29-Nov-2012 02:02

Spain, EU Announce €37 Billion Rescue of Banking System :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Out of the <span class="st">€</span>37 billion that the Bank of Spain announced Wednesday would be transferred to prop up the ailing Spanish banking system, it appears that, ironically, the most complicated discussions were about the first <span class="st">€</span>1.</p><p>Both the Spanish central bank and the European Union announced Wednesday the details of the financial sector rescue, which will transfer <span class="st">€</span>17.96 billion to troubled Bankia S.A. and <span class="st">€</span>14.51 billion to CatalunyaBanc and NCG Banco, two of the other nationalized Spanish banks.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/spain-eu-announce-eu37-billion-rescue-banking-system-907024

DR Congo: M23 Rebels Promise To Withdraw From Goma, Something Easier Said Than Done :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The sun has set on another day of confusion in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For regional leaders working toward the withdrawal of rebel forces from the city of Goma, Wednesday's events held some promise – but officials won't breathe easy just yet.</p><p>The insurgent group M23 has held Goma since Nov. 20. This city of 1 million is a place of strategic importance – it is the capital of the eastern North Kivu province, which is rich in mineral resources. It is also on the border between the DRC and Rwanda, two countries whose relationship has been plagued by hostilities for decades.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/dr-congo-m23-rebels-promise-withdraw-goma-something-easier-said-done-907016

How Groundbreaking Were Cyber Monday's Actual Sales? :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Black Friday and Cyber Monday have both come and gone, giving way to the monthlong spending spree that is the rest of the U.S. holiday season. With everyone safely back to their usual levels of impulse-buying, the question for Wall Street has become: Was the much-heralded "e-commerce revolution" as profound as many investors and businesses hoped?</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/how-groundbreaking-were-cyber-mondays-actual-sales-907018

Hang on, maybe Facebook did drive Black Friday sales after all :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/GsMzD0Yn-vI/story01.htm

Buffett: Cliff talks may drag on :: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett believes the US fiscal cliff may not be solved until January, missing the December deadline, as markets remain jittery.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20523750#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Exclusive: Peel partners with Samsung to take its social TV guide app international :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/4jw2YY3mJek/story01.htm

How can we build a future of post-industrial journalism? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/2-AZJGQ-s74/story01.htm

Windows Phone 7.8: Early 2013 and… on new devices? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/5Mz4RWbuhhs/story01.htm

Mortar Data wants to become a Hadoop developer's best friend :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/d8Q75xuD6og/story01.htm

Nokia seeks Blackberry sales bans :: Nokia is seeking to ban sales of Blackberry phones in the US, UK and Canada after its rival refused to pay patent licence fees.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20523377#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

With Skillshare's online classes, instructors get shot at bigger bucks :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/TFEasM22iLM/story01.htm

ARPA-E backs 66 projects: energy beets, fabric wind blades, dust devils :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Py8J5yjPmEU/story01.htm

Google Drive for iOS, Android gains mobile spreadsheet editing :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/DETMqdyJRlE/story01.htm

Voice calls over 4G LTE networks are battery killers :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/x9Ov6euFmrw/story01.htm

Amazon Publishing takes on Europe; Kirshbaum to head U.S. unit in reorg :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/B3BPIAewN7U/story01.htm

Amazon's new data warehousing service takes aim at "old guard" IT giants :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/HxsWoi-NI_k/story01.htm

BP banned from new US contracts :: BP is temporarily banned from new US contracts due to a "lack of business integrity" over the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the US environment agency says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20528958#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Devops and donors: How the Obama campaign built its fundraising platform :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ms6CN-q0qtE/story01.htm

China may have most active iOS, Android devices by early 2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Egwm5oZGp5g/story01.htm

Payday loan rates 'to be limited' :: The government is to change the law to allow restrictions to be imposed on the interest rates charged for so-called "payday loans".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20531126#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa