Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Photograph: Corbis | Figuring out who was behind the hack of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Angl...
Incremental Steps in Iraq To Let Kurdistan Oil Flow The New York Times | ERBIL, Iraq - The semiautonomous region of Kurdistan is the one place in battered Iraq that promised economic boom times, but some of the foreign oil companies that rushed in over the past few years are becoming increasingly restless. | Their multibillion-dollar deals are still mired in a bitter p...
Location, Location, Location Wall Street Journal By JAVIER ESPINOZA | LONDON—With the U.K.'s recent move to clamp down on bank bonuses sparking rumors of a financial decampment from London, countries with lower tax rates like Switzerland and Monaco are aggressively competing to lure multinati...
Incremental Steps in Iraq To Let Kurdistan Oil Flow Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | ERBIL, Iraq -- The semiautonomous region of Kurdistan is the one place in battered Iraq that promised economic boom times, but some of the foreign oil companies that rushed in over the past few years are becoming increasingly restless. | Their mult...
Incremental Steps in Iraq To Let Kurdistan Oil Flow The New York Times | ERBIL, Iraq - The semiautonomous region of Kurdistan is the one place in battered Iraq that promised economic boom times, but some of the foreign oil companies that rushed in over the past few years are becoming increasingly restless. | Their multi...
AP News in Brief Syracuse | (AP) - Debate at World Economic Forum focuses on tackling climate change without breaking the bank | DAVOS, Switzerland - Fighting global warming and protecting the environment dominated the discussions Friday at the World Economic Forum, a month a...
Swiss banker blows whistle on tax evasion Deccan Herald By Lynnley Browning, The New York Times | The investigation covers more than 100 trusts, 1,300 individuals and dozens of companies | From his home in the quiet village of Rorbas, outside Zurich, Rudolf M Elmer is chipping away at the centuries-old tr...
Thousands of U.S. troops flood Haiti as international relief effort gains momentum The Daily Mail | U.S. military helicopters swooped down on Haiti's wrecked presidential palace to deploy troops and supplies on Tuesday as a huge international relief operation to earthquake survivors gained momentum. | Troops in combat gear then moved to secure th...
A look at economic developments around the globe Houston Chronicle | - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: | ___ | TOKYO - Japan Airlines filed for one of Japan's largest bankruptcies ever, entering a restructuring that will shrink Asia's top carrier and its ...
Obama budget brings worries to Oklahoma, oil industry Plan to eliminate subsidies would affect Oklahoma, ... The Oklahoman | Enid oilman Harold Hamm doesn't hesitate when asked about the potential impact of President Barack Obama's budget proposal. Related content | Links | Ongoing Coverage: Politics | "I think it would be devastating for the industry, and it would be devastating for the country as a whole," he said. | Hamm, president of Enid-based Continental Resource...
Joan Baez Joins White House's Celebration of Civil Rights Music Rollingstone | Photo: Gallup/Getty | Joan Baez has been added to “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” a PBS special airing this Thursday, February 11th. Baez joins a lineup that includes her partner at the 1963 March on Washington civil rights rally, Bob Dylan. Three original members of the Free...
