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Some Austin homeless to be moved amid environmental issues

The Bellingham Herald 

Austin's Watershed Protection Department will begin clearing out homeless encampments located in environmentally sensitive areas and connecting individuals found there with social services within the next two weeks, assistant director … Click to Continue »

Dow futures stage ugly u-turn after worst plunge in nine years for retail sales, raising specter of recession

MarketWatch.com 

Stock-market ebullience over progress in U.S.-China trade talks on Thursday gave way to pessimism after a December report on retail sales showed the worst decline in about nine years, sparking recessionary fears. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average turned firmly negative, after showing a triple-digit gain. Most recently, Dow futures were down 100 points, or about 0.4%, at 25,398. Meanwhile, futures for the S&P 500 were off 10.35 points, or 0.4%, at 2,739.75, while those for the... Читать дальше...

No security breach of Aadhaar database; security controls robust: UIDAI tells HC

Business Standard 

The UIDAI Thursday told the Delhi High Court that there was no security breach of its database or Central Identity Data Repository (CIDR) and sought dismissal of a petition seeking damages for Aadhaar data "leaks". The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the 12-digit Aadhaar number issuing body, in an affidavit filed before a bench of Justices Ravindra Bhat and Prateek Jalan, said its existing security controls and protocols are "robust and capable of countering any such attempts or malicious designs of data breach or hacking". Читать дальше...



Thuringia, Coimbatore GIRT signs Mou to promote trade

Business Standard 

Thuringia, a state in Germany, has defined India as one of its target markets since 2012, its Minister of Economic Affairs, Science and Digital State Wolfgang Tiefensee has said. He was speaking at a function here Wednesday where the German India Round Table (GIRT) of Coimbatore and Thuringia signed an MoU to promote trade, commerce and research activities between them. Since 2012, the German state had defined India as one of its target markets. "We have successively intensified our contacts... Читать дальше...

Canadiens’ 4th Line Gets Better Real Quick

Wildcats Youth Hockey Website 

On Feb. 9, the Montreal Canadiens went toe-to-toe with the Toronto Maple Leafs in an exciting 4-3 overtime loss. The pace was fast, defense looked ‘optional’ during stretches of the game, and it left everyone wanting more come April. Well, almost everyone. One of the key takeaways was the poor play of the Canadiens’ fourth […]

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Name your PM candidate, Shah asks grand alliance

Business Standard 

BJP president Amit Shah Thursday asked the proposed 'mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance) to spell out the name of its prime ministerial candidate. Addressing the convention of Shakti Kendra Pramukh in Sindhanur in Karnatkaa, he mocked at the proposed alliance saying even if it came to power, there will be different "power houses". "I ask 'Rahul Baba' (Congress president) Rahul Gandhi who is the leader of your Mahagathbandhan?" he said. The BJP president also took a jibe at the Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy... Читать дальше...

Will fight 20 seats on our own if things do not work out:

Business Standard 

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Thursday reiterated his demand for a respectable share of seats within grand alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha poll and said his Hindustani Awam Morcha would contest 20 out of a total 40 parliamentary seats in the state on its own if denied its due. Manjhi, who had earlier this week stated that he would not agree to a seat-sharing formula that gave a less number to HAM compared with former union minister Upendra Kushwahas RLSP, also cryptically... Читать дальше...

No unilateral US pullout from Afghanistan: Shanahan

Business Standard 

Washington will not unilaterally withdraw from Afghanistan, the Pentagon chief said Thursday, as NATO said the Kabul government must be urgently brought into US peace talks with the Taliban aimed at ending the country's 17-year war. Acting defence secretary Patrick Shanahan said any decision to reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan would be taken in coordination with NATO, which runs a training and support mission in the war-torn country. The United States is leading a push for peace talks with the Taliban... Читать дальше...

US, China hold talks to clinch deal to end trade war

Business Standard 

Top trade negotiators from the US and China began their talks in "good spirits" here on Thursday amid the optimism generated by President Donald Trump's remarks about extending the March 1 deadline for the world's two largest economies to reach a trade deal. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and his Chinese counterpart Vice Premier Liu He met in Beijing to take the talks forward from their recent meeting in Washington on the topics of trade balance, technology transfer, protection of intellectual property rights (IPR)... Читать дальше...

Two killed in accident on Sinnar-Shirdi road

Business Standard 

Two workers, returning home after a night shift, were killed on the spot after a speeding car hit them near village Khopadi on Sinnar-Shirdi highway Thursday morning, the police said. The accident took place around 7.30 am, said an official of Wavi police station. The deceased were identified as Anant Yadav (32) and Pandurang Pawar (33), residents of Wavi, who worked at a factory in Musalgaon industrial estate.

Fleck hands Stormers debut to Nel and Fourie against Bulls

Super 15 Rugby 

Stormers Super rugby head coach Robbie Fleck has named centre Ruhan Nel and prop Corne Fourie to make their Stormers debut in the Super Rugby clash against the Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday. Nel starts in midfield alongside Damian de Allende and loosehead prop Fourie finds himself on the replacements bench for the opening round […]

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Science and Subterfuge in Economics

Project Syndicate 

John Kenneth Galbraith noted in 1973 that establishment economics had become the “invaluable ally of those whose exercise of power depends on an acquiescent public.” If anything, economists’ embrace of that role has grown stronger since then.

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