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As Bloomberg notes:Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher called for an international pact to break up banks whose collapse would threaten the financial system, a position that goes beyond other Fed officials.While the international as...

Collaboration application maker Jive Software March 2 is adding idea management to its arsenal with Jive Ideation. Jive Ideation helps employees, customers and partners form communities around specific ideas, such as product or service creation. The application is essentially Jive's stab at sidea or innovation management software popularized by applications ...

Intel is sponsoring the 20th Anniversary of Cinequest Film Festival from February 23 to March 7, 2010 in San Jose, California. Cinequest celebrates the mavericks and innovators in the movie making industry, and this year will welcome 85,000 film lovers, students ...

Last night, anyone who went to see trip-hop originators Massive Attack play London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo got something extra. Blur/Gorillaz leader Damon Albarn (dressed like one of the characters on "The Sopranos" who appears in one scene and then ...

Publishers are growing increasingly vocal about their displeasure with e-retailer Amazon.com's flat $9.99 per title pricing structure for e-books. This week, Hachette Book Group joined publishers Macmillian and HarperCollins in requesting control to employ different, and higher, price points. - Following a decision by Macmillian to demand ...

Former Mayor of Zrenjanin and former member of the ruling Democrats (DS) Presidency Goran Knežević has confirmed he had joined the Serb Progressives (SNS). Opposition SNS Deputy President Aleksandar Vučić stated on Monday that Knežević was welcome to join, noting that he was a respectful and responsible man who had ...

PHIL RISKO OF THE RECIPE REPLACES CLIFF STARBUCK IN EKOOSTIK HOOKAH Spring and Summer Dates Announced As Rehearsals Continue ekoostik hookah ekoostik hookah has announced the addition of bassist Phil Risko to the band. A talented member of the Ohio-grown family of musicians, ...

The government yesterday accepted the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s request to appoint Zdravko Ponoš as assistant minister. The retired general was the chief of the general staff of the Serbian Army (VS) until late 2008, when he was replaced over a public disagreement with Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac.

Kerry Katona has gone to ‘fat camp’ to regain her figure, it has emerged. The 29-year-old decided to spend two weeks with military trainers after being shocked by pictures of herself looking chubby in the Daily Star. The ex-Atomic Kitten’s advisers told her that she should reduce if she wants to ...

Dulins Books introduced the Boox 60, a $349 e-reader it will begin shipping in January. The Portland companys Wi-Fi-connecting e-reader faces steep competition from giants Amazon.com, Barnes Noble and Sony. - Theres a new e-book maker in town. On Dec. 29, Portland upstart Dulins Books ...

Newly elected MP of the Serb Radical Party (SRS) Goran Cvetanović has returned his mandate, to join the Serb Progressive Party (SNS). SNS is an offshoot of SRS, which broke off last fall. Both parties a part of the opposition in the current parliament.

Liaise Dec. 15 launched its Microsoft Outlook inbox management plug-in to public beta. While Xobni helps users search their Outlook inbox and Gist lets users manage the personal contacts from social networks, Liaise identifies action items from e-mails users type to others. Liaise was initially a desktop client only, but ...

Turkey has waded into the row over Switzerland’s ban on mosque minarets, saying the decision highlights the resurgence of racism in Europe. The Swiss people voted to stop the building of minarets on mosques in a referendum on Sunday.

France's Electricite de France (EDF) has agreed with Russia's Gazprom on its participation in the South Stream gas project, the Russian PM said on Friday. The pipeline, scheduled to be completed by 2015, is part of Russia's efforts to cut dependence on transit nations. It is a rival project to ...

MindTouch Nov. 19 joined Google, Zoho, Microsoft and a raft of others in SAAS with MindTouch Cloud, embracing the Internet as a way to deliver collaboration applications. MindTouch Cloud lets non-technical sales representatives or business managers pull business data from CRM and ERP applications, such as Salesforce.com, SugarCRM, and Oracle, ...

Last month, Jay Reatard's rhythm section-- bassist Stephen Pope and drummer Billy Hayes-- quit Reatard's band. (It led to this spectacularly irate Tweet from Reatard himself.) But now, it looks like the dust has settled. As ...

U2 & Jay-Z Perform "Sunday Bloody Sunday" at MTV Europe Awards At last night's MTV Europe Awards, Jay-Z joined U2 for a new look at the classic "Sunday Bloody Sunday." Performed at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the fall ...

While the Motorola Android phone making its debut on Verizon Wireless Nov. 6 is getting all the hype, the carrier is also introducing the HTC Eris, another Android-based phone that will be available for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year customer agreement. - Motorola's ...

Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has joined several celebrities taking part in an ad campaign by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to save seals from the annual hunt on Canada’’s East Coast. The Canadian-born actress and animal rights activist visited the Ontario provincial legislature to introduce the new ads, ...

Molitz Joins 'Playing For Change' Steve Molitz Keyboardist Steve Molitz (Particle, Phil Lesh & Friends) is honored to announce that he's been invited to join the global musical phenomenon Playing For Change. The PFC Band is made up of a diverse group of ...