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TheEconomist: Financial
tightening is hitting the Chinese economy with real force http://econ.st/lM0XGm
BreakingNews: Filipino
clan leader pleads not guilty to 2009 'Maguindanao massacre' -
Inquirer.net http://bit.ly/l43zY0
cnnbrk: House
overwhelmingly rejects debt ceiling increase #debtceiling http://on.cnn.com/jaKzDW
WSJ: The House is currently
voting on a $2.4 trillion increase to the federal debt ceiling that is expected
to fail http://on.wsj.com/mcyRPV
CNNMoney: Stocks rally on
hopes of a bailout for Greece. But Dow's 127 point gain can't prevent the worst
month of losses since August.
WSJ: 44.6 million
Americans received food stamps in March, up 11% from a year ago. Map of
state-by-state data: http://on.wsj.com/klv6nF
BreakingNews: 2 Iraqis
arrested in Kentucky on charges of terrorism, conspiring to use weapons of mass
destruction http://1.usa.gov/l2Q2Iw
BBCBreaking: Syria's
President #Assad issues general amnesty covering all political movements -
Reuters
WSJ: U.S. home prices hit
their lowest levels since mid-2002. See the data by metro area: http://on.wsj.com/jCMXHn
cnnbrk: Bosnian Serb
genocide suspect Ratko #Mladic loses extradition appeal. http://on.cnn.com/kgjF5u
WSJ: Germany said it
would close all of its 17 nuclear reactors by 2022 http://on.wsj.com/iueGMI
cnnbrk: Egypt's #Mubarak
too ill for transfer from military hospital, prosecutors say. http://on.cnn.com/jIGMv3
cnnbrk: CNN confirms at
least 11 dead in German E. coli outbreak. http://on.cnn.com/j5KwQn
cnnbrk: South Africa's
Zuma says #Gadhafi is ready for a ceasefire #Libya http://on.cnn.com/jovLvh
cnnbrk: Coalition
commander apologizes for airstrike he says killed 9 Afghan civilians. http://on.cnn.com/lxKPNt
cnnbrk: Serbian
nationalists protest arrest of genocide suspect Ratko Mladic. http://on.cnn.com/loIoBc
WSJ: Ninety of the people
unaccounted for after the Joplin tornado have been located and are alive http://on.wsj.com/l4KVHx
WSJ: U.S. banks initiated
fewer foreclosures in April than at any time since late 2008 http://on.wsj.com/iNgbVC
cnnbrk: Russia calls for
#Gadhafi to step down. http://on.cnn.com/lPCE6Z
WSJ: Good news: new
evidence suggests AIDS epidemic could finally be controlled. Bad news: funding
has declined http://on.wsj.com/jKF3zg
cnnbrk: Bomb hits U.N.
convoy in #Lebanon; casualties reported. http://on.cnn.com/kbXGzm
cnnbrk: House passes
extension of key parts of #PatriotAct; it goes to Obama for signature http://on.cnn.com/jeys9D
cnnbrk: Senate votes to
extend key parts of #PatriotAct; measure moves to House http://on.cnn.com/jeys9D
WSJ: Tech boom in New
York: venture capitalists invested $2.1 billion there last year, up 24% from
2009 http://on.wsj.com/jnN5gR
WSJ: Sarah Palin will
launch a tour of the East Coast on Sunday as she continues exploring a
presidential run http://on.wsj.com/mEsffv
WSJ: U.S. stock
listings, 1991-2011 (peak at 8,823 in 1997, now at 5,072) http://on.wsj.com/mMaXRf
cnnbrk: #Supertyphoon
#Songda threatens #Okinawa. http://on.cnn.com/ipBhIe
BBCBreaking: Seven Nato
soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in southern #Afghanistan - Reuters
cnnbrk: RT
@PoliticalTicker: Supreme Court backs Arizona immigration law that punishes
businesses - http://wp.me/p4HKM-FUN
cnnbrk: U.S. general says
militant attacks on American troops in #Iraq on rise. http://on.cnn.com/mzoX6d
BBCBreaking: Leader of
Serbian Radical Party urges protest rally against arrest of #Mladic, calling it
a 'loathsome act' http://bbc.in/j ...
