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Financial Times: Fast and loose

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 02:50 AM PDT

Michael Lewis's exposé of high-frequency computerised trading is a narrative tour de force but passes over the case for the defence

Aljazeera: Palestinian president takes a defiant stand

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 12:26 PM PDT

Will recent decisions by Mahmoud Abbas boost Palestinian rights? 

Aljazeera: Europe launches environment satellite

Posted: 03 Apr 2014 11:29 PM PDT

Sentinel 1-A will carry cloud-penetrating radar that monitors climate change and can spot environmental damage.

ANSA: Scaroni vede Renzi, duello su 'onorabilità' per nomine

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 01:36 AM PDT

Presidente Eni, nessuno ce l'ha. Renzi,vero, ma noi contenti ci sia

ANSA: Stretta su Def-spending review, focus riforme e sanità

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:10 AM PDT

Taglio 800 mln in centri costo. Nodo debito rinviato ad estate

ANSA: Prezzi esangui, supereuro e stagnazione: gli incubi Bce

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 02:22 AM PDT

Acquisti bond o rilancio credito, aprile mese chiave per Draghi

ANSA: Verso modifiche a dl lavoro. Poletti, 'proroghe non dogma'

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:39 AM PDT

Bracco, evitare che imprese vadano fuori

Financial Times: BoE warns on asset management risks

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 03:46 AM PDT

Bank of England says regulators should be prepared to take action to deal with dangers of an industry that collects $87tn globally

Aljazeera: Schumacher shows 'moments of awakening'

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 04:04 AM PDT

Former F1 world champion shows signs of improvement, according to a statement released by his agent.

Financial Times: Two wheels bad. Please take train

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 04:08 AM PDT

Cycle-safety training is obviously a good idea although, frankly, nothing can prepare an 11-year-old for the wanton carelessness of motorists

Aljazeera: US denies 'Cuban Twitter' made to stir unrest

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 05:26 AM PDT

US admits funding Twitter-like service in Cuba but denies it was designed to push people towards political dissent.

Huffington Post: Fort Hood Gunman Had 'Unstable' Mental Condition

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:15 AM PDT

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Unstable mental health may be a "fundamental, underlying cause" of a soldier's shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left four people dead, though an argument with another service member likely preceded the attack, according to investigators.

Spc. Ivan Lopez turned his gun on himself after killing three people and wounding 16 others Wednesday at the sprawling Texas military base, where more than a dozen people were fatally shot by a soldier in 2009. An Army truck driver from Puerto Rico, Lopez was undergoing treatment for depression and anxiety while being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder, base officials said.


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Huffington Post: Daily Meditation: Keep Searching

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:17 AM PDT

We all need help maintaining our personal spiritual practice. We hope that these daily meditations, prayers and mindful awareness exercises can be part of bringing spirituality alive in your life.

Today's meditation features the timeless U2 hit "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For." This song can apply to many things in our lives -- love, happiness, spiritual connection. Whatever it is for you, the tune encourages us to keep going, keep searching.


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Huffington Post: Exhibition Features 445 Vintage Photobooth Portraits From A Single Unknown Man

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:18 AM PDT

In the years between the Great Depression and the '60s, an unknown man captured his visage in a photobooth, over and over and over again. Over time, the anonymous gentleman accrued 445 selfies, though no historian has been able to figure out exactly why. Who was this business casual fellow and why did he feel the need to photograph himself hundreds of times -- before the age of Instagram? This mysterious occurrence is the subject of an intriguing exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.

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Unidentified Artist, 445 Portraits of a Man, ca. 1930s-40s, Photomatic photo booth silver gelatin prints. Photo by Peter Jacobs.


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Huffington Post: Your Nest Smoke Detector Could Have A Dangerous Glitch

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 06:20 AM PDT

Nest has identified a glitch in its smoke detectors and has temporarily stopped sales of the Nest Protect smoke alarm, CEO Tony Fadell said in a note on the company's website on Thursday.

One of the Nest smoke detector's signature features, Nest Wave, lets you disable an alarm by waving your arm in front of the detector. Here's how that works:


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Financial Times: Stars in their eyes

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 08:51 AM PDT

Star fund managers are the galacticos of finance. But are their reputations deserved? David Oakley investigates

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