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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch recently stated the obvious when he said the newspaper business model of providing content online for free was "malfunctioning." Poleaxed by a severe ad slump and hemorrhaging red ink, printed newspapers and magazines have been downsizing or closing in some countries, even as their digital editions attract growing numbers of readers. Murdoch - whose News Corp. media empire includes the Wall Street Journal, a rare newspaper with a profitable, subscription-based website - has vowed to boost the earning power of his digital properties by increasing the number of News Corp. sites that charge for content. Other publishers...
Pity Pete Hoekstra. His only crime was to make the oh-so-obvious comparison between oppressed Iranians and the GOP. "Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House," the Michigan Congressman, who is running for governor, tweeted June...
...Some observers said the government, by attacking Google, was sending a message to all foreign websites to watch out. "Chinese search engine are the obvious beneficiaries of [the criticism of Google], and that suits the authorities fine," says an industry insider who requested anonymity. "They all take care of the political censorship themselves and obviously have to do exactly what the bureaucrats tell them. A foreign company like Google is that much harder to control...
...result is a reform plan that's clearly had a lot of thought put into it, and responds to many of the most obvious failings of our financial regulatory setup, but doesn't really change the way the financial game is played. The Federal Reserve would have more power to snoop around financial institutions that it thinks pose a systemic risk, the FDIC would get the power to take over and wind down non-banks, most over-the-counter derivatives would be forced onto exchanges, and capital requirements would be ratcheted up across the financial system. But the current alphabet...
...middle-income countries account for more than 90% of traffic fatalities. But the economic findings are more surprising - and they're worth paying attention to. The WHO offers some intuitive fixes: buckle down on speed limits, reduce drunk driving and tighten seat-belt laws. Others are less obvious - particularly the recommendations that tackle car safety by focusing on pedestrians and "vulnerable road users." More analyses of land use and road design are needed. Otherwise, walking remains unsafe at any speed...