Argentine president looking at landslide victory (AP)

Argentine president looking at landslide victory (AP)


Argentine president looking at landslide victory (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 11:12 PM PDT

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez  gives a speech during her closing campaign rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Fernandez is seeking a second term on the Oct. 23 general election.(AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)AP - President Cristina Fernandez could rest easy ahead of Sunday's elections in Argentina, with polls suggesting a landslide victory over six rivals.



Polls open in historic Tunisia election

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 11:13 PM PDT

Birthplace of Arab Spring holds first democratic elections in decades, as Tunisians pick a constituent assembly.


EU ready for decisive measures on debt crisis: French PM (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:27 PM PDT

Reuters - The European Union is ready to adopt decisive measures to tackle its sovereign debt crisis, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Sunday.


NTC to declare Libya war 'over'

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 11:25 PM PDT

Transitional council to announce civil war against Gaddafi over, leader says "free elections within eight months".


Tunisia set to vote in first free elections (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:08 PM PDT

Tunisians walk past bills presenting candidates standing for national elections pasted on a wall in Tunis, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Tunisians on Sunday will elect an assembly that will appoint a new government and then write the country's constitution to replace a half-century-old dictatorship that was overthrown by a popular uprising on Jan. 14. (AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi)AP - Tunisians are set to vote in elections that are a culmination of a popular uprising that ended decades of authoritarian rule and set off similar rebellions across the Middle East.



Australian police name Texas man shark victim (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:21 PM PDT

AP - Australian police have identified the 32-year-old American man who was killed in a shark attack off Australia's southwest coast.


Optimism in check as U.S., North Korea set to talk

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 11:10 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two days of U.S.-North Korea talks opening on Monday in Geneva are aimed more at managing tensions on the tense Korean peninsula than resuming regional talks on ending the North's nuclear programs.


Forbes' Most Powerful Women With Klout

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 09:50 PM PDT

Forbes recently released its list of the Most Power Women. So, Klout, which measures online influence, took the rankings and compared them to how popular the most powerful women are online. Take a look: Forbes' Most Powerful Women with Klout ?? Measuring Online Influence: The Official Klout Blog.


China says trade with NKorea has nearly doubled (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 09:57 PM PDT

AP - China says trade with its close ally North Korea nearly doubled in the first seven months of the year compared with the same period in 2010.


Bank of Korea Won't Change Inflation-Targeting System

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 09:19 PM PDT

Bank of Korea Gov. Kim Choong-soo said he won't try to make changes to its current inflation-targeting system--in which the central bank sets its midterm inflation target every three years--amid widespread market views that the country will likely miss its 2011 inflation goal.


Olympus Ex-CEO Dismisses Internal Review

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 03:34 PM PDT

The ousted chief executive of Japan's Olympus Corp. says the company isn't doing enough to investigate a $687 million payment to mysterious financial advisers as part of a takeover.


Tibetan's failed suicide captured in amateur video (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 08:59 PM PDT

AP - Exiled Tibetans have released amateur video that allegedly shows the failed suicide bid of a Tibetan monk in southwest China last month.


Does big pharma need entrepreneurial leadership?

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 09:03 PM PDT

In a post I wrote for Friday's Atlantic.com ("America's healthy infatuation with entrepreneurs"), I discussed the appeal of the entrepreneur ideal, and contrasted the persona of the representative entrepreneur (exuberant, brash, emotional, excitable) with that of the typical Fortune 500 CEO (measured, dispassionate, methodical), a difference that presumably reflects the very different needs of the ...


China's Wen says jobs a priority despite economic headwinds (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 10:56 PM PDT

Reuters - China will make job creation a more urgent priority in the face of slowed economic growth and weakened exports, Premier Wen Jibao said in comments published on Sunday, also warning that efforts to tame housing prices were at a critical point.


Afghanistan to back Pakistan if wars with U.S.: Karzai (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 07:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday.


Afghanistan to back Pakistan if wars with U.S.: Karzai

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 07:33 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday.


Where to allocate your capital for Stonger U.S. Domestic Growth

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 06:21 PM PDT

If you are looking for market out-performance, look to allocate your investments to both the Consumer Discretionary and Retail Sector. If global growth slows and the U.S. can remain on its current growth path of 1% to 2%, these sectors will out-perform globally concentrated sectors such as, Technology, Materials, Industrials and Energy. You can see ...


Police break up "Occupy Sydney" protest in raid (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 06:52 PM PDT

Reuters - Police broke up a Sydney protest camp inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in an early morning raid on Sunday, making dozens of arrests, police and protesters said.


285 Indian girls shed 'unwanted' names (AP)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 06:43 PM PDT

Girls hold certificates stating their new official names during a renaming ceremony  in Satara, India, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011. Almost 300 Indian girls known officially as 'Unwanted' have traded their birth names for a fresh start in life. Given names like 'Nakusa' or 'Nakushi' — or 'unwanted' in Hindi — they grew up understanding they were a burden in families that preferred boys in Maharashtra state. (AP Photo)AP - More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean "unwanted" in Hindi have chosen new names for a fresh start in life.



Clues to Gaddafi's death concealed from public view (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Oct 2011 06:18 PM PDT

Reuters - Libyan forces guarding Muammar Gaddafi's body in a cold storage room let in members of the public to view the deposed leader for a second day on Saturday, but the wounds that may hold the clue to how he died were covered up.