Science official: Ocean acidity major reef threat |
- Science official: Ocean acidity major reef threat
- Pakistan gunmen strike army rescue camp
- Obamacare's Dark Secret: The Individual Mandate is Too Weak
- How to Transform a Stack of Tortillas Into a One Hundred Dollar Bill
- What Equality Should We Seek in Society?
- Sheldon Adelson Fires Back Against Prostitution Allegations
- Bank Accounts Figure in Drug Probe
- Virus Found in Cambodia Outbreak
- Barclays' Libor Scandal Heats Up As Paul Tucker Tells His Side Of The Story
- What I Learned From My Mentor
- 10 Dumb Things I've Learned From Brilliant People
- Small world: Show for N. Korea's Kim goes Disney
- Lenovo Keeps Production In-House
- International group urges sanctions on Russians
- Libyans vote in historic election
- Egypt president recalls parliament, generals meet
- Australia's Mining Boom Covers Troubles Elsewhere
- China's Inflation Eases
- France Shows Caution on EU Integration
- Greek Rulers Win Vote of Confidence
| Science official: Ocean acidity major reef threat Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:06 PM PDT
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| Pakistan gunmen strike army rescue camp Posted: 08 Jul 2012 10:29 PM PDT Seven security personnel killed and five wounded after "unknown assailants" ambush search party looking for lost pilot.
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| Obamacare's Dark Secret: The Individual Mandate is Too Weak Posted: 08 Jul 2012 06:06 PM PDT You've been hearing a lot of talk in the last few months about whether or not Obamacare's individual mandate is unconstitutional. The Affordable Care Act bills the mandate as an "individual responsibility requirement" whose alleged purpose is to prevent "free-riders" from burdening the system with uncompensated emergency-room care. But all of this talk about the Commerce Clause has obscured the individual mandate's fatal flaw: it's too weak.
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| How to Transform a Stack of Tortillas Into a One Hundred Dollar Bill Posted: 08 Jul 2012 05:49 PM PDT I recently challenged a classroom of high school juniors to negotiate the best "deal" in a simple game of persuasion in which all competitors can (by rarely do) win the hypothetical $100 prizes. Explaining his offer to trade real homemade tortillas for the hypothetical $100, one student reasoned that anything of genuine [...]
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| What Equality Should We Seek in Society? Posted: 08 Jul 2012 05:05 PM PDT Studies suggest that brains may be wired with either a utopian or a tragic view of the world, corresponding roughly to liberals and conservatives. Although we share a common language, we often intend very different things. Until we analyze what we mean by the terms "just," "fair" or "equal," we [...]
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| Sheldon Adelson Fires Back Against Prostitution Allegations Posted: 08 Jul 2012 05:04 PM PDT Billionaire Sheldon Adelson fires back against accusations that he promoted prostitution in his lucrative Macao casinos.
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| Bank Accounts Figure in Drug Probe Posted: 08 Jul 2012 08:22 PM PDT The FBI alleges that a Mexican cocaine-trafficking cartel used accounts at Bank of America to hide money and invest illegal drug-trade proceeds in U.S. racehorses.
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| Virus Found in Cambodia Outbreak Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:58 PM PDT Health officials investigating an unexplained disease outbreak that has killed more than 50 children in Cambodia say they have detected the presence of a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease.
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| Barclays' Libor Scandal Heats Up As Paul Tucker Tells His Side Of The Story Posted: 08 Jul 2012 04:43 PM PDT Barclays blamed Bank of England deputy governor for its behavior in the Libor rigging scandal. On Monday Paul Tucker will defend himself against those claims.
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| Posted: 08 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT As told by nine leaders drawn from Forbes' list of America's Most Promising Companies. Edited by Max Mallet
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| 10 Dumb Things I've Learned From Brilliant People Posted: 08 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT Still working along the lines of an earlier post, I thought I'd add a few more tid bits from my ongoing research into what differentiates highly respected achievers from others. The following ten items are direct observations from the "what not to do/be" side of the world. The post might better be titled, "10 [...]
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| Small world: Show for N. Korea's Kim goes Disney Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:24 PM PDT
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| Lenovo Keeps Production In-House Posted: 08 Jul 2012 11:06 PM PDT Lenovo is manufacturing more of its own devices even as other tech companies increasingly outsource the assembly, and even design, of laptops and other gadgets to contract manufacturers.
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| International group urges sanctions on Russians Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:17 PM PDT MOSCOW— An international body devoted to security and democracy Sunday chided Russia—one of its 56 members—on its human rights record and urged governments to impose sanctions by banning visas and freezing the assets of Russians connected to the death of a crusading lawyer named Sergei Magnitsky. Read full article >>   
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| Libyans vote in historic election Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:42 PM PDT After Libyans cast ballots in a ground-breaking parliamentary election, officials Sunday turned to the next step in determining the country's political future: counting the votes.
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| Egypt president recalls parliament, generals meet Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:37 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new president on Sunday ordered a parliament dominated by his Islamist party to reconvene, challenging the authority of the generals who had dissolved the assembly in line with a court order.
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| Australia's Mining Boom Covers Troubles Elsewhere Posted: 08 Jul 2012 09:01 PM PDT Australia's economy, driven by a booming mining sector, is among the fastest-growing in the developed world.Yet nearly every part of the economy outside mining is struggling.
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| Posted: 08 Jul 2012 09:57 PM PDT China's consumer inflation eased sharply in June, likely one key reason why the central bank was comfortable cutting benchmark interest rates twice in less than a month.
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| France Shows Caution on EU Integration Posted: 08 Jul 2012 05:39 PM PDT France's president appeared to signal Paris isn't ready to pursue deeper European integration in the short term, raising questions about the viability of plans to resolve the euro-zone debt crisis by binding countries closer together.
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| Greek Rulers Win Vote of Confidence Posted: 08 Jul 2012 07:04 PM PDT Greece's coalition government won a vote of confidence from Parliament as it pledged to jump-start privatization.
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