China will remain driver in world agricultural trade poll finds
By JOHN O'CONNELLCapital PressMost of the farms Mike Thornton saw during a recent speaking engagement in China were small and non-mechanized. "The potential for growth in their agricultural ...
View ArticleThe Global Linguistic Revolution - By Robert McCrum
The Observer, where I work, is housed in a flashy modern glass cube in central London, overlooking Regent's Canal. The crystal cliff face of the newsroom reflects sky and water, jet travel and ...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Business Resolutions Stick
Malcolm Gladwell has written about how to make resolutions that stick. (Image credit: Getty Images North America via @daylife) Writing New Year's resolutions is a time of gleeful possibility - ...
View ArticleDeal or no deal White House Congress agree on taxes but not on entire package
WASHINGTON - The White House and congressional leaders struck a tentative agreement Monday to avert sweeping tax increases set to start Tuesday but remained unable to clinch a deal as other issues of ...
View ArticleHillary Clinton’s newest title ‘Most admired woman’ in the world
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pauses while delivering a speech after meeting Peru's President Ollanta Humala in Lima, Peru, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (Karel Navarro ...
View ArticleWorld welcomes 2013 with a bang
Lavish fireworks displays have ushered in 2013 across the Asia-Pacific region and Europe is holding scaled-back festivities in the hope of beginning a new year that will be kinder to its battered ...
View ArticleEnd to Hollywood Film Violence Unlikely
LOS ANGELES -- The recent school shootings in Connecticut have again raised questions about the role of violent media in mass shootings. People in Hollywood are asking the same questions, but they ...
View ArticleSydney will on Monday kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming...
"Sydney’s New Year’s Eve celebrations are world-famous and reach over a billion people -- not just because we have the first major display for 2013, but because it’s the ...
View ArticleSyria’s government on Monday welcomed any initiative for talks to end...
The Damascus regime’s stand, expressed by Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi, came amid a flurry of diplomatic activity led by Brahimi to find ways to end the 21-month ...
View ArticleIdaho wine industry targets state residents
SEAN ELLIS Capital PressBOISE -- The Idaho Wine Commission's "I Support Idaho Wines" campaign is the group's latest effort to increase local support of the state's booming ...
View ArticleWhat Story in 2012 Changed the World for You
Richard Norton Smith look back on 2012 and discuss which moments will be the most likely to be remembered. Will the first billion dollar campaign season change politics forever? How has the crisis ...
View ArticleGlobal slowdown to hit Canadian economy stock markets in 2013
Resource sectors that have been hard hit in recent years by the U.S. housing crash may present investment opportunities in 2013. Capstone Mining Corporation's Minto Mine is pictured in Minto, ...
View ArticleGlobal wave of spectacular New Year pyrotechnics ushers in 2013
AFP © <p>A dog wearing 2013 glasses poses as he celebrates the beginning of New Year's Day in Puerta del Sol in Madrid on December 31, 2012. World cities from Sidney to Dubai rang in ...
View ArticleThe Darkroom looks at New Year celebrations around the world
Charlotte Marshall, left, and Stella Rose Dorazio ring in 2013 early at the Maryland Science Center’s noon New Year’s Eve celebration with the band Milkshake and a ball drop with ...
View ArticleUK economy could face groundhog year as morale stays low
Groundhog Day. In the 1993 comedy, Bill Murray's character, right, continually relives the same day. The UK economy faces a similar fate, says the IPPR. Photograph: ...
View ArticleSPEEA warns of Boeing strike
Union: ‘Very high chance’ of Boeing strike in February ,'; Business, Dec. 7]. The Chamber of Commerce in South Carolina must be doing back flips in glee. Did they learn nothing from ...
View ArticleSC Worlds 3. Lochte breaks 200m IM world mark
ISTANBUL - Ryan Lochte of the United States won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres individual medley on Friday with a new world record time of ...
View ArticleOur father left unfinished business – Azazi’s children
Akpo-Olade and Pelede, the first daughter and the last son of the late Gen. Andrew Azazi, said the former National Security Adviser left behind unfinished ...
View ArticleSmall business money management errors to avoid
Every small business owner works for the growth of his or her venture. However, this cannot be achieved without scrupulous financial management, Okechukwu Nnodim writes Financial management ...
View ArticleWhether it’s global warming climate change I think as an industry we have to...
The Hartford Financial Services Group CEO Liam McGee said his company’s gross losses from Superstorm Sandy may hit the reinsurance deductible of $350 million. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs ...
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