Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Gaddafi's Son's Sham Exposed
Before he joined Libya's slaughter, Gaddafi's son Saif was celebrated by Westerners as a liberal reformer. Judith Miller on how he used money to fool the West. Plus, full coverage of the Libyan uprising.He was so smooth in his Brioni suits and cashmere zip-up sweaters. His English was fluent, his manner easy. He spoke of civil society and democracy, the subject of his doctoral thesis at the London School of Economics. Through American consultants, he promoted openness at home, counterterrorism abroad, and headed a major charity. He dabbled in art, painting a little himself and displaying the work of others.
Gaddafi's Son's Sham ExposedSaturday, February 26, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Businesspeople need to think harder about political risk
A MONTH ago Ahmed Ezz was one of the most powerful businesspeople in Egypt. He controlled about 40% of the country’s steel production, played a leading role in the ruling party and, most important of all, was a bosom buddy of Hosni Mubarak’s son and heir apparent, Gamal.
Today he is a has-been. Protesters have demonised him and torched his company headquarters. The old guard has dumped him as a liability. He is under investigation, his assets have been frozen and his right to travel has been restricted. Western companies that cultivated Mr Ezz wasted their time and money.
It was once regarded as axiomatic that globalisation would marginalise politics. Theodore Levitt, one of Harvard Business School’s leading thinkers, argued that “the Earth is round but, for most purposes, it’s sensible to treat it as flat”. Kenichi Ohmae, a Japanese business guru, published “The Borderless World” and “The End of the Nation State”. Giant companies such as IBM and Ford played down the importance of country managers in their efforts to create globally integrated behemoths.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
'Looking For Love (But Not So Sure)' by Pretty Lights?
Listen to 'Looking For Love (But Not So Sure)' by Pretty Lights
http://bln.kr/ZWP/Wednesday, February 2, 2011
World Web War I: Why Egypt's Digital Uprising is Different
World Web War I: Why Egypt's Digital Uprising is Different
We've seen cyberwar declared before, but the one playing out in Egypt is my own candidate for World Web War I. Hosni Mubarak fired the first shot, switching off the internet and mobile phones after crude attempts to block Twitter and Facebook fell apart. The web fought back in ways we haven't seen before, and it's winning.
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Monday, January 31, 2011
'King Of The Trap (Feat Waka Flocka, D Money)' by Frenchie
Listen to 'King Of The Trap (Feat Waka Flocka, D Money)' by Frenchie
http://bln.kr/ZJA/Sunday, January 30, 2011
'Make It Rain [Remix] (feat Roscoe Dash)' by Travis Porter
Listen to 'Make It Rain [Remix] (feat Roscoe Dash)' by Travis Porter
http://bln.kr/ZH5/U.S., British Govts Keep Pressure on WikiLeaks
U.S. and British government officials have begun a global crackdown against pro-WikiLeaks "hacktivists" who briefly shut down Mastercard, Visa, Paypal and Amazon.com December 9. The loose group of hacktivists began a global cyber-attack called "Operation Payback" against the companies that earlier had caved-in to what was likely a U.S. federal government pressure campaign and similar electronic attack against the WikiLeaks website earlier in the year. Five British citizens were arrested on January 27 in the anti-WikiLeaks government probe, and the U.S. government issued 40 search warrants the same day in a related move. The Britisharrests all involved young men aged 15 to 26. ABC News reported that many of the U.S. searches were "conducted in the San Francisco Bay area and the Boston area as part of an ongoing investigation that involved 26 FBI field offices executing search warrants."One of the search warrants issued in the United States was served against Georgia Tech freshman Zhiwei Chen on January 27. According to the college newspaper, Technique, Chen wrote: "I was a passive admin for Operation Payback and quit early to avoid complications with the law, but it seems the FBI has gotten the better of me."
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Youth Journalism International: Inside The Egyptian Revolution
Youth Journalism International: Inside The Egyptian Revolution: "Here is a firsthand account of the Egyptian revolution from Youth Journalism International senior reporter Jessica Elsayed, a 17-year-old st..."
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
UN Forum on Human Rights: Stay and Fight or Walk Away?
The ascension of Republicans in the Congress, most notably Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen as chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, means the Obama administration will face a lot more scrutiny, if not outright hostility, toward its policy of principled engagement on human rights at the United Nations. There are few foreign policy debates where the differences between the two sides are starker.more here
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
WikiWecaps Episode 1: Inside Wikileaks "Cablegate"
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The Top Secret State Dinner
Want details on tonight’s state dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao? Good luck, says Dan Stone, who reports on the importance of the affair and who might be on the guest list.
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| The Top Secret State Dinner |
You would think, at first, that the White House is organizing some sort of top secret plan to jumpstart the economy. Or that administration officials are preparing a surprise invasion overseas. read more.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Oil and Gas influences are worth millions during election campaigns.
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Obama, "received $884,000 from the oil and gas industry during the 2008 campaign, more than any other lawmaker except his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)."
Oil & Gas: Background -OpenSecrets.org
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Banks Lose Pivotal Mortgage Case
The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed a lower court judge's ruling invalidating two mortgage foreclosure sales because the banks, in their capacity as trustees for mortgage securities, did not prove that they actually owned the mortgages at the time of foreclosure.
DENISE LAVOIE AND MICHELLE CONLIN | 01/ 7/11 10:18 PM
The decision, which highlights the failure of financial firms to adhere to the rules that govern mortgage-backed securities, is likely to lead more borrowers to sue bank servicers and trustees for wrongful foreclosures. It's unclear what the ruling means for people who were forced from their homes after defaulting on their loans or for those who purchased houses in foreclosure sales.
"There are now thousands of these homes that have been purchased through foreclosures handled in a very similar fashion where the titles are defective," said Ward P. Graham, a Massachusetts title attorney who co-authored a friend-of-the-court brief in the case on behalf of the Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, Inc.
Last fall, the banking industry's foreclosure machine came under intense scrutiny with revelations that low-level employees called "robo signers" powered through hundreds of foreclosure affidavits a day without verifying a single sentence. At the time, analysts warned that the banks' allegedly fraudulent document procedures could imperil their ability to prove that they owned the mortgages. The Massachusetts ruling stokes those concerns.
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Monday, January 3, 2011
State of Emergency – The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974 by Dominic Sandbrook – review
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Andy Beckett on a volume of history that feels over-familiar
Report: FBI seizes server in probe of WikiLeaks attacks
The FBI has seized a server in Texas as part of its hunt for the groups behind the pro-WikiLeaks denial-of-service attacks launched in December against PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, and others, according to a report.
During a December 16 raid, agents seized a server at Tailor Made Services, a Dallas-based co-location, or server-hosting, facility, and copied two of its hard drives, according to The Smoking Gun Web site, which said it has obtained the FBI affidavit in support of a search warrant for the seizure.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20026908-38.html#ixzz19xeJSELz
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