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Airbus lost top spot to Boeing in 2012
Label: Technology TOULOUSE, France - European group Airbus lost its top spot as the world's biggest maker of airliners to the US giant Boeing last year, but did better than expected and sees big sales this year, it said on Thursday.Publishing results just as Boeing is hit by a crisis of confidence in its Dreamliner plane after a series of incidents, Airbus said that last year it delivered 588 aircraft to...
Playboy hit with $160,000 fine over child restrictions
Label: LifestylePlayboy has been hit with a hefty fine for allegedly making it too easy for children to access pornographic material on its Web sites.Ofcom, the U.K.'s communications regulator and competition authority, announced yesterday that it has fined Playboy 100,000 British pounds ($160,200) for failing to include "acceptable controls" ensuring a person viewing pornographic material on Playboy TV and Demand...
6 Ways Climate Change Will Affect You
Label: HealthPhotograph by AP Photo/Marcio Jose SanchezThe planet keeps getting hotter, new data showed this week. Especially in America, where 2012 was the warmest year ever recorded, by far. Every few years, the U.S. federal government engages hundreds of experts to assess the impacts of climate change, now and in the future. From agriculture (pictured) to infrastructure to how humans consume energy, the National...
Notre Dame: Football Star Was 'Catfished' in Hoax
Label: Business Notre Dame's athletic director and the star of its near-championship football team said the widely-reported death of the star's girlfriend from leukemia during the 2012 football season was apparently a hoax, and the player said he was duped by it as well.Manti Te'o, who led the Fighting Irish to the BCS championship game this year and finished second for the Heisman Trophy,...
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Why trees can't grow taller than 100 metres
Label: World TYPICALLY, the taller the tree, the smaller its leaves. The mathematical explanation for this phenomenon, it turns out, also sets a limit on how tall trees can grow. Kaare Jensen of Harvard University and Maciej Zwieniecki of the...
Panel makes recommendations to raise quality of financial advisory industry
Label: Technology SINGAPORE : Singaporeans planning to buy insurance products can look forward to paying lower costs. This comes after the Financial Advisory Industry Review Panel made a slew of recommendations to raise the quality and efficiency of the financial advisory industry.They include proposals aimed at lowering the distribution costs of insurance products. The panel reviewing the financial advisory...
Nintendo to combine handheld, console gaming divisions -- report
Label: LifestyleNintendo's current corporate structure separating consoles and handhelds will be replaced, according to a new report.Japan-based news outlet Nikkei is reporting today that Japan plans to combine its handheld and console divisions by February 16. The combined team will have 280 employees, made up of 130 employees from the console side and 150 from handhelds.According to IGN, which was able to access...
NRA Ad Calls Obama 'Elitist Hypocrite'
Label: Business Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP PhotoAs the White House prepares to unveil a sweeping plan aimed at curbing gun violence, the National Rifle Association has launched a preemptive, personal attack on President Obama, calling him an “elitist hypocrite” who, the group claims, is putting American children at risk.In 35-second video posted online Tuesday night, the NRA criticizes Obama for accepting armed...
Jan
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Freaky feeling: Why androids make us uneasy
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