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What Steve Jobs Understood That Our Politicians Don't - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Thu Oct 6, 2011 6:45 PM EDT (The New York Times)
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ECB: The Triffin dilemma revisited - Speech Oct. 3, 2011; Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of Exec Board ECB
Seeded on Wed Oct 5, 2011 5:43 PM EDT (European Central Bank - Speech)
The Triffin dilemma revisited Speech by Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Conference on the International Monetary System: sustainability and reform proposals, marking the 100th anniversary of Robert Triffin (1911-1993), at the …
Problems Will Be Global -- And Solutions Will Be, Too - By Anne-Marie Slaughter | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Wed Oct 5, 2011 12:20 AM EDT (Foreign Policy Magazine Oct 2011)
Before considering the world in 2025, 14 years from now, it is worth remembering the world 14 years ago, in 1997.
Pakistan's Energy Crisis Spins Out of Control - by Huma Imtiaz | The AfPak Channel
Seeded on Wed Oct 5, 2011 12:15 AM EDT (AFPAK Foreign Policy)
Pakistan's power crisis has become a catastrophe. Power cuts of up to 14 hours a day have become the norm in Pakistan. In Karachi, four patients admitted in the largest public hospital died when the hospital's backup generator failed after prolonged cuts.
FP's Ebook: Revolution in the Arab World: Tunisia, Egypt, And the Unmaking of an Era | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Wed Oct 5, 2011 12:05 AM EDT (Foreign Policy Magazine)
A SPECIAL EBOOK FROM FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE "What is the perfect day for Hosni Mubarak? A day when nothing happens." — Egyptian joke, December 2010 "A bunch of incognizant, ineffective young people" — Egyptian Interior Minister Habib al-Adly on the Tahrir Square …
Currency wars: Lessons from the US experience
Seeded on Tue Oct 4, 2011 11:51 PM EDT ()
The Great Recession has resulted in sharp exchange-rate changes and threats of ‘currency wars’ linger. Some countries – notably Japan and Switzerland – have shown an interest in foreign-exchange intervention.
Geneva Reports on World Economy #13: Public Debts - Nuts, Bolts, & Worries; Eichengreen, Feldman, Liebman, von Hagen & Wyplosz
Seeded on Tue Oct 4, 2011 11:37 PM EDT (International Center for Monetary & Banking St)
Official Geneva Report on World Economy: #13 - Barry Eichengreen, Robert Feldman, Jeffrey Liebman, Jurgen von Hagen, and Charles Wyplosz September 2011: International Center for Monetary & Banking Studies Full Report & Analysis
The G20 and global imbalances | vox - Research-based policy analysis and commentary from leading economists
Seeded on Tue Oct 4, 2011 11:31 PM EDT (VOX: Policy Research & Development)
lobal imbalances remain a key issue for G20 leaders. This column evaluates the progress made by G20 leaders in the run up to their Cannes summit this November, concluding that the G20 process is unlikely to protect us from the risks posed by disorderly unwinding of imbalances.
Euro Crisis: The Biggest Story In American Politics And Nobody's Talking About It | TPMDC
Seeded on Tue Oct 4, 2011 11:14 PM EDT (Talking Points Memo)
It could easily force the United States back into recession and become the issue on which the 2012 elections turn.
Enhancing Robots' Senses of Touch By Giving them Human-Like Fingerprints | Popular Science
Seeded on Sun Oct 2, 2011 1:54 AM EDT (Popular Science - )
Robot Fingerprints Saba Salehi, John-John Cabibihan, Shuzhi Sam Ge via arXiv
Thousands run in underwear to protest Utah laws
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:30 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Thousands of people stripped to their underwear and ran through Salt Lake City to protest what they called the "uptight" laws of Utah.Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/09/25/national/a164720D81.DTL#ixzz1ZNaS99St
Fish known as wrasses are found to use tools
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:27 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Giacomo Bernardi, an evolutionary biologist at UC Santa Cruz, reports that on a recent diving expedition to Australia's Great Barrier Reef he discovered and filmed a wrasse, called an orange dotted tusk fish, using an underwater rock as an anvil to smash a clam's shell and allow …
Solyndra's multimillion-dollar white elephant
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:25 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
The glass-and-metal building that Solyndra LLC began erecting alongside Interstate 880 in Fremont in September 2009 was something the Silicon Valley area hadn't seen in years: a new factory. It wasn't just any factory.
Nobel Peace Prize for Arab Spring?
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:24 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
(09-29) 08:36 PDT OSLO, Norway (AP) -- The Arab Spring is the focus of speculation over this year's Nobel Peace Prize, with an Afghan human rights activist and the European Union as possible outsiders. The Norwegian Nobel Committee gives no clues ahead of the Oct.
Magic Mushrooms Can Make Lasting Personality Changes, Study Says
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:19 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
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Bank of America to charge $5 debit card fee
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:15 PM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
(09-29) 12:20 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- Bank of America plans to start charging customers a $5 monthly fee for using their debit card to make purchases. The fee will be rolled out starting early next year. A number of banks have already either rolled out or are testing such fees.
The Danger of Simplicity | David Swanson l September 28, 2011
Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:47 AM EDT ()
September 28th, 2011 11:43 PM The Danger of Simplicity By David Swanson I sat down during a lengthy protest occupation to play a game of chess, but my friend was better than I am.
Finland Agrees to Europe Bailout Fund - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:20 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Lehtikuva/Reuters FRANKFURT — Europe took another step Wednesday toward approval of a broader bailout fund for overly indebted countries afterFinland’s Parliament agreed to contribute its share despite an unresolved dispute over its demand for collateral from Gr …
Amazon ignites tablet war with Fire, takes on Apple | Reuters
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:10 PM EDT (Reuters)
By Phil Wahba and Liana B. Baker NEW YORK | Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:31pm EDT
Exclusive: Lockheed lobbies anew for new Taiwan F-16s | Reuters
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:03 PM EDT (Reuters)
(Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp is helping arm U.S.
India Pakistan border visible from space | Mail Online
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:50 PM EDT (the Mail online)
The Indian government sanctioned a move to erect floodlights along the terrain separating India and Pakistan in the Gujarat sector in 2003 to prevent smuggling and arms trafficking. In previous years the border has regularly seen attempts at infiltration by terrorists, as well a …
Clinton Global Initiative: Girls Not Brides, B. Desmond Tutu Support to end Child Marriage
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:00 PM EDT (Slate)
Every year all over the world, 10 million girls under 18 are married, often to much older men. That is more people than live in London. In a decade, 100 million underage girls become brides, almost twice the population of the entire United Kingdom.
Megyn Kelly Defends Debate Audience Members Who Booed Gay Soldier (VIDEO)
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:11 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly defended members of last Thursday's GOP debate audience who booed after watching a video of a gay soldier asking about the don't ask don't tell law. The moment drew widespread attention and, on Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden called the booing …
Bachmann's Newest Conspiracy Theory: Hezbollah Could Build Missile Sites In Cuba! | Election 2012
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:35 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)
As Think Progress notes, it appears that the sole source of Bachmann’s allegation is an unconfirmed report in an Italian newspaper, about Hezbollah setting up a cell in Cuba, in order to have a base of operations for targeting Israeli targets in Latin America. Th …
Palin 'on the Verge' of a Decision About Presidential Run - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:21 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Sarah Palin spoke at a Tea Party Express rally on Sept. 5 in Manchester, N.H. Sarah Palin has been quiet recently. Surprisingly quiet. Ms.
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