""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...
"By Mosharraf ZaidiThe News InternationalBeing of Pakistani origin qualifies an IMF employee to be as much of a Pakistani economy expert, as being of Pakistani origin qualifies a child that eats a lot of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be an expert in Pakistani child nutrition....
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After a period of criticism of speed camera, a number of councils in England are opting to ban them, following the lead of Swindon Council. That area's highway councillor has been critical of speed cameras, saying they aren't effective in increasing road safety."Several more...
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"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...
"mytrip points out news that Google's index of unique URLs has reached a milestone: one trillion. Google's blog provides some more information, noting, "The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages,...
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The admirer of fidel castro's cuba and anti-globalist dealing with oil-supply problems."Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez touted a pact delivering fuel to Caribbean nations and loosened the financing terms to aid...
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Today is a special day in the history of the Internet. CERT has issued an advisory for a major issue in the Internet Domain Name System, the software that translates memorable names into Internet Numbers. The most...
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Corn prices have risen by 30% this past week, pushing up the price of Mexico's staple food -- the tortialla -- and forcing President Felipe Calderon to set temporary price limits on key food products."Food...
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"He wasn't even there but he did overshadow the Bachchans- the Mega Family of Bollywood. There were many who doubted the integrity of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA Awards). IIFA is too close to...
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I think most wi-fi users would agree, good riddance!"As mobile broadband takes off, Wi-Fi hotspots will become as irrelevant as telephone booths, Ericsson Chief Marketing Officer Johan Bergendahl said Monday....
""If government does not take any drastic move next year such as removing the fuel and electricity subsidy, we believe inflation will be under control and will tend to move to below 6 percent," Danareksa economist Damhuri Nasution told Thomson Financial.The government still...
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"AstraZeneca today announced enrolment of the first patient in the new GRAVITY study (Gauging the lipid effects of RosuvAstatin plus ezetimibe Versus sImvastatin plus ezetimibe TherapY). GRAVITY is a clinical trial examining the impact on LDL-cholesterol ('bad' cholesterol)...
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The Primary Mortgage Market SurveySM results were recently released by Freddie Mac/ The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage had an average of 6.58% for the week ending May 11, 2006. The result was down from last week's average of 6.59%. The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage for the week...
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