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Nobel Prize in Economics 2011 (Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel)

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Nobel Prize in Economics 2011

10 October 2011

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2011 to

Nobel Peace Prize for 2011

A new day, a new way

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Barack ObamaInteresting isn't it? I like this expression. I hope I invented it, now, but I am not sure. Just a sec, to search on Google.

Bingo! No one used it before!

Kweku Adoboli caused a $2 billion loss to UBS AG. So, what?!

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UBSThe City of London Police arrested Adoboli on suspicion of fraud and abuse of position. $2 billion. Nick Leeson a loss of caused the collapse of $1.4 billion for Barings Plc. And the other guy with a fraud of $ billion for Société Générale in 2008, it seems to me. And the pumping of thousands of billion of papers in the US economy...

Mass-Media: Pros and Cons WikiLeaks and Julian Assange

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WikiLeaks logoWikiLeaks is an international new media non-profit organization that publishes submissions of otherwise unavailable documents from anonymous news sources and leaks. Its website, launched in 2006, is run by The Sunshine Press.

Distaff Day

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Distaff

Distaff Day, also called Roc Day, is 7 January, the day after the feast of the Epiphany. In many European cultural traditions, women resumed their household work after the twelve days of Christmas. The distaff, used in spinning, was the mediaeval symbol of women's work.

Some modern women's craft groups have taken up the celebration of Distaff day as part of their new year celebrations.

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