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AT LAST, THERE'S some cheerful news out of Detroit. General Motors, feeling confident after an improvement in sales during October, announced that it had enough financial strength to hang on to Opel, its European subsidiary, (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
Tuesday's elections in Virginia swept a staunch supporter of charter schools into the governor's mansion, raising hopes for advocates in a state that has been skeptical of the publicly funded, privately run alternatives to re (Read More)
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Scott Olson / Getty Images As neo-Nazis take to the streets this weekend, officials say their new boldness echoes the homegrown terrorism of the 1990s. James Verini talks to the extremists leading th (Read More)
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Town officials in Kent, Connecticut are balking at the wording of a proposed memorial to a local victim of the 9/11 attacks. Because the victim's father insists that the memorial call the attackers as "Muslim terrorists," off (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
It is ironic that when Will Hutton (Comment) points out that the private sector cannot do everything, it is now regarded as controversial, almost counterintuitive.The previous, postwar consensus centred on a mixed economy whe (Read More)
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Nothing will harm climate change campaigners as much as a judge decreeing that the green movement is a faithFollowing Mr Justice Burton's ruling that green beliefs should enjoy the same protection as religious ones, many comm (Read More)
The Guardian:
Levying a "transaction tax" on the frenzied activities of City traders and their rivals in the world's financial markets is not a new idea, but it may be one whose time has come.American economist James Tobin originally propo (Read More)
The Guardian:
International prosecutor ready to act against government officials accused over deaths of 1,133 peopleSenior Kenyan government officials suspected of committing crimes against humanity during last year's election violence cou (Read More)
TheFunded.com:
| Posted by ZakHi All -I received this article about startups, what they really like ... damn ... this is so true.The source is at: http://www.paulgraham.com/really.htmlEnjoy,ZakWhat Startups Are Really LikeOctober 2009(This (Read More)
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THE Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet is a £60m national treasure, according to an analysis of her value to Britain by economists funded by the government. (Read More)
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Author : Tian LiChina's entry into the World Trade Organization has had a far-reaching effect on the country's high technology sector With the government gradually ceding control of the technology sector to encourage market (Read More)
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“As members of the Congressional Black Caucus, we support our colleague, Charlie Rangel, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and condemn partisan attempts to ignore the well-established, bipartisan ethics process,” t (Read More)
Xconomy:
IPO, funding, Semiconductors Bruce V. Bigelow wrote: MaxLinear, a fabless RF chipmaker based in Carlsbad, CA, filed a registration statement today for an initial public stock offering, marking only the second IPO in the (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Editorials:
MUCH OF the criticism of the health-care measure before the House of Representatives is overwrought. Another part is simply wrong. Unfortunately, that does not mean that this is a good bill. As we have said, it does not do en (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Tony Blair's critics once dared to hope Gordon Brown had a plan to stop the slide towards the privatisation of public services. When he declared "the town square is more than a marketplace", it was imagined he had closely scr (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Lucy Mangan on the people in the spotlightIron laddieDavid CameronSo, Dave, how went the week? Did you announce a series of strikingly brilliant policies to sort out the NHS? Innovative solutions for the economic crisis, star (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The man appointed to oversee the future expenses regime for MPs will not necessarily implement the proposals published by Sir Christopher Kelly, but will instead conduct a wide-ranging review of his own.The three leaders of t (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Our democracy hangs by a thread. One way to claw back some respect is to insist on open primariesWe have a long tradition of satire in Britain: for most of us, political parties and politicians have always been a bit of a jok (Read More)