Capitalism's Woes Cheered at World Social Forum The New York Times | Filed at 1:28 a.m. ET | PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) -- Leftists are pouring into town to rail against freewheeling capitalism during the World Social Forum, gleefully cheering the humbling of bankers and business titans by the global economic meltdown. | At the opening of the five-day event, some 25...
China boosts social spending, targets minorities The Siasat Daily | Beijing, March 05: China's government pushed ahead Friday with plans to strengthen economic growth while dampening social tensions, introducing a budget intended to narrow a rich-poor gap and bring growth to rebellious ethnic areas. | In a speech t...
Peter Mair: Huge influx of immigrants has changed Dutch society forever The Independent | What had been expected to be relatively run-of-the-mill local elections in the Netherlands quickly acquired a lot more significance once the Dutch government had unexpectedly collapsed over the Afghanistan issue. These results tell us little about ...
China boosts social spending, targets minorities The Press Democrat | In a speech that is China's equivalent of a state-of-the-nation address, Premier Wen Jiabao said the government would more than halve the increase in spending, to 11.4 percent, as it eases off the heavy stimulus that warded off last year's global r...
China boosts social spending, targets minorities Houston Chronicle | BEIJING - China's government pushed ahead Friday with plans to strengthen economic growth while dampening social tensions, introducing a budget intended to narrow a rich-poor gap and bring growth to rebellious ethnic areas. | In a speech that is Ch...
TechCrunch Social Media Analysis By ExactDrive Shows Impressive Popularity The Examiner | | Social Media Monitoring research report by Digital Marketing Agency ExactDrive Inc. TechCrunch is one of the largest network of technology-oriented blogs on the Internet with millions of visitors per month reading their articles....
Currensee Grabs $8m to Expand Social Network for Traders The New York Times | Currensee, a social network for Foreign Exchange (Forex) traders, today announced it has secured a second round funding of $8 million to expand its presence in Europe and Asia as well as continue development of several new products. | Currensee ...
Kylie Minogue swaps her gold hotpants for leather shorts at Paris Fashion Week The Daily Mail | Ten years after she reignited her pop career with a tiny pair of goldpants, Kylie Minogue is back in shorts again. | Sitting front row at the Yves Saint Laurent Autumn/Winter 2010 show at Paris Fashion Week last night, the 41-year-old singer showed off her legs in a pair of leather shorts. | With her latest shorts significantly longer and high-wa...
A tipple a day keeps obesity at bay, study Zeenews London: Women who drink a couple of glasses of red wine, beer or spirits a day are better at keeping the pounds off than tea-total women, according to a study. | Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston asked more than 19,000, normal-weight US women aged 39 or older how many alcoholic beverages they typically drank in a day, and then t...
