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  • Americans happier with economic figures Americans happier with economic figures

    Americans are at their most optimistic since 2007 according to a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index of consumer sentiment. The preliminary index has shown optimism increased to 83.7 in May as stocks surged and real estate climbed. With record stock prices boosting household wealth and unemployment down in some areas, consumers were able to see their way through the effects of ...

  • Stem cell tech may help mitochondrial disease

    production of genetically matched human embryonic stem cells holds potential for treating mitochondrial disease, because the matching is not precise. Somatic cell nuclear transfer, the method that produced Dolly the sheep, duplicates nuclear DNA from the donor nucleus, but not the mitochondria, which are those of the egg cell receiving the ...

  • China ‘hard-landing’ trades revisited

    So far this year, the principal China story has been one of growth and policy disappointments, leading to a steady de-rating of Chinese ...

  • FOMC Decision Critical to Oil Prices

    The U.S. dollar and its reaction to the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's Congress testimony on Wednesday will prove central for crude oil price direction this week, according to CNBC's weekly survey of market sentiment. Nine out of 13 respondents, or about 69 percent, expect prices to soften this week while two forecast gains and the remaining two are neutral on the market. ...

  • Asia Markets Japan stocks rally but Korean shares underperform

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks rallied to lead Asian markets higher Monday, tracking a positive global lead after U.S. indexes notched another record finish on Friday, although South Korean shares underperformed, weighed by geopolitical ...


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Movie Review

Men With Guns

John Sayles' "Men With Guns" is about what happens to a society when brute force and constant threat of violence are the only means of gaining and maintaining power. The film takes place in an unnamed Central American country, where the men with guns are the rulers. Most of the country is divided into tiny segments -- some are controlled by guerrillas with guns, some are controlled by Army soldier ... ...

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    Whenever a spunky, growing startup gets sold to an established player - the cry goes out. Users won't like it. The culture will be ruined. The startup will be subsumed by its parent. Sometimes it's true, but in the case of ...

  • Abes Growth Strategy And The Upper House Election

    Japanese voters are called to the polls for one or another level of government election on average once every year, under six election systems with rules for weighting of votes from urban and rural districts (malapportionment) and single seat and multi-seat districts sufficiently different to produce different party or candidate results from the same voters in successive ...

  • Apple Supplier Anjies Stock Rally Lifts Chinese Couple Into Billionaire Wealth Ranks

    A run-up in the stock price of Apple supplier Suzhou Anjie Technology lifted the company's controlling shareholders into to the world's billionaire ranks last week. Shares in Anjie, an insulation supplier, rose from 72.1 yuan, or $11.8, on May 10 at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to 89.1 yuan on Thursday. They ended the week at 87.88 yuan on Friday. Chairman Wang Chunsheng and his wife, ...

  • Russia Building Terrorist Killing Robo-Cop

    Russia developing lethal autonomous robots to help engage in the fight on terrorism, the government said on Friday. You might have thought the world of lethal autonomous robots would be sole be here in the United States, or Japan. Both countries are working on their own version of robotic soldiers. And now Russia has joined their ranks. Only their robo-cop has terrorists in its cross-hairs. ...

  • Jennifer Lopez Miley Cyrus Taylor Swift Selena Gomez Nicki Minaj At The Billboard Music Awards Red Carpet

    LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 19: Miley Cyrus arrives at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas, ...

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