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He said Sony also as it created the post of chief information security officer, places a strong data encryption measures to protect user information to enhance. ( Isabelle Reynoldsby the report; Edited byNathan Layne)
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Stating that "we study Saleh rejected signing escalation options United States European attitude of waiting" by Reuters senior opposition leaders, a formal decision had been taken and mainly.
He has no opposition Riyadh to attend Gulf Arab Foreign Ministers Yemen, hold talks saying it to loved to travel on Sunday to meet. (Reported by Mohammed Ghobari; Cynthia Johnston written by)
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Think of the Truman Show? Sure, it was long ago. But most people who have seen the film, seem always still the hyper perfect set you was filmed for the remember - and even more to learn (or be recalled), that it was the turn and a real city is fascinated are: on the sea, Florida, an idyllic, pedestrian scaled, planned community and birthplace of the movement new urbanism, nestled against the scenic route 30A and the white-sand-fringed Bay of Mexico.
Although it as a year-round village was designed, is very much a summer getaway resort, with owners of the whimsical, architecturally significant houses (from a roster of big names like Walter Chatham, A.M. Stern, Leon Krier, and Deborah Berke) become rent their places out through the night, Week, month or season, which officially began at the beginning of spring. Next weekend, although (May 6-8), is a great time and look at the place, because it is time for the 23rd annual ArtsQuest, a three-day fest der Künste filled with concerts and exhibitions - plus, there are some beautiful houses for rent (not to mention a few rooms in the pitch-perfect Inn by the sea), the plaid and pastel heavy interior of luggage Maven Vera Bradley has).
The Festival lineup is packed with jazz, bluegrass and folk shows by artists such as Larkin Poe, Anna Kelsey and the Sean Dietrich jazz trio, and art classes for children and demos in the weaving, painting and wood turning. Route 30A, is now, fine restaurants, boutiques, bike routes, and also valuable cities chockablock. Depending on where you by on the road are the new (and very cheap) Northwest Florida beaches International Airport jetting for the weekend can make a no-brainer. The following some more photos of the sea:
Old town square
Seaside Inn Sunnybrook room
Truman House
roofs, of the beach stairs
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I suppose it is well past time for me to join in the frenzy over the new World Bank report, which looks at the relationship between ‘Conflict, Security and Justice.’ It posits that peace and war, law and governance are challenges for the Bank to tackle, not ‘political’ problems to be handled in a silo far away from development economics. It joins an active and growing discourse around the idea that political economy must be made relevant again and that this should happen not simply in schools of public policy or international relations but inside economics and economic institutions. Pleading guilty to profound confirmation bias, I say +1.
The central argument of the report is that economic development is imperiled, or even undermined, by political instability and conflict. That’s not a new line, but historically, it’s a line that has been deployed by critics of foreign aid or development spending: given that poor countries are also warring states or corrupt states where aid dollars often fail, the critics say, aid dollars are wasteful at best, and detrimental at worst.
The answer, historically, has come from organizations devoted to solving conflicts or protecting the rule of law as ends in themselves, who often try to remind donors of the economic dividends of their work. Development institutions meanwhile have defended their work by the argument that economic investments can solve political problems and therefore that the politics need not be tackled, or even engaged with, first. [That’s why, for example, the central development document of the last decade, the Millennium Development Goals, doesn't include benchmarks for democracy and good governance.]
The new answer is that aid dollars should be spent directly on solving these ‘political’ problems, that in fact there are no problems in the developing world today with purely economic or political character, that this is a chicken-or-egg debate in which neither factor actually comes first.
This has much to do with the changing nature of conflict. Once upon a time, wars had defined causes (ethnic tension, or scarce resources, say), defined actors (rebel movements or governments with clear leaders), and defined structures (civil or international, with a defined moment of outbreak and a formal treaty at war’s end).
For most of the 20th century, the international community’s response was equally compartmentalized: there was ‘development’ spending to improve economies to prevent conflict; ‘diplomacy’ to build a peace agreement between warring parties; ‘peacekeeping’ to ensure that peace stuck; more ‘diplomacy’ to strengthen governance after a conflict; and ‘humanitarian relief’ to rebuild the economy and society.
