Italian showdown with Germany over euro looms closer … Italy's simmering revolt against Germany, austerity and its own ultra-European elites is coming to a head again, in a reminder that the deep clash of interests between the euro's north and south remains as bitter as ever … Silvio Berlusconi called for a showdown, or 'Braccio di Ferro', with northern powers before It...Read More
Is Edward Snowden's story unravelling? Why the Guardian's scoop is looking a bit dodgy … Questions are being raised about Snowden's background and motivations Now that the dust has settled after the Edward Snowden affair, it's time to ask some tough questions about The Guardian's scoop of the week. Snowden's story is that he dropped a $200,000 a year job and a (very a...Read More
Last week, media reports emerged that the US government is requiring vast amounts of data from Internet and phone companies via top secret surveillance programs. The revelations, which confirm many of our worst fears, raise serious questions about individual privacy protections, checks on government power and court orders impacting some of the most popular Web services. Today Mozilla is launching...Read More
The fact is markets had gone up too far and too fast … A number of different factors have combined to create the impression of a co-ordinated slide, but the causes of the various market wobbles are subtly different. The proximate trigger for the market slide was Ben Bernanke's appearance before a Congressional committee at which he hinted that the Fed's monetary largesse will not go...Read More
Italian showdown with Germany over euro looms closer … Italy's simmering revolt against Germany, austerity and its own ultra-European elites is coming to a head again, in a reminder that the deep clash of interests between the euro's north and south remains as bitter as ever … Silvio Berlusconi called for a showdown, or 'Braccio di Ferro', with northern powers before It...Read More
Is Edward Snowden's story unravelling? Why the Guardian's scoop is looking a bit dodgy … Questions are being raised about Snowden's background and motivations Now that the dust has settled after the Edward Snowden affair, it's time to ask some tough questions about The Guardian's scoop of the week. Snowden's story is that he dropped a $200,000 a year job and a (very a...Read More
Last week, media reports emerged that the US government is requiring vast amounts of data from Internet and phone companies via top secret surveillance programs. The revelations, which confirm many of our worst fears, raise serious questions about individual privacy protections, checks on government power and court orders impacting some of the most popular Web services. Today Mozilla is launching...Read More
While the global economic slowdown has impacted nearly every corner of the investable universe, one commodity group that has been hit particularly hard has been energy. Oil, gas, coal, and even nuclear power have all fallen victim to sluggish economic growth and dwindling global demand. And in its annual energy report, BP takes a closer look at how exactly the global recession has impacted the sup...Read More
NSA director to get a public grilling in the Senate … General Keith Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on September 23, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. … As pressure mounts for the intelligence community to curb its surveillance activities or at least make them more transparent, a key National Security Agency off...Read More
Saving for retirement? We wish we hadn't bothered, say one in 10 … More than 10pc of people who are saving for retirement wish they hadn't bothered and one in five fears that it's a waste of money, research suggests. The past five years of economic and financial turmoil have left almost three quarters of retirement savers less confident in the ability of stock market investing to...Read More
The surveillance state is even bigger, and scarier, than we thought. And, as a result, it's time that we broke up the failed national security experiment known as the Department of Homeland Security. Returning to dozens of independent agencies will return internal checks-and-balances to within the Executive branch, and actually make us both safer and less likely to be the victims of government...Read More
NSA director to get a public grilling in the Senate … General Keith Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on September 23, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. … As pressure mounts for the intelligence community to curb its surveillance activities or at least make them more transparent, a key National Security Agency off...Read More
Saving for retirement? We wish we hadn't bothered, say one in 10 … More than 10pc of people who are saving for retirement wish they hadn't bothered and one in five fears that it's a waste of money, research suggests. The past five years of economic and financial turmoil have left almost three quarters of retirement savers less confident in the ability of stock market investing to...Read More
The surveillance state is even bigger, and scarier, than we thought. And, as a result, it's time that we broke up the failed national security experiment known as the Department of Homeland Security. Returning to dozens of independent agencies will return internal checks-and-balances to within the Executive branch, and actually make us both safer and less likely to be the victims of government...Read More
Goldfinger's official music video for '99 Red Balloons'. Click to listen to Goldfinger on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/GoldFSpotify?IQid=...As featured on The Best Of Goldfinger. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/GFBOiTunes?IQid=Go...Google Play: http://smarturl.it/GF99play?IQid=GoldF99Amazon: http://smarturl.it/GFBOAmz?IQid=GoldF99More from GoldfingerHere In Your Bedro...Read More
Goldfinger's official music video for '99 Red Balloons'. Click to listen to Goldfinger on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/GoldFSpotify?IQid=...As featured on The Best Of Goldfinger. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/GFBOiTunes?IQid=Go...Google Play: http://smarturl.it/GF99play?IQid=GoldF99Amazon: http://smarturl.it/GFBOAmz?IQid=GoldF99More from GoldfingerHere In Your Bedro...Read More
Glaswegian Comedian Scott Gibson recorded live at The Forum in Darlington in January 2013.For more information contact management@hilaritybites.co.ukRead More
Glaswegian Comedian Scott Gibson recorded live at The Forum in Darlington in January 2013.For more information contact management@hilaritybites.co.ukRead More
Goldfinger's official music video for '99 Red Balloons'. Click to listen to Goldfinger on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/GoldFSpotify?IQid=...As featured on The Best Of Goldfinger. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/GFBOiTunes?IQid=Go...Google Play: http://smarturl.it/GF99play?IQid=GoldF99Amazon: http://smarturl.it/GFBOAmz?IQid=GoldF99More from GoldfingerHere In Your Bedro...Read More
His Royal Highness, The Duke of York, addresses business leaders and supporters of Junior Achievement at the 2013 Business Laureates of BC Hall of Fame Induction Gala and Ceremonies - May 16, 2013Read More