Articles tagged with hard
Thu, May 10, 2012
Tenacious D aim to revive hard rock with "Fenix"
By Piya Sinha-Roy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - To hear Tenacious D tell it, hard rock music is dead and they plan to resurrect it. That ...
Sat, May 05, 2012
Coalition talks stall, Greece faces "moment of truth"
By Lefteris Papadimas and Harry Papachristou
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek political leaders on Sunday ignored a final plea from the president to form a coalition ...
Sat, April 28, 2012
Hundreds rally to back hard-line Arizona sheriff
By Tim Gaynor
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona (Reuters) - As many as 200 activists, some chanting "go Joe, go Joe," rallied in Arizona on Saturday to ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
Nintendo faces hard choices for a soft landing
By Tim Kelly
TOKYO (Reuters) - In 2006 Nintendo took video gaming out of the kids' room and into the living room, as its hit ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Nintendo's hard choices for a soft landing
By Tim Kelly
TOKYO (Reuters) - In 2006 Nintendo took video gaming out of the kids' room and into the living room, as its hit ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Unseen Beatles Photos from "A Hard Days Night" to Be Auctioned
Never before seen photos of The Beatles will be auctioned after lying in a family album for nearly a half-century, the BBC reports.
The ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Hard work, not steroids, key to Clemens' baseball stardom: lawyer
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roger Clemens' lawyer on Tuesday told jurors that the former pitching star did not commit perjury when he denied ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Road to Damascus looks long and hard for U.N.
By Douglas Hamilton
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Four military transport planes flew over the Mediterranean into Beirut this week from bases in Brindisi and Prague, carrying ...
Mon, April 16, 2012
Analysis: China currency move nails hard landing risk coffin
By Nick Edwards
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's weekend reform of its currency regime nails shut the coffin on the last remains of doubt about ...
Sun, April 15, 2012
West Michigan Juice Grape Crop all but Wiped Out by Hard Freeze
LAWTON (WKZO) -- Welch’s Foods is reporting that 90% of their Concord and other juice grape crop in Berrien, Van Buren and Cass Counties ...
Sat, April 14, 2012
Analysis: China currency move nails hard landing risk coffin
By Nick Edwards
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's weekend reform of its currency regime nails shut the coffin on the last remains of doubt about ...
Tue, April 10, 2012
China, between a rocket and a hard place on North Korea
By Benjamin Kang Lim
BEIJING (Reuters) - A joke circulating among officials in Beijing pretty much underlines the bind China is in over North Korea ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Fake drugs hard to spot amid 1,800 UK wholesalers
By Ben Hirschler
LONDON (Reuters) - Stamping out trade in counterfeit drugs like Roche's Avastin is an uphill fight for regulators, whose task is ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
Murdoch's media empire strikes back
LONDON (Reuters) - An angry Rupert Murdoch on Thursday declared war against "enemies" who have accused his pay-TV operation of sabotaging its rivals, denouncing them ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
Ferrari pushing hard to fix car but no magic wand
By Abhishek Takle
SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) - Ferrari are working flat out to fix their new car but have no magic wand to improve performance ...
Wed, March 14, 2012
Obese kids have hard time sticking to low-carb diet
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to managing children's obesity, cutting portion sizes and cutting carbohydrates can work equally ...
Wed, March 14, 2012
Obese kids have hard time sticking to low-carb diet
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When it comes to managing children's obesity, cutting portion sizes and cutting carbohydrates can work equally ...
Sun, March 11, 2012
Huffman: 'Sheridan's Housewives trial is hard'
Huffman's former co-star Sheridan filed a lawsuit against show creator Marc Cherry in 2010, alleging he slapped her in the face in 2008 ...
Sat, March 10, 2012
Huffman: 'Sheridan's Housewives trial is hard'
Huffman's former co-star Sheridan filed a lawsuit against show creator Marc Cherry in 2010, alleging he slapped her in the face in 2008 ...
Sat, March 10, 2012
Web giants' consumer privacy strategy faces hard sell
By Jasmin Melvin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Emboldened by their victory in quashing online piracy legislation, U.S. Internet companies are gearing up for a battle ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Huffman: 'Sheridan's Housewives trial is hard'
Huffman's former co-star Sheridan filed a lawsuit against show creator Marc Cherry in 2010, alleging he slapped her in the face in 2008 ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Citizens not pushing hard for climate deal: U.N. chief
By Nina Chestney
LONDON (Reuters) - Ordinary people are not putting enough pressure on governments to deliver a legally binding deal on cutting greenhouse gas ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
China growth gliding lower, hard landing risks ease
By Koh Gui Qing and Zhou Xin
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy is on course for a soft landing, a clutch of indicators showed ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
Hitachi to book $2.4 billion profit on hard drive unit sale
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi Ltd said on Friday it would book a 191 billion yen ($2.4 billion) special profit on the sale of its ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
Huffman: 'Sheridan's Housewives trial is hard'
Huffman's former co-star Sheridan filed a lawsuit against show creator Marc Cherry in 2010, alleging he slapped her in the face in 2008 ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
"Anonymous" hurt by arrests but hard to kill
By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - In turning one of its best-known hackers into an informant and breaking open the highest profile ...