Conflicts today don’t lend themselves well to this approach. Cycles of violence repeat over generations, and shift from criminal violence to political crime to outright warfare and back again. Local, national and international criminal networks help finance an interconnected network of civil and international wars. If there is no beginning and end to conflict, it no longer makes sense to differentiate between development as conflict-prevention and humanitarian aid as conflict-relief. In areas riddled by repeated violence, any economic investment has to function as a little bit of both. If there is no clean line dividing the criminals from the warlords, it no longer makes sense to choose between investments in the justice system, in democracy or in formal diplomacy. Most of world’s fragile and failing states need all three, and they need them to complement one another.
The World Bank report takes stock of this new structure to violence. It argues that the NGO community must merge its political and economic work, and abandon the firm timeline of ‘before, during and after conflict.’ Instead, the report pushes for an acknowledgment that violence ebbs and flows, and that NGOs must work continuously and simultaneously on all fronts to contain the tide. The report is nowhere near naïve enough to suggest that NGOs can end the cycle altogether.
In other words, it is a report arguing for a model that is more ambitious, more labor-intensive, and riskier, without the promise of outright success. It is not the stuff of cinema, but it is a very important document, and well worth a read, as is World Bank President Robert Zoellick’s speech introducing it.
But for the time-crunched, a few things that stood out to me:
The ‘economic peace’ argument has always focused on the notion that young men must be given jobs because otherwise they will turn to violence and crime as sources of illicit income or as outlets for irrational rage. The World Bank report goes to great pains to argue that the proverbial angry young man in a poor country resorts to violence not because it is lucrative, though it sometimes can be, but because it provides a source of dignity not dissimilar to that provided by gang membership in poorer parts of the developed world. Why the distinction matters: because the financial incentive to violence is countered by employment and economic growth, but the psychological incentive is countered only if the dignity of employment is real (i.e. if work is fair, just and well-rewarded) and if there is dignity for the individual in his social and political life. Justice and democracy, in other words, are prerequisites for any ‘economic’ peace.
The great trouble with undemocratic approaches to political stability, the so-called strongman approach I have railed against before—is that it is, in fact, quite unstable, because it builds dependency on the character of one man, and not on institutions of government and civil society. There’s nothing very original about this idea, but it is worth nothing that it has taken the revolutions and revolts in the Arab world this year to force an acknowledgment of this problem from the World Bank.
The report posits that the most important goals in this context are jobs, human security and the justice system, even if that comes at the expense of more ambitious goals of countering prejudice and discrimination, building the broader private sector or improving democracy. I’m not sure that this is true; moreover this idea doesn’t seem to fit with the rest of the report, which makes the subtler argument that the specific nature of conflict should determine what types of economic empowerment matter most. If a conflict is ethnic, for example, jobs for oppressed minorities are key; if a conflict is class-based, public policy aimed at countering inequality is paramount.
The report places great emphasis on the regional framework for conflict resolution and economic planning, privileging it over local, national and international frameworks. I think this is a powerful way to look at conflict and economic suffering. Local economic grievances are often common across a region, as are sources of international funding for conflict. One of the most important things about conflict zones is the weakness of the state and therefore the difficulty for international organizations or donors who seek to work with or via the state. It’s been a struggle to connect local grievances to global security without the nation as a pivot; regional institutions like development banks and security alliances provide an important way to do that.
The report recommends that organizations working on justice and democratic governance work more directly with development organizations, for example advising them on the political implications of their work. Development organizations, meanwhile, should provide economic advice to more politically focused groups. That’s sound, simple common sense.
Finally, the report makes a powerful case for the creation of a nonprofit watchdog or regulator, highlighting the conflicting bodies to which NGOS are accountable (donor states, recipient states, the local and international public), and alluding to the long history of nonprofit corruption. This is critical, because it is a easy arrow in the quiver of aid skeptics to point out that nonprofit status is not its own accountability mechanism. The only counterweight to that is for nonprofits to get serious about monitoring themselves.
Read the whole report here.
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Image by Joi via FlickrIf you are new start ups in the entrepreneurial world, probably from the terminology of the seed stage, lean startups, