‘A disloyal, dishonest, criminal cheat’ – bank boss denounces rogue trader
Jérôme Kerviel, the vagrant trader accused of losing almost €5 billion, was denounced ~ the agency of a former boss as criminal, dishonest, disloyal and a cheat at his case in Paris yesterday. Christophe Mianné, head of Global Markets at Société Générale, the French bank, declared that he was “extremely shocked” to hear Mr Kerviel [...]
Britain must prepare for casualty spike in Afghanistan, Cameron warns
David Cameron warned yesterday that there would be more British deaths in Afghanistan this summer but reported that the threat to Britain of an al-Qaeda attack from the tract had dropped. Delivering his first statement to Parliament on the state of opposition since taking office as Prime Minister, he pledged that British troops would not [...]
Link found between infectious disease and IQ
Link found between infectious disease and IQ 30 June 2010 by Debora MacKenzie Magazine issue 2767. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the The Human Brain Topic Guide INFECTIOUS disease is taking an unexpected toll by sapping people’s brainpower in the world’s poorest countries. So say Christopher Eppig and colleagues at the University of [...]
Wireless email users to top one billion by 2014
Analyst Gartner has predicted that wireless email users will top one billion by 2014, and says the commoditisation of wireless email owing to mobile support from cloud services vendors is accelerating. Gartner research vice president Monica Basso said that the productivity benefits to be gained from wireless email are driving adoption in the wider business. [...]
World Cup footballers Messi and Ronaldo join roar for ban on ‘deafening’ vuvuzela
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi joined calls ~ dint of. broadcasters and fans to ban the vuvuzela at the World Cup to the degree that British supermarkets reported selling one of the plastic horns every two seconds. English football authorities appeared powerless to stop their spread to the family game, though the leading maker offered [...]
Cramer’s Stop Trading!: Berkshire Hathaway
I be delivered of decided to part ways with Google(GOOG). Google remains a small company, employing some of the best engineers in the Internet/technology universe. I use the company’s Chrome browser, and Google is my main search service. Google is rich in cash and has zero due. Furthermore, the company has made many investments that [...]