IT HAS been a bad week for Mexico’s high and mighty, and a good week for Schadenfreude. This is thanks in large part to the growth of social media ...
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The Economist (Americas view)
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Read more.A vacation from inflation
ON A recent flight from Buenos Aires to New York, I was seated in the dreaded middle seat in the final row. At check-in I pleaded to change, but despite ...
Read more.Frozen promises
STEPHEN HARPER, Canada’s prime minister, came to power in 2006 vowing to defend Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic by building three heavy icebreakers, installing underwater sensors, constructing a ...
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CNN Money
OptionsFacebook IPO: One year later
A year after the company's public debut, here's who's riding high and lying low.
Read more.The world of wearable computers
Oil-price manipulation: the next Libor scandal?
Regulators warn that oil prices could be manipulated just as interbank rates were.
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CNBC
OptionsUS Energy Revolution Gathers Pace
The growing role of the U.S. in world energy markets was underlined on Friday as the Obama administration approved wider exports of liquefied natural gas.
Read more.Northeast Japan Jolted by Earthquake
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted northeastern Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Read more.Swiss Set to Reform Corporate Tax System
Switzerland is set to bow to years of pressure from the EU by overhauling its corporate tax system.
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Forbes
OptionsOf Course The PlayStation 4 Has More Buzz Than Microsoft's New Xbox
Part of the fun of this job is that sometimes, we get to disagree with our fellow writers. One of my compatriots recently composed a piece titled "Sony PlayStation 4 ...
Read more.Creating Adaptive, Personalized, Effective and Addictive Education System for the Next Century
I suggested in my first article that our education system is not broken but has simply become obsolete. It’s doing exactly what it was designed to do but unfortunately ...
Read more.Health Plans Cautious On Where To Sell Obamacare Coverage
Health insurers are being selective about which insurance exchanges they will offer products on with national health plans so far announcing participation in “fewer than 15 states,” a health plan ...
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Business Week
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Wall Street Journal
OptionsHigher-Ups Knew of IRS Case
An IRS watchdog said he informed Obama administration officials last June that a probe was under way over the agency's targeting of conservative groups.
Read more.Swearing In the Enemy
One of the suspected Boston bombers was a naturalized citizen, and the other was on his way. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, herself a new citizen, asks how we might change the ...
Read more.Texas Town Tackles Revival
Residents and businesses in West, Texas, are beginning to come to grips with the task ahead of them in rebuilding after the April 17 blast.
Read more.U.S. Opens Door to More Gas Exports
The Obama administration cleared the way for broader natural-gas exports by approving a $10 billion facility in Texas, a milestone in the U.S. transition into a major supplier of ...
Read more.Train Derailment Injures Dozens
A commuter train heading east from New York City derailed and collided with another train in Fairfield, Conn., Friday evening, injuring 60 people, including five in critical condition.
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Entrepreneur Update
OptionsGoogle CEO Larry Page's Vocal Condition and Breaking the Silence About Illness
Behind the Scenes: What It's Really Like to Pitch for a Spot on 'Shark Tank'
Meet the entrepreneurs who lined up to pitch to casting directors of the ABC reality TV show.
Read more.Spreading the Love of Silicon Valley (Infographic)
Let's face it, Silicon Valley is still the mecca for startups, and every other city is playing catch up.
Read more.How One Young Entrepreneur's Quest to Encourage Women Engineers Led Her to GoldieBlox
Not happy about the dearth of women in engineering? Debbie Sterling thinks overly-girlie toys are to blame.
Read more.Google Glass Adds Facebook, Tumblr and 5 Other New Apps
Read about new Google Glass apps, Yahoo's interest in buying Tumblr, Jelly's major investors and more social-media news.
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Financial Times
OptionsUS condemns Russia over Syria missiles
US chief of staff warns supply of sophisticated Russian missiles could encourage Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to believe he is safe from outside military action
Read more.Swiss set to reform corporate tax system
Official proposals say Bern will respond to international pressure by eliminating differential rates for foreign and domestic profits
Read more.Todd linked to Huawei plan, inquiry hears
As the US engineer’s parents prepare to tell the Singapore hearing of murder fears, former colleagues disclose contacts with a Chinese telecoms group
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MarketWatch
OptionsNissan’s mad scientists grow a bluntly boffo GT-R
Nissan’s legendary GT-R supercoupe is thick with torque at the low engine speeds, thunderously powerful near its 7,000-rpm redline and full of gristle and muscle everywhere else,says ...
Read more.NewsWatch: Why Facebook is an unfriendly reminder of IPO risk
Facebook’s flubbed IPO a year ago isn’t the reason individual investors are reluctant to participate in the record equity rally, but it did lay bare some important investing ...
Read more.10 things cruise lines won’t tell you
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Business Insider
OptionsThere Are Only A Few Hours Left For Facebook To Rush In And Break Up The Yahoo-Tumblr Deal
Yahoo's board is meeting Sunday evening to decide whether to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka reported last night.So that means ...
Read more.15 Recent Ads That Glorify Sexual Violence Against Women
One out of every six women in the US has been the victim of a sexual assault. Elsewhere in the world, the statistics are even more appalling.
Yet advertisers often ...
Read more.Now You Can 3D Print Your Own Invisibility Cloak
Invisibility cloaks made of plastic can now be created at home using 3D printers, researchers show.
The first clues that cloaking devices might one day become more than science fiction ...
Read more.These Are The International Social Networks Closing In On Facebook
Last year, Facebook marked a new milestone in its nine-year history.It lost users.
While the network did pass the 1 billion monthly active user threshold globally in 2012, Facebook ...
Read more.IRS Chief Refuses To Name The Boneheads Who Targeted Tea Party Groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had ...
Read more.Astronaut From Space Station Feels Dizzy, Horrible, And Old Now That He's Back On Earth
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Back on Earth, Canadian astronaut and cyberspace tweeter Chris Hadfield is getting a rough re-introduction to gravity after a five-month stint aboard the International Space Station ...
Read more.Ex Amazon Employee: Google Is 'A Threat 'To Amazon's Cloud (AMZN, GOOG)
A former Amazon Web Services engineer recently conducted an Ask-Me-Anything session on Reddit, and one of the more surprising things he said was just how much of a threat Google ...
Read more.BERNANKE TO GRADUATES: 'Success And Satisfaction Will Not Come From Mastering A Fixed Body Of Knowledge'
Ben Bernanke gave a commencement speech to the graduates of Bard Collage at Simon's Rock.
"My emphasis today will be on prospects for the long run," he said. "In ...
Read more.This Timelapse Will Spin You Around The Empire State Building
While it is not the tallest building in New York, the Empire State Building is one of the most recognizable in the city's skyline, and its nightly light show ...
Read more.Here's What It's Like Getting Around In Philly's Free 'Rogue' Car Service
I'm in Philly for the weekend, determined to prove I can have a great time for less than $100. So far, I'm having a blast and I've ...
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