International
IT, Security Sector Booming In Romania, Bulgaria Though Hacking Center Remains
After hacking the Pentagon, NASA and Britain's Royal Navy for fun, TinKode got a real job as a computer security expert for a Romanian cyber safety consultancy. TinKode was the name used by Romanian ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down In 2011 In U.S, Europe; Up in China
Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions dipped 0.7 percent in 2011, helped by a U.S. shift from high-polluting coal in power plants and by Europe's economic slowdown, data compiled by ...EU Antitrust Body Seeks Views On Google Concessions
Google's rivals will have the chance to comment on concessions proposed by the U.S. Internet company to end an EU antitrust investigation. Complainants including Microsoft, online travel sites ...
EU Lawmakers Water Down Accountancy Reform
European Union plans forcing companies to change accountants regularly were watered down on Thursday, providing some relief for the "Big Four" auditors that check most large company books. A panel ...
White House Formally Notifies Congress Of Japan Free-Trade Talks
President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday notified Congress it will start free-trade talks with Japan, bringing the world's third-largest economy into U.S.-led negotiations on a regional ...In Myanmar, Cheap SIM Card Draw May Herald Telecoms Revolution
Introduced a decade and a half ago under Myanmar's former military rulers, SIM cards sold for as much as $7,000 apiece. Today, they still cost more than $200. From Thursday, lucky winners of a ...
U.S. Should Do More On Climate Change: UN’s Figueres
The United States should do more to fight climate change and help industry catch up on missed economic opportunities in clean energies, the head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on ...Bangladesh Factory Building Collapse Kills Nearly 100
An eight-story block housing garment factories and a shopping center collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and injuring hundreds more, ...