Iran's Businesses Worry in Face of Uncertainty (Time.com)

Iran's Businesses Worry in Face of Uncertainty (Time.com)


Iran's Businesses Worry in Face of Uncertainty (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Businesses have grown dependent on official energy subsidies and, with the government mum about how it plans to cut them, many industrialists foresee really bad times ahead


Two Chinese face trial in U.S. on microchip charges (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:51 PM PDT

Reuters - Two Chinese nationals have been arrested in Hungary and are awaiting extradition to the United States, where they face charges of seeking to buy microchips banned from export to China, state media said on Wednesday.


NATO soldier killed in Afghan bomb attack (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:59 PM PDT

Soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force are seen in Afghanistan. A NATO soldier was killed in a bomb attack in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the alliance said.(AFP/File/Shah Marai)AFP - A NATO soldier was killed in a bomb attack in northern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the alliance said.



High Anxiety in Iran: Awaiting Economic Reform (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Ahmadinejad is on the verge of implementing a much-needed adjustment to the economy. But most Iranians are scared to death of the consequences


Indian doctors, patients play down 'superbug' fears (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:22 PM PDT

In this photograph taken on October 20, 2010 antibiotics are displayed at a chemist's shop in Mumbai. Procedures on offer at private hospitals across the India now cover the gamut from cosmetic surgery and dental treatment to joint replacements and complex heart operations.(AFP/Sajjad Hussain)AFP - Carla looked out over Mumbai from the window of a luxury hotel, the line of stitches under her ears and yellowing bruises on her cheeks partially obscured by her dark, shoulder-length hair and glasses.



How US state deals with drink crime

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:23 PM PDT

A stringent project designed to curb alcohol-related crime in the US state of South Dakota is to be used as a model for a project in the UK.


Indian woman hopes to conquer Sumo

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:04 PM PDT

A woman from Mumbai is looking to raise the profile of Sumo wrestling in India.


Night protest over Italian waste dump

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:13 PM PDT

Thousands of people took part in an all-night march between Pompeii and Terzigno on Tuesday in protest at the government's plans to open a second waste dump in Terzigno.


BA chief attacks US over airport security checks (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:54 PM PDT

An airline passenger takes off his shoes at an airport security point. The chairman of British Airways has strongly criticised some airport security checks and said Britain should not AFP - The chairman of British Airways has strongly criticised some airport security checks and said Britain should not "kowtow" to US demands, in comments published in a newspaper Wednesday.



Singapore-Australia bourse tie up threatens Tokyo (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:04 PM PDT

The skyline of Singapore's financial business district. Japan's top exchange will seek its own alliances if a planned multi-billion dollar merger between the Singapore and Sydney stock exchanges goes ahead, the Tokyo bourse's head said in a report Wednesday.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Japan's top exchange will seek its own alliances if a planned multi-billion dollar merger of the Singapore and Sydney stock exchanges goes ahead, the bourse's head said in a report Wednesday.



Buy A Computer With Help From Uncle Sam Before Year End

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:42 PM PDT

Coverdell and 529 account holders can buy computers with tax-free earnings.


SKorea's economic growth slows sharply in 3Q (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:19 PM PDT

AP - South Korea's economic growth slowed sharply in the third quarter on weaker exports and manufacturing as prospects for the global recovery turn cloudy.


China reaches out to tiny, resource-rich East Timor (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:18 PM PDT

Construction work by a Chinese firm begins on the East Timor ministry of defence and military headquarters in Dili. Beijing has lavished millions of dollars on a new presidential palace, a cavernous foreign ministry worthy of a country twice East Timor's size, and a yet-to-be completed military headquarters.(AFP/File/Mario Jonny Dos Santos)AFP - A jade elephant rears majestically in the corner as patrons tuck into their burgers and fries at one of only three US-style fast-food joints in East Timor, all of which are Chinese owned and operated.



Larry Ellison To Prove HP's New CEO Stole His Software

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:20 PM PDT

Oracle chief says he'll provide evidence at a trial that starts Monday.


Inside a Haiti camp threatened by cholera

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:06 PM PDT

The Haitian government tries to prevent a cholera outbreak in the north-west of the country moving to the capital Port-au-Prince.


Pakistan 'clears insurgent stronghold'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:08 PM PDT

Pakistan says it has cleared most militants from tribal areas in Orakzai.


Intel to open billion-dollar chip plant in Vietnam (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 08:49 PM PDT

An Intel executive is seen at a consumer electronics event in Las Vegas, Nevada. The world's biggest chip maker is set to open in Vietnam a billion-dollar assembly and test facility billed as the company's biggest, as the country vies to move up the technology ladder.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - The world's biggest chip maker, Intel, will on Friday open in Vietnam a billion-dollar assembly and test facility billed as the company's biggest, as the country vies to move up the technology ladder.



Pakistan 'clears insurgent stronghold'

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:08 PM PDT

Pakistan says it has cleared most militants from tribal areas in Orakzai.


U.S. Lost Links With 50 Nukes

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 08:49 PM PDT

Communications with some 50 nuclear missiles were disrupted for 45 minutes on Saturday, making it more difficult to launch them and sending the military scrambling to determine what happened, defense officials said.


Gitmo Transfers to Europe Are Probed

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 08:38 PM PDT

Republicans who have blocked the Obama administration from closing the Guantanamo Bay prison for terror suspects are now questioning its moves to transfer some detainees to Europe.


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