WSJ: Sticker shock in
Washington: fleet of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters costs more than $1 trillion
over lifetime http://on.wsj.com/kLa7X3
cnnbrk: U.S. to reduce
military presence in Pakistan, Pentagon says http://on.cnn.com/lAiFTr
cnnbrk: Senate votes down
House GOP budget that included #Medicare overhaul http://on.cnn.com/lTlcHZ
cnnbrk: #Oklahoma
declares state of emergency in 68 counties. http://on.cnn.com/mfHDIh
cnnbrk: #Oprah ends final
show: "I won't say goodbye, I'll just say until we meet again... To God be
the glory" http://on.cnn.com/iCXU7Q
cnnbrk: RT @iDeskCNN:
Tribal fighters seize government buildings in Yemen http://bit.ly/jzXaRn
WSJ: Overnight storms in
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas left another 13 people dead http://on.wsj.com/l2PFCQ
cnnbrk: Democrat wins
House seat from N.Y. in race some called referendum on GOP Medicare plan http://on.cnn.com/jVjI4o
cnnbrk: Car bomb rams
police building in Afghanistan; 19 hurt, officials say http://on.cnn.com/kDlk30
cnnbrk: Israel won't halt
settlements ahead of talks with Palestinians, official says http://on.cnn.com/kqdsph
cnnbrk: Large tornado
churning through northwest Oklahoma City, weather officials say http://on.cnn.com/k1ZN2b
WSJ: Alert: an
"intense tornado outbreak" is expected today across parts of
Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri http://on.wsj.com/jeEfko
WSJ: Lehman Brothers's
Chapter 11 case is the largest and most-expensive bankruptcy proceeding in U.S.
history http://t.co/Fe5GO0h
BBCBreaking: Israeli PM
Netanyahu tells US Congress that Israel will have to give up parts of
'ancestral homeland' 4 peace with Palestinians
WSJ: House Republicans
plan to introduce a bill to raise the debt limit by $2 trillion but expect it
to fail http://on.wsj.com/kUeFgM
cnnbrk: RT @CNNMoney: The
tornado that devastated Joplin, Mo., killing at least 117 people, may have
caused up to $3 billion worth of damage
cnnbrk: RT
@PoliticalTicker: NY Congressman hints at Giuliani '12 W.H. run http://bit.ly/lq1Ge2
cnnbrk: About 500 British
airline flights will be canceled today due to volcanic ash from Iceland,
officials say. http://on.cnn.com/k5Q1pv
cnnbrk: 116 people confirmed
dead in Sunday's tornado in Joplin, Missouri, city manager says. http://on.cnn.com/lB5u2i
WSJ: This tornado season
has become the deadliest since 1953, with at least 454 people killed in the
U.S. http://on.wsj.com/iMJGi2
WSJ: Judge Judy now
averages a larger audience (7 million daily viewers ) than Oprah (6.5
million) http://on.wsj.com/k9ScZH
cnnbrk: Former Minnesota
Gov. Tim Pawlenty launches 2012 presidential campaign.
WSJ: LinkedIn, fresh off
its volcanic IPO, is down more than 9% in early trading to $84 http://on.wsj.com/lO3IIr
cnnbrk: Supreme Court:
California must end prison crowding. http://on.cnn.com/mAXCMV
cnnbrk: Helicopter
rescues Western, Arab diplomats who were surrounded in embassy in #Yemen,
officials tell CNN. http://on.cnn.com/knOlEy
cnnbrk: Grimsv?tn
#volcano in #Iceland began erupting Saturday, officials say. http://on.cnn.com/mLfJSe
BBCBreaking: Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects US President Barack Obama's proposal
that Israel return 2its pre-1967 borders
WSJ: Nevada has the
country's highest unemployment rate at 12.5%. The lowest? North Dakota's 3.3%.
All states: http://on.wsj.com/aJQzG8
WSJ: Cyclist who accused
former teammate Lance Armstrong of doping has handed over his 2004 Olympic gold
medal http://on.wsj.com/mE1EPg
WSJ: Tim Pawlenty will
formally announce his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday
in Iowa http://on.wsj.com/jpDqId
cnnbrk: U.S. has
intensified drone blitz in #Pakistan, source says. http://on.cnn.com/jSjGET
WSJ: Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with President Obama today amid a tense
backdrop http://on.wsj.com/juSvVT
BBCBreaking: #Syria security
forces are reported to have shot dead at least 10 people during pro-democracy
protests across the country
cnnbrk: #NATO aircraft
target warships in Tripoli's seaport #Libya http://on.cnn.com/iIcQLt
BBCBreaking: Israeli PM
says he welcomes Obama's #MidEast speech but rejects withdrawal to 1967 borders
as 'indefensible' #mespeech
BBCBreaking: Obama says
lasting peace in the #MidEast involves two states, a viable Palestine state and
a SECURE ISRAEL http://bbc.in/md3Nvc
WSJ: RT @ShiraOvide:
LinkedIn now valued at 521 times its earnings. http://on.wsj.com/kmfO8G
WSJ: Japan's economy
contracted at a much-worse-than-expected 3.7% last quarter http://on.wsj.com/kviGj6
WSJ: Who benefits from
the departures of Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump? So far, it's Mitt
Romney: http://on.wsj.com/iSN5N4
cnnbrk: Thousands protest
economic crisis, high unemployment in #Spain. http://on.cnn.com/iurQUi
cnnbrk: Deaths mount in
#Syria, security crackdown under fire. http://on.cnn.com/jiCSA4
BBCBreaking: US to
sanction Syria's Assad
cnnbrk: Bill to end #oil subsidies
defeated in Senate on mostly party-line vote http://on.cnn.com/lCPTrR
RT @salimb94:
@alexnhicken While the earthquake Spain, Italians were fleeing Rome because a
seismologist predicted that the big one woul ...
cnnbrk: Mexico finds 513
Central Americans, Asians in 2 trucks heading toward U.S. http://on.cnn.com/iBI4R1
cnnbrk: #Libya: Forces in
firefight with NATO ships; NATO: No engagement took place http://on.cnn.com/jXADI1
cnnbrk:
"Disappointed" Sen. Coburn pulls out of bipartisan deficit-reduction
talks http://on.cnn.com/lmC9PH
cnnbrk: NATO forces clash
with Pakistani troops, officials say. http://on.cnn.com/ky2RTZ
cnnbrk: RT @cnni: Senior
al Qaeda militant held in Pakistan http://goo.gl/fb/Z5B96
WSJ: Gold prices fell
after George Soros said his hedge fund dumped nearly all of its holdings of the
metal http://t.co/ZgyT5Z3
cnnbrk: Attempted suicide
attack foiled, police in Pakistan say. http://on.cnn.com/ldKCVI
cnnbrk: Former Rwandan
army chief gets 30 years for part in genocide. http://on.cnn.com/l2EKYc
WSJ: After Google and TI
yesterday, more big names issuing bonds today: J&J, McDonald's, Aetna,
Caterpillar http://on.wsj.com/jctPnY
WSJ: New estimate of
insured losses from last month's powerful tornadoes in the South: $6
billion http://on.wsj.com/iA3OQo
cnnbrk: Donald #Trump
says he will not run for president. http://on.cnn.com/k3XDAH
cnnbrk: RT @CNNMoney: The
U.S. government has reached the debt ceiling,Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
tells Congress. http://CNNMoney.com
RT @BBCBreaking: Russian
foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says representatives of Colonel #Gaddafi's
#Libya government expected in Moscow ...
cnnbrk: Waters in
Vicksburg, Mississippi, have reached record levels of 56.2 feet; that's 13 feet
over #flood stage http://on.cnn.com/mxtaQo
cnnbrk: At New Orleans
the river crested at 17 ft due to spillway operations some 4 ft below historic
level of 1922 http://on.cnn.com/mxtaQo
WSJ: Israeli soldiers
opened fire on demonstrators attempting to cross the border from Syria and the
Gaza Strip http://on.wsj.com/hKkFct
CNNEE:
Un sismo de magnitud 6,5 sacude la region de Bougainville, en Papua Nueva
Guinea, segun @USGS. Aqui
el mapa http://bit.ly/iiPXW2
cnnbrk: Clashes between
pro-Palestinian demonstrators, Israeli forces leave at least 12 dead on
Israel's borders. http://on.cnn.com/jKzDyO
WSJ: The fuel cores of
two other reactors at Japan's crippled nuclear plant have suffered substantial
damage http://on.wsj.com/kWxhlY
cnnbrk: RT @cnni: Clashes
erupt along Israel's border http://goo.gl/fb/a88uq
cnnbrk: Governor:
Floodwater may be diverted to central La. within 24 hours to spare major
cities http://on.cnn.com/lMtNWL
cnnbrk: Georgia governor
signs law targeting undocumented workers http://on.cnn.com/loDCWX
BBCBreaking: #Gaddafi
condemns Nato attack on his Tripoli compound as cowardly in #Libya TV
statement, saying he is in place 'you cannot ...
