| Thu 9 Feb 2012 |
BHP changes US focus from shale gas to oil
The Australian | WITH US domestic gas prices languishing and oil prices at historical highs, BHP Billiton's recently purchased US shale gas business is set to become mainly an oil concern. | It now appears that more than half the revenue from the onshore assets, wh... |
Cashed-up Ansell set to pounce
The Australian | GLOVE and condom maker Ansell is poised to announce a significant acquisition within months, following a move to double its borrowing capacity. | Delivering a mixed interim financial result crimped by a high Australian dollar, weak European economy... |
Namibia uranium deal on the boil for Rio
The Australian | RIO Tinto is eager to secure a joint venture with the likely new owners of the huge Husab uranium deposit in Namibia. | Doug Ritchie, the head of Rio Tinto's energy division, told The Australian on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba forum in Cape T... |
Big Pacific islands becalmed in murky political seas
The Australian | THE Pacific Islands should be looking to increased investment and business activity this year, since they chiefly rely on selling commodities, including fish, to Asians whose economies are doing well and tourism to comparatively comfortable Austral... |
| Wed 8 Feb 2012 |
States Are Rebelling Against The Indefinite Detention Of American Citizens
Business Insider | For 49 years the was a simple law signed off on by the President to give the Department of Defense the money it needed to get through another 12 months of spending. | This year, the Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich) and senior memb... |
THE APPLE INVESTOR: Apple's Mac Is The Only PC Brand Making Progress In Europe
Business Insider | The Apple Investor is a daily report from SAI. Sign up here to receive it by email. | AAPL Up In Wavering Market | Markets are shaky in early trading as investors await euro zone leaders' possible resolution. Shares of AAPL are up with the r... |
Marinaro: Canadiens find a way to defeat Penguins
TSN Canada | Prior to Tuesday night, the Montreal Canadiens had lost all three games they played against the Pittsburgh Penguins. On Tuesday, the Habs pulled off a 3-2 win that went to eight shootout rounds. | It was a game that saw the line of Tomas Pleka... |
'Gauguin and Polynesia': dazzling mix-and-match
Seattle Times | "Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise," the dazzling show at the Seattle Art Museum, could be seen as two exhibitions running in artful but separate parallel. | But the better way to see SAM's mix of nearly 60 Gauguin works and an equal numbe... |
Listen: SNY.tv Metro Hockey Podcast
The New York Times | In this edition of the SNY.tv Metro Hockey Podcast, Christopher Botta discusses the Rangers, the Devils and the Islanders with Steve Zipay of Newsday, Scott Cullen of TSN and Kevin Shultz of Islanders Point Blank. All three teams will be play on ho... |
Should Obama Have His Own Plan B?
The New York Times | In The Conversation, David Brooks and Gail Collins talk between columns every Wednesday.Tags: | affordable care act, birth control, Catholicism, contraception, Presidential Election of 2012, Roman Catholic Church | Gail Collins: David, I was kind o... |
Starwatch Consumer | Getting your caffeine fix
Kansas City Star | Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks. | The product, called AeroShot, went on the mar... |
Mountain resorts redline the fun meter
MSNBC | In a crowded room at the Utah Olympic Park, near Park City, Jon Green is describing the park’s bobsled track to a few dozen first-time riders: 0.8 miles long. Fifteen curves. Four to five gs of force and speeds of up to 80 mph. | He also lists so... |
Full State of the State Address
MSNBC | Gov. Dannel Malloy delivered his State of the State Address, “Building an Economic Revival,”on Wednesday. | Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Senator McKinney, Representative Cafero, my fellow state officials, ladies and gentlemen of the General Asse... |
Cuban 'Wikipedia' includes entry for dissident blogger
Yahoo Daily News | Cuba's EcuRed digital encyclopedia, inspired by Wikipedia and operated by the island's Communist Youth, has added an entry for award-winning dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez. | The unusual turn of events in the Communist country, where information i... |
U.S., Japan decouple Marines' Guam move from Okinawa
Yahoo Daily News | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States agreed on Wednesday to decouple the transfer of thousands of U.S. Marines to Guam from the southern Japan island of Okinawa from plans to relocate a base on Okinawa, a step forward in resolving an irrit... |
Lawyer for Cuban agents vows last-ditch appeal
Yahoo Daily News | HAVANA (AP) — A lawyer for five Cuban agents sentenced to long jail terms for spying in the United States said Wednesday he is preparing a last-ditch appeal, arguing that one of the men received bad counsel and that the jury for all five was prej... |
Egypt's army deploys troops to reinforce police
Yahoo Daily News | CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's state news agency says the military has deployed troops to the country's streets to reinforce the police, restore security and state "prestige." | The new deployment Wednesday comes in the wake of a deadly soccer riot last we... |
Queen to criss-cross Britain on jubilee tour
Yahoo Daily News | Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee tour of Britain will criss-cross the kingdom over five months, Buckingham Palace said Wednesday as they released her itinerary. | The tour, to mark the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne, will start... |
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