Gift cards to be accepted at HMV

21 January 2013 Last updated at 08:03 ETThe administrators of HMV have said that the music and DVD retailer will start accepting gift vouchers in stores from Tuesday.Deloitte had previously said that gift cards could not be redeemed in stores, leading to anger among many customers.Deloitte said it was able to honour the vouchers after assessing HMV’s financial position.Meanwhile restructuring specialist...

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How to Cut Costs in Retirement

Finding success in retirement is a matter of trade-offs. Some pre-retirees will say that they’d like to have every bit as much, if not more, money in retirement as they had while they were working, even if it means they have to work longer or economize more in advance. Ticking off items on their bucket lists is a key goal, and hiking in the Himalayas and playing golf at Pebble Peach don’t come cheaply.Other...

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European shares test two-year highs, yen volatile before BOJ

LONDON (Reuters) - European shares inched towards two-year highs and German Bunds dipped on Monday, as a political attempt to break a budget impasse in the United States and expectations of aggressive Japanese stimulus bolstered the appetite for shares. U.S. House Republican leaders said on Friday they would seek to pass a three-month extension of federal borrowing authority in the coming...

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Harbaugh brothers take 49ers, Ravens to Super Bowl

This Super Bowl will be filled with firsts — and one significant last.The Harbaughs, San Francisco's Jim and Baltimore's John, will be the first pair of brothers to coach against each other in the NFL title game.Quarterbacks Colin Kaepernick of the 49ers and Joe Flacco of the Ravens each will be playing in his first Super Bowl — where success is the ultimate measure of elite QBs.It'll be Baltimore's...

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Mali war turns musicians into military

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Dan Lin, Roy Lee Counter Sue Legendary over ‘Godzilla’

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Producers Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Doug Davison have hit back at Legendary Pictures over “Godzilla,” filing a cross complaint Thursday in L.A. Superior Court seeking millions in damages and credit for their contributions to the upcoming movie.Lin, Lee and Davison allege breach of contract and mistreatment, rehashing the history of how they came to work with Legendary. They...

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Dotcom starts new file-sharing site

19 January 2013 Last updated at 20:58 ETMegaupload boss Kim Dotcom has set up a new cloud storage and file-sharing site.Mega, a web-based service that lets people upload and store files of any kind, is a sequel to the Megaupload system that was shut down last January.Police raids on the offices and home of Kim Dotcom led to the closure of Megaupload.The Mega site went online at dawn on Sunday, with...

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Minister Paradis to Talk Manufacturing, Innovation and Investment in Germany

OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Jan 20, 2013) – From January 20 to January 24, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, will visit Berlin as well as Munich, Germany to discuss Canadian and German approaches to manufacturing and innovation and to promote greater investment ties.“Germany”s economic success demonstrates the importance of a strong and modern manufacturing sector – something...

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Wall Street Week Ahead: Earnings, money flows to push stocks higher

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With earnings momentum on the rise, the S&P 500 seems to have few hurdles ahead as it continues to power higher, its all-time high a not-so-distant goal. The U.S. equity benchmark closed the week at a fresh five-year high on strong housing and labor market data and a string of earnings that beat lowered expectations. Sector indexes in transportation...

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Djokovic survives to advance at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic got a huge scare from 15th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka before hanging on to win in the 22nd game of the fifth set to advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.The top-seeded Djokovic needed 5 hours, 2 minutes for a 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 12-10 victory that ended early Monday morning.Djokovic broke Wawrinka's serve in the final game to clinch the...

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