Word: centralizes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Channel mulls changing name to Syfy. Still better known as Dork Central...
...Beijing Replacing the Dollar? In a sign of growing concern over the U.S. economy, the head of China's central bank proposed implementing a new currency-reserve system that could ease the country's reliance on the dollar. Experts say the move underlines China's desire to take a leadership role in the global response to the financial crisis. Still, few analysts expect the dollar to be replaced by what Zhou Xiaochuan called a new "supersovereign reserve currency" in the foreseeable future. China, which holds nearly $2 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves, is the U.S.'s largest creditor...
...long-range missile that North Korea launched Sunday morning eventually fell harmlessly into the Pacific Ocean, carrying with it a communications satellite that it had intended to deploy in orbit. In typical fashion, the North Korean government today lied about the satellite plunge. Its central news agency informed the citizenry that the satellite was already beaming back into North Korea "immortal revolutionary paeans to General Kim Il Sung'' - the country's founder - "and his son, General Kim Jong...
Italy's worst earthquake in nearly three decades struck early Monday in the central region of Abruzzo, killing at least 207 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. As the death toll from the predawn quake rose throughout the day, the tragedy took a bitter twist as it emerged that a local seismologist had predicted a major tremor...
...offered prayers for the victims, while Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi canceled a trip to Russia. Other world leaders, including President Barack Obama, called to express their solidarity with the Italians. The deadly quake came just hours after a magnitude 4.6 tremor was felt across Italy's north-central region, with no reports of damage. Italy's boot-shaped peninsula is crisscrossed by two fault lines, with about 20 million of its 57 million residents at risk from earthquakes. (See pictures of Obama's trip to Europe...