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As activist hedge funds raise more cash, buyout firm Thoma Bravo is gearing up for tech dealmaking.

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye expressed hope on Friday that South Korea's culture will be born again as a cultural asset shared by mankind. She also said South Korea is seeking to help plant new seeds of hope in areas affected

Eén van Meerdijks trouwste inwoners heeft het fictieve Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden-dorpje verlaten. Jef Alberts (Bartho Braat) is met de noorderzon richting Zuid-Frankrijk vertrokken. Op sociale media laten fans van Jef, die sinds 1991 in Meerdwijk woonde, een traantje.

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HAMILTON, Ontario, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Canadian paramedics responded to several calls after locals confused a "Homeless Jesus" statue for a real person.

The number of Indian sellers on Amazon's global platform has increased from 200 to 6,000 since the programme debuted in India eight months ago.

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Proteas captain AB de Villiers has hit back at former national players who criticised the team after their 2-0 series defeat to England.

See which deals at the large department store chain are worth a look, and which you should give a pass

It ran free on the streets of New York for a while, but was eventually captured.

MARK Latham is still saying outrageous things. This time he’s ripped into the Australian of the Year in a radio podcast.

Political observers and Kansas City Star looks behind the words of a Donald Trump speech

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jet crashed over northwestern Arizona on Thursday morning. The condition of the pilot was not immediately known. A preliminary investigation has already been set up to find out what happened to the jet, which took off earlier that morning from 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base. "Luke AFB officials are working closely with local authorities in a search and rescue operation," Luke said in a news release Thursday afternoon. "Due to the remote location and rugged terrain... Читать дальше...

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'Game of Thrones' can teach advisors about leadership (Investment News)

Joe Duran, CEO of United Capital says 'Game of Thrones' can teach advisors a lot about leadership. Duran says advisors need to understand it's no longer about the size of your army, but about the type of technology you use. Firms should be focused on providing an enhanced client... Читать дальше...

CORAL GABLES, Florida - Major League Baseball is pushing back this year's deadline to make trades without waivers by one day to Aug 1, wanting to avoid having players on the field during Sunday afternoon games as they are about to get dealt.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Ronda Rousey performed a perfect takedown on "Saturday Night Live" regular Beck Bennett during a set of new promos released Wednesday.

MEXICO CITY - A strong earthquake struck well off the Pacific coast of western Mexico on Thursday, but authorities said there were no reports of injuries or damage.

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"Game of Thrones" has more characters and locations than the average viewer can keep track of, but believe it or not there are still many that didn't make it to the show. The original book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" clocks in at over 4,000 pages — it's no wonder the HBO showrunners have had to eliminate some storylines from their television adaptation. 

Though some of the missing plots could appear in the upcoming seasons, so far it seems at least six major stories were left by the wayside. Читать дальше...

Well, The Walking Dead star Lauren Cohan might have no problem handling herself around scary things like zombies, but on Ellen Wednesday, she proved that can still be totally scared by other things.

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye expressed hope on Friday that South Korea's culture will be born again as a cultural asset shared by mankind. She also said South Korea is seeking to help plant new seeds of hope in areas affected

Tech group’s chief jets in to Brussels to stave off bill for billions underpaid in Ireland

The Oscars almost never get it right. Alfred Hitchcock never won one; Elaine May has never won one. Barbara Stanwyck never won an Oscar; Robert Mitchum never got a Best Actor nomination. The intersection between the art of movies and the Oscars is coincidental at best. Many great black actors have won Academy Awards (most recently, Forest Whitaker was named Best Actor in 2007, Halle Berry won Best Actress in 2002, Lupita Nyong’o was Best Supporting Actress in 2014, and Morgan Freeman got the Best Supporting Actor award in 2005). Читать дальше...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has another honor to add to his résumé. Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Institute has named the Emmy-award winner its 2016 Man of the Year. The...

British parliamentary reports don’t often make global headlines, but that is exactly what happened with a report released Thursday that looked into the 2006 death of a former Russian secret agent in London.The Owen Report — named for Sir Robert Owen, the senior British judge conducting the investigation — provides details on how rare radioactive polonium-210 came to be found in Alexander Litvinenko’s body, and the series of events that ...

The latest financial firm to establish itself in Florida is Appaloosa, the $18.6 billion hedge fund led by David Tepper.