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Hundreds of millions of people across Europe will be forced to change completely the way they use the internet, according to one of Google’s key advisers.
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ECB Hurls Cash at Sluggish Euro Zone Economy, Seeks to Force Bank Lending
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Ecuador Sends Gold Bricks to Goldman Sachs in Liquidity Hunt
Bloomberg | 02 June 2014
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The Secret Service is Purchasing Software to Watch Users of Social Networks in Real Time
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The Secret Service is purchasing software to watch users of social networks in real time…
US Panel Sets Sights on Mars
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Sending humans to red planet touted as NASA’s wisest long-range goal…
New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones
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Scientists Use Supercomputers to Show that Climate Change will Cause More Intense Summer Storms in Britain.
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We don’t want to become a digital colony of global internet giants,” ~ French Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg
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China is calling on banks to stop using IBM servers and replace them with local-made machines amid fears that the nation’s financial security might be compromised via the US-based company’s…
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Family Offices Team Up Taking Page From Private Equity
Bloomberg | 27 March 2014
Katie Kalvoda’s interest was piqued when the 40-year-old money manager for a group of ultra-wealthy families…
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First Germany, Now Austria Demands An Audit Of Its Offshore Held Gold
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Suicide Rate Linked to Foreclosures
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Legendary Author Maya Angelou Dies at Age 86
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Russia, China Sign $400 Billion Gas Deal After Decade of Talks
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Obama Seizes N.M. Land for National Monument in Bundy-Like Showdown
The Washington Times | 19 May 2014
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London Silver Fix to Cease from August 14
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