Opposition eyes Syria seat at UN, Arab League …Participants pose for a group picture during a meeting to form a new Syrian opposition group called the National Coalition of Forces of the Syrian Revolution and Opposition in Doha late on November 11, 2012. The opposition Syrian National Coalition has urged the international community to help it take over Syria's seats at the UN and Arab Le...Read More
In der Sendung "10vor10" des Schweizer Fernsehens vom 3.7.1991 ??ffnet Claude Nobs die T? 1/4 ren zu seinem Chalet, wo internationale Jazz- und Rockstars ein und aus gehen. Die Gastfreundschaft des Festivalgr? 1/4 nders gilt als eines der Geheimrezepte f? 1/4 r den Erfolg des Jazzfestivals Montreux.Read More
Version longue de "Les Entretiens de La T?(C)l?(C)" avec comme invit?(C) Claude Nobs, r?(C)alis?(C)e en juin 2011.Read More
Maybe one of the most legendary sessions from Claude Nobs with Deep Purple at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2006.Read More
Euro-Crisis Hope Confidence in European Banks Is Returning … There is cause for hope in Southern Europe. New numbers indicate that trust is returning to banks located in countries that have been hit hardest by the euro crisis. But even as discrepencies in the Continent's Target2 payment system shrink, danger still lurks. The turning point came almost exactly four months ago. On Sept. 6,...Read More
Yesterday morning here over a latte and a croissant–Kurfuerstendamm Ecke Schlueterstrasse–I got my ear bent by someone telling me that Israel and Western countries are now worried about the fate of 50 metric tons of uranium secretly stashed away in Syria. Reflecting for a couple of minutes after clicking off my cell, I strongly suspected that I was not the sole recipient of that messag...Read More
Sunday Interview: Sir Evelyn de Rothschild: 'To be rather abrupt, I don't think there's been a great change since 2008' One of the great City veterans and scion of the financial dynasty, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild tells Andrew Cave why banking culture needs to be reformed if lenders are to regain public trust. Veteran investment banker Sir Evelyn Rothschild is far from convinced that...Read More
A bill to register gold and silver coins: It had to come. It has been introduced in Illinois, the most anti-gun state in the USA. … Creates the Precious Metal Purchasing Act. Provides that a person who is in the business of purchasing precious metal shall obtain a proof of ownership, create a record of the sale, and verify the identity of the seller. Provides that a person who is in the busi...Read More
Are socialists misinformed but well-meaning folks? Probably not, says, Mr Casey. Socialistic beliefs have at their foundations confused thinking, lack of self-respect and sheer crookedness. It is not the tens of trillion dollars of debt that necessarily is destroying the West, but the social mindset whose symptom is that debt. Mr Casey is one of the most sought after speakers. He has written two N...Read More
Politics makes a comeback … Prepare for the revenge of politics. For the past few decades, the quants – mathematicians, physicists and technologists – and their younger brothers, the economists, have been in the ascendant. With their mathematical models and their ability to crunch vast quantities of data, they have shaped the way businesses understand the world and operate within...Read More
LRA poaching ivory as Kony hunt intensifies … Lord's Resistance Army rebels are killing elephants for ivory to raise cash as an international hunt for their leader intensifies, diplomats and activists said. While nations believe they have LRA chief Joseph Kony on the run in the jungles of Central Africa, the Ugandan-origin rebels are still causing deadly chaos in several countries. The L...Read More
Euros discarded as impoverished Greeks resort to bartering … Communities set up local currencies and exchange networks in attempt to beat the economic crisis … It's been a busy day at the market in downtown Volos. Angeliki Ioanitou has sold a decent quantity of olive oil and soap, while her friend Maria has done good business with her fresh pies. But not a single euro has changed h...Read More
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Only days after the Egyptian authorities announced they will boost the mining industry in the country, a 400 kg shipment of Centamin's (LON:CEY), (TSX:CEE) gold was prevented from leaving the nation, at least until the company receives a permit from the national petroleum ministry, reports Ahramonline.The Alexandria-based company, which is Egypt's largest gold producer, had a similar problem in O...Read More
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In an effort to invite investment, grow revenue and expand the country's overall economy, Egypt has announced that is considering "offering a number of international bids for mineral exploration sites, particularly for gold," reports local paper Al-Shorfa.But the goal won't be an easy one to achieve and not exactly for a lack of resources. In fact, Egypt has a long mining history, with evidence of...Read More
Apr??s avoir cultiv?(C), ? travers les ann?(C)es, la violence, l'indiff?(C)rence et le n?(C)gativisme, notre civilisation s'est enlis?(C)e dans un mal-??tre. La course ? l'accumulation de la richesse nous a ?(C)loign?(C)s du bonheur. La majorit?(C) de la population mondiale vit dans l'esp?(C)rance d'??tre heureux.Un plan irrationnel, ax?(C) sur la productivit?(C) et la possession mat?(C)rielle...Read More
Having cultivated through years, violence, indifference and negativity, our civilization is stuck in a discomfort. The accumulation of wealth races as move us away from happiness. The majority of the world population lives in the hope of being happy. An irrational plan, centered on productivity and material possessions at the expense of well-being, swapped us a life of happiness against an imagina...Read More