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DICE has now revealed the full-length “Fault Line” trailer for Battlefield 3 which clocks in at 12 minutes and 7 seconds. Though a lot of gameplay footage comes from the previously-released trailers, there is some new footage as well.

In the game, coming this fall for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC, players step into the role of the elite U.S. Marines. As the first boots on the ground, players will experience heart-pounding missions across diverse locations including Paris, Tehran and New York. As a U.S. Marine in the field, periods of tension and anticipation are punctuated by moments of complete chaos. As bullets whiz by, as walls crumble, as explosions force players to the ground, the battlefield feels more alive and interactive than ever before.

Is there a better guide to New York that Woody Allen? Despite their trips to cities like Paris, London and Barcelona, his followers can almost be experts in the Big Apple. Pau Llavador Mary Adell and travel writing all these places that the director took us in his book “The New York of Woody Allen films, published by Electa generously photo and a price of 19.90 euros.

The walk begins in 1977, famous landmarks such as the Central Park Zoo and Coney Island, where he spent part of the action of “Annie Hall” movie that the teacher wrote to Diane Keaton, whose real name is precisely Hall. On the tape, of course, Truman Capote participates in one of the typical antics of Allen, as earn “cold blood” a similar contest.

“The New York …” is a curious mix of city guide and film. Adell and Llavador not stay in the story and recommend sights, eateries, museums, libraries and leisure, always with the old Allen in the background, sometimes out of focus. When citing a restaurant, for example, do not miss their schedule, website, address and even the nearest metro stops.

Only with “Manhattan” and you can learn the essentials of the island, but the visitor can not change your glasses lenses privileged by Gordon Willis, author of the fantastic black and white photograph of the film. On the other hand, some of the premises have closed, as the Empiere Diner, where they could tasted great pies and burgers, or the Rizzoli bookstore, which is just the facade. Nostalgic concessions are a guide to the use could not afford. Other sites, including MoMA, have not only grown in popularity, so the only difficulty now is to bear the queues for access, similar to what happens in the Johns pizza on Bleecker Street, which also appears in the tape. Read the rest of this entry »

New York. The Internet portal Yahoo announced today that it will reduce its workforce by 4 percent, which will mean laying off about 600 employees in an effort to improve its finances.

“The personnel changes announced today are part of our ongoing strategy to position Yahoo the best possible place in revenue growth and increased margins,” the company said in a statement that ended with the rumors that during weeks have planned for the future of its workforce. Read the rest of this entry »

European shares move finally comfortable in the field of procurement. After yesterday bulls rampant on Wall Street, investors are betting the Old Continent this morning by taking positions convinced that the move announced yesterday by the Bank of Japan will reply in the other central banks. The FTSE up just over 1% and strengthens the 10,700 points.

Trust is a scarce commodity in the markets, and therefore valuable. So when is a good amount and the bags uncover the jar of essences. That is what happened yesterday in New York, where gasoline was scarce bullish at any time. The Japanese example put things in place, and soon a member of the Fed, Evans, said the agency should do more to support economic recovery.

To make matters worse, the macro this time did his part to the ISM Services posted a better than market expectations, which eventually accelerate purchases on Wall Street. The good news is that the S & P 500 broke with volume (now I) the resistance of the 1,150 points, and carried on wings to other selective.

Link Securities analysts expect European stock markets continue climbing positions today, encouraged by the good end of Wall Street and the positive performance of Asia, where the Nikkei has added 1.81%. So, the only data that can move the market further employment report will be published by the private consulting ADP, which is expected to create 20,000 jobs. Read the rest of this entry »