 billion to $247.402 billion, Reserve Bank of India said in its weekly report. Foreign currency assets expressed in dollar terms include the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies such as euro, pound and yen held in the reserves.

RBI said that the value of country's gold reserve has risen by 977 million to $21,724 billion. India is still a creditor to International Monetary Fund's reserve position although the position fell $113 million to $1.990 billion in the period under review.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/forex/indias-forex-reserves-dip-to-three-year-low/articleshow/22372469.cms

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Media picks of the week: The Hobbit, The Pixies, My Little Pony and more!

Each week the editors at iMore find cool media that we really love and bring it to you. Here's our latest roundup - some great music, movies, cartoons and more.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Special Edition soundtrack - Joseph Keller

I love a good soundtrack. Howard Shore's work from the Lord of the Rings trilogy is some of my favorite movie music. It helps define the world we see, and is a major part of what made those movies what they were. While not on the same scale, Shore's Hobbit soundtrack fills the same role. Weaving familiar themes in with new ones, The Hobbit soundtrack is a perfect audio companion to An Unexpected Journey, and as much a prequel to Rings as the rest of the movie. The special edition of the soundtrack is an expanded version of the original release, with six additional tracks. If you love Shore's work, this is the version to get.

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The Bourne Collection - Ally Kazmucha

Up until about 6 months ago, I had never seen a single Bourne movie. People kept telling me how good they were and I had every intention of watching them, just never actually got around to it. Then I noticed that iTunes had the entire collection of Bourne movies in HD as a bundle for $40 which means each movie was only $10.

In the end, I watched all of them within one weekend and thoroughly enjoyed all of them. The last one was my least favorite but it was still good. Either way, if you've never seen them or you're a Bourne fan, it's a great deal to take advantage of if you don't already own any of them.

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My Little Pony: Micro Series #7 - Cutie Mark Crusaders - Michelle Haag

My 10 year old daughter is obsessed with My Little Pony, just as I was when I was her age. Unfortunately, unlike me, she doesn't enjoy reading books, so I've been trying to find things for her to read that will hold her attention. Luckily there are a ton of My Little Pony comics and books in iTunes, ranging in price from $1.99 to $9.99. Some of our favorites are in the micro series, with each edition devoted to a specific character, or in this case, group of characters. The Cutie Mark Crusaders are on a quest to find out who they are, and they'll never stop their journey, not until they find their cutie marks! If you have a young lady in your life that loves MLP as much as mine does, you know they will really appreciate learning about the magic of friendship with these beautifully done books.

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The Incredible Mr. Limpet - Chris Parsons

Although The Incredible Mr. Limpet came out long before my time, it pretty much became a cult hit for a lot of folks and after having recently watched it, I can see why. This comedy/fantasy stars Don Knotts as a nervous little Brooklyn bookkeeper who has an overwhelming love for fish. After being rejected by the Navy, he actually becomes a fish (through the miracle of animation), meets a snail who shows him the "underwater" ropes, falls in love with a lady fish, and becomes a real war hero. Sounds crazy, right? It is but it's fantastic. Sadly, it's not available for purchase on iTunes but you can rent it for $2.99.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/bxyZi5AlM2k/story01.htm

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Microsoft ?The One Event We Didn?t Expect? For Nokia ? Analysts

By Sven Grundberg and Niclas Rolander

As the dust starts to settle after Tuesday?s announcement that Nokia Corp. is selling its handset business to Microsoft Corp., investors are waking up to a new leaner company with arguably brighter prospects than the old beleaguered business.

Nokia?s handset business used to be the glorious centerpiece of a global technology heavyweight, but its fall from grace the past few years has been rapid and brutal.

Here is a roundup of what analysts around the globe have to say about Nokia?s NSN networks unit and HERE mapping business.

In a note on Wednesday, Nordea's Sami Sarkamies said the sale of the handset business to Microsoft for ?5.4 billion? ?marks the end to one of the worst corporate strategies we will probably experience.? While noting that the reasoning behind Nokia?s tie-up with Microsoft two years ago will continue to debated, Nordea said Nokia got a fair price for the assets given the circumstances, and that it?s now able to kiss goodbye to its worries and start anew as a ?solid, smaller version of Ericsson.?

Mr. Sarkamies added that the new Nokia should now be seen as a likely acquisition target, especially for Samsung Electronics Co. The Korean company has been looking to expand its mobile network infrastructure operations and buying Nokia would be a good opportunity to gain a position on the U.S. market with a solid product portfolio. ? Putting all this together, we see more upside in the share from both an absolute perspective as well as a relative performance potential perspective versus Ericsson,? Mr. Sarkamies said.

Deutsche Bank?s Kai Korschelt said the Microsoft deal is a good outcome for shareholders, although he is concerned about an expected decline of NSN profits in the second part of this year and in 2014. Mr. Korschelt estimates that Nokia in the first quarter of next year will have net cash of around ?7.5 billion, which raises the prospect of a significant windfall for shareholders. If Nokia keeps ?5 billion for general purposes and potential acquisitions, ?excess net cash available for return to shareholders could be ?2.5 billion or a potential cash yield of 15%.? The bank has upgraded its rating to hold from sell.

After disposing the handset business, ?Nokia flips from loss making to profitability,? Jefferies analysts Lee Simpson and Robert Lamb said. Nokia will effectively become a profitable, telecom equipment pure-play, they say, and upgrade their rating to hold from underperform. ?The Microsoft deal also means that cash fears abate, and helps Nokia?s buyout of Siemens? stake in Nokia Siemens Networks. ?There is an additional ?1.5 billion of financing from [Microsoft] to be taken up at Nokia?s discretion,? Jefferies said.

However, Alexander Peterc and Alexandre Faure at Exane BNP Paribas expressed some caution. Although the new company appears clean, profitable and financially stable, the analysts said there is still a risk that the Microsoft deal is delayed or derailed by wary Microsoft shareholders. The bank upgraded its rating to neutral from underperform.

Finally, long-time Nokia bear Pierre Ferragu at Bernstein admitted that the Microsoft deal is ?the one event we thought could not happen.? ?He added that from Nokia?s perspective, the Microsoft deal seems ?very advantageously structured and offers a lot of upside? ?to Bernstein?s valuation framework.? Instead of being stuck with a devices business that would have burnt lots of cash in restructuring and barely returned to breakeven, Nokia has ?offloaded its problem child to Microsoft and is left with an interesting string of assets, including a highly profitable patent portfolio, an astonishing ?7.8 billion net cash on its balance sheet and a stabilizing wireless equipment maker. Bernstein upgraded Nokia to market-perform from underperform.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/09/04/microsoft-the-one-event-we-didnt-expect-for-nokia-analysts/?mod=WSJBlog

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Institutional investors call on Canada to boost energy, mining regulations

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

A group of institutional investors, including money managers and corporate governance officials at U.K and Swedish pension funds, is calling on Canadian regulators to increase public disclosure by Canadian energy and mining firms and to create a consistent global standard for all significant tax and royalty payments made by those companies across their global operations.

Such disclosure was mandated in the European Union's transparency and accounting directives in June, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced plans at the G-8 Summit that month to follow suit with similar regulations for Canadian-listed mining and energy companies, according to a news release from F&C Asset Management, which co-wrote a letter to Natural Resources Canada, the agency overseeing natural resources policy in Canada.

The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act included similar provisions, although a July ruling by the U.S. District Court in Washington stopped the implementation of that part of the law. The group has also written to the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to adopt a global standard.

The letters were sponsored by F&C Asset Management, Aviva Investors and SNS Asset Management, and were signed by 32 institutions with a combined $5.8 trillion in assets.

?This move by Canada is critical for achieving a consistent global transparency standard,? concluded Arne Loow, senior manager and head of corporate governance at the 240.9 billion Swedish kronor ($37 billion) AP4, Stockholm in the F&C news release. ?As one of the world's top listing venues for mining stocks, it needs to take its rightful place at the top table by setting a meaningful standard in line with the U.S. and EU. We don't want companies evading tough standards by shopping around for the weakest forum and picking Canada. The fact is that Canada's own mining industry leaders have broken the mold by calling for this: They are the first to recognize the value to the industry of transparent business practice, and we agree.?

?From an investor perspective, the key is reducing risk,? Frank Curtiss, head of corporate governance at RPMI, which oversees the ?18 billion ($27.9 billion) Railways Pension Scheme, London, said in the F&C release. ?The less mystery there is behind these resource deals, the fewer unpleasant surprises we can expect.?

? Contact Rick Baert at rbaert@pionline.com | @Baert_PI

Source: http://www.pionline.com/article/20130828/DAILYREG/130829899?utm_campaign=saxo_rss&utm_source=rss02_rss&utm_medium=rss

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