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Google CEO Eric Schmidt backs his words with his wallet. In September, Schmidt announced that Google would buy one small company per month. In a bit less than seven months since, Google has bought - um - seven small companies...
...hedge when the euro is too high. Multinationals with affiliates in the dollar zone have benefited from the weaker dollar over the past few years. German electronics giant Siemens, for example, generated nearly 45% of its revenue in 2009 in the dollar region. "The bigger the company is, the less traditional export activity it tends to do and the less exposed it is to currency fluctuations," says Siemens spokesman Wolfram Trost. "But when applied to an entire export-driven country like Germany, a drop in the value of the euro becomes a very significant and positive development...
...growing body of research suggests there's another, less visible reason to focus on your gut if you want to lose weight. Scientists led by Andrew Gewirtz at Emory University reveal that your intestines harbor a universe of bacteria - the so-called gut microbiota - that may play an important role in whether your body will store the food you eat as extra pounds. (See pictures of what the world eats...
South African President Jacob Zuma received a less than cordial welcome when he stepped off the plane in London for a three-day state visit to Britain this week. The British media, renowned for their sometimes witty, often outlandish headlines and a tone that can swing between cheeky and downright rude, have vilified Zuma for having five wives, calling him everything from a "sex-obsessed bigot" to a "vile buffoon...
However, some media analysts believe there are more sinister motivations behind the media's preoccupation with Zuma. "Just using the word 'buffoon' harks back to an era of portraying Africans as simple and less educated," Wasserman says. Richard Lance Keeble, a professor of journalism at the University of Lincoln in northern England, says the British tabloid obsession with sex and sleaze drives the type of coverage seen with Zuma. "Add to that heady brew a pinch of unacceptable racism and you can easily explain the tabloid treatment of President Zuma's visit to London this week...