Texarkana GazetteTexas confirms water pollution from drillingTexarkana GazetteAssociated Press • In this 2012 file photo, environmental protection groups participate in a global Frackdown Day in Pittsburgh, calling for a moratorium on Shale Gas Drilling and the hydraulic fracturing process. Pennsylvania officials say there were at least ...Some states confir […]

Economic TimesEuro Falls to Multi-Week Lows Vs Dollar, Yen in Risk-Off ModeWall Street JournalThe euro fell to multi-week lows against the dollar and yen as weak Chinese economic data as well as bigger-than-expected falls in Japanese stock prices fanned the risk-aversion sentiment of investors. The single currency fell to as low as $1.3578 and ...Yen edges h […]

Economic TimesOffice-Rental Market Is Getting StrongerWall Street JournalThe recovery of the U.S. office market picked up steam during the fourth quarter of 2013, according to new data from real estate research firm Reis Inc. Businesses occupied an additional 8.5 million square feet of office space in the quarter. That was only a ...Office vacancy rates in U […]

Economic TimesChina Wages Seen Jumping in 2014 Amid Shift to ServicesBloombergWomen holding umbrellas walk back to work after a lunch break in the Futian district of... Read More. Women holding umbrellas walk back to work after a lunch break in the Futian district of Shenzhen. In Shenzhen, the 13 percent rise in the minimum wage to ...Shadow Banking Risks Ex […]

Economic TimesUPDATE 1-China services industry growth slows, confirms year-end cooldownReuters... Print. * China HSBC services PMI at lowest in over 2 years. * Other services and factory surveys also point to some loss of momentum. * Activity still expanding but at slower clip. BEIJING, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Growth in China's services industries slowed in . […]

Economic TimesJPMorgan nears $2 billion settlement in a case tied to Madoff: ReportsEconomic TimesJPMorgan will pay more than $1 billion to the prosecutors in Manhattan and the remainder to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and a unit of the Treasury Department investigating breakdowns in the bank's safeguards against money ...JPMorgan […]

The GuardianHTC Profit Misses for a Fourth Quarter as Slump ContinuesBloombergHTC Corp.'s release of its largest phone to date, called One Max, failed to halt a... Read More. HTC Corp.'s release of its largest phone to date, called One Max, failed to halt a nine-quarter slide in sales even after signing Hollywood star Robert Downey Jr. to ...Smartp […]

San Francisco ChroniclePlosser Warns Fed Shouldn't Try to Offset Potential GDP Loss (1)BusinessweekFederal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles Plosser, an opponent of bond purchases by the Fed, said policy makers shouldn't try to make up for a permanent loss in potential growth caused by the financial crisis. “Efforts to use monetary pol […]

NDTVFireEye market value surges by a third after Mandiant dealReuters(Reuters) - Shares of cybersecurity provider FireEye Inc rose as much as 35 percent on Friday after the company bought computer forensics specialist Mandiant Corp for $1 billion in a deal that underscores increasing consolidation in the red-hot sector.Cyber security deal highlights threats […]

Refinery29Non-GMO Cheerios Are A (Minor) VictoryRefinery29Of all the buzzy health and nutrition issues that dominated the conversation over the past year, GMOs, their dangers, and their benefits were definitely up there among the top talking points. And, while there's a lot of alarmism, the science is still out on just how ...and more »

Washington PostBangladesh Leader Wins Boycotted Vote Marred by Deadly ClashesBusinessweekBangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed won another five-year term in a boycotted election marred by violence that killed more than a dozen people, signaling further unrest in Asia's fifth-most populous country. Hasina's Awami League won 229 ...Bangladesh […]

Vancouver SunPark proposes to resume family reunion with DPRK around Lunar New YearXinhuaSEOUL, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday proposed to resume the reunions for separated families between South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) around Lunar New Year. "We hope to hold ...South Korea' […]

Sydney Morning HeraldAfrican asylum seekers protest in IsraelSydney Morning HeraldTel Aviv: More than 30,000 African asylum seekers who entered Israel illegally have protested in Tel Aviv, in the biggest rally ever staged by migrants in the Jewish state. "More than 30,000 demonstrators marched peacefully in Tel Aviv," police spokeswoman ...UN Refug […]

BBC NewsGiant panda cub Yuan Zai unveiled in Taiwan's Taipei zooBBC NewsA giant panda cub has made her highly-anticipated debut at a zoo in Taiwan. Six-month-old Yuan Zai, the island's first giant panda cub, was unveiled to the media on Saturday and then to the public on Monday. She climbed around her cage before retiring for ...Aged 6 months, Taiw […]

The GuardianFreed Russian Oligarch Leaves Germany for Switzerland With FamilyNew York TimesBERLIN — Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the former oil tycoon recently freed after a decade in prison in Russia, has left Berlin and arrived by train in Switzerland, where he and his wife will oversee their teenage sons' return to school, according to a statement from . […]

Washington PostIraqi air force strikes city to try to oust al QaedaReutersBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces battling an al Qaeda offensive near the Syrian border launched an air strike on Ramadi city on Sunday killing 25 Islamist militants, according to local officials. Government officials in western Anbar province met ...Kerry vows support for Ir […]

Washington PostCambodian land activists arrested: Rights groupTimes of IndiaPHNOM PENH: Five Cambodian land activists were arrested on Monday in the latest move by the authorities to suppress street protests against the government of strongman premier Hun Sen, a rights group said. The five woman were detained as they ...Cambodia Reverts to Harsh Approach in […]

Times of India14 Killed in Stampede in Northwest ChinaNew York TimesHONG KONG — Fourteen people were trampled to death in northwest China on Sunday as a crowd rushed to take offerings of traditional fried flat bread, the official news agency Xinhua reported Monday. World Twitter Logo.14 killed in China mosque stampedeBoston.comMore than a dozen dead after st […]

CNN InternationalKerry urges hard compromises in MideastWashington PostJERUSALEM — Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Sunday that five months of intensive U.S.- brokered peace talks have made progress toward resolving the hardest issues dividing Israel and the Palestinians but that a deal could slip through his hands.Kerry Sets Deadline for Peace Blueprin […]

Boston GlobeKerry Says Iran Could Join Syrian Peace TalksWall Street JournalForces from the Free Syrian Army man a checkpoint in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Sunday. Reuters. ISTANBUL—Iran might become involved in the Syrian peace talks scheduled to be held in Geneva this month, Secretary of State John Kerry said, ...Kerry suggests Iran could […]