Israeli aircraft hit Hamas bank HQ in Gaza

Israeli aircraft hit Hamas bank HQ in Gaza

Israeli aircraft hit Hamas bank HQ in Gaza

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:15 PM PST

A plume of smoke is seen over central Gaza Strip, after an airstrike by Israeli forces, as seen from the Israel Gaza border, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 96, as Israel broadened its targets in the 6-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Israeli aircraft have battered the headquarters of the Gaza Strip bank the territory's Hamas rulers set up to sidestep international sanctions.

VIDEO: Europe mulls perfume ingredient ban

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:18 PM PST

The European Commission is to consider restricting 12 ingredients used in the production of perfume which it is thought can cause allergic reactions in users.


Intel: Why Did The Board Boot Paul Otellini? And Now What?

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 05:05 PM PST

So, why exactly did Paul Otellini decide to retire as Intel CEO at age 62, with years to go before reaching the company's mandatory retirement age of 65? The Street has a few theories, not the least of which is that the Intel board is unhappy with the company's slow progress [...]


Tensions loom as Obama meets Japan, China leaders

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:33 PM PST

U.S. President Obama meets with Chinese Premier Wen, as Secretary of State Clinton looks on, at the East Asia Summit in Phnom PenhPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - In his first meeting with a Chinese leader since his re-election, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday Washington and its chief economic rival must work together to "establish clear rules of the road" for trade and investment. His comments on the final leg of a three-day Southeast Asian trip follow a U.S. election campaign in which China was repeatedly accused of unfair trade practices and illustrate the work ahead in a region already simmering with tension over territorial disputes involving Beijing. ...

Obama wades into thorny Asian territorial row

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:01 PM PST

Delegates listen and watch as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, shown on the monitor screens, delivers an opening speech during the ASEAN Global Dialogue in Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)President Barack Obama's attendance at an annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders sets him right in the eye of the region's most stormy dispute: the long-raging rivalry between China and five neighbors for control of strategic and resource-rich waters of the South China Sea.

Tensions loom as Obama meets Asian leaders

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:58 PM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - In his first meeting with a Chinese leader since his re-election, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday Washington and its chief economic rival must work together to "establish clear rules of the road" for trade and investment.

Research In Motion: Jefferies Ups To Hold; Sets $10 Target

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:34 PM PST

Jefferies analyst Peter Misek late Monday upped his rating on Research In Motion shares to Hold from Underperform, setting a new price target of $10, up from $5. On Monday, RIMM shares rose 39 cents, or 4.2%, to $9.59. "Preliminary results from our quarterly handset survey indicate developed market carriers have a [...]


U.S.-China have special responsibility on growth: Obama

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 08:58 PM PST

U.S. President Obama meets with Chinese Premier Wen at the East Asia Summit in Phnom PenhPHNOM PENH (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday that their two countries had a "special responsibility" to lead the way on balanced, sustained global economic growth. "As the two largest economies in the world, we have a special responsibility to lead the way in ensuring sustained and balanced growth not only here in Asia but globally," Obama said at the start of bilateral talks with Wen in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; editing by Stuart Grudgings)

U.N. court ruling expands Nicaragua's offshore rights

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 09:06 PM PST

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Court of Justice ruled on Monday that a cluster of disputed small islands in the western Caribbean belonged to Colombia and not to Nicaragua, but drew a demarcation line in favor of Nicaragua in the nearby waters. The court said the territorial waters extending out from the seven islets, which are nearer Nicaragua's coast than Colombia's, should not cut into Nicaragua's continental shelf. The ruling reduced the expanse of ocean belonging to Colombia. ...


'Star Citizen' Smashes Previous Video Game Crowd-Funding Records Raising $6.2 Million

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:05 PM PST

Space simulator Star Citizen has outpaced previous video game crowd-funding record holder Project Eternity, raising $6.2 million.


U.S. soldier enters no plea in 2009 Iraq shootings

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:33 PM PST

Sgt. Russell, Army sergeant accused of killing five fellow soldiers in Iraq, is seen in military photo provided by his father, Wilburn in ShermanTACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military combat stress center in Baghdad in 2009 entered no plea at an arraignment on Monday at a military base in Washington state. Sergeant John Russell, 48, is accused of going on a shooting spree at Camp Liberty, near the Baghdad airport, in an assault the military said at the time could have been triggered by combat stress. ...

U.N. court ruling expands Nicaragua's offshore rights

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 09:06 PM PST

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Court of Justice ruled on Monday that a cluster of disputed small islands in the western Caribbean belonged to Colombia and not to Nicaragua, but drew a demarcation line in favor of Nicaragua in the nearby waters.

U.S.-China have special responsibility on growth: Obama

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 08:58 PM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday that their two countries had a "special responsibility" to lead the way on balanced, sustained global economic growth.

U.S. soldier enters no plea in 2009 Iraq shootings

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 10:33 PM PST

TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military combat stress center in Baghdad in 2009 entered no plea at an arraignment on Monday at a military base in Washington state.

How To Protect Your Business From Copycats

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 03:32 PM PST

In response to my article Bad Business: Indicted or Not You are Going to get Caught, a reader asked "What is the best way to protect my company from copycats?" Sky Zone Trampoline Park has gone to great lengths to defend its patented business idea For instance, she mentioned Sky Zone Indoor [...]


Space Station Astronauts Land Safely On Earth

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 03:26 PM PST

Last night, American astronaut Sunita Williams of NASA, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko left the International Space Station and landed safely on Earth.


Bank of Japan's Shirakawa, Boosting QE Against Non-Existent Deflation, Called by Likely Next PM to Raise Inflation to 3%

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 03:18 PM PST

Shirakawa's five year term ends in March of next year. Last week the Tokyo stock market jumped on rumors that Abe might appoint former Koizumi administration economics minister Takenaka Heizo as Shirakawa's successor. But Takenaka would hardly be the intellectual or technocratic equal of Shirakawa as Japan's central banker, any more than Abe is the equal of Noda.


Opposition alleges fraud in Sierra Leone poll

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 07:56 PM PST

International election observers say elections were largely peaceful and orderly, amid fraud allegations.


VIDEO: 'Ice cream murder' trial begins

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 06:41 PM PST

The trial has begun in Vienna of a Spanish-Mexican woman accused of murdering both her former husband and her lover, and burying them in concrete in the cellar of her ice cream shop.


VIDEO: Sydney hoax-bomber sentenced

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 07:51 PM PST

An Australian man who locked a fake bomb around the neck of a teenage girl in an apparent extortion attempt has been jailed for 13-and-a-half years.


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