The settlement “permits Verizon to fulfill its [Opportunity New Jersey] commitments though deployment of a 4G wireless broadband service, which is not comparable to wireline or fiber broadband in service, reliability or pricing”
via Verizon Internet settlement is appealed – NJ State News – NorthJersey.com.
“The Nokia party is over for now.”
via Nokia Party Is Over as Finnish Industry Loses Value Added – Bloomberg.
It is understandable from the US point of view to protect the home banking system.
Yet if other authorities follow suit on a cross-border basis, it risks fragmenting groups into local supervision again.
via US Vs The World: Round One – Top News – InsuranceNewsNet.com.
The central mechanism that transforms the increasing financial market-generated indebtedness into real economic growth is the speculation bubble.
“There are some things worth dying for”
“If I could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home”
via Snowden: ‘There Are Some Things Worth Dying For’ | TIME.com.
70 percent of the Google workforce is male and
61 percent of its workers are white.
And while Asian-Americans make up 30 percent of the workforce,
African-Americans and Hispanics make up two and three percent, respectively.
.. the dangers are real, too.
Consumers could be “denied the ability to conclude a transaction based on an error in a risk mitigation product,”
without having any recourse to correct the mistake.
Lower marketing scores could result in “different levels of service from companies.”
Each group is trying to convince a U.S. bankruptcy judge and a Canadian judge that its method for dividing the money is best.
via Nortel European Units Seek Slice of Cash for Past Work – Bloomberg.
The technology combines an entrained-flow Siemens Fuel Gasifier (SFG) with a Clariant’s ShiftMax 821 catalyst to create a simple, once-through process.
As a result the technology can produce syngas from a wide range of fuels, even for low ranks of coal, without further adjustment of the exit gas from the gasifier.
The simplified layout also uses smaller and fewer reactors and requires no steam adjustment for temperature control.
As a rule of thumb, E.U. antitrust authorities get involved in any deal involving companies with combined revenues of more than 5 billion euros ($6.8 billion)
via German cartel office: a Siemens Alstom deal would face EU scrutiny | Reuters.
“These direct drive systems, powered by a permanent magnet generator, could run for years without maintenance – significantly increasing uptime”
via Electronics Weekly News | Power | Siemens eases rare earth supply for wind turbines.
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The technology behind the patents was originally developed by Palo Alto Network founders Nir Zuk and Yuming Mao when they were at Netscreen, which Juniper bought in 2004.
Martin Feldstein’s main argument is that the currency manipulation exercise has been based on the false premise that the U.S. external current account deficit is determined by the exchange rate policies of foreign governments.
He argues that this is simply not the case, since each country’s current account balance is determined within its own borders by its savings and investment behavior and not by its trade partners.
.. it is becoming increasingly clear that Abenomics has heralded a structural change in the exact opposite manner as estimated, planned and advertised.
via What's Left After The Currency Circus Leaves Town? | Seeking Alpha.
“From Brazil to India, rising middle classes compete with our own, and governments seek a greater say in global forums.
And even as developing nations embrace democracy and market economies, 24 hour news and pervasive social media makes it impossible to ignore sectarian conflicts, failing states and popular uprisings that might have received only passing notice a generation ago”
via India's rising middle class competing with US: Barack Obama – Business Today.
The turbine generators provide all of the submarine’s propulsion and other electrical power requirements.
The ORP (Ohio Replacement Program) represents the first Navy nuclear-powered submarine to incorporate electric drive since 1974.
The ORP plan is to design and build a new class of 12 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy’s current force of 14 Ohio-class SSBNs, which will be retired starting in 2027.
via USA: Northrop Grumman to Provide Turbine Generators for ORP >> Naval Today.
Despite the danger of getting hit by a car, the health benefits of cycling far outweigh the risks of getting into an accident.
via The Complete Guide to Biking to Work – Promising Practices – Management – GovExec.com.
Some are what you’d expect—name, address, social security number, and the bluntly termed “ability to afford products.”
But then there are segments like “thrifty elders,” new age/organic lifestyle adherents, bikers/Hell’s Angels, members of more than five online shopping sites, people with fireplaces, people who do a lot of medical googling (an “ailment and prescription online search propensity”), those who have credit with “a low-end standalone department store” (read: WalMart), and perhaps most bizarrely of all, purchasers of “Novelty Elvis” products.
Here’s the full list.
via What Exactly Those Data Brokers Know About You – Nextgov.com.
As many as 400 protesters were spirited to freedom by the covert operation codenamed Yellowbird, assisted by an unlikely alliance of Hong Kong gangsters, police officers and businessmen, the British and French governments, and even a Baptist minister. They are eyewitnesses to events that China’s leaders still don’t allow to be mentioned at home.
via Escape From Tiananmen: How Secret Plan Freed Protesters – Bloomberg.
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