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...Home Rules Britain's Financial Services Authority warned investors that a foreign takeover of the London Stock Exchange could dramatically alter the regulatory regime of its companies. The LSE late last month rejected a $2.4 billion bid from rival Deutsche...
...onset of democracy has given Iraqis great hope that their fate is now in their own hands. And that reality may soon significantly alter the terms of post-Saddam Iraq's relationship with...
...broiled fish decreases the risk of stroke 28%. But those protective benefits disappeared when the fish was fried. Eating at least one serving of fried fish or a fish burger each week led to a 37% increase in stroke risk, which grew with each additional serving. Frying seems to alter the ratio of good to bad fats, including trans fats, in the fish--which, scientists speculate, may encourage the formation of blood clots...
...world must be a conversation, not a monologue." While those sentiments may be taken as cause for comfort in the capitals of some of the many traditional U.S. allies alienated by the Bush administration's foreign policy, there was little in her answers to suggest the administration plans to alter any of the policies that had prompted the breakdown in relations in the first place...
...fluctuations in temperature quelled its destructive winds. They sound easy enough, but in the real world those kinds of modifications "would require a huge amount of energy," says Hoffman, "not in the realm of what we're capable of these days." Scientists may never find a way to alter wind speeds, but Hoffman speculates that in 10 years, orbiting satellites that generate solar power in space may be used to beam down enough heat to change temperature. "But these things take time, money and effort," says Hoffman. Whether his theories will ever become reality is, well...