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- ANSA: Spread Btp sotto 250,minimo luglio 2011
- ANSA: Borsa: Wall Street apre in calo, -0,11%
- ANSA: Piazza Affari gira in rialzo con spread
- ANSA: Crisi: Uil,in 4 anni oltre 4 mld ore cig
- Aljazeera: France confirms failed Somali hostage rescue
- Financial Times: Hazardous smog blankets Beijing
- Aljazeera: Sri Lanka fires first female chief justice
- Financial Times: Miliband rules out referendum
- Financial Times: Abe raises inflation pressure on BoJ
- Aljazeera: Russians protest against anti-US adoption law
- Financial Times: Court orders retrial for Mubarak
- Aljazeera: Venezuela's Chavez 'is not in coma'
- Huffington Post: Barber Hopes To Put Youth On Right Track With Career Expo
- Huffington Post: China Google Earth Mystery Solved, As Expert Explains Xinjiang 'Structures' Are Actually Factories
- Huffington Post: Jamie Dimon's Bonus Could Be Hurt By London Whale Loss
- Huffington Post: Drunk 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Performance On Subway Is Predictably Terrible, Funny (VIDEO)
| ANSA: Spread Btp sotto 250,minimo luglio 2011 Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:36 AM PST Rendimento in calo al 4,08% |
| ANSA: Borsa: Wall Street apre in calo, -0,11% Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:38 AM PST Giu' anche il Nasdaq, -0,06%, e lo S&P, -0,03% |
| ANSA: Piazza Affari gira in rialzo con spread Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:50 AM PST Bene Parmalat, Fiat e Luxottica. Europa migliora, Ny azzera calo |
| ANSA: Crisi: Uil,in 4 anni oltre 4 mld ore cig Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:52 AM PST Ogni mese protetti 500.000 posti lavoro |
| Aljazeera: France confirms failed Somali hostage rescue Posted: 12 Jan 2013 10:05 PM PST French soldier killed and one missing in unsuccessful raid to free French captive held by rebel fighters in south. |
| Financial Times: Hazardous smog blankets Beijing Posted: 13 Jan 2013 12:58 AM PST People refuse to venture outdoors and buildings disappear into the murky skyline as Chinese capital is blanketed in a thick layer of hazardous smog |
| Aljazeera: Sri Lanka fires first female chief justice Posted: 13 Jan 2013 03:51 AM PST Rajapaksa dismisses country's top judge after she was controversially impeached over a range of charges. |
| Financial Times: Miliband rules out referendum Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:18 AM PST Westminster is convulsed by the question of Britain's role in Europe ahead of a keynote speech on Europe by Mr Cameron |
| Financial Times: Abe raises inflation pressure on BoJ Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:18 AM PST Japan's prime minister calls on the country's central bank to step up its fight against deflation by saying he wants a 2 per cent target |
| Aljazeera: Russians protest against anti-US adoption law Posted: 13 Jan 2013 04:33 AM PST Riot police units have been deployed as thousands of protesters gather in central Moscow in anti-Kremlin demonstration. |
| Financial Times: Court orders retrial for Mubarak Posted: 13 Jan 2013 05:23 AM PST Egypt's former president was found guilty last June of failing to stop the killings of hundreds of demonstrators during the 2011 uprising which toppled his rule |
| Aljazeera: Venezuela's Chavez 'is not in coma' Posted: 13 Jan 2013 06:39 AM PST Venezuelan president responding well to cancer treatment and is not in a coma, his brother Adan Chavez says. |
| Huffington Post: Barber Hopes To Put Youth On Right Track With Career Expo Posted: 13 Jan 2013 10:01 AM PST ENGLEWOOD — For the last three years Sunni Powell has watched from his barbershop window as young black males walked around with their pants hanging off their butt, selling drugs and standing on the corner all day. "I tell them all the time to pull up their pants, but I doubt if they're listening because their pants are still saggy," said Powell, owner of Powells Barbershop, 1163 W. 63rd St. "I see them stealing cell phones and then selling them to dishonest retailers who are not from the community." This cycle prompted Powell, who grew up in Englewood and lives three blocks from his barbershop, to do more than just preach. He hopes he has found a way to help them. Read More... More on Chicago Impact |
