http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124128191&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Web security company Blue Coat Systems said Friday it is being acquired by a private investment group in a deal worth $1.3 billion….
Archives for December, 2011
Newest nation South Sudan ravaged by war, climate
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124123051&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The world's newest nation, South Sudan, appealed Thursday for help in healing a land ravaged by war and disruptive weather as it made its maiden appearance at the UN climate talks….
Apple loses China iPad trademark case
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124122658&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Apple has lost a long-running legal battle against a Taiwanese-owned company that it claimed was illegally using its iconic iPad trademark in China, court officials and state media said….
Waiting on climate is ‘escapism’: top UN scientist
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124122661&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Leaders who wait for further evidence about the perils of greenhouse gases are flirting with escapism, the head of the UN's Nobel-winning climate scientists says….
India monthly auto sales rise but forecast poor
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124121307&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK New car sales in India rose seven percent in November, the first year-on-year increase in five months and a respite after their worst slump for a decade, industry data showed Thursday….
Hundreds strike in latest China labour protest
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124120445&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Hundreds of workers protested for a fifth straight day on Thursday at a Japanese plant in southern China, a company official said, in the latest labour unrest in the country's manufacturing hub….
Syria’s Assad denies blame for crackdown
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124118729&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied ordering the killing of thousands of protesters and said "only a crazy person" would target his own people as global pressure mounted Wednesday on his regime….
World must learn to ‘manage the planet’: UNEP chief
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124118213&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The Rio+20 summit next year should focus on reshaping the world economy to better "manage the planet," the UN's top environment official told AFP at climate talks in Durban….
UK plans marine protection zone near Falklands
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124116968&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Britain is planning a huge marine protection zone near the Falkland Islands in the southern Atlantic ocean, in an area that is also claimed by Argentina, an official said on Wednesday….
"Secretive’ Arab world faces HIV epidemic: experts
http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=124116076&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK In an Arab world rife with social stigma, government inaction and often limited access to education and medical care, experts warn that an HIV epidemic is on the rise….