Thursday, November 20, 2014

The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now

The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now

The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now

Druze communityGood morning! Here's what you need to know for Thursday.

1. At least two people were shot early Thursday at Florida State University's Tallahassee campus.

2. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been fined £56 million after a software issue in 2012 prevented millions of customers from accessing their accounts. 

3. New satellite imagery suggests North Korea is gearing up for fresh nuclear tests.

4. Mozilla is switching from Google to Yahoo as the default search engine in the US, with a 5-year contract that starts in December. 

5. Ebola response efforts in Liberia are being stymied by disagreements between government officials and charities and health agencies fighting against the virus, The New York Times reports. 

6. Thousands of people attended the funeral of a police chief that was shot in a terrorist attack at a Jerusalem synagogue.

7. US President Barak Obama is set to unveil an overhaul to immigration rules on Thursday, which will protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation, The New York Times said

8. The chief executive of the company that operated a South Korean ferry that capsized in April was sentenced to 10 years in jail.

9. A state-owned Chinese company has signed a $12 billion deal to build a railway along Nigeria's coast in an overseas contract that's being touted as the country's largest ever. 

10. Morgan Stanley analysts raised the price target on Apple shares from $115 to $126 on the belief that investors are massively underestimating the Apple Watch. 

And finally ...

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