But the digital age may confront the old ways of hiding behind wealth and patronage.
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/ 29 September 2011
Warner is to unveil a web show that will create a new genre it calls a "social series" which uses pictures and music from a viewer’s Facebook page.
Italy overcame a determined effort by the United States to claim a 27-10 bonus-point victory on Tuesday and set up a Pool C decider against Ireland.
Amanda Knox is a "witch" whose lying ways belied her fresh-faced "soap and water" looks, a lawyer has told the court hearing her murder appeal.
A grim outlook for the US economy from the Federal Reserve and signs of a slowing in China and Germany has sent world stocks tumbling.
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/ 21 September 2011
Microsoft is trying to lift its stock price by boosting its dividend by 25%, the largest increase since the company started its quarterly payments.
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/ 21 September 2011
In a statement President Barack Obama welcomed the end of a policy that he said had forced gay and lesbian members to "lie about who they are".
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/ 20 September 2011
A rising concern among SA investors is the growing tension between the members of the eurozone — many of whom are major trading partners.
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/ 20 September 2011
Nasa plans to spend $1.6-billion over the next two years bolstering industry efforts to develop space taxis, officials said on Monday.
President Barack Obama laid out a $3-trillion plan to cut US deficits by raising taxes on the rich, but Republicans rejected it as a political stunt.
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/ 19 September 2011
President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress are digging in to fight the 2012 US election campaign over the budget and taxes.
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/ 18 September 2011
The contrasting fortunes of New York’s South Bronx and Upper East Side highlight a growing gap between rich and poor.
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/ 18 September 2011
President Barack Obama, in a populist step designed to appeal to voters, will propose a "Buffett Tax" on people making more than $1-million a year.
US President Barack Obama’s job approval rating continued its downward spiral on Friday, dropping to 43% while his disapproval rating soared to 50%.
A vintage fighter plane plunged into the grandstands on Friday during a popular air racing show, in Reno, killing three and injuring 56 people.
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/ 15 September 2011
The United States scraped their way to a 13-6 victory over Russia, ruining the Bears’ Rugby World Cup debut.
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/ 14 September 2011
Nasa announced on Wednesday the design plans for the rocket of its next generation spacecraft for carrying astronauts into deep space.
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/ 14 September 2011
American-owned English club Liverpool has said it is investigating striker Nathan Eccleston for tweets he posted about the September 11 attacks.
The United States has decided to fight to the bitter end to convince the Palestinians to abandon their bid for United Nations membership.
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/ 13 September 2011
Investors expect Europe to fall into recession in the next 12 months, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for September.
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/ 13 September 2011
In the long run, the 15 September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers is likely to be seen as more significant than the fall of the Twin Towers.
Novak Djokovic matched his nearly perfect season with an almost flawless performance in Monday’s US Open final, beating Rafael Nadal.
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/ 12 September 2011
On the anniversary of 9/11, crews on two US flights were so unnerved by long bathroom visits that fighter jets were scrambled to shadow the flights
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/ 12 September 2011
The day began exactly as it did on that fateful date 10 years ago: under a crystal-clear sky that heightened the colours of the city.
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/ 11 September 2011
Ireland laboured to a error-strewn 22-10 victory over an emotional and fiercly committed United States at a wet Stadium Taranaki on Sunday.
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/ 11 September 2011
Americans on Sunday remembered the horror of September 11 2001, and the nearly 3 000 people who died in the hijacked plane attacks.
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/ 10 September 2011
Egypt declared a state of high alert on Saturday as police clashed with protesters who raided a building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo.
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/ 9 September 2011
New York police were out in force on Friday in response to intelligence about a car bomb plot linked to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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/ 9 September 2011
The US Federal Reserve chairperson Ben Bernanke has said the US central bank would spare no effort to boost weak growth.
A massive blackout caused by "human failure" left nearly five million people without power in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico on Thursday.
Barack Obama’s jobs package could lift US economic growth by one to three percentage points in 2012, add well over one million jobs, say analysts.
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/ 8 September 2011
Elizabeth Turner talks about how she is raising her son, born two months after her husband was killed in the World Trade Centre.