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Just the Facts:Three 2013 Ford F-150s get the custom treatment in time for the 2013 SEMA Show.The trio includes two trucks following an outdoor theme and one made for the street.Skyjacker Suspensions will show off a version of the Ford truck complete with a tree graphic and a 6-inch lift kit.

DEARBORN, Michigan — Ford has unveiled the details behind the three 2013 Ford F-150s it is showcasing at the 2013 SEMA Show.

Two of the full-size Ford trucks would be right at home in the woods, while the third one is a street tune.

JR Consulting modified the first 2013 Ford F-150 into an adventure-ready pickup. Fans of the Sportsman Channel were polled via social media to put together a group of mods that enhance hunting, fishing, hiking and camping activities. These items included a 6-inch lift kit, 11,000-pound winch, light bracket, 20-inch wheels with all-terrain tires and a locked storage area.

Custom bumpers and fenders and an upgraded audio system allow any sportsman to navigate the backcountry in style.

Skyjacker Suspensions also built a truck that follows the outdoor theme. It was altered with a 6-inch lift kit, BFGoodrich all-terrain tires and a locked storage area. A tree graphic spills off of the hood.

Fatal Clothing and Hulst Customs were responsible for upgrading the style and performance of the third pickup. They started with a 2013 Ford F-150 with the 6.2-liter V8 and strapped on a twin-screw Whipple Industries supercharger and CGS Motorsports exhaust system.

Claimed output stands at 650 horsepower, and a two-tone paint job, custom leather interior and 24-inch wheels bolster an aggressive look that matches what is under the hood.

Edmunds says: Ford covers all of its SEMA bases with these three project F-150s.

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The dumpster where the bodies of the five boys were found by a trash collector in Bijie City on Friday, November 16.Eight officials sacked or suspended over deaths of five boys in dumpsterChildren died from carbon monoxide poisoning after burning charcoal for heatAged between 9 and 13, the boys came from one extended familyUNICEF says one of China's biggest challenges is caring for "left behind children"

Hong Kong (CNN) -- Eight Chinese officials have been fired or suspended after five boys died in a rubbish bin after suffocating on fumes from charcoal they burned to stay warm, according to state-run media.

The bodies of the boys, aged between 9 and 13, were found by a trash collector on Friday in Bijie in China's southwestern Guizhou province, Xinhua reported.

They are believed to have died the night before, as rain fell and temperatures plunged to as low as six degrees Celsius (43 degrees Fahrenheit).

Six officials have lost their jobs, including the principals of two local schools and four government officials in charge of education and civil affairs in Qixingguan district where Bijie is located. Two deputy heads from the same departments were also suspended pending an investigation.

Users on China's social media platforms expressed shock and disgust, with some questioning how society could have allowed such young children to fall through the cracks.

It's not uncommon to see several children living in a household with an elderly couple in rural China. These are the left behind children.
Dale Rutstein, UNICEF ChinaOne user on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, wrote: "China is supposedly an intermediate developed country but still can't protect its own children. At the age when they should be enjoying a happy childhood these poor kids are wandering and dying on the streets." (@Datounaonao)

Another said: "I just can't believe this is a story happening in my country today...where are the "relevant departments" doing on this? And "where are the kids' parents? Why give birth to children and then abandon them?" (@Dongsir)

Days after their deaths, details of the boys' lives emerged in local press. They all belonged to the same extended family, the sons of three brothers.

Two of the fathers, Tao Yuanwu and Tao Xueyuan, were rural migrants, who had moved from Guizhou to the special economic zone of Shenzhen near the Hong Kong border, where they worked as rubbish collectors.

The other father, Tao Jinyou, a poor man who was said to work long hours tending fields, told Xinhua that he and his wife paid little attention to their own son, let alone their nephews.

"Sometimes they didn't even come home at night," he said. Persistent truants, the boys were said to have been missing for three weeks before they were found dead. "At first, I sent (my son) back to school by force," Tao said. "But every time he'd run away again, so I knew it was hopeless."

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Rutstein says the presence of street children is obvious in some cities, but it's safe to assume that many remain in rural towns, the byproduct of a huge demographic shift in China, as parents move to booming cities for work.

"It's not uncommon to see several children living in a household with an elderly couple in rural China. These are the left behind children. Right now people are coping the best they can," Rutstein said.

It's estimated there are 55 million "left behind" children in China, the sons and daughters of 200 million migrant workers who have moved to the cities for a better life.

"We would say in UNICEF that that's one of the most significant challenges for China right now, because all the data shows these children have lower nutrition, suffer a higher rate of accidents and injuries and are at greater risk of abuse and exploitation," Rutstein said.

State media reported that four of the five boys found dead in the dumpster were being cared for by their aging, blind grandmother who had difficulty caring for herself.

A local resident told CCTV that neighbors had noticed the boys wandering the streets. "They took a shabby shed in a construction site near the dumpster and ate some discarded vegetables in the market and played football that they had picked up," he said.

Last year, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs launched a nationwide campaign to return "vagrant" children to their homes. Once sent back, the children would be placed in government-run shelters, according to Xinhua.

