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The atmosphere never gets a moment`s privacy. It can barely stir enough to move a leaf without some piece of high-tech equipment—often many, many pieces—knowing about it. The U.S. alone has up to 30 satellites at any one moment that devote at least part of their time to monitoring global and national weather patterns; 122 Doppler radar systems scattered across the country looking up from the ground; and a web of computers that just got a massive upgrade—increasing their data-crunching capacity 30-fold—to process the information that all that other hardware gathers.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 00:36 |
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish parliament passed a `wealth amnesty` law late on Tuesday designed to lure back funds held abroad by affluent Turks without punitive taxes and fines. Under the legislation, Turks will pay just two percent on eligible funds, avoiding taxes that could otherwise reach 30-40 percent. They will also avoid an investigation into whether the wealth was generated in Turkey and improperly kept overseas. In order to benefit from the amnesty, Turkish individuals or companies will be obliged to declare their wealth before the end of July. ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 06:46 |
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Here are the 10 deadliest tornadoes to touch down in the United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:03 |
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Religious tension, tit-for-tat attacks that`s life in Iraq as CNN`s Arwa Damon reports sectarian tensions escalate again.
Monday, May 20, 2013 16:46 |
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Twenty-five people died in a spate of car bombs Monday. Three of the bombs exploded at markets where people were shopping. Last week, bombs blew up at Sunni mosques amid Friday prayers and at a restaurant in a Shiite area.
Monday, May 20, 2013 16:46 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose this week but stayed near their historic lows. Cheaper mortgages have helped the economy by spurring more home-buying and refinancing.
Thursday, May 16, 2013 15:27 |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 05:58 |
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By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp`s new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, has launched a sweeping company reorganization and created a unit aimed at growing its market share in future mobile technologies. The shakeup, announced internally just days after the 30-year veteran took the helm, places most of the main product groups of the world`s top chipmaker directly under the CEO`s supervision and hands its sprawling global manufacturing operation to new president Renee James, said a source close to the company, who declined to be identified. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 19:51 |
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By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp`s new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, has launched a sweeping reorganization of the world`s top chipmaker and created a unit aiming to retake the top chipmaker`s lead in mobile and semiconductor innovation. The shakeup, announced internally just days after the 30-year veteran took the helm, places most of Intel`s main product groups directly under his supervision and hands its sprawling global manufacturing operation to new president Renee James, said a source close to the company, who declined to be identified. ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 18:24 |
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By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Dominic Evans AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas have fought their biggest battle yet for Syria`s beleaguered president, prompting international alarm that the civil war may spread and an urgent call for restraint from the United States. About 30 Hezbollah fighters were killed on Sunday, Syrian activists said, along with 20 Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad during the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, near the Lebanon border. ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 22:30 |
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