Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors

Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors


Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Workers conduct measurements inside the primary containment vessel at TEPCO's tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant No. 2 reactor in FukushimaTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan needs more time to decide whether to restart two offline nuclear reactors, the trade minister said on Tuesday, as concerns about a summer power crunch vie with safety worries in the wake of last year's Fukushima crisis. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda will meet three cabinet members on Tuesday to discuss restarting the reactors, but will not make any immediate decision, Trade Minister Yuki Edano, who holds the energy portfolio, told reporters. ...



Is Health Care in America As Market-Oriented As France's?

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:39 PM PDT

There's something that I haven't seen discussed and yet seems striking to me: how similar the French and U.S. healthcare systems are. On its face, this seems like a preposterous notion: whenever the two are mentioned together, it's to say that they're polar opposites. France has been called the best healthcare system in the world by the World Health Organization. And if there's something everyone in the U.S. seems to agree on, it's that U.S. healthcare, well, horribly sucks, although they strongly disagree about why and what to do about it. And yet, to me, the similarities are glaring.


Boiler Room Tactics for Fee-only Advisors

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:37 PM PDT

How do fee-only advisors justify charging high fees when potential clients balk at them? In true boiler-room fashion, a new whitepaper by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) provides the answers. I can't link the SSgA whitepaper to this article because it clearly states it is FOR INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS ONLY. NOT FOR PUBLIC USE. That being ...


Forget Zimmerman, What Should You Do About Crime?

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Your first responsibility is not to become a victim. Or create one.


VIDEO: The robot with a human skeleton

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:18 PM PDT

The world's first anthropomimetic robot, which moves and thinks like human, has been built by Professor Owen Holland.


Japan holds off on decision to restart reactors

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:22 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan needs more time to decide whether to restart two offline nuclear reactors, the trade minister said on Tuesday, as concerns about a summer power crunch vie with safety worries in the wake of last year's Fukushima crisis.


US bounty for Mumbai attack 'mastermind'

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:45 PM PDT

Bounty of $10m announced for Hafiz Saeed, leader of Pakistan-based group blamed by India for several attacks.


ASEAN leaders applaud Myanmar elections

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:22 PM PDT

Phnom Penh hosts Southeast Asian nations' summit with Pyongyang's planned rocket launch on agenda among others.


VIDEO: The robot with a human skeleton

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:18 PM PDT

The world's first anthropomimetic robot, which moves and thinks like human, has been built by Professor Owen Holland.


Cissy Houston Says She's Grateful for "Cards and Checks" That Have Come In

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 09:27 PM PDT

Cissy is still grieving for her daughter, Whitney , but she gave an interview ? strangely? to Brenda Blackmon of Channel 9, WOR TV, here in . Well, New Jersey. In my half century on this planet, I have never understood what Channel 9 was for except an occasional Mets game.?? Hardly anyone watches their ...


From landfill to green solution

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:02 PM PDT

Engineers in Malaysia turn an old landfill into a green energy model for the future.


Pro Beach Volleyball Tour Sold!

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 08:58 PM PDT

Beach volleyball is in the headlines again. This time it?s not for the bikini mandate lifted for the London Summer Olympics, but for the sale of the Association of Volleyball Professionals. Donald Sun, a 37-year-old former computer tech exec, bought the tour Monday for a reported $2 million. ?This is not an investment,? Sun told ...


AdVoice: CRM with Attitude (Or, How Richard Branson will Transform the Banking World)

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 09:18 PM PDT

? When and the Virgin Money team joined forces with Wilbur Ross to bail out the UK?s Northern Rock bank, a lot of the pundits took note and started to wonder if Branson might have as disruptive an effect on banking as he's had on airlines. Can he drive down pricing? Introduce some kind of ...


Chinese Applicants Flood U.S. Graduate Schools

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 10:33 PM PDT

More than ever, Chinese students have their sights set on U.S. graduate schools. Application volume from that country rose 18% for U.S. master's and doctoral programs starting this fall.


VIDEO: Fire crews tackle Moscow tower blaze

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT

Russian fire crews have tackled a spectacular fire that engulfed the top of a Moscow skyscraper still under construction.


VIDEO: Fire crews tackle Moscow tower blaze

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 05:22 PM PDT

Russian fire crews have tackled a spectacular fire that engulfed the top of a Moscow skyscraper still under construction.


VIDEO: Injured UK yacht sailors reach US

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 08:23 PM PDT

Two British crew members injured during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race have safely arrived in California following a dramatic rescue.


VIDEO: Injured UK yacht sailors reach US

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 08:23 PM PDT

Two British crew members injured during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race have safely arrived in California following a dramatic rescue.


Deloitte's China Problem Comes To A Head

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 08:14 PM PDT

Following a string of resignations due to fraud, Deloitte faces a new round of difficult audits with China clients


Weitz: New York Superior Court Holds That It Has Jurisdiction Over A Cook Islands Trustee For Fraudulent Transfers

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 08:11 PM PDT

Weitz v. Weitz, 2012 NY Slip Op 30767(U), N.Y.Sup.Ct. No. 016811-08 (March 22, 2012). Full Opinion at http://www.assetprotectionbook.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=1765 A Superior Court has held that it has jurisdiction over a Cook Islands Trustee, Southpac Trust , Inc., in a divorce proceeding that involves fraudulent transfer allegations. Southpac is the Cook Islands Trust company that seems to ...