onsdag 20 mars 2013

20-Mar-2013 16:57

Lufthansa calls off 500 flights :: German airline Lufthansa, Europe's largest by revenue, cancels more than 500 flights in advance of a mass walkout on Thursday.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21866022#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Infrastructure spend boosted by £3bn :: The government says it will spend an extra £3bn a year to fund infrastructure projects in hope of boosting economic growth.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21860615#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Osborne: We are still on your side :: The chancellor halves his economic growth forecast - but announces measures to help businesses, homebuyers, drivers and beer drinkers.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21850011#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

A Chinese solar giant goes bankrupt, and why that's a good thing :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/KX7m_IBUyCE/story01.htm

IMF head Lagarde's flat searched :: French police search the Paris apartment of IMF chief Christine Lagarde, as part of an investigation into alleged abuse of her authority as finance minister.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21858531#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

New help for home-buyers outlined :: Chancellor George Osborne announces a new Help to Buy scheme, aimed at helping people to buy their own homes. He has also launched a mortgage guarantee scheme, to increase mortgage availability.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21849974#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

National Insurance cut to boost jobs :: Every company in the UK is to be able to get up to £2,000 taken off their National Insurance Contributions in an attempt to boost job creation, the chancellor announces.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21857641#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

March Madness: Meet Amanda Marcum Enfield, Model And Wife Of FGCU Basketball Coach Andy Enfield [PHOTO] :: <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>Despite leading a relatively unknown Florida Gulf Coast University basketball team to a NCAA tournament berth, coach Andy Enfield might not even be the biggest star in his own family.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/march-madness-meet-amanda-marcum-enfield-model-wife-fgcu-basketball-coach-andy-enfield-photo-1139637

Continuing Resolution 2013: Bill Stalls In Senate As Government Shutdown Looms :: <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 U.S. Senate, which is close to passing a continuing resolution to fund the government for the rest of 2013 and avoid a government shutdown, hit a snag on Tuesday, just one week before the current stop-gap measure expires.</p>
<p>Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is delaying a full Senate vote on the stop-gap spending bill to keep the government's lights on by insisting on a full 60 hours of debate, because he didn't get to discuss his amendment to keep air traffic control towers open in rural areas.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/continuing-resolution-2013-bill-stalls-senate-government-shutdown-looms-1139345

Data science is not enough. We need data intelligence too :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/PZ2Lq3nvxXA/story01.htm

Ballerinas Pimped Out: Anastasia Volochkova Says Bolshoi Ballet Is Like A 'Giant Brothel' :: <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> </p>
<p>Former ballerina Anastasia Volochkova said the Bolshoi Ballet frequently pimped out its dancers to wealthy donors, almost as if it were a brothel.</p>
<p>Volochkova, a 37-year-old former ex-prima ballet star, said during an appearance on a Russian talk show Sunday that the company frequently pressured its dancers to attend parties with financial backers of the company. However, according to Volochkova, attendance to the parties also required the women sleep with the rich businessmen and if dancers didn't oblige, they could be terminated.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ballerinas-pimped-out-anastasia-volochkova-says-bolshoi-ballet-giant-brothel-1139631

Malala Yousafzai Returns To School Five Months After Taliban Shooting (VIDEO) :: <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>Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who emerged as a global symbol of women's education rights after she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman last year, has returned to school for the first time since her fateful encounter last October.</p>
<p>Now living in Britain, where she has received extensive medical care, the 15-year-old completed her first day at the Edgbaston High School for Girls in the Midlands city of Birmingham. She was released from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the city only a few weeks ago.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/malala-yousafzai-returns-school-five-months-after-taliban-shooting-video-1139629

Barack Obama NCAA Bracket Tournament Picks: U.S. President Makes His Final Four, Predictions :: <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>If the 2013 NCAA Tournament plays out like President Barack Obama thinks, Indiana Hoosier fans will be very happy.</p>
<p>Obama chose a Final Four of Ohio State, Florida, Louisville, and Indiana, and has the Hoosiers beating the Cardinals in the final, <a href="http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/en/entry?entryIDB67886" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">according to his bracket on ESPN</a>.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/barack-obama-ncaa-bracket-tournament-picks-us-president-makes-his-final-four-predictions-1139537

It's not Skynet yet: In machine learning, there's still a role for humans :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/oHAh_4iSTnU/story01.htm

South Korea Cyberattack: North Korea's Newest Threat? :: <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>South Korea is speculating that the North was behind a cyberattack that paralyzed the systems of several banks and television stations on Wednesday.</p>
<p>According to state-run South Korean<a href="http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2013/03/20/80/0302000000AEN20130320006051315F.HTML" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Yonhap news agency</a>, three broadcast companies -- KBS, MBC, YTN -- and two banks, Shinhan Bank and Nonghyup, all reported to the National Police Agency that their networks went down at around 2 p.m. for undetermined reasons.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/south-korea-cyberattack-north-koreas-newest-threat-1139343

Ice-T Surprises Coco With New House For Her Birthday Amid AP.9 Cheating, Divorce Rumors :: <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>Just weeks after West Coast rapper AP.9 released new scandalous photos of Coco Austin, her husband, rapper and actor Ice-T, seems to be going to great lengths to prove that the marriage is still going strong despite rumors that the pair are on the brink of a divorce.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ice-t-surprises-coco-new-house-her-birthday-amid-ap9-cheating-divorce-rumors-1139487

Justin Timberlake Dedicates 'Mirrors' To Grandparents; Tells Emotional Love Story In 8-Minute Video [VIDEO] :: <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>Justin Timberlake has released his second music video, "Mirrors," off his highly anticipated album "The 20/20 Experience."</p>
<p>The 32-year-old singer dedicates the video to his grandparents, William and Sadie Bomar. His grandfather William passed away last year.</p>
<p>Timberlake had a very close relationship with his granddad, and uses his first name in his clothing line William Rast, which was created in 2005.</p>
<p>His grandparents had been married for 63 years.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/justin-timberlake-dedicates-mirrors-grandparents-tells-emotional-love-story-8-minute-video-video

Satellite conference takes off in Washington :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/rwYbsGcsBHk/

French Police Raid Home Of Christine Lagarde, Head of International Monetary Fund, In Embezzlement Probe That Allegedly Involves Sarkozy Supporter Bernard Tapie :: <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>French police Wednesday raided the Paris home of Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, who is suspected of being complicit in embezzling public funds on behalf of a supporter of former President Nicolas Sarkozy, her onetime boss.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/french-police-raid-home-christine-lagarde-head-international-monetary-fund-embezzlement-probe

UK unemployment rises to 2.52m :: Unemployment rose by 7,000 to 2.52 million between November and January, according to official figures.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21857396#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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