This tragedy is a wake-up call that something needs to be done to improve the working and living conditions of migrant workers.
China Daily"Street orphans should be placed in the care of welfare institutions or foster families if their guardians cannot be found," the article said, quoting the vice minister of civil affairs.

Despite efforts to pull millions out of poverty in China over recent decades, the country still lacks modern child welfare systems seen in the West, Rutstein said.

"The concept of social workers, for instance, which is quite well known in Europe and North America, is very, very new in China. China's aware of this and there are many efforts in place right now to professionalize the whole system of social workers, to introduce alternatives to institutionalization, or just sending children to a state orphanage, which traditionally has been the main response to these kinds of situations," he said.

An opinion piece published Wednesday in China Daily asked whether authorities were too quick to lay the blame on local officials and suggested that major changes were needed to reduce the number of "left behind children."

"This tragedy is a wake-up call that something needs to be done to improve the working and living conditions of migrant workers, so they can settle in the cities where they work and enjoy the same rights as their urban counterparts. This would enable them to have their children live with them," it said.

The plight of the dead children in Guizhou has been compared on social media to the tale of the Little Match Girl, a Hans Christian Anderson story of a girl ignored by the rich who froze to death after trying to warm herself with a lit match.

On Wednesday, messages of condolences for the five boys were still being posted on Weibo.

"Hope they won't feel cold anymore in heaven," @Qingyu_aneya said.

@KongXia added: "Rest in peace, don't reincarnate in China..."

Referring to Beijing's decision to turn on the city's heating system two weeks early this year due to colder temperatures, one of China's most popular fairy tale writers, Zheng Yuanjie, posted: "Beijing spent 800 million [yuan] to start the heating system 15 days ahead of time, but you're out of the reach. Hope the 'The Little Match Boys' can forgive us in heaven."

The boys were Tao Zhongjing, 12; Tao Zhonghong, 11; Tao Zhonglin, 13; Tao Chong, 12; and Tao Bo, 9.

Wei Yuan Wen Min contributed to this report.

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July 2 (Reuters)-were the top stories in the Wall Street Journal on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

President of Barclays Plc, Marcus Agius, will come amid fallout from $453 million settlement Bank of a probe of manipulation of interest rates, according to three people close to the Bank.

* Former party of Mexico, promising to put the country in the big leagues in emerging economies, claimed a win Presidency Sunday, appearing to Cap a remarkable comeback for a party, once called "the perfect dictatorship" for his long grip on power.

* Apple Inc. will pay $ 60 million to settle a trademark dispute with a Chinese company over the name iPad, according to a Chinese court, potentially resolving a case that has illustrated the challenges of intellectual property for foreign companies in China.

* A plan by world powers for a political transition Syrian appeared Sunday condemned, with regime of Bashar al-Assad, interpreting the result as a lifeline from Russia-his main international backer-and the lack of any reference in the plan for Mr Assad's departure from Office angered the Syrian opposition.

* Dell Inc. is near a deal to buy hits Quest Software Inc. after trumping a group of private equity firms, and the announcement could come as early as Monday, people familiar with the matter said.

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Wall Street ends best week of year as aid for Spain's banks seen near

 
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Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spain blinked. And Wall Street jumped. The U.S. stock market ended Friday's session with its best weekly gains of the year in a rally late in the day after sources told Reuters that Spain was expected to ask the euro zone on Saturday for money to bail out its troubled banks.
If the scenario unfolds as expected this weekend, Spain would become the fourth country to seek aid since Europe's debt crisis began. That could go a long way toward ending the uncertainty and worry that Spain's banking woes could prolong a downturn in the euro zone into recession and hurt the U.S. economy for the foreseeable future.
Five senior European Union and German officials said euro-zone deputy finance ministers would hold a conference call on Saturday morning to discuss Spain's request for help to recapitalize its banks. This was seen as an effort to stem the tide of worsening market turmoil.
"They're asking for the banks to be allowed to tap" the European Financial Stability Facility, said Natalie Trunow, chief investment officer of equities at Calvert Investment Management in Bethesda, Maryland, whose firm manages about $13 billion in assets.
"So I think that gives folks some hope, but most of these measures tend to be temporary boosts to investor psychology."
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that European leaders face an "urgent need to act" to resolve the region's financial crisis as the threat of a renewed recession there spells dangers for an anemic U.S. recovery.
On Friday, the S&P financial index .GSPF rose 1.2 percent while the KBW bank index .BKX climbed 1.7 percent and shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) advanced 2.7 percent to $33.68 - all adding to gains just ahead of the close.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 93.24 points, or 0.75 percent, to end at 12,554.20. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX gained 10.67 points, or 0.81 percent, to 1,325.66. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC climbed 27.40 points, or 0.97 percent, to close at 2,858.42.
For the week, the Dow advanced 3.6 percent, the S&P 500 rose 3.7 percent and the Nasdaq jumped about 4 percent - the best percentage weekly gains for all three indexes since December.
As the euro zone's fiscal troubles grew worse in recent weeks, even Ronald McDonald felt the pinch.
Underscoring the impact of Europe's debt crisis, McDonald's Corp (MCD.N), the world's largest hamburger chain, reported a lower-than-expected rise in global same-store sales in May and warned that austerity measures in Europe were taking a toll. McDonald's stock fell 0.7 percent to $87.75, causing the biggest drag on the Dow.
Stocks' strong gains came about a week after the benchmark S&P 500 index fell more than 6 percent in May and dropped just below its 200-day moving average, signaling a technical bounce for equities.
But the rally took place on light volume of 6.2 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and Nasdaq, compared with the year-to-date daily average of 6.85 billion shares.
Shares of Facebook (FB.O) added 3 percent to $27.10.
CNBC reported that Swiss bank UBS (UBSN.VX) may have lost as much as $350 million from trading Facebook's stock amid the confusion of the social network's glitch-ridden debut on May 18. UBS was not immediately available for comment.
Though financials gained steam late in the session, telecommunications was the day's best-performing S&P 500 sector. Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) gained 1.9 percent to $42.44 and the S&P telecom sector index .GSPL rose 1.5 percent.
Among other names in the news, Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.N) plans to sell its pipeline and related assets to Global Infrastructure Partners in three separate transactions worth more than $4 billion, as the company scrambles to plug an estimated $10 billion funding shortfall.
In addition, Chesapeake shareholders delivered a broad rebuke of the company's board, withholding support for two members up for re-election in the wake of a governance crisis and poor financial performance. Chesapeake's stock gained 2.9 percent to $18.36.
Best Buy Co Inc (BBY.N) founder and Chairman Richard Schulze resigned from the retailer's board on Thursday and said he was exploring options for his 20.1 percent ownership stake, a move seen as a possible precursor of a Schulze-led private takeover.

Wall Street Week Ahead: Rally's stamina hangs on Europe

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange June 8, 2012.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors celebrated U.S. stocks' best week in 2012 on Friday, but a cloud hangs over Wall Street, and it's what may happen in debt-plagued Europe this weekend.
Spain is expected to ask the euro zone for help with recapitalizing its banks, a deal that could ease markets' most immediate concern about the region's financial crisis.
The euro zone's deputy finance ministers will hold a conference call on Saturday to discuss the request, five senior European Union and German officials told Reuters on Friday.
At a minimum under adverse scenarios, several of Spain's banks would need about 40 billion euros or $50 billion of capital to meet core Tier 1 requirements under the Basel III standards, the International Monetary Fund said in a report released on Friday night.
"All eyes are on what will happen with Spanish banks over the weekend. The level of uncertainty is high and the fear in the market has certainly elevated," said Amy Wu, equity derivatives strategist at RBC Capital Markets in New York.
Wu noted that the volatility skew in options, which had decreased gradually throughout the week, has moved back up. Volatility skew, which is affected by sentiment and the supply-demand relationship, measures the premium for downside puts compared to upside calls.
Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF, said it is urgent that Europe fix its banks and create a system for more unified bank supervision with a single deposit insurance fund.
"Let me be clear: The heart of European bank repair lies in Europe. That means more Europe, not less," she said, in prepared remarks released Friday night. The speech was set for delivery before a Leaders Dialogue in New York.
Investors and U.S. policymakers worry Europe's political and financial woes will threaten the fragile U.S. economic recovery.
Besides Spain's weakened banks, parliamentary elections are scheduled in Greece on June 17. The results could decide whether the country continues austerity measures it agreed to as part of an international bailout or whether Greece leaves the euro zone.
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Wall Street has been hit hard by other concerns, including signs of a slowdown in U.S. growth and shrinking demand in China, the world's No. 2 economy.
But some market participants said investors have priced in bad news out of the euro zone.
"I don't think a lot more downside is in the cards at this point" unless there is another shock, said Natalie Trunow, chief investment officer of equities at Calvert Investment Management in Bethesda, Maryland, whose firm manages about $13 billion in assets.
The broad S&P 500 index fell 6.3 percent in May, its largest percentage drop since September. The Dow's 6.2 percent drop and Nasdaq's 7.2 percent loss in May were their largest monthly declines in two years.
On June 1 the S&P 500 ended below its 200-day moving average for the first time this year, but the index clawed its way back above the key level and rallied later in the week on hopes Europe would find solutions to its problems.
"The market has been basically expecting bad news since earlier this year, so we have been pretty well hedged to the downside. Now, it's the rally that is scaring people." Wu said.
"You don't want to be that person having to explain to your boss why you missed the rally."
For the week, the Dow advanced 3.6 percent, the S&P 500 rose 3.7 percent and the Nasdaq jumped about 4 percent - their best weekly percentage gains since December.
The U.S. economic calendar in the coming week includes data on the Producer Price Index and retail sales on Wednesday. Reports on the Consumer Price Index and initial weekly jobless claims are set for Thursday. Data on Friday includes the Empire State manufacturing index, U.S. industrial production and the preliminary reading for June on consumer sentiment from the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan surveys.
(Wall St Week Ahead runs every Friday. Comments or questions on this column can be emailed