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China Banks Lent $102.6 Billion In February:report
China Banks Lent $102.6 Billion In February:report
Japan Shares Edge Up As Technology Stocks Advance
Japan Shares Edge Up As Technology Stocks Advance
Report: Delta Passenger Revenue Up; Storms Impact February Revenue
Delta said Tuesday that its average passenger revenue rose 8% in February and is expected to rise 16% in March.
Stocks In Focus For Wednesday
Stocks In Focus For Wednesday
READ: AFL-CIO Anti-Bank Demonstration Flyer
READ: AFL-CIO Anti-Bank Demonstration Flyer
Collective Brands Loss Narrows, Revenue Beats Street
Collective Brands said its fourth quarter loss narrowed from a year ago and results beat analyst expectations.
READ: Americans for Financial Reform in Support of Financial Speculation Taxes
READ: Americans for Financial Reform in Support of Financial Speculation Taxes
Art
Name that painting
Have art historical references become the new brand-name-dropping? First rapper Jay-Z stuffed the ...
Rights battle over Polaroid sale
LONDON. A group led by a former US magistrate judge has launched an 11th hour campaign to prevent ...
More than a set of prints
I should start by revealing my connections with the Polaroid Corporation. I organised the first ...
Ikea adds culture to shopping experience
LONDON. Global giant Ikea Retail Estate is planning multi-million pound commissions by major ...
The silence of the Degas scholars
A secret battle is being waged over a previously unknown group of plasters of all Degas’ known ...
The link to Degas
Some may say that it sounds too good to be true that a full set of Degas sculptures should be ...
Market for African-American art continues to grow
Hot on the heels of resurgent sales of impressionist, modern and contemporary works in London, ...
World
Food Aid Bypasses Somalia’s Needy, U.N. Study Finds
As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, Islamist militants and local U.N. staff, according to a new report.
As Biden Visits, Israel Unveils Plan for New Settlements
The plan to build 1,600 new homes in Jerusalem is likely to complicate relations with the U.S. as Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. tours the region.
Jerusalem Journal: Palestinian Family’s Eviction Stirs Old Ghosts in a Contested City
The removal of a Palestinian family has touched two nerves: the fate of East Jerusalem and the grievances of refugees from the 1948 war.
Angered by U.S. Security, Pakistanis Return as Heroes
A U.S. tour arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the group refused to submit to extra airport screening.
Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
A plan to reserve a third of the seats in India’s legislatures for women plunged Parliament into chaos.
Delays on Arms Control Pact Bog Down U.S. Efforts to Reset Relations With Russia
After months of delay and discord, White House officials say they have learned that when it comes to deal-making with Moscow, nothing is done until it is done.
Sport
AFTERNOON SPORTS CLUB Can the Hawks win the Cup with Huet or Niemi?
Adam Jahns: The Blackhawks have always stood by their goaltending—from the top on down. But, it's still seen as the one true weakness of a team fully capable of winning the Stanley Cup. Can they win with Cristobal Huet or Antti Niemi?
Wood not the answer for problematic pitching staff
Carol Slezak: Even before Angel Guzman went down, the Cubs were looking for veteran bullpen help. So it's not surprising that Kerry Wood's name would come up in discussion. Wood remains popular in this town, and the Cleveland Indians reportedly are willing to deal him. So why not make a deal? Because the Cubs aren't about to spend $10.5 million on anyone.
Ex-Bull Salmons giving Bucks a nice boost
Jim O'Donnell: The Bulls, besieged once again by injuries, appear headed only for the spotty uncertainties of April. They're 4-5 since John Salmons departed for the Milwaukee Bucks and take a four-game losing streak into a United Center date tonight against the Utah Jazz. The Bucks -- once 18-25 -- have leapfrogged to the fifth-best record (32-29) in the Eastern Conference.
Shortstop Ramirez goes from cold glove to gold glove
Ozzie Guillen set the bar sky-high for Alexei Ramirez last year. Guillen insisted Ramirez would be one of the best defensive shortstops in the American League, then took it a step further, saying he would be even better than he had been. Good thing the Cuban-born Ramirez doesn't understand enough English to hear what has been said about him since.
SPORTS WIRE: Back problem idles Cardinals star Pujols
St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols didn't make the cross-Florida trip for the team's spring-training game Monday against the Boston Red Sox in Fort Myers because of discomfort in his lower back.
Wood not the answer for problematic pitching staff
Carol Slezak: Even before Angel Guzman went down, the Cubs were looking for veteran bullpen help. So it's not surprising that Kerry Wood's name would come up in discussion. Wood remains popular in this town, and the Cleveland Indians reportedly are willing to deal him. So why not make a deal? Because the Cubs aren't about to spend $10.5 million on anyone.
Shortstop Ramirez goes from cold glove to gold glove
Ozzie Guillen set the bar sky-high for Alexei Ramirez last year. Guillen insisted Ramirez would be one of the best defensive shortstops in the American League, then took it a step further, saying he would be even better than he had been. Good thing the Cuban-born Ramirez doesn't understand enough English to hear what has been said about him since.
U.S.
Tornado hits Okla.; no injuries reported
At least five homes and a barn owned by the county government were destroyed and other structures were damaged Monday by a large ...
Too many 'preventable' deaths among new moms, experts say
Pregnancy-related deaths appear to have risen nationwide over the past decade, and while they're very rare about 550 a year ...
2nd ex-New Orleans cop charged in Katrina coverup
A second ex-New Orleans officer charged in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after ...
Pa. woman charged with recruiting jihadists online
A suburban Philadelphia woman "desperate to do something" to help suffering Muslims has been charged with using the Internet ...
Man who caused Newark airport breach pleads guilty
A lovesick graduate student from China who slipped under a rope barrier at Newark Liberty International Airport to say goodbye ...
Science
The Mutual Inspiration of Art and Mathematics
Mathematics is art, and art is mathematics. So claim the father-son pair of Erik and Martin Demaine of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. "Our math and our art have blended together so much we can't tell them apart anymore," Martin Demaine says...
from Science News
New HIV Hiding Spot Revealed
Powerful anti-HIV drugs have come tantalizingly close to eradicating the virus from people, driving the blood level of HIV so low that standard tests cannot detect it. But no one has been cured: the virus comes roaring back in everyone who stops taking the drugs...
from ScienceNOW Daily News
A Clear-Cut Controversy
PETERSHAM -- As Chris Matera reached a barren hilltop on state land near the Quabbin Reservoir, he swept his arm toward 2 acres of oak stumps and scattered gray tree skeletons. "This is a clear-cut," the Northampton resident said angrily. "Is this really what the public wants on its land?"
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China's Cyberposse
... Human-flesh search engines--renrou sousuo yinqing--have become a Chinese phenomenon: they are a form of online vigilante justice in which Internet users hunt down and punish people who have attracted their wrath...
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Leviathans May Battle in Remote Depths
In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids. A series of studies tracking this mysterious migration has scientists rethinking not just what the big shark does with its time but also what sort of creature it is...
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