U.S. regulator to vote on watered-down swap rules May 16th, 2013 - 15:40h (CET +01.00) By Douwe Miedema WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Big banks are set to gain key concessions as the top U.S. derivatives regulator meets to vote on watered-down rules for swap trading that will chip away at Wall Street's dominance of the $630 trillion mark... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : regulator, vote, watereddown, swap, rules, Top Keywords

London police push for water cannon to control riots May 13th, 2013 - 15:50h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Talks over the potential use of water cannon for the first time on London's streets are taking place with the Metropolitan police, the Home Office confirmed on Monday. London's police force argue that water cannon would b... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : london, police, push, water, cannon, control, riots, Top Keywords

French gay marriage: Water cannon, police legions Apr 23rd, 2013 - 11:40h (CET +01.00) PARIS (AP) - Police say legions of officers and a small battery of water cannon are at France's National Assembly as lawmakers prepare for a final vote to legalize gay marriage. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : french, marriage, water, cannon, police, legions, riots, Top Keywords

Apple Will Pay for Those Water-Damaged iPhones After All Apr 12th, 2013 - 04:20h (CET +01.00) Court documents show that Apple has agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed  by countless iPhone and iPod Touch owners who claim that the company failed to honor its own warranty. The consumer complaints all revolve around a ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apple, will, those, waterdamaged, iphones, legions, riots, Top Keywords

Water, rats, outages: Japan nuke plant precarious Apr 11th, 2013 - 03:51h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (AP) - A rat causing a power outage by short-circuiting a temporary switchboard. Another blackout occurring as workers install anti-rat nets. Holes in the linings of huge underground tanks leaking radioactive water. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : water, rats, outages, japan, nuke, plant, precarious, Top Keywords

Analysis: Big Tech tests the waters of the music stream Mar 22nd, 2013 - 08:30h (CET +01.00) By Poornima Gupta and Ronald Grover SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Technology giants Apple, Google and Amazon are furiously maneuvering for position in the online music business and looking at ways to make streaming profitable, despite the fact that pione... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : analysis, tech, tests, waters, music, stream, precarious, Top Keywords

Obama set to plunge into roiling Mideast waters Mar 20th, 2013 - 07:50h (CET +01.00) JERUSALEM (AP) - President Barack Obama is plunging into the turbulent Middle East on a mission aimed primarily at assuring America's top ally in the region and its friends back home that it will not be forsaken amid bitter domestic political sq... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : obama, plunge, roiling, mideast, waters, stream, precarious, Top Keywords

NYC museum displaying Audubon's bird watercolors Mar 13th, 2013 - 18:50h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - The New-York Historical Society is exhibiting its entire collection 474 bird watercolors by John James Audubon for the first time. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : museum, displaying, audubon's, bird, watercolors, stream, precarious, Top Keywords

Where's the Water of the Future? Right Here Mar 4th, 2013 - 20:30h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK - Fresh water. The planet has only so much to meet the needs of a growing world population. And global warming throws more uncertainty into the mix by increasing chances of extreme weather, such as more intense droughts in some places. (Sour... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : where's, water, future?, right, here, stream, precarious, Top Keywords

Watershed elections in Italy Feb 24th, 2013 - 08:20h (CET +01.00) ROME (AP) - Will Italy stay the course with painful economic reform? Or fall back into the old habit of profligacy and inertia? These are the stakes as Italy votes in a watershed parliamentary election Sunday and Monday that could shape the future of... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : watershed, elections, italy, right, here, stream, precarious, Top Keywords