GENEVA (Reuters) – Research scientists announced on Monday they had identified the missing piece of a major puzzle involving the make-up of the universe by observing a neutrino particle change from one type to another.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
ECB warns of more bank loan losses
FRANKFURT/MADRID (Reuters) – The European Central Bank warned on Monday that euro zone banks face up to 195 billion euros in a “second wave” of potential loan losses over the next 18 months due to the financial crisis, and disclosed it had increased purchases of euro zone government bonds.
Attorney general to visit Gulf Coast Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attorney General Eric Holder will survey the damage from the Gulf Coast oil spill on Tuesday and meet with federal prosecutors and state attorneys general, the Justice Department said on Monday.
Bernanke Mulls Higher Interest Rates, Reeling In Stimulus
WASHINGTON — The delicate task ahead for the Federal Reserve and other central banks is deciding when to start boosting interest rates and reeling in all the stimulus pumped out during the global financial crisis, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday.
Bernanke, however, didn’t provide any new clues on that front.
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BP payouts can’t save fishing season that got away
GOLDEN MEADOW, Louisiana (Reuters) – Carol Terrebonne, a wholesale retailer who buys shrimp off the boats in southern Louisiana, laughs when asked about the $5,000 hardship payout she has received from energy giant BP to cushion the economic impact of the Gulf oil spill.
China ups supercomputer power
China ramps up efforts to become a supercomputing superpower, as one of its machines is ranked second fastest in the world.
Gulf oil spill threat widens
VENICE, Louisiana (Reuters) – Oil from BP’s out-of-control Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, U.S. forecasters said on Monday, as public anger surged over the country’s worst environmental disaster.
Israeli PM ‘regrets’ ship deaths
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu expresses regret after at least nine people die as troops storm aid ships trying to reach Gaza.