Analysis: Afghan mines no solution for economic woes |
- Analysis: Afghan mines no solution for economic woes
- Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Re-Ups His Bet On Swapping College For A Startup
- Update: Netflix Sees 2012 Loss
- Insight: "The Lady" media splash presents new face of Myanmar
- Armed leftists rattle nerves, test Paraguay's Lugo
- Space Station Astronauts Land Safely In Kazakhstan
- Volunteer clinics tend to Egyptian protesters
- Iran hit with new sanctions over IAEA report
- Oil hovers near $97 ahead of US crude supply data (AP)
- VIDEO: Protests over nuclear plant in India
- Networking 101: Being a Good Date
- VIDEO: New set of sanctions announced for Iran
- Penguin Group Has Halted Library Lending For E-Books
- Micro-CHP Called 'Critical' to UK's Energy Future
- World Bank: China faces Europe risk, soft landing possible (Reuters)
- Tibet group video allegedly shows nun burning (AP)
- 3,000 police protest in Sydney over benefit change (AP)
- Germany Lowers Growth Forecast
- Faith in Yuan's Rise Is Fading
- Bahrain braces for official rights report
| Analysis: Afghan mines no solution for economic woes Posted: 21 Nov 2011 10:47 PM PST KABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan government, struggling to rebuild one of the world's poorest countries, believes it holds a trump card in its estimated $3 trillion in natural resources. But minerals in the ground are very different to cash in the bank.
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| Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Re-Ups His Bet On Swapping College For A Startup Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:57 PM PST Billionaire investor and contrarian Thiel opens applications to a second class of "20 Under 20" who are choosing to start companies instead of attend college.
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| Update: Netflix Sees 2012 Loss Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:52 PM PST Netflix expects to post a 2012 loss, the company disclosed in an SEC filing Monday afternoon. Previous Street consensus was for a profit of $1.11 a share; for 2011, the company is expected to post profits of $4.10 a share. The revelation was in an S-3 shelf registration filing relating to a $200 million stock ...
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| Insight: "The Lady" media splash presents new face of Myanmar Posted: 21 Nov 2011 10:26 PM PST YANGON (Reuters) - As Myanmar loosens media controls, one woman's image is everywhere, from newspapers to magazines to television programs: pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, or simply "The Lady" as she is known here.
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| Armed leftists rattle nerves, test Paraguay's Lugo Posted: 21 Nov 2011 10:24 PM PST CAPITAN GIMENEZ, Paraguay (Reuters) - No one thought to mention it when they heard whispers and rustling in the bushes near the police station in Capitan Gimenez, assuming it was the hushed voices of lovers in the dark.
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| Space Station Astronauts Land Safely In Kazakhstan Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:27 PM PST Mike Fossum of NASA, Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal Space Agency landed safety today in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan after spending 167 days in space.
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| Volunteer clinics tend to Egyptian protesters Posted: 21 Nov 2011 10:21 PM PST Medical students organise to treat hundreds of demonstrators who have been beaten, shot or gassed by security forces.
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| Iran hit with new sanctions over IAEA report Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:53 PM PST Britain, US and Canada impose new financial and energy sanctions on Iran in response to UN nuclear watchdog findings.
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| Oil hovers near $97 ahead of US crude supply data (AP) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:37 PM PST
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| VIDEO: Protests over nuclear plant in India Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:31 PM PST Plans for a nuclear power plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu have prompted protests and hunger strikes.
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| Networking 101: Being a Good Date Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:01 PM PST Networking events are a fantastic way to meet new business prospects, potential partners, and leverage relationships within your existing network for referrals. These events can certainly seem intimidating if you don't have an action plan to keep you focused and on task. To make the most of networking opportunities, business women can treat each event ...
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| VIDEO: New set of sanctions announced for Iran Posted: 21 Nov 2011 08:40 PM PST The United States has announced a new set of sanctions against Iran, targeting its petrochemical industries and financial sector.
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| Penguin Group Has Halted Library Lending For E-Books Posted: 21 Nov 2011 08:45 PM PST Penguin Group USA has halted any library lending of its new eBook titles, and all lending of its Kindle titles
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| Micro-CHP Called 'Critical' to UK's Energy Future Posted: 21 Nov 2011 08:26 PM PST Micro-CHP may be the key to achieving the United Kingdom's ambitious energy and?? environmental policy goals, according to a new report by JDS??Associates. Micro-CHP encompasses a??spectrum of energy??technologies that??produce heat (which can be used for space heating and hot water) and electric power simultaneously.????Unlike conventional combined heat and power (CHP) applications, micro-CHP produces relatively small ...
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| World Bank: China faces Europe risk, soft landing possible (Reuters) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PST Reuters - China's economy faces growing risks from Europe's sovereign debt crisis and from debt held by local Chinese governments but it could engineer a soft landing by easing monetary policy, the World Bank said on Tuesday.
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| Tibet group video allegedly shows nun burning (AP) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 09:19 PM PST AP - A Tibetan rights group has released graphic video of what it says is a Buddhist nun engulfed in flames on a city street in one of several apparent self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.
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| 3,000 police protest in Sydney over benefit change (AP) Posted: 21 Nov 2011 08:26 PM PST AP - About 3,000 protesting police officers have turned the grounds outside the state parliament in Sydney into a sea of blue uniforms as they demonstrate against planned changes to the way injured officers are compensated.
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| Germany Lowers Growth Forecast Posted: 21 Nov 2011 06:47 PM PST Germany's central bank sharply lowered its growth forecast for the German economy in 2012, repeating its warning that the country could hit a "pronounced" weak patch if the euro zone's debt crisis worsens.
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| Faith in Yuan's Rise Is Fading Posted: 21 Nov 2011 08:28 PM PST China's financial system saw a net outflow of foreign exchange in October, signaling declining confidence in the Chinese economy and in continued yuan appreciation.
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| Bahrain braces for official rights report Posted: 21 Nov 2011 08:28 PM PST Opposition activists vow unrest as royal commission prepares to release report on alleged human rights abuses.
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