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The proposal
Sony considers Loeb’s spin-off proposal, but rebirth might require a miracle gadget

May 22, 2013
Patience is a virtue
If Japanese exports have gotten so cheap, why isn’t everyone buying them?

May 22, 2013
Good Karma
China’s hunger for electric car technology may give Fisker a second chance

May 22, 2013
Life imitates AMC
Breaking Bad, Taiwan-style: Rogue chemistry teacher cooks up illegal food additive

May 22, 2013
rote
Students are the victims and culprits of India’s broken higher education system

May 22, 2013
countries versus companies
Apple’s tax bill is a window into the global post-industrial economy, and all its problems

May 21, 2013
Contact Sport
To locate the next Arab Spring revolution, look to the soccer stands

May 22, 2013
Manning the trenches
China’s Internet battle lines are being formed as Alibaba goes shopping with Qihoo 360

May 22, 2013
pandemic deferred
China’s bird flu has been conquered—at least for now

May 22, 2013
US engineer’s family quits Singapore inquest, insisting he was murdered

May 22, 2013
The UK government collides with the changing global consensus on austerity

May 21, 2013
the great rotation of china
China has too much US government debt, so it’s gearing up to buy real estate instead

May 21, 2013
sinking fortune
Spain just spent $680 million on a submarine that can’t swim

May 21, 2013
Chinese flock to New Zealand to see its sights—and hoard its milk

May 21, 2013
I did it my way
Jamie Dimon survives vote but reforms are inevitable for JP Morgan

May 21, 2013
Microsoft’s new Xbox One is an Apple killer, in the living room

May 21, 2013
Mobile data is the new luxury good in southern Europe

May 21, 2013
Global social trend
Since China wants oil from Myanmar, it is compromising with protestors

May 21, 2013
The New Gigabyte
Yahoo’s marketing masterstroke: a free terabyte of Flickr storage is better than unlimited

May 21, 2013
you look tired dave
Microsoft’s new Kinect is your nurse, trainer, and shrink

May 21, 2013
How the Obama administration talks to black America

May 21, 2013
NASA-funded research
The audacious plan to end hunger with 3-D printed food

May 20, 2013
BUSTING OUT
The collapse of China’s photovoltaic industry will spark the next solar boom

May 21, 2013
bollywood blunder
Indian cinema is finally getting attention at Cannes—for all the wrong reasons

May 21, 2013

Dominique Strauss-Kahn settles out of court with hotel maid»

Source: Guardian

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief, is said to have reached a settlement with the hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her, likely ending a legal saga that forced the onetime French presidential contender's resignation.

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Sony considers Loeb’s spin-off proposal, but rebirth might require a miracle gadget

If Japanese exports have gotten so cheap, why isn’t everyone buying them?

China’s hunger for electric car technology may give Fisker a second chance

Breaking Bad, Taiwan-style: Rogue chemistry teacher cooks up illegal food additive

Students are the victims and culprits of India’s broken higher education system

Apple’s tax bill is a window into the global post-industrial economy, and all its problems

To locate the next Arab Spring revolution, look to the soccer stands

China’s Internet battle lines are being formed as Alibaba goes shopping with Qihoo 360

China’s bird flu has been conquered—at least for now

US engineer’s family quits Singapore inquest, insisting he was murdered

The UK government collides with the changing global consensus on austerity

China has too much US government debt, so it’s gearing up to buy real estate instead

Spain just spent $680 million on a submarine that can’t swim

Chinese flock to New Zealand to see its sights—and hoard its milk

Jamie Dimon survives vote but reforms are inevitable for JP Morgan

Microsoft’s new Xbox One is an Apple killer, in the living room

Mobile data is the new luxury good in southern Europe

Since China wants oil from Myanmar, it is compromising with protestors

Yahoo’s marketing masterstroke: a free terabyte of Flickr storage is better than unlimited

Microsoft’s new Kinect is your nurse, trainer, and shrink

How the Obama administration talks to black America

The audacious plan to end hunger with 3-D printed food

The collapse of China’s photovoltaic industry will spark the next solar boom

Indian cinema is finally getting attention at Cannes—for all the wrong reasons