WASHINGTON -- Two moderate Republican senators joined in criticism of Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,...
Google Says Facebook is 'Injecting a Monetization Agenda' Into Intimate Moments
Label: Technology After playing second fiddle to Facebook for a year and a half, Google’s “time is now,” says Google’s social VP, citing what he calls the “Like-gate” controversy and a growing distaste for Facebook’s advertising practices.Google VP Bradley Horowitz made his comments in an interview with Wired before a fireside chat on stage at the Ignition conference in New York. Horowitz, who helped lead the...
A Minute With: Pop star Ke$ha on new album “Warrior”
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop star Ke$ ha made a name for herself with infectious dance-pop hits but the singer-songwriter is stepping out of her Auto-Tune comfort zone on “Warrior”, out this week.Ke$ ha, 25, stormed the charts with hit songs about drinking, partying and having a good time, such as “TiK ToK” and “Your Love is my Drug” from her 2010 platinum-selling album “Animal”.Ke$ ha talked with...
Well: Weight Loss Surgery May Not Combat Diabetes Long-Term
Label: HealthWeight loss surgery, which in recent years has been seen as an increasingly attractive option for treating Type 2 diabetes, may not be as effective against the disease as it was initially thought to be, according to a new report. The study found that many obese Type 2 diabetics who undergo gastric bypass surgery do not experience a remission of their disease, and of those that do, about a third redevelop...
State of the Art: Tablets Are Hot Holiday Gifts, but Which One to Buy? - Review
Label: BusinessFrom left: J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times, Jim Wilson/The New York Times, Everett Kennedy Brown/European Pressphoto AgencyFrom left, the Kindle PaperWhite, the iPad Mini and the Nexus 7. The other day, I joined NPR for a segment about high-tech holiday gifts. I was ready for the calls from listeners. I’d brushed up on cameras, phones, laptops, music players and game consoles. I was...
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Can foes block Obama second term by blocking Electoral College?
Label: World While the work of governing goes on in Washington, some members of the permanent opposition to President Obama continue to...
SolarCity Preps for IPO, Prices Its Shares
Label: Technology After postponing its public market debut because of Superstorm Sandy (the irony of that can’t go unmentioned), SolarCity is on the verge of an IPO. Seven months after filing its prospectus, the company has priced its IPO shares between $13 and $15, according to its SEC filing.The San Mateo-based solar-energy company is selling 10.07 million shares, hoping to raise $151 million. Public market...
‘Two and a Half Men’ actor not expected on set
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — The teenage actor who stars in “Two and a Half Men” and called the CBS comedy “filth” may have some time before he faces the show’s producers.Angus T. Jones wasn’t expected at rehearsal Tuesday because he is not going to be in the episode they are filming, according to a person close to the show who spoke on condition of anonymity because producers were not commenting publicly.Jones,...
Global Update: Investing in Eyeglasses for Poor Would Boost International Economy
Label: HealthBSIP/UIG Via Getty ImagesEliminating the worldwide shortage of eyeglasses could cost up to $28 billion, but would add more than $200 billion to the global economy, according to a study published last month in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. The $28 billion would cover the cost of training 65,000 optometrists and equipping clinics where they could prescribe eyeglasses, which...
Dark Warnings About Future of Internet Access
Label: BusinessPARIS — Every time an Internet user watches “Gangnam Style” on YouTube, packets of digital data course through the global telecommunications system, converging on an iPhone, a tablet or a laptop. Having missed out on most of the lucrative revenue that the explosion of digital content has generated for Internet companies, telecommunications providers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and...
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