The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday the release of a portion of its .1 billion loan to Jordan to help it weather regional instability, including an influx of Syrian refugees.
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In other words: absolutely everyone who trades risk assets for a living!
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The Stockholm-based organization Civil Rights Defenders has developed a high-tech plastic bracelet which uses GPS technology and social media to protect human-rights activists around the world.
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The EU’s food safety agency challenged its doubters on Monday, making available all the scientific information used to clear a genetically modified corn which a French researcher had linked to cancer. But what data exactly is labelled “scientific” is up for debate.
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When the White House received a petition with more than 25,000 signatures they had to respond, and they did so in good humor citing the costs of the station, and the administration’s strict stance on not blowing up planets.
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Salman Rushdie on Tuesday released a memoir documenting the nine years he spent in hiding while under a fatwa for his book ‘The Satanic Verses’. Its release comes as an anti-Islam film has sparked violent protests across the Muslim world.
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The United States released million in additional aid to Syria Thursday as violence intensified and Kofi Annan announced he would not renew his mandate as special envoy after August 31.
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‘Termineter’ unleashed prior to presentations on smart meter security next week at BSides, Black Hat USA
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Julian Assange was quoted as saying the material was embarrassing – not only to Syria but its opponents.
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During the crash of 2008, governments understandably would have been concerned about high Libor rates — high rates and a lack of confidence in banks threatened economic stability — but the notion that governments would have encouraged banks to fake those rates would have been beyond unthinkable even a decade ago.
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