WSJ: Mike Huckabee is
likely to skip the 2012 presidential campaign, says his top political
operative http://on.wsj.com/lz8ddN
BBCBreaking: Former
#Pakistan President, #Musharraf, is to return home next year, facing possible
arrest, to take part in a 2013 election
BBCBreaking: Head of
#Pakistan intelligence service says he offered his resignation to the prime
minister, but it was turned down
cnnbrk: Social Security
and Medicare trust funds will run dry earlier than expected, report says. http://on.cnn.com/ldjlnD
WSJ: The Dow is down 106
points amid continued worries over Greece's finances http://on.wsj.com/msVqWk
BBCBreaking: Death toll
in Taliban bombings outside security force centre in Pakistan rises to 80, a
police officer tells the AP news agency
WSJ: One of the reactors
at Japan's crippled nuclear plant likely suffered a substantial meltdown of its
core http://on.wsj.com/lae7op
WSJ: Mitt Romney defended
the health-care plan he championed in Mass. while criticizing the federal
overhaul http://on.wsj.com/jXD68X
WSJ: If you're following
developments in Syria, here's a day-by-day map to keep you situated: http://on.wsj.com/leq5wD
WSJ: Syrian forces swept
six cities today, detaining lawyers, doctors, intellectuals and other professionals http://on.wsj.com/mLVj3Q
cnnbrk: RT
@PoliticalTicker: BREAKING: Ron Paul to run for president - http://wp.me/p4HKM-Fkk
WSJ: Silver continues to
fall: it's down another 7% today and 32% this month alone http://on.wsj.com/j6c3tm
cnnbrk: Rockets strike
#Gadhafi's compound http://on.cnn.com/kQqNHa
BBCBreaking: Spanish PM
says 10 people have been killed in the 5.2 magnitude earthquake which hit the
south eastern Spanish town of Lorca
cnnbrk: Former House
Speaker Newt #Gingrich announced via Twitter he is candidate for 2012 GOP
presidential nomination http://on.cnn.co ...
WSJ: In March, there were
3.1 million job openings in the U.S., the highest level since Sept. 2008 http://on.wsj.com/ksdd4O
WSJ: Crude oil has fallen
4% to $99 a barrel, prompting a halt in trading; silver is down nearly 7% http://on.wsj.com/klQ5u3
BBCBreaking: Thirteen
people have been killed in tank shelling and gunfire in the southern Syrian
town of Harra, an activist tells Reuters
BBCBreaking: Dozens of
Yemeni protesters wounded after security forces and plain clothed gunmen opened
fire on thousands marching in Sanaa.
WSJ: The White House and
Senate Democrats oppose limiting federal spending to 20.6% of GDP (it's now
24.3%) http://on.wsj.com/itINys
WSJ: Breaking: Microsoft
nears a deal to buy Skype for more than $7 billion http://on.wsj.com/mBDQDQ
WSJ: Wages are rising in
China, heralding the possible end of an era of cheap goods http://on.wsj.com/kTeD7Z
CNNEE:
Tragedia en el #Giro de #Italia: muere el ciclista belga Wouter #Weylandt tras
sufrir una caida en la tercera etapa
BBCBreaking: Republican
Newt Gingrich is set to announce his candidacy for 2012 US presidency on
Wednesday, Reuters understands
CNNEE:
RT @CNNMexicoDeporT: #Chicharito anota el gol mas rapido de la temporada de la
Liga Premier #futbol #MaNU #Chelsea http://cnn.mx/ ...
CNNEE:
RT @joselevycnn: En Tunez se reanudan las protestas y, con ellas, el toque de
queda. Piden
una democracia real.
cnnbrk: Memphis braces
for worst as Army Corps battles Mississippi flooding. http://on.cnn.com/m1gFlD
cnnbrk: Average gas price
in U.S. hits $4 per gallon; all-time high was $4.11 in July 2008 http://on.cnn.com/kZAQFR
WSJ: Students in the
Class of 2011 will graduate from college with an average of $22,900 in debt,
the most ever http://on.wsj.com/ifMSgy
WSJ: A U.S. drone strike
in Yemen was aimed at killing Anwar al-Awlaki, but the missile missed its
target http://on.wsj.com/knJGCQ
WSJ: RT @GZuckerman:
Tarnished! What a brutal week for silver investors, worst week in over three decades,
down 25% over the 4days, ouch ...
WSJ: Syria's crisis
deepened today as demonstrations roiled major cities and violent clashes
erupted in Homs http://on.wsj.com/kUxUcd
WSJ: Wal-Mart family
pledges $800 million to heir's museum in largest-ever cash donation to a U.S.
art museum http://on.wsj.com/jmniRJ
BBCBreaking: Sir Paul
McCartney has become engaged to Nancy Shevell, his girlfriend of nearly four
years, publicist says
WSJ: Today is the first
anniversary of the "flash crash," when the Dow plunged nearly 1,000
points in minutes http://on.wsj.com/iVKzBN
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Chapter .01: Covering the month of May 2011
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