THE BOWMAN RACKET — RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH NIGERIA COLLAPSE OVER DETENTION OF...
By John Helmer, MoscowRussian government relations with Nigeria have collapsed after negotiations have failed to free from five months of detention the Russian fleet tender vessel, Myre Seadiver, and...
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Ancient King's Hat Holds Clues To Korean Alphabet
A hat which belonged to South Korea's most revered monarch King Sejong has been recovered more than 500 years after it was looted by Japanese invaders, a senior scholar said Wednesday.Apart from its...
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Tokyo Hotel Shrinks In Amazingly Efficient Urban Demolition
Passers-by in Tokyo's busy Akasaka district have started to notice something odd about a 40-floor hotel -- it has shrunk to about half its original height.Slowly but surely, and with none of the...
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How Developers Helped Build The Console Of The Futuristic Playstation 4
The Cell processor must have seemed like a good idea at the time. A complex, proprietary setup, with a central PowerPC core and eight independent co-processors, it was powerful and multifaceted, but...
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Japanese Robot Suit Approved For Worldwide Rollout
A robot suit that can help the elderly or disabled get around was given its global safety certificate in Japan on Wednesday, paving the way for its worldwide rollout.The Hybrid Assistive Limb, or HAL,...
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Why 'Do Not Track' Is Not A Death Threat For Online Advertising
A few months back, an advertising executive argued that more online privacy would kill free speech.Richard Frankel, president of the advertising company Rocket Fuel, titled the post “How the Do Not...
View ArticleMarco Rubio Disputes Lil Wayne's Claim That He's 'The New Tupac'
Republican Senator Marco Rubio proves he is a hip hop fan as he shows off his knowledge of Lil Wayne and Tupac.Entertainment website TMZ asked the Florida Senator, a known hip hop fan, about rapper Lil...
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Astronomers Are Watching A Supermassive Black Hole Spin
Astronomers have made the first reliable measurement of a supermassive black hole's spin, showcasing a technique that could help unravel the mysteries of these monsters' growth and evolution.The...
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Senior Homeland Security Official Announces Retirement On Day Hundreds Of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The senior Homeland Security Department official in charge of arresting and deporting illegal immigrants announced his retirement the same day the agency said that hundreds of people...
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Obama Is Desperately Trying To Find A Way To Approve The Keystone Pipeline
On Sunday, the leader of the Canadian Province that is home to “the Saudi Arabia of dirty oil,” Alberta’s tar sands, returned home to Alberta, after spending the weekend in Washington DC, meeting with...
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Five Ways Rich People Live Frugally
A fat salary isn’t the only way someone can strike it rich. Regardless of one’s income level, people who live below their means, invest wisely, and live modestly are on the path to real wealth.Here are...
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Here's How To Determine If You're Using The Right Online Brokerage Firm
Investors these days are overwhelmed with options when it comes to picking the best online investing account.Should you go with the company offering a flashy sign-up bonus, the one with the cute ads on...
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5 Reasons To Choose A Traditional 401(k) Over A Roth
There are many wonderful reasons to invest in a post-tax retirement account such as a Roth IRA.But tax-deferred retirement savings vehicles such as traditional 401(k)s and IRAs that let you put money...
View ArticleFRANCOIS HOLLANDE IN MOSCOW – TRIPLE ENTENTE FOR DEMOCRACY, TAX, OIL
By John Helmer, MoscowThe relatively new President of France is visiting Russia today for the first time since Francois Hollande’s election nine months ago. At the personal and policy levels relations...
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Berlusconi Under New Investigation For Buying A Senator In 2006
Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is under investigation for corruption again over allegations that he bribed a leftist senator in 2006, Italian media reported on Thursday."Silvio...
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Asia Officially Has More Billionaires Than North America
Asia has more billionaires than any other continent, a survey by a China-based wealth magazine showed on Thursday, apparently overtaking North America for the first time.There were 1,453 people around...
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US Companies Are Getting Squeezed Hard In China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Profitability and sales are harder to come by in China as U.S. firms face increasing competition from domestic and foreign players, said a U.S. business group survey on Thursday.An...
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Apple’s Monolithic Beauty vs. Google’s Chaos: What New HQs Reveal About Their...
Last week, Google released an illustration of its next corporate campus, a complex of nine rectangular buildings, mostly adorned with green roofs, and all connected by a series of elevated walkways....
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Apple And Samsung Are Already Behind In The Race To Sell The Next Billion...
BARCELONA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The next billion people to connect to the internet in developing countries will do so largely via smartphones, prompting a battle that could favour low-price Chinese...
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Pinterest Is Worth $2 Billion Because Its 25 Million Users Are Rich, Female,...
After a tough day at work as a publicist in Minneapolis, Becca Bijoch would often indulge in a little retail therapy. She usually headed out to the stores as she did not care much for online...
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