Hard hitting global and local news
Hard hitting global and local news
click on chart for sharper image Questions of the Day Did the US dollar rise because of what Yellen said or in spite of what Yellen said? Was the move based on wholesale prices or other economic data, as opposed to anything Yellen said? What about none of the above?
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They claim these initiatives are purely altruistic. Business Insider in its article, " A Miracle Rice Could Save Millions Of Lives ," claims:Â Golden Rice, once it is widely released, will be much more cost-effective, as agricultural economist Alexander Stein has shown
Science Daily in its article, " DARPA taps Lawrence Livermore to develop world’s first neural device to restore memory ," reported: The research builds on the understanding that memory is a process in which neurons in certain regions of the brain encode information, store it and retrieve it. Certain types of illnesses and injuries, including Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy, disrupt this process and cause memory loss.
The BBC reported in its article, " Ukraine conflict: Fighting flares near city of Luhansk ," that: Fighting has flared outside the rebel-held east Ukrainian city of Luhansk, with rebels saying government forces tried to storm the city with tanks.  Rebel military leader Igor Strelkov was quoted as saying his forces had beaten off columns of government armour attacking from the south and west. The same article would also report: A Ukrainian presidential source told Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper that an armoured unit was trying to relieve troops who had been blockaded for weeks at Luhansk airport
Also consider an excellent post by Tenebrarum on the Misguided Urge to Close Loopholes . Recently Apple’s CEO was forced to defend his company’s use of such loopholes in front of a very hostile Congress.