Deutsche Welle – Shaking heads, disbelief, ridicule. Reactions to the (alleged) decision by Germany’s federal prosecutor, Harald Range, have been fierce. Green Party parliamentarian Christian...
Archive for May, 2014
World Bank Head Jim Yong Kim Takes Thomas Piketty To Heart
By World On The Run
Yahoo Canada – In his effort to make the World Bank more effective in creating global projects, president Jim Yong Kim is taking a page from...
Fixed-Income Market Is ‘Permanently Shrunk’
By World on The Run
Market Watch – Revenue from the once lucrative fixed-income trading business has fallen sharply in recent years and analysts say it will never recover to...
Goldman Director Gupta Loses Bid To Stay Out Of Prison
By World on The Run
Reuters – director Rajat Gupta will begin serving a two-year prison term on June 17 after a U.S. federal appeals court rejected his bid to...
Boy Allegedly Locked In London, Ont., Bedroom For Up To Two Years
By World on The Run
Globe and Mail – Pale, underweight and confused, a boy was locked in squalor in a bedroom for up to two years until police rescued...
Virgin Galactic Cleared By FAA
By World on the Run
CNN Money – The flights will leave from Spaceport, which is owned by the state of New Mexico and was built to provide commercial space...
Slain Woman’s Husband Killed First Wife
By World on the Run
Associated Press – The husband of a woman stoned to death in Pakistan killed his first wife four years ago, police and relatives said Thursday,...
World On Brink Of Sixth Great Extinctio
By World on the Run
Courier Press – Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene,...
Lyme Disease Bacteria Found In Ancient Amber
By World On The Run
Voice of America – Lyme disease – a painful, debilitating disease spread by ticks – was identified only about 40 years ago. But researchers say...
AmericanWho Killed Himself In Syria Suicide Attack Was From South Florida
By World On The Run
Washington Post – The Obama administration on Friday confirmed that a U.S. citizen took part in a suicide bombing in Syria, the first time that...
Historic Royal York Hotel Up For Sale
By World on The Run
Toronto Star – Toronto’s historic Royal York hotel is up for sale, along with the Hotel Vancouver in downtown Vancouver. Both hotels are owned by...
Canadian Economy Starts 2014 With Weak GDP Gain
By World on The Run
CBC – The Canadian economy had an unexpectedly weak start to 2014, with unusually severe winter weather hampering spending across the board. According to Statistics...
Japan Offers Support To Nations In Disputes With China
By World on The Run
New York Times – Saying that his nation will play a larger role in regional security, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan said on Friday...
Former Microsoft CEO to Buy Clippers
By World on the Run
Los Angeles Times – Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has won a frenetic bidding war for ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, with a...
Why Google Revealed It’s Mostly Of Bunch of White Men
By World on the Run
ABC News – In an effort to be transparent about diversity in the workplace, Google revealed that its typical employee is white and male —...
Measles Hit 20-Year High In U.S.
By World on the Run
CDC – Two hundred and eighty-eight cases of measles were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States between...
World Bank Head Jim Yong Kim Takes Thomas Piketty To Heart
By World On The Run
Yahoo Canada – In his effort to make the World Bank more effective in creating global projects, president Jim Yong Kim is taking a page from...
Fixed-Income Market Is ‘Permanently Shrunk’
By World on The Run
Market Watch – Revenue from the once lucrative fixed-income trading business has fallen sharply in recent years and analysts say it will never recover to...
Goldman Director Gupta Loses Bid To Stay Out Of Prison
By World on The Run
Reuters – director Rajat Gupta will begin serving a two-year prison term on June 17 after a U.S. federal appeals court rejected his bid to...
Boy Allegedly Locked In London, Ont., Bedroom For Up To Two Years
By World on The Run
Globe and Mail – Pale, underweight and confused, a boy was locked in squalor in a bedroom for up to two years until police rescued...
Virgin Galactic Cleared By FAA
By World on the Run
CNN Money – The flights will leave from Spaceport, which is owned by the state of New Mexico and was built to provide commercial space...
Slain Woman’s Husband Killed First Wife
By World on the Run
Associated Press – The husband of a woman stoned to death in Pakistan killed his first wife four years ago, police and relatives said Thursday,...
World On Brink Of Sixth Great Extinctio
By World on the Run
Courier Press – Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene,...
Lyme Disease Bacteria Found In Ancient Amber
By World On The Run
Voice of America – Lyme disease – a painful, debilitating disease spread by ticks – was identified only about 40 years ago. But researchers say...
AmericanWho Killed Himself In Syria Suicide Attack Was From South Florida
By World On The Run
Washington Post – The Obama administration on Friday confirmed that a U.S. citizen took part in a suicide bombing in Syria, the first time that...
Historic Royal York Hotel Up For Sale
By World on The Run
Toronto Star – Toronto’s historic Royal York hotel is up for sale, along with the Hotel Vancouver in downtown Vancouver. Both hotels are owned by...
Canadian Economy Starts 2014 With Weak GDP Gain
By World on The Run
CBC – The Canadian economy had an unexpectedly weak start to 2014, with unusually severe winter weather hampering spending across the board. According to Statistics...
Japan Offers Support To Nations In Disputes With China
By World on The Run
New York Times – Saying that his nation will play a larger role in regional security, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan said on Friday...
Former Microsoft CEO to Buy Clippers
By World on the Run
Los Angeles Times – Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has won a frenetic bidding war for ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, with a...
Why Google Revealed It’s Mostly Of Bunch of White Men
By World on the Run
ABC News – In an effort to be transparent about diversity in the workplace, Google revealed that its typical employee is white and male —...
Measles Hit 20-Year High In U.S.
By World on the Run
CDC – Two hundred and eighty-eight cases of measles were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States between...