My Korean Quest for Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and a Silicon Valley |
- My Korean Quest for Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and a Silicon Valley
- Bringing Medical Advances to Americans With a Combination of Immigrant and Native-Born Talent
- Kuwait: Envoy to US during Iraq invasion dies (AP)
- Officials: US drone strike killed Somali insurgent (AP)
- In bin Laden town, father mourns another militant (AP)
- VIDEO: 'I sailed the globe at sixteen'
- VIDEO: Volcano's chain against violence
- Greek debt-reduction talks to continue
- US rights group says Iraq becoming 'police state' (AP)
- Buffett sings in video for China's New Year gala (AP)
- Brazil's Emerging Market: Crack
- Greek Debt Talks Trip Over New Bond Rate
- Longtime Hamas Leader Won't Seek Re-election
- U.S. Set to Close Embassy in Syria
- China Buys More Oil from Iran
- Israel, U.S. Seek 'Common Ground' on Iran
- Tehran's TV Channel Loses British License
- Woman's Body Found in Italy Shipwreck
- Pollution Threat From Ship
- Captain Challenges Account of Wreck
| My Korean Quest for Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital and a Silicon Valley Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:03 PM PST Robots, underwater phones, online busses, fast follows and powerful vertical supply chains showed me a different model for innovation. It's three in the morning in Silicon Valley, or maybe it's four. I don't know. I'm exhausted. It's been a marathon day of meetings, tours, interviews and promotional videos. The clock on my iPhone is telling ...
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| Bringing Medical Advances to Americans With a Combination of Immigrant and Native-Born Talent Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:38 PM PST A recent study by the National Foundation for American found nearly half of the top 50 venture-funded companies in America had at least one immigrant founder, while 76 percent of the companies had one or more immigrants in a key management or product development position. If there is one overarching theme among these top 50 ...
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| Kuwait: Envoy to US during Iraq invasion dies (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:45 PM PST AP - A government-backed newspaper in Kuwait reports that Sheik Saud Al Nasser Al Sabah, who served as ambassador to the U.S. during Iraq's 1990 invasion of the oil-rich country, has died.
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| Officials: US drone strike killed Somali insurgent (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:52 PM PST AP - Somali insurgents say that a U.S. drone strike killed an al-Qaida official fighting alongside them in Somalia.
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| In bin Laden town, father mourns another militant (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:38 PM PST AP - On Jan. 14 at 8:12 p.m., Khushal Khan's wife got a call on her cell phone.
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| VIDEO: 'I sailed the globe at sixteen' Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:37 PM PST Sixteen-year-old Laura Dekker from Holland has successfully circumnavigated the globe alone.
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| VIDEO: Volcano's chain against violence Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:11 PM PST Thousands of people have formed a human chain up one of the Guatemala's volcanoes to draw attention to the country's high rates of domestic violence.
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| Greek debt-reduction talks to continue Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:21 PM PST Chief negotiator for private creditors leaves Athens without a deal, but says talks on bond swap agreement are ongoing.
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| US rights group says Iraq becoming 'police state' (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2012 10:11 PM PST
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| Buffett sings in video for China's New Year gala (AP) Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:50 PM PST AP - A hugely popular Chinese Lunar New Year variety show has a special guest star playing the ukulele: American billionaire Warren Buffett.
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| Brazil's Emerging Market: Crack Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:22 PM PST A crack cocaine outbreak reminiscent of the one that devastated U.S. inner cities in the 1980s is starting to take hold in Brazil, as drug traffickers facing more difficulty selling into the U.S. are pioneering markets elsewhere.
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| Greek Debt Talks Trip Over New Bond Rate Posted: 21 Jan 2012 12:44 PM PST Talks between Greece and private creditors over debt restructuring appeared to stall amid fresh disagreements over how much Greece would pay its bondholders in the future.
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| Longtime Hamas Leader Won't Seek Re-election Posted: 21 Jan 2012 11:00 AM PST Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal has decided not to seek another term, paving the way for a possible leadership contest.
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| U.S. Set to Close Embassy in Syria Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:26 AM PST The Obama administration is moving to close the U.S. embassy in Syria, citing security concerns.
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| Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:32 AM PST China's crude-oil imports from Iran last year were up 30% from 2010, to about 557,000 barrels a day, while its overall crude imports were up just 6.1%.
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| Israel, U.S. Seek 'Common Ground' on Iran Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:07 PM PST The U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met with Israeli leaders through the day on Friday as the allies sought to tighten coordination to block Iran's nuclear program, amid concerns about rising tensions in the Persian Gulf.
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| Tehran's TV Channel Loses British License Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:11 PM PST Britain's communications regulator revoked the U.K. broadcasting license of Iran's state-owned Press TV and demanded the Tehran-based English-language news channel leave the airwaves immediately.
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| Woman's Body Found in Italy Shipwreck Posted: 21 Jan 2012 08:19 AM PST Italian Coast Guard divers have found a woman's body in a corridor of a submerged section of the capsized Costa Concordia, raising to at least 12 the number of dead in the cruise liner accident.
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| Posted: 20 Jan 2012 09:28 PM PST Italy declared a state of emergency in the area around the shipwrecked Costa Concordia on Friday, as the gashed ship shifted dangerously in shallow waters, delaying rescue operations.
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| Captain Challenges Account of Wreck Posted: 21 Jan 2012 09:23 AM PST The attorney for Italy's embattled cruise-ship captain suggested Friday the ship's operating company bears a share of the blame for a deadly delay in evacuating the Costa Concordia's passengers.
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