Aid pledged to Syrian opposition groups

Aid pledged to Syrian opposition groups

Aid pledged to Syrian opposition groups

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:22 PM PDT

Gulf states to create fund to pay members of armed opposition, as contact group demands Assad comply with peace plan.


Insight: Bank stampede keeps Spanish real estate on the ropes

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:11 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - When Jose Morales travelled up from Granada in southern Spain in February to look at a new apartment in the Madrid satellite town of Sesena, he was greeted by long queues of mostly young people outside the sales office. "When the door opened, there was a stampede to get in, like a department store sale, and some were even injured in the dash," said Morales. The apartments were selling so fast, unseen by the buyers in many cases, that he missed out on the one he wanted. ...


VIDEO: Anniversary views from Falklands

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:28 PM PDT

The BBC's Alan Little reports on the views of Falkland islanders on the 30th anniversary of the start of the war.


Who Will the Women of Tomorrow Be?

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:04 PM PDT

"What do you want to be?" we ask our daughters and sons when they are growing up. It seems only right that as March???Women?s History Month???has just ended, we don't just look backward but that we also focus forward to ask what we as women want to be and what women of the future might ...


Insight: Bank stampede keeps Spanish real estate on the ropes

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:11 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - When Jose Morales travelled up from Granada in southern Spain in February to look at a new apartment in the Madrid satellite town of Sesena, he was greeted by long queues of mostly young people outside the sales office.

Global Payments Says It's Only 1.5 Million Credit Cards, Vows to Provide "Exceptional Service"

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:42 PM PDT

Very good news tonight from Global Payments that they think their credit card breach is confined to only 1.5 million accounts. In a statement this evening, the company asserts that, ?The affected portion of its processing system is confined to??North America??and less than 1,500,000 card numbers may have been exported.?? The investigation to date has ...


U.S. Military Won't Drive Energy Innovation, Except When It Does

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:32 PM PDT

On Friday, the Bipartisan Policy Center released an odd study evaluating the role the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is likely to play in accelerating the pace of clean energy innovation. The study, ?Energy Innovation At The Department Of Defense,? proposes to answer the question: ?Can policymakers successfully apply the [DoD's innovation] capabilities to the ...


Groupon's Accounting Mistake, the Media, Quant Funds and Academic Case Studies

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 09:14 PM PDT

Groupon had another accounting goof-up, and I hope they're not blaming the media, investigators or investors for their accounting mistake.?? It's not only the investors that Groupon will need to worry about, but the accounting professors (and those involved with investor relations) who might use their company as a case study. Last year, the co-founder ...


Palestinian on hunger strike deported to Gaza

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:15 PM PDT

Hana Shalabi arrives in Gaza after agreeing to end 43-day fast in protest against detention without charge by Israel.


Passenger Plane Crashes in Siberia

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:01 PM PDT

A passenger plane carrying 43 people crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, killing at least 32 people. Survivors were hospitalized in serious condition.


Coronary CT Scans May Save You (And Your Hospital)

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 08:28 PM PDT

??esky: Koron??rn?? arterie s anglick??m popisem English: heart with coronary arteries (Photo credit: Wikipedia According to a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine, using coronary CT scans in patients with low to intermediate risk chest pain may potentially save lives, and keep your hospital fiscally healthy as well. (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1201163) Chest pain is ...


Russian plane crashes, kills at least 29: agency

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:15 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 29 people were killed and 14 were rescued alive from a plane crash in Siberia, Russia's state-run Itar-Tass news agency said on Monday, citing a regional Emergency Situations Ministry official. The ATR 72, a twin-engine, turbo-prop plane, with 43 people aboard, crashed some 30-35 km (18-22 miles) from the western Siberian city of Tyumen, Emergency Situations Ministry spokeswoman Irina Andrianova said. The mid-range plane belonging to Russian airline UTair crashed after taking off from Tyumen on a flight to Surgut, an oil town further north in Siberia. ...


Mexico presidential favorite eyes border tax break

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:31 PM PDT

Pena Nieto gestures during meeting with businessmen in GuadalajaraCIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) - The front-runner in Mexico's presidential election campaign said on Sunday he would create tax incentives to revive economic life along the U.S. border that has been depressed by drug violence. "To strengthen the market and the export power of Ciudad Juarez, we need to provide emergency treatment through the tax system," Enrique Pena Nieto, favorite to win the July election, told supporters in this industrial city on the U.S. border. ...

Russian plane crashes, kills at least 29: agency

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 10:15 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least 29 people were killed and 14 were rescued alive from a plane crash in Siberia, Russia's state-run Itar-Tass news agency said on Monday, citing a regional Emergency Situations Ministry official.

Russian passenger plane crashes in Siberia

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 11:23 PM PDT

State media says 32 people killed and several rescued after plane with 43 on board went down shortly after take-off.


Take Me Out To The Ball Park - For Delicious Dinner?

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 08:07 PM PDT

When the domestic baseball season starts tomorrow, it won't just be players who have to perform, but chefs as well. Food has become a defining characteristic at the wave of next generation stadiums


Global Payments Pegs Security Breach At 1.5 Million Credit Cards As Visa Decertifies Processor Firm

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:51 PM PDT

On the scale of security nightmares, Global Payments? payment card breach has been downgraded from a catastrophe to a mere disaster. Two days after it was revealed that Visa and Mastercard were warning banks about a breach of millions of credit cards by the payment processing firm, Global Payments has released a statement Sunday evening ...


7 Things Chrysler Could Use To Play a Good 'Second Half'

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:51 PM PDT

Over the weekend, Chrysler finally released TV advertisements meant to follow up its high-profile commercial featuring Clint Eastwood that aired at halftime of the Super Bowl, back in early February. Each of the four ads highlights one of Chrysler's brands in the general spirit of its Big Game spot, called "It's Halftime in America," which ...


Top 10 Broke Ask Homeless People On Skid Row

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:30 PM PDT

Yesterday, the LA Times ran a front page article about the increasing number of homeless people on skid row. The city has been trying to clean-up the area for years, building expensive lofts and upscale restaurants and venues next to the poverty-stricken streets. But the economic downturn has hurt some more than others. Being an ...


Doctor Who Is Too Busy To Help With Your Estate Plan ? Maybe You Don't Need Him

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 07:28 PM PDT

There has always been a good case for using your unified credit to make inter vivos gifts rather than leaving it for estate tax.???? This year, however, the case is compelling.?? If you have left the unified credit untouched, you can make $5,120,000 of taxable gifts in 2012.?? Based on current legislation, that will drop ...


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