The challenge for the US this week is to raise the temperature delicately, rather than seeking to call the global shots On an emotional level, everyone wants Barack Obama to thunder that Hosni Mubarak must go. And there are bad reasons why the US
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From the streets of Cairo to the worlds largest trading floor, the CME Group in Chicago.. the ripple from the Egyptian unrest is starting to become a worry on the global economy. (Jan. 31)
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Last week BuildingGreen published Green Building Product Certifications , A wonderful and useful guide with everything one needs to understand what labels actually mean and how to use them. I wish it had come out a month earlier; I had been asked to do a lecture on Labels and green product certifications last Friday at the Interior Design Show in Toronto , and this would have saved m… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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You may have heard that RIM’s 7-inch PlayBook tablet can only access calendar, email, contact lists, and BlackBerry Messenger if a BlackBerry smart phone is paired with it. That essentially makes the PlayBook a smart phone accessory that’s geared toward business users with corporate IT departments. For those who fit that bill, RIM released a video Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Pulse of Mobile Tech Discovery Date : 31/01/2011 22:24 Number of articles : 5
Continue reading …Kabul Bank might be on the brink of collapse. It’s lost as much as $900 million in its fraud and mismanagement scandal , three times more than investigators originally expected, the New York Times reports. Investors and businessmen believe most of that cash wound up in the hands of elite Afghan…
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It’s been confirmed, Super Bowl XLV will not be the first one with a full HD 3D broadcast (no gimmicky 3D commercials this year either, you can put the paper glasses away) despite featuring a halftime show by James Cameron’s BFFs, the Black Eyed Peas . Still, considering what happened the last time they tried 3D at the House That Jerry Jones Built it’s probably for the best. Still, just because you don’t have one of Cowboys Stadium’s record breaking HD screens you should still enjoy the game in style. In 2011 that means going beyond just the screen, the sounds and the seats — we’ll tell you how after the break. Continue reading Totally blow out the big game! Super Bowl XLV Totally blow out the big game! Super Bowl XLV originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The Pittsburgh Steelers have arrived in Dallas for the Super Bowl. The Steelers deplaned on Monday, six days before their game against the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV. (Jan. 31)
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Not only do I think we wear our outerwear too big but I also think we wear the sleeve length too long. As you see these two very elegant gentlemen wear a shorter sleeve length with a healthy amount of shirt cuff showing. Notice they are also wearing this look with a knit and not a suit. Maybe this sleeve length is a bit sportier?
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Images via Climate Progress File this one under “Big Surprise”. The Wall Street Journal has long been revered as the standard bearer for American business journalism — so it should be no revelation that the WSJ’s op-ed page leads the pack in refutations to climate science. Addressing climate change is still considered anathema to the business community, which envisions a web of regulations and fees that will sap its collective bottom line. That aversion to climate policy translates, as it so often does, into an aversion to the … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Severely obese patients who have gastric bypass surgery can expect obesity-related heart abnormalities to stabilize or partially reverse, new research suggests.
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