Morocco’s fast-rising aviation industry spreads its wings
This is especially true for the aeronautics sub-contracting market. However, the country has still a long way to go to be among the top performers in this sector. The Moroccan…
Month: February 2015
Recipes For One: On Valentine’s Day, Show Yourself Some Love With These 7 Foods
just you, your sweatpants and a DVR full of TV shows. Hey, this might be a great night after all. Read the whole story at TODAY.com
A Subtle Moment Becomes the World Press Photo of the Year
Credit Colleen Mullins Credit Eliot Elisofon Credit Lauren Fleishman Credit Rommel Bundalian – A Houthi demonstration in Sana, the capital of Yemen, on the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that…
What really scared Sony Pictures ex-co-chair Amy Pascal: The hacked emails
The hack also revealed internal data that showed the differences in pay between men and women in Hollywood. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown…
I.M.F. Approves $17.5 Billion Bailout for Ukraine
MOSCOW — The International Monetary Fund agreed on Thursday to throw a new $17.5 billion lifeline to Ukraine, hoping to stabilize the country as it teeters on the edge of…
Microsoft fixes a serious 15-year-old bug
An independent researcher, Jeff Schmidt of JAS Global Advisors in Chicago, discovered it while working on another project a year ago. He alerted Microsoft, and they worked together to fix…
The car of the future
“The future of the car is electric, and autonomous,” said Levi Tillemann, a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of “The Great Race: The Global Quest for the…
Is this the world’s most expensive chocolate?
To’ak, means “earth” and “tree” in a fusion of ancient Ecuadorian dialects, said Toth, who co-founded the company in 2013. Operations are split between Chicago and Quito, Ecuador’s capital, which…
Abe Makes Impassioned Appeal to Change Constitution
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made his most emotional appeal yet on Thursday for rewriting Japan’s pacifist Constitution, asking for what he called the country’s “biggest reform since the…
Metals exec: 25% of physical gold buyers are crazy
These so-called crazy gold provide lots of business for Kitco. He said their influence is most obvious in the market for smaller units of physical gold between one and 32…
Leaders in Ukraine Talks Announce Cease-Fire Agreement
MINSK, Belarus — President François Hollande of France and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday announced a cease-fire for eastern Ukraine, capping a long night of negotiations that…
Five things to know for your New Day — Thursday, February 12
CHAPEL HILL SHOOTINGS Outpouring: Thousands showed up for a candlelight vigil last night to honor the three victims of a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill….
Pierce Brosnan’s House In Malibu Catches Fire
A portion of Pierce Brosnan’s home in Malibu caught fire on Wednesday night, The Los Angeles Times reported. – — Kenny Holmes (@KHOLMESlive) February 12, 2015
Leaders At Ukraine Peace Talks Reach Deal For Cease-Fire, Putin Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on…
Taiwan President Urges More Prison Oversight in Wake of Hostage Standoff
HONG KONG — After a prison hostage standoff in Taiwan that ended early Thursday with the suicides of six inmates, President Ma Ying-jeou condemned the hostage taking and called for…
Deng Liqun, Divisive Chinese Communist Party Official, Dies at 99
HONG KONG — He was as obstinate as a Hunan mule, the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping said. China’s reformist officials and liberal intellectuals came to detest him, and he often…
Savers asked to paying interest to banks
Some companies are also able to borrow money from investors for free. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the…
This company is making luxury jewelry with a 3-D printer
So how exactly does a 3-D printer make luxury jewelry? At Polychemy, 3-D printers produce a wax mold that is cast into metal; gems are then set before the entire…
Total, French Oil Giant, Reports $5.7 Billion Loss in Fourth Quarter
LONDON — Total, the Paris-based oil giant, on Thursday reported a loss of $5.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2014 as it struggles with the deep slump in oil…
Facebook now lets you post when you’re dead
From there, you can enter the name of a Facebook friend to take control of your page after you die. It will auto-generate a message to that friend: “Hi ___,…
Myanmar gives Rohingya voting rights, backtracks immediately
Hundreds of thousands instead hold temporary identity papers known as white cards. On Tuesday, a bill was enacted with a clause that would give white card holders the right to…
Chapel Hill shooting: When is a crime a ‘hate crime?’
They say Craig Stephen Hicks hated religion and that he was riled at the sight of his Muslim neighborstwo of them young women who wore hijabs. When he allegedly killed…
New York’s Rotterdam shopping mall’s cut after owner fails to pay bill
That’s small comfort to employees at the mall. A salon at the mall had to shut down because there was no power for its hair dryers. An employee, who did…
Cho Hyun-ah, Former Korean Air Executive In ‘Nut Rage’ Case, Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison
A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced a former Korean Air executive to a year in prison for aviation law violations that stemmed from her inflight tantrum over how she was…
Expedia to buy Orbitz in $1.6 billion deal
Expedia said it expects the purchase to boost its full-year earnings by roughly 75 cents per share, though it stressed that the estimate depends on a variety of factors. –…
Penalties await if you claim a bigger fuel tax credit than you’re allowed
Part of the problem may be that while you must have a log of the people from whom you bought the fuel and the purchase dates, you’re not required to…
You’ll pay a lot more to see the doctor with Obamacare than with job-based health insurance
Related: Cost keeps uninsured from enrolling in Obamacare High deductibles have been a sore point with some Obamacare enrollees. They have complained that they have to shell out thousands of…
Bob Simon was killed Wednesday in a car crash: His last story will air Sunday
“He was working with his daughter, Tanya, a ’60 Minutes’ producer with whom he collaborated on several stories for the program,” CBS said. – Most stock quote data provided by…
In Ukraine, It’s Putin’s Game
BRUSSELS — His country’s oil export revenues and currency have slumped. Its economy is shrinking, and some of his own allies in Moscow have questioned where he is leading them….
Bored of your superyacht? Time for a submarine
The machines are custom made but DeepFlight is considering moving to regular production runs as the market grows. In the last few years the company has sold 2 or 3…