Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Thuy Nga - Paris By Night 106 Trailer



Published on Dec 9, 2012
PBN 106 "Lua"
DVD releasing on Dec 19, 2012; Blu-Ray releasing on Dec 21, 2012
Order at thuyngashop.com

The Obamas Celebrate Christmas

12/11/2012 The Obamas kick off the holiday season with some help from some of the world's biggest stars. The first family attended the 31st "Christmas in Washington" holiday concert that benefits the National Children's Medical Center. For this year's show South Korean "Gangnam Style" rapper PSY brought both controversy and a non-traditional performance. Days before the concert, eight-year-old video surfaced of Psy engaging in an anti-American protest.

The Top Ten Stocks for Dec. 12


Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg’s Betty Liu, Matt Miller and Adam Johnson report on today’s ten most important stocks including Starbucks, Amazon.com and the 10-Year Treasury bond. (Source: Bloomberg)

India to Raise $1.1 Billion in Miner Sale


India is poised to raise at least $1.1 billion selling a stake in the nation’s biggest iron-ore miner as it seeks to curb a budget deficit that’s put its investment grade credit rating at risk.

OPEC Decides to Keep Production Target Unchanged


Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Carol Massar recaps the day's market timeline. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Rewind." (Source: Bloomberg)

Asian Hedge Funds are World's Best 2012 Gainers


Asian hedge funds are set to outperform the world in 2012, gaining for the fourth straight month in November as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s low-rate policies boosted credit and stock investments.

Asia's Day-11 of Its Unstoppable Run


Asian stocks climbed for an 11th day, led by Japanese shares as the yen’s drop to a more than eight-month low helped the nation’s exporters. South Korea’s won strengthened after the Federal Reserve announced further monetary stimulus. Precious metals declined.

Urban algae turns wastewater into energy (2:13)



Dec. 3 - While governments discuss new environmental policies at the Doha Climate Change Conference, private industry is also looking to the future with new technologies to produce clean, inexpensive power. American company OriginOil has joined forces with French firm Ennesys to develop a process that converts wastewater from commercial buildings into energy. Jim Drury reports.

West Papua communities celebrate coral conservation zone (2:20)



Dec. 12 - One of the world's richest coral ecosystems has been designated a protected area in a deal struck by local communities and conservation groups. Situated north of the Molucca Islands in Indonesia, the Southeast Misool Marine Protected Area is intended to protect both the reef and the livelihoods of fishing communites who depend on it. Rob Muir reports.

UK unemployment rate drops by biggest amount in decade



Published 12 December 2012 14:53
In Britain, finding a job can take months or even years. Expectations of things like employment rights have gone out the window and many will take what they can get in this economy. Al Jazeera's Laurence Lee reports from Leeds.

euronews on the frontline: Child trafficking: widespread and unpunished



Published on Dec 12, 2012
http://www.euronews.com/ Selling children into slavery - it is one of the world's most heinous crimes and it is on the rise.

By its very nature, trafficking is extremely hard to quantify - conservative estimates put the number of children trafficked globally at 1.2 million and those who are forced into slavery at 5.5 million.

Join us for the next edition of On the Frontline, where we will focus on the question of child trafficking.

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European markets at close: 12.12.2012



Published on Dec 12, 2012

Fed unemployment target: 6.5% (2:08)



Dec. 12 - Summary of business headlines: Fed new jobless rate target 6.5%; Aetna raises forecast; Berkshire stock buyback; Redbox deal to compete with Netflix; Americans put off holiday shopping. Bobbi Rebell reports

U.S. Day Ahead: Retail sales look healthy for the holidays (2:17)



Dec 12 - Retail sales out Thursday morning could show consumers are still out in force during the holiday season, according to Thomson Reuters Analyst Jharonne Martis