Wed, February 29, 2012
Second cheap money round hard to resist for Europe banks
By Gabriella Bruschi and Steve Slater
MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - A feeding frenzy on cheap European Central Bank funding, led by Italian banks such as ...
Mon, February 27, 2012
Analysis: Politics cushion China's economic hard landing risks
By Nick Edwards
BEIJING (Reuters) - The politics of China's need for a smooth leadership succession this year provide the best protection against a ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Exclusive: Proview says any ban of iPad exports hard to impose
By Lee Chyen Yee and Clare Jim
HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) - A debt-laden Chinese technology firm seeking to ban all shipments of Apple's ...
Sun, February 12, 2012
Afghans fret flight of hard cash a sign of things to come
By Rob Taylor
KABUL (Reuters) - In the crush of people in Kabul's Shahzada money market, conspiracy theories are a currency as hard as ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
For America's hard-hit homeowners, little relief from settlement
By Jilian Mincer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crystal Morello's family pleaded for months with their lender for a cheaper mortgage on their family home ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Hard-hit Californians more optimistic about economy
By Tim Reid
(Reuters) - Two thirds of Californians believe their personal financial situation will improve in the next 12 months, a sign that residents ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Atlantic City, fallen on hard times, to get facelift
By Dave Warner
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - Atlantic City, the once-thriving gambling capital of the east coast recently fallen on hard times, will ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Atlantic City, fallen on hard times, to get facelift
By Dave Warner
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) - Atlantic City, the once-thriving gambling capital of the east coast recently fallen on hard times, will ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
China PMI tops forecast, hard landing fears ease
By Aileen Wang and Kevin Yao
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory sector expanded slightly in January, confounding expectations for a contraction and supporting hopes ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Super Bowl will be hard-pressed to match 2008 thriller
(Reuters) - The normally demure pressroom erupted when New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning found Plaxico Burress in the end zone for the winning Super ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
IMF plays down risk of China "hard landing"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior International Monetary Fund official said on Monday that China was taking steps to reduce property bubble risks and said it ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Irish minister: hard to stay in euro if treaty rejected
DUBLIN (Reuters) - It would be difficult for Ireland to remain in the euro zone if its voters rejected a proposed new fiscal treaty, its ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Arab Spring, Fukushima star at hard-hitting Berlinale
By Alice Baghdjian
BERLIN (Reuters) - Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival, director Dieter Kosslick ...
Fri, January 20, 2012
Blues singer Etta James dies at 73
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Etta James, the influential 1950s rhythm-and-blues singer best known for her show-stopping hit "At Last," died on Friday from complications of ...
Thu, January 19, 2012
Fading Gingrich behind in new poll, hits Romney in ad
By Jane Sutton
MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the race for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Friday as ...
Wed, January 18, 2012
Analysis: China has multiple choices to avoid hard landing risk
By Zhou Xin and Nick Edwards
BEIJING (Reuters) - China faces what could be its worst year of growth in a decade with policy firepower ...
Thu, January 12, 2012
Hard-earned day off for battle-tested Sixers
(Reuters) - The Philadelphia 76ers enjoyed a hard-earned day off on Thursday leading the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Atlantic division after capping a grueling ...
Thu, January 12, 2012
IMF executive Lipton sees no hard landing for China
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's economy is being weighed down by slowing growth in the United States and the European Union, but the possibility ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Analysis: Obama wins on tax cut, but gains are hard to sustain
By Alister Bull and Caren Bohan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For President Barack Obama, it was a political victory that has given his 2012 re-election campaign ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Congress punts hard payroll tax work to 2012
By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law a two-month payroll tax cut extension on Friday, capping a ...
Thu, December 15, 2011
Analysis: Hard to fix U.S. nuclear agency after inner turmoil
By Roberta Rampton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a grueling week in which their internal dissension was aired on television, the five members of the U ...
Tue, December 13, 2011
Russia trade vote will be "hard lift": U.S. lawmaker
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House faces a major challenge next year persuading the U.S. Congress to permanently normalize trade relations with Russia due ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
Intel says sales hit by hard drive shortage
By Noel Randewich
(Reuters) - Intel Corp warned that hard-disk drive supply shortages would hurt its current-quarter revenue, the latest heavyweight in the PC industry ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Congress punts hard payroll tax work to 2012
By Richard Cowan and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law a two-month payroll tax cut extension on Friday, capping a ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
Republicans face potential hard sell to women
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a poor showing among female voters in the 2008 presidential election, the Republican Party might again have a ...
Tue, November 29, 2011
AIDS fund cuts will hit Southern Africa hard
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Southern African countries, hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, are likely to be most affected over the next three years as ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
AIDS fund cuts will hit Southern Africa hard
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Southern African countries, hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, are likely to be most affected over the next three years as ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Corporate tax cut desired, hard to get: panel
By Patrick Temple-West
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the United States looks toward tax reform, it will be difficult to lower the corporate tax rate without ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
One in eight Americans hard of hearing: study
By Genevra Pittman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One out of every eight Americans has hearing loss in both ears, according to a new study ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Ex-smoker Obama: quitting is hard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ex-smoker President Barack Obama kicked the habit and now he wants to give cigarette makers a little shove too.
In a video ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Ex-smoker Obama: quitting is hard, he should know
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ex-smoker President Barack Obama kicked the habit and now he wants to give cigarette makers a little shove too.
In a video ...
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