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British Tourists Detained by Homeland Security for Flippant Twitter Posts to 'Commit Crimes'

Two British tourists, 26-year-old Leigh Van Bryan and 24-year-old Emily Bunting, were detained and handcuffed last Monday by police during their trip to Los Angeles when the Department of Homeland Security flagged flippant posts on Twitter as potential threats to commit crimes. Bunting said Homeland Security was treating me like some kind of terrorist despite their testimony during questioning at LAX.
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Orange Juice Detained by FDA After Finding Fungicide

Health regulators on Friday detained nine shipments of orange juice from Brazil and Canada that contained traces of an illegal fungicide, and rejected industry calls to overhaul the way they test for the banned substance.
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Hang Seng Shares Snap Six-Session Winning Streak

Hong Kong shares snapped a six-session winning streak on Monday, dragged down by Chinese banks and developers, as investors took profits on some recent outperformers while waiting to see if there will be a Greek debt-swap deal that averts a default.
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Can Motorola Droid Razr Maxx Outrun HTC Rezound?

The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, which was showcased at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and made available through Verizon Wireless last week, is expected to see stiff competition from the HTC Rezound.
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ABB Buying Thomas & Betts for $3.9 Billion

Swiss engineering group ABB said it had agreed to buy U.S. electrical components maker Thomas & Betts for $3.9 billion to ramp up its presence in the world's largest market for low-voltage products.
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Carrefour picks retail veteran for new turnaround bid

Carrefour , Europe's largest retailer, picked industry veteran Georges Plassat as its next boss, signaling key shareholders may back another attempt to fix its ailing hypermarkets rather than push for a break up.
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Euro zone confidence improves, highlights divergence

Confidence in the euro zone's economy strengthened in January for the first time since early 2011, EU data showed on Monday, but a recovery in Germany masked a deterioration in France and Italy, highlighting the bloc's diverging fortunes.
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Facebook to File for $10-Bln IPO: Is $100-Bln Valuation for the Company Appropriate?

Facebook Inc., the world's largest social networking site, is getting closer to its initial public offering this week as the company is reportedly planning to file papers with the U.S. financial watchdog on Wednesday. Speculation is rife that the social media giant is aiming to raise about $10 billion, which would value the company at between $75 billion and $100 billion.
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Honda out to shake up market with first jet next year

Honda Motor Co <7267.T> expects to grab at least a quarter of the world market for small business jets soon after delivering its first aircraft next year, achieving the company's long-standing goal of taking to the skies, an executive said.

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