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MF’s Corzine Ordered Funds Moved to JP Morgan, Memo Says

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Phil Mattingly and Silla Brush Bloomberg Jon S. Corzine, MF Global Holding Ltd. (MFGLQ)’s chief executive officer, gave “direct instructions” to transfer $200 million from a customer fund account to meet an overdraft in a brokerage account with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), according to a memo written by congressional investigators. Edith O’Brien, a treasurer [...]

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Intelligent Energy

By   /  March 24, 2012  /  Health, World  /  No Comments

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Urban Shake Downs The development of a Human is a feat of engineering brilliance which goes beyond the comprehension of the average person. The blueprint for this stunning design begins to unfold when 23 chromosomes containing DNA information which is carried by Male sperm unites with 23 chromosomes contained in the Female egg – it [...]

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‘Don’t Attack Iran!’ Nationwide anti-war protest hits UK

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Russia Today UK activists from the ‘Stop the War Coalition’ have held a day of action to speak out against war with Iran. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in 15 major cities including London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol and Newcastle. The coalition’s unit in Nottingham declares on its website, that the United States [...]

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Big Brother just got scarier: Japanese CCTV camera can scan 36 million faces per second

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Daily Mail A new camera technology from Hitachi Hokusai Electric can scan days of camera footage instantly, and find any face which has EVER walked past it. Its makers boast that it can scan 36 million faces per second. The technology raises the spectre of governments – or other organisations – being able to ‘find’ [...]

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Petrol prices in UK hit another record high

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BBC Petrol prices have hit another record, according to industry analysts Experian Catalist. The average price of a litre of unleaded petrol hit 140.20 pence. Higher oil prices, driven by concerns about Iran, have been behind the rising price of fuel. Crude oil prices have risen 12% since January. Chancellor Osborne confirmed this week that [...]

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Mysterious child disease in Uganda

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Sonya Hepinstall Pravda.ru Health officials have been researching the possible causes of the disease since 2009, without success… Nancy Lamwaka has bruises all over her body because she lost the ability to recognize danger. Most mornings, Michael Odongkara takes his daughter out of the house and ties the girl’s ankle to a tree. It is [...]

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Iran sanctions bring unintended, unwanted results

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PressTV A recent report highlights the failure of Western sanctions against Iran, saying the global communities cannot afford to ignore Iran given their transactions with such a major country. “The sanctions are a real Catch-22 for the global community,” Reuters quoted Hayat Alvi, the associate professor of Middle Eastern studies at the US Naval War [...]

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North Korea directs missiles towards Australia

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Peter Hartcher SMH North Korea’s forthcoming missile launch will be aimed towards South-East Asia and Australia for the first time, the US has warned. The warning was delivered in person yesterday to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr, by a senior official in the Obama Administration, Kurt Campbell, during a visit to Sydney. North Korea, [...]

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Inception becomes reality? Scientists implant ‘false memories’ into mice

By   /  March 24, 2012  /  Science & Technology  /  No Comments

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Daily Mail The idea of the surreal Hollywood blockbuster Inception, where people  ‘plant’ an idea in someone else’s head may not be so out-there after all. Two teams of scientists have found ways to create false memories, and implant them into the brain at will – although for now, the technique only works in mice. [...]

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