From pettifogging to Andrew Duff MEP
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The latest British PISA international educational survey scores (2009) being so impressive(?), the Conservative UK education secretary Michael Gove and his department officials have time to score points among anti-intellectuals by championing the cau...
Man U, a stake for Soros
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Hat-tip to Sam Jones — it’s a 7.85 per cent stake by George Soros.For every defeat to Everton…Also spotted in Monday evening SEC filings: Peter Thiel selling...
The Closer
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ROUND UP Markets crawled to a close on Monday on light trading, as Eurozone news confused investors. The S&P 500 closed down 0.03 per cent. Meanwhile, yields on Spanish yields...
Correa, Assange y Garzón, ¡viva el espectáculo!
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No hay verano sin serpiente de verano, ni solsticio sin culebrón. Año tras año la historia parece repetirse cambiando personajes y temáticas pero cuando el calor aprieta y los mercados dan un respiro a los problemas ciertos, surgen los espectácu...
As long as Euro-judges can make up the law, any renegotiation is worthless
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It's difficult to agree terms with a body that can change those terms unilaterally. And that, sadly, is precisely what the Brussels institutions do. David Cameron admitted as much when last year's veto turned out to be void. While no reading of the...
AT&T Mobile App Hackathon Goes International
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When most people hear the word “hacker,” they think of someone doing something they shouldn’t. But not all hacking is bad. Recently, AT&T held an international hackathon at University of Miami Life Science & Technology Park in Miami, Fl...
Going for (long-run) Greek growth
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Troika negotiations drone on. Meanwhile:Click the chart to enlarge — courtesy of Gabriel Sterne of Exotix.That’s a near 60 per cent gain in a fortnight for the...
Plantu on Putin and Pussy Riot
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• Pussy Riot girls: [singing]• Putin: Hey, girls, not so loud!! We can no longer hear the Syrian melody!When a Democrat is in the White House, and the American superpower is not involved in a given conflict, Europeans like Plantu can finally soar...
Brad DeLong on the Euro Crisis
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Brad is terrified:When I came to his piece I was terrified about the economic future of Europe: I had moderated a panel composed of Barry Eichengreen and Wolfgang Munchau last month in Rio de Janiero that had made me want to hide under the table and...
Now, that is one mighty fine interest rate sensitivity disclosure
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While interest rates are likely to stay low for some time yet, they can’t be that way forever. When rates finally go up, banks could be in a position to profit — provided...
Paul Ryan and Hayek vs Rand
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Colourful language warning – well, it is Ayn Rand:[Rand] thinks Hayek’s definition of a person’s “own sphere” in which his views are supreme could...
The ‘Shale Gas Revolution’: Developments and Changes
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“The ‘shale gas revolution’ in the United States created an oversupply of liquefied natural gas and downward pressure on gas prices across the globe. Disappointing outcomes have reduced the hype about the prospects for shale gas in Euro...
Putting a price on the rivers and rain diminishes us all
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"By turning the natural world into a subsidiary of the corporate economy, it reasserts the biblical doctrine of dominion. It slices the biosphere into component commodities: already the government’s task force is talking of "unbundling&...
Galloway: “What’s alleged (against Assange) isn’t even a minor misdemeanour in the UK”
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Galloway: “I mean not everybody needs to be asked prior to each insertion. Some people believe that when you go to bed with somebody, take off your clothes, and have sex with them and then fall asleep, you’re already in the sex game with...
Tory police candidate interfered in fraud probe on behalf of friend
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With disgraced tycoon and fugitive Asil Nadir convicted at the Old Bailey of three counts of theft this afternoon, let’s spare a thought for former Conservative MP Michael Mates, who lost his job in John Major’s government over his links...
Ideas To Think Upon Before Buying The Tanning Beds
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Are you getting near in finalizing your decision of purchasing the tanning beds for sale you often see in market? Are you one of the individuals who also think and consider these beds as the best product that would make your skin tanned even without...
Before they Used ‘em, They Abused ‘em
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A part of the bourgeoisie wants to redress social grievances in order to assure the maintenance of bourgeois society.Included in it are economists, philanthropists, humanitarians, do-gooders for the working classes, charity organisers, animal welfare...
The glacier and the tiger
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Some years ago a friend told me that, working in Washington for her own PhD, she was worried about her little daughter, growing without seeing a real cow, not knowing where the milk and the butter, not to mention the hamburgers, do comes from. So it...
A social fabric roundup. Orhan Pamuk’s latest revelations, RIP: Müşfik Kenter, “Prayers and Products”, “Scientific” Racism
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In Memoriam | Müşfik Kenter (1932-2012) from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M Müşfik Kenter (9 September 1932-15 August 2012) was a Turkish award winning actor, focused mainly theater and voice acting. His sister Yıldız Kenter (October 11, 1928...
El glaciar y el tigre
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Algunos años atrás una amiga me contaba que estudiando en los Estados Unidos le preocupaba que su hija no llegase nunca a ver una vaca de verdad. Como podría la pequeña Isabel saber de donde salía la leche, o la mantequilla, por no decir el lomi...
Non-euro countries hit by EU construction decline
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European Union leaders will begin a week of key meetings on the debt crisis against a backdrop of a worsening economic outlook, with the latest figures for the construction sector showing output falling even in the eurozone core...
The Marikana Mine Workers Massacre – the War on the Poor
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An article by abahlali baseMjondolo: http://abahlali.org/node/9035 Shiraz Socialist is not in a position to judge whether this article is fair and/or accurate, but we publish it in the interest information and debate: After the brutal, heartless an...
Updating Google's voice in Europe
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Today, this blog is making a small but significant change to its name. The Google European Public Policy Blog is becoming the Google Europe Blog. When we first launched this blog four years ago, the idea was to focus on Brussels-based European Unio...
Deleveraging Leveraged Banks
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In the banking word a leverage example follows a process like the one described below (this overly simplified version of leveraging is called securitization and was first introduced in the US as early as 1970): 1. A Bank with 100euros in deposit...
Abductions of Turkish Citizens in Lebanon. Turks might begin to realize what they are up to… A FP roundup…
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Ankara issues travel warning to Lebanon after abductions from Hurriyet Daily News Ankara issues a warning for Turkish citizens against travelling to Lebanon after the latest abductions as one kidnapped Turk calls on Turkish gov’t for help Tu...
