martedì 6 marzo 2012

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ANSA: Cambi: dollaro poco mosso, apre a 1,3199

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:11 PM PST

In linea con le indicazioni Bce e Wall Street di venerdi'

ANSA: Petrolio: Wti +59 cents a 107,29 dlr

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:17 PM PST

Brent guadagna 17 cents a 123,82 dlr

ANSA: Oro: lingotto stabile, spot sale 0,2%

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:26 PM PST

Argento sale dello 0,7% a 34,76 dlr

ANSA: spread btp invariato, apre a 310,7 punti

Posted: 04 Mar 2012 11:33 PM PST

Rendimento decennale al 4,92%

Financial Times: Singapore grants maids a weekly day off

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 12:07 AM PST

Maids in Singapore are now entitled to one day off a week under new government regulations to protect domestic workers

Financial Times: India’s ruling party in bruising poll defeat

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 01:09 AM PST

The leftist Samajwadi party emerges as the main winner in key Uttar Pradesh state elections with the ruling Congress party trailing in fourth place

Aljazeera: Deadly cyclone lashes southeastern Africa

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 02:33 AM PST

Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa feel impact of tropical storm that has killed at least 77 people.

Financial Times: Brazil joins emerging markets slowdown

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 05:43 AM PST

Growing evidence of decelerating growth across the developing world with expansion also slowing in China and India

Aljazeera: Fires 'under control' in Congo Republic

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 09:07 AM PST

Government claims progress but fails to confirm that second munitions dump is out of danger, after deadly explosions.

Financial Times: West needs to engage with ordinary Russians

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 09:10 AM PST

West should be robust in criticising skewed Russian elections, but it should intensify efforts to engage with society at all levels

Aljazeera: Earthquake shakes buildings in Philippines

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 10:22 AM PST

Residents rush into the streets, fearing aftershocks, after 5.2-magnitude quake rattles central island province.

Aljazeera: Saudi diplomat found dead in Bangladesh

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 10:29 AM PST

Member of embassy staff found with bullet wound to the chest at traffic intersection in Dhaka, police officials say.

Huffington Post: Sidney Crosby Injury: Penguins Star Cleared For Contact As Concussion Symptoms Abate

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 10:39 AM PST

PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby's head is clear. The superstar's return, however, remains murky.

The Pittsburgh Penguins captain participated in his first full practice since concussion-like symptoms resurfaced in December and there is growing optimism he'll be back before the playoffs begin next month.


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Huffington Post: Lindsay Lohan 'SNL': Tina Fey Skipped Show Because Of Children

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 10:40 AM PST

Lindsay Lohan got her big-screen break with Tina Fey's "Mean Girls" back in 2004, but her much-anticipated return to the small screen wasn't enough to lure the former "Saturday Night Live" head writer back to her old set. It wasn't an intentional snub, though: The New York Daily News reports that Fey had been planning on coming to cheer on LiLo at 30 Rock -- and even whipped up a draft for a co-monologue -- but had to cancel because of her family.

"Tina was committed to doing the monologue with Lindsay but both of her children got sick," a rep for Fey told the paper. "She was unable to participate as planned."

Lohan received mixed reviews for her performance on "SNL," which drew a high number of viewers and was the second-highest-rated episode of the season.


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Huffington Post: Chicago Public School Students Face Racial Discipline Gap: Education Department

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 10:43 AM PST

In Chicago public schools, black students receive harsher punishments for in-school infractions than white students, a fact that mirrors a nationwide trend, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Education Tuesday. The report paints a startling picture of racial disparities in how students are disciplined in schools across the country.

Nationally, black students are more than three-and-a-half times more likely than white students to be suspended or expelled, according to the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights' survey, known as the "Civil Rights Data Collection." More than 70 percent of students arrested in school or handed over to law enforcement were black or Hispanic.

In Chicago, white students comprised three percent of suspensions -- and 10 percent of the total student population -- but black students, who had a larger overall representation at 42 percent, comprised 76 percent of the city's school suspensions. The data show that in 2009 to 2010, Chicago suspended the third largest percentage of black students among the country's 20 biggest school districts. The only districts with higher black suspension rates were Philadelphia and Prince George's county, outside of Washington, D.C.


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Huffington Post: Edwards Air Force Base Gets New Solar Power Installation

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 10:44 AM PST

From Earth Techling's Susan DeFreitas:

What's big, green and set to save taxpayers money over the course of the next 30 years? A new 3.4 megawatt (MW) solar power installation at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California, that's what. Comprising three ground-mounted, single-axis tracking solar farms, the system was built and is owned by Borrego Solar, which will sell power to the military base under the terms of an in-house power purchase agreement (PPA).

"Our utility bill can range anywhere from $15 million to $18 million a year and our utility bills for the summer actually double, but our consumption only goes up 3 percent," said James Judkins, 95th Civil Engineering director, Edwards Air Force Base, in a statement. "What we're trying to do (with this project) is not so much conserve energy, but save money."


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