On Friday the Republican Study Committee, a policy shop for congressional Republicans, published a memo on how to fix copyright law. By Saturday afternoon the group’s executive director had pulled the memo, which had evidently failed to approach the subject with “all facts and viewpoints in hand.” This is Washington’s way of saying that an interest group...
Former Ivory Coast leader’s wife wanted by ICC
Label: World
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court unsealed an indictment Thursday against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo‘s wife on charges including murder, rape and persecution. It was the first time in the court’s 10-year history it has charged a woman.The world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal said the arrest warrant was...
Nov
21
Some gifts fall into the love-it-later category
Label: Technology
NEW YORK (AP) — Have you ever said “thank you” through clenched teeth? The gift in that nicely wrapped box was so not what you wanted: comfy clothes instead of designer duds, or a kitchen gadget instead of a shiny piece of jewelry.Sometimes, though, the best gifts are the ones you use, and, frankly, most of us probably wear hoodies more than haute couture.
With...
Medication cuts crime rate among ADHD sufferers
Label: Health
LONDON (Reuters) – Criminal behavior in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drops sharply when they take stimulant drugs like Ritalin to help them to control impulses, scientists said on Wednesday.A study of more than 25,000 people with ADHD found the number of crimes committed was about a third or more lower in those taking medication,...
More government action on mergers
Label: Business
21 November 2012 Last updated at 19:01 ETThe government plans to become more active in mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies.
The decision is part of the government response to the Kay Review into how to discourage short-termism in markets.The government has decided it should “engage with companies and their...
Ivory Coast: New prime minister named
Label: World
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — President Alassane Ouattara has tapped Foreign Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan to serve as prime minister in a new government one week after the surprise dissolution of cabinet.The appointment of Duncan, a member of the PDCI party of former President Henri Konan Bedie, was announced at a press conference Wednesday by Amadou Gon...
Nov
20
Review: Gift guide to full-size tablets
Label: Technology
NEW YORK (AP) — Tablets are at the top of many wish lists this holiday season. But what to get? The choice used to be pretty limited, with the iPad dominating the latecomers. But this year, the field is more even, as tablets from Apple‘s competitors have matured. In addition, Google and Microsoft are diving in with their own tablets, providing more choice.The...
Ex-hedge fund trader charged in $276M insider ploy
Label: Health
NEW YORK (AP) — A former hedge fund portfolio manager was arrested Tuesday in what prosecutors called perhaps the most lucrative insider trading scheme of all time — an arrangement to obtain secret, advance results of tests on an experimental Alzheimer’s drug that netted more than $ 276 million for his fund and others.The case also led authorities to...
HP’s Financial Mess Is Making Everyone Sorry
Label: Business
You know who’s probably having the best day ever? Try Mark Hurd, the guy who had to resign as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) in August 2010 under a cloud of HR shadiness.Due in large part to the incompetence of the management that replaced him, and the board that oversaw it all, shares of the venerable Silicon Valley pioneer have since fallen...
AP Exclusive: Syrian rebels seize base, arms trove
Label: World
BASE OF THE 46TH REGIMENT, Syria (AP) — After a nearly two-month siege, Syrian rebels overwhelmed a large military base in the north of the country and made off with tanks, armored vehicles and truckloads of munitions that rebel leaders say will give them a boost in the fight against President Bashar Assad‘s army.The rebel capture of the base of the Syrian...
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