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U.S. losing global cyberwar, commission says - Security- msnbc.comThe U.S. faces a cybersecurity threat of such magnitude that the next President should move quickly to create a Center for Cybersecurity Operations and appoint a special White House advisor to oversee it. Those are among the recommendations in a 44-page report by the U.S. Commission on ...
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Why GM is More Bailout-Worthy Than CitigroupFinancial journalists, most of whom spend more time writing about derivatives than carburetors, have been scathing about the possibility of an auto industry bailout, even though they’ve happily accepted multiple bailouts for the financial sector. Of course, the reality is that bailouts are ...
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The Price Is Wrong for Oil Shale and Tar Sand TechAbandoned hope: Colony Oil gave up on this oil shale plant in Colorado 20 years ago. Technology that might revive shale’s prospects is in development. The huge run-up in oil prices over the last several years, reaching a peak of close to US $150 per barrel this past summer, has given energy ...
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Bill Gates presses Obama on stimulus package, foreign aid - CNN.comMicrosoft founder Bill Gates told CNN on Wednesday that he hopes President-elect Barack Obama and Congress immediately craft a wide-ranging stimulus package, to help jump-start the nation's sputtering economy, and double the United States' commitment to foreign aid. "Clearly we need a stimulus ...
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Leading through uncertainty - The McKinsey QuarterlyThe range of possible futures confronting business is great. Companies that nurture flexibility, awareness, and resiliency are more likely to survive the crisis, and even to prosper. The future of capitalism is here, and it’s not what any of us expected. With breathtaking speed, in the autumn ...
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Credit cards unkindest cut for U.S. consumers - ReutersGovernment intervention or not, banks will be cutting up America’s credit cards at an unprecedented rate, with grave implications for the economy and company profits. The U.S. Federal Reserve last week added more nutrition to its alphabet soup of rescue programs when it unveiled the Term ...
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What Are the Impacts of the Current Financial Crisis On the Brazilian Economy? - Latin America EconoMonitorIn the last months, the sub-prime crisis was aggravated, culminating with severe financial difficulties of some important North-American and European banks and companies. While there is still some discussion on how deep will the US and European economies be affected, questions on how emerging ...
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The Great Debate » Credit cards unkindest cut for U.S. consumers | The Great Debate |Government intervention or not, banks will be cutting up America’s credit cards at an unprecedented rate, with grave implications for the economy and company profits. The U.S. Federal Reserve last week added more nutrition to its alphabet soup of rescue programs when it unveiled the Term ...
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US, China headed for possible currency clash - Yahoo! NewsThe United States and China are headed for a possible clash over currency as they open wide-ranging talks on the future of their economic relations. U.S. officials say Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will press Beijing to let its yuan rise against the dollar to ease trade tensions at the ...
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U.S. agency sees robots replacing humans in service jobs by 2025A U.S. government intelligence agency thinks robots may be so capable by 2025 that questions such as "Would you like fries with that?" may be uttered by a smiling machine at the order counter. In a report titled "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World" that was released last week, the National ...
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