| Posted: 13 Jan 2013 10:05 AM PST By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Buildings captured in a mysterious set of satellite images in the Chinese desert are probably just factories or commercial warehouses, not secret military facilities, experts say. The images created a stir when an ex-CIA analyst told Wired.com that he had found mysterious structures in the desert around Kashgar, a city in China's remote Western desert that is part of the Xinjiang province. The site includes several large buildings, including a large U-shaped building. Some of the buildings at the site are nearly 350 feet (106 meters) long. In the wake of China's recent anti-satellite tests, it's not surprising that speculation exploded. But the area is probably part of an initiative to develop the region into a major manufacturing or economic center, not a secret military base, said Stefan Geens, a technologist and geospatial blogger who has spent months in that area of China documenting its development. "Kashgar was chosen as a special economic zone," Geens told LiveScience. "That means Shenzen-style development," he said, referring to the major industrial city in China that builds much of the world's products. [See Images of the 'Mysterious' Desert Structures ] Armchair analysts In general, more and more amateurs have taken to Google Earth to uncover mysterious structures, said Susan Wolfinbarger, an image analyst for the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Earlier this year, a physicist used satellite imagery to identify geological mining activity in the desert in China. Other researchers have used such images to reveal the mysteries of Angkor Wat and even track the course of Guantanamo Bay over time, Wolfinbarger said. To understand what's going on in an image, analysts look for rail, road or power lines, look at the footprint of the building, and they may even analyze the shadows cast by the buildings to infer their height, said Stuart Hamilton, the GIS program director at the Center for Geospatial Analysis at the College of William and Mary. But figuring out what people are using those buildings for is trickier than just understanding the infrastructure. "This is really a classic example of you have two things going on. You can see quite clearly what the land cover is, but land use is a much more difficult problem," Hamilton told LiveScience. No big secret China announced its plans to build a special economic zone in Kashgar a few years ago, and has taken on a number of projects — from creating high-speed rail lines to the razing of the ancient Islamic buildings in the heart of the city — in order to achieve that goal, Geens said. In fact, the region in question is located next to the rail lines and the airports, making it even more likely that the structures are industrial factories, Geens said. In addition, some of the roads are partially covered in sand, and construction-related vehicles can be seen in some of the satellite images, suggesting the area is still being built, Hamilton said. It's also unlikely to be a secret site because it's quite close to a major population area, and there are no barriers, towers or enclosures that would indicate a Chinese military operation, Hamilton said. While one structure in the complex somewhat resembles a helicopter testing area, there's no reason it would necessarily be related to military activities, he added. What's more interesting is how quickly people decided these sites were mysterious in the first place, Geens said. "People are so fascinated by the amount of the data in Google Earth and the transparency it affords them," he said. "I think it sometimes just goes to people's heads." Follow LiveScience on Twitter @livescience. We're also on Facebook & Google+.
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| Huffington Post: Jamie Dimon's Bonus Could Be Hurt By London Whale Loss Posted: 13 Jan 2013 10:23 AM PST JPMorgan Chase will likely slash the bonus of its CEO Jamie Dimon over the bank's major trading loss earlier this year, according to a Wall Street Journal report. JPMorgan's board will weigh releasing an internal report this week that pins some of the fault for the bank's "London Whale" trading loss earlier this year -- which cost the company more than $6.2 billion -- on Dimon, Bloomberg reports, citing "two people with direct knowledge of the matter." What's more, the board will likely cut Dimon's bonus, the WSJ reports, citing "people close to the company." The bank and each member of its board declined to comment to Bloomberg. Dimon declined to comment to the WSJ as did a JPMorgan spokesman. Read More... More on Video |
| Posted: 13 Jan 2013 10:24 AM PST If Freddy Mercury rolls over in his grave whenever this happens, then he's a pretty animated dead guy. In a video posted to YouTube Jan. 9, a man belts out a largely lacking rendition of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" after reportedly slamming a large beer while riding the New York City subway. But at least this 1 train performer didn't get arrested, or panhandle for donations. There's an admirable quality in someone who sincerely enjoys music, even if its at the expense of those around him. Read More... More on Video |
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