Cuba releases plan for economic reforms

Cuba releases plan for economic reforms

Cuba releases plan for economic reforms

Posted: 09 May 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Among other changes, the new guidelines will allow Cubans to travel abroad as tourists for the first time in 50 years.


Another Casino Stock to Bet On

Posted: 09 May 2011 10:07 PM PDT

A boost in consumer confidence should be good news for most, but not all, casino stocks. Having done


Cisco: Juniper Exec To Run Server Access Group; 3 Others Ousted

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:46 PM PDT

Cisco Systems on Thursday named David Yen to run the company?s server access and virtualizatio


Ex-Nepal foreign minister, 82, dies in Everest bid (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 10:03 PM PDT

AP - An 82-year-old former Nepalese foreign minister has died on the slopes of Mount Everest while attempting to become the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain, an official said Tuesday.


Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China Stocks (May 10)

Posted: 09 May 2011 07:30 PM PDT

?? Investors and traders in China's main financial district are talking about the following before


Pakistan may grant U.S. access to bin Laden's wives

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan now seems ready to allow the United States to interview the wives of Osama bin Laden who were with the al Qaeda leader when he was killed last week, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Jets carry out heavy bombing in Libyan capital (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:12 PM PDT

Libyan youths listen to instructions from a rebel on how to use a Rocket Propeled Grenade (RPG) during the final phase of their military training in the eastern city of Benghazi on May 9.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Jets screamed in low over Tripoli early Tuesday, carrying out a series of strikes in quick succession, after witnesses reported two others near state media offices a few hours before.

Entertainment's Tech Boom: The Internet Has Been Assimilated

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:14 PM PDT

The wireless broadband Internet is now assimilating through a great conflation, the technologies of


U.S. presses China over human rights

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:09 PM PDT

While urging more cooperation with China, senior U.S. officials Monday repeatedly stressed differences over human rights, reflecting a harder line from the Obama administration on a major disagreement between the two economic powers.

Syrian authorities detain hundreds in fresh raids (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 09:00 PM PDT

In this image taken on a mobile phone, a Syrian soldier patrols streets in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, May 8, 2011. A 12-year-old boy was killed Sunday as gunfire and shelling erupted in the central Syrian city of Homs, a flashpoint in the widespread seven-week-old uprising against President Bashar Assad's autocratic regime, an activist said. The death coincided with a major crackdown in the coastal city of Banias, another protest hotbed where activists reported the arrest of more than 200 people including a 10-year-old boy. (AP Photo)AP - Syrian security forces arrested hundreds of activists and anti-government protesters in house-to-house raids across the country Monday, part of an escalating government crackdown aimed at stamping out a revolt engulfing the country.

FIFA probes Malaysians over global match-fixing (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:49 PM PDT

Officials from football's ruling body FIFA are expected to arrive in Malaysia next week as part of its global crackdown into match-fixing on three continents, a report said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Officials from football's ruling body FIFA are expected to arrive in Malaysia next week as part of its global crackdown into match-fixing on three continents, a report said Tuesday.

Students battle slum conditions in Sydney (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:35 PM PDT

More than 350,000 foreign students are enrolled in colleges and universities around the country, and many are attracted to the charms of cosmopolitan Sydney. But the tough reality of living in one of the world's great cities can be very different to expectations.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - Slum conditions, overcrowding and dodgy landlords -- welcome to foreign student accommodation in Australia's most glamorous city.

NATO air strikes target Gaddafi's compound

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:49 PM PDT

Witnesses say NATO pounded Libyan leader's residence and state television offices in capital, Tripoli.


U.S. Utility Buys Option on Arizona's Mega Solar Tower

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:43 PM PDT

Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), a public authority that includes 10 municipal ut


iPhone, iPads "Made in Brazil" Getting Closer

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:38 PM PDT

Foxconn Technology Group closer to a massive $12 billion deal with the Brazilian government to manuf


Huawei Gaining on Cisco, Bloomberg Reports

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:20 PM PDT

China firm encroaching on Cisco's telecom market, Bloomberg reports.


There Be Moscow Gold

Posted: 09 May 2011 06:54 PM PDT

The Soviets knew good money when they saw it: gold.


Airstrikes Hit Libyan Government Sites

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:41 PM PDT

NATO warplanes struck the Libyan capital, demolishing parts of at least two government buildings in an intensifying campaign to halt Gadhafi's attacks on rebel-held civilian areas.


VIDEO: French football to take race row action

Posted: 09 May 2011 08:16 PM PDT

French football authorities are to outline what action, if any, will be taken against the national team coach Laurent Blanc following comments he made about the number of black and Arab players at the country's national training academies.


Abandon All Hope: The Russian Region That's Been Left to Die (Time.com)

Posted: 09 May 2011 07:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Stricken by poverty, drowning in moonshine and ignored by the Kremlin, the population of Pskov is decreasing at an alarming rate -- and right on the European Union's doorstep


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