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Guinness beer owner Diageo PLC rattled an Irish icon Friday, announcing plans to lay off more than half of its brewery workers, close two breweries and shift most production to a new, high-tech plant in the Dublin suburbs by 2013. ... Diageo expects to lay off about 250...
The ceremony, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, a display of martial hardware not seen since the waning days of the Soviet Union. ... A Topol-M missile launcher driving across Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on Thursday....
An arms procession is designed to show how Putin revived Russia's fortunes, armed forces and its national pride ... Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, watches the military parade to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the...
VIENNA, May 9 (UPI) -- The Austrian man who allegedly imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and fathered her seven children says, "I am not the beast the media make me to be." ... VIENNA, May 9 (UPI) -- "I always knew during the whole 24 years that what I was doing was not...
Stock markets were lower Friday as oil prices rose above $126 a barrel amid worries about losses at American International Group and a dismal week for European insurers. ... Oil's relentless surge to a fresh high on Friday stoked worries about the economy and put pressure...
LIVERPOOL, England, May 9 (UPI) -- Teens and young adults in Europe drink and take drugs as part of deliberate sexual strategies, researchers say. ... A study, published in the BMC Public Health, reveals that one-third of males between the ages of 16 and 35 years and...
Best Buy has announced a joint venture with Carphone Warehouse (CW), by investing 1.1bn GBP! The 50/50 JV will include the CW's 2400 stores in 9 European countries, and the assets will include the CW share of an existing venture with Best Buy (which we reported on here). Starting next year, Best...
The United Nations is suspending aid shipments to Burma, where authorities have begun seizing supplies intended for some 1.5 million cyclone survivors, a UN spokesman said Friday. more ... The United Nations is suspending aid shipments to Burma, where authorities have...
TAMPA, Fla., May 9 (UPI) -- A U.S. company that recovered a sunken treasure from a shipwreck that Spain is claiming says there is no evidence the treasure came from a Spanish warship. ... Odyssey Marine Exploration of Tampa, Fla. -- which recovered the treasure last year...
Shares in the drug maker fall after a new threat to its blood-thinning blockbuster Plavix, from a Swiss manufacturer, appears on the horizon. ... LONDON - Europe is not a traditional venue for patent battles in the pharmaceutical industry, but that is precisely where...
