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...says. Steve Rowles, an analyst at CFC Seymour stock brokerage in Hong Kong, says his company was unable to use its normal trading system on Wednesday but kept operating by routing buy and sell orders through its main office in Switzerland. But he noted that trading volumes were light because the outage occurred between Christmas and New Year's Day. "If this had happened two weeks from now, there would have been chaos in the streets," Rowles says. "I think a lot of people are still in holiday mode. The key question now is: 'When is (the Internet) going...
...Simpson's ill-fated homicidal fantasy If I Did It may yet see the light of day. One of the major publishing fiascos of 2006, the volume was abruptly pulled by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. right before it was due to land on store shelves in late November, the victim of widespread public outrage. But the title itself, like a bad penny, may resurface, perhaps before...
...regional and international context of Somalia is quite different from that of Afghanistan a decade ago: The Islamists cannot prevail as long as Ethiopia is willing to lend the beleaguered government its military muscle - well-armed and trained by U.S. advisers, in contrast to the ragtag and mostly teenage light infantry of the Islamists...
...intent.) Unlike North Korea's hermit kingdom, Iran is an integral part of the world economy as its fourth-largest supplier of oil - with much of its output consumed by China, India and Japan. Most of the international community will view comprehensive sanctions against Iran as unthinkable in light of the impact they would have on global oil prices, and therefore on the global economy as a whole. Indeed, world oil prices have begun to creep upwards since Saturday's sanctions resolution. Unlike North Korea, Iran also has leverage that can influence U.S. prospects in difficult conflict zones, i.e., Iraq...
...rock 'n roll's first superstar make? Well, the opening track, a Leiber-Stoller R&B number called "Santa Claus Is Back in Town," sounded a declaration of war against the Christmas-music tradition. As Elvis growled and screamed it: "Hang up your pretty stockin's / Turn off de light / Santa Claus is comin' / Down the old chimney tonight." Sexually explicit enough for ya? The title track - which lyrically is just another song about being alone or lonely on a holiday that's meant to reunite loved ones - was sung as a cry of sexual deprivation. Elvis' "White Christmas" borrows...