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In Asia Monday, China's Shanghai Composite Index gained 1.7% to close at 3,303 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index added 0.8% to end the day at 22,086. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 Index was nearly unchanged, slipping 0.02% to 10,106.
U.S. markets are also set to rise.
News that neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi will supply $10 billion to help Dubai pay off debts, which have rattled investors who fear that the enormity of the desert kingdom's debt would create a second wave of financial turmoil, sent shares in Dubai investors higher. Hong Kong-listed HSBC (
HBC), a major lender to Dubai World, surged 1.7%. Standard Chartered (
SCBFF), which
Bloomberg reports has made
$18 billion of loans in the Middle East, shot up 3.9%.
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Data caps and tiers could be on the way for
the mobile side, but things look all good for AT&T's
U-verse TV service, as it announced it has crossed the 2 million subscriber threshold (up from 1.3 million
at the end of Q1) and is snapping up 60% of the share of customers in new markets. Even better, a new High Speed Internet Max Turbo package just launched, offering customers 24 Mbps down / 3 Mbps up speeds for $65 a month, closing out a year that's seen the launch of new HD channels, new interactive apps, Total Home DVR and expanded availability overall. Of course, that just means the bar has been raised for our 2010 expectations. we're thinking a Sky TV-like Xbox 360 tie-in, expanded streaming video portal and... another
new remote?
AT&T U-verse now serving 2 million+ originally appeared on Engadget HD on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Given the high price of Blu-ray boxed sets, the news from Video Business that some series are going backwards from having Blu-ray editions to DVD only really isn't that surprising. Specifically cited are Rescue Me, Damages and Nip/Tuck, with numbers indicating the average title sells only 5% of its copies in HD. Series that appeal to early adopting Blu-ray owners and HDTV fans like Fringe, Lost and Terminator:SCC naturally do better on Blu-ray, regardless of price, but with the exception of fanatics who will either pay up or wait for a sale, it's not surprising that most people would rather keep an extra $15 - $30 in their pocket and just grab it on standard def.
Some TV series reverse, go from Blu-ray back to DVD-only releases originally appeared on Engadget HD on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Rush Limbaugh and conservative interest groups are criticizing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for not putting up a strong enough fight to stop the Democratic healthcare legislation. The conservative talk radio host has ...
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Conservative for Change. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; When the government fears the people, there is liberty.--Thomas Jefferson. Sunday, December 13, 2009. There is Nothing "Conservative" About Supporting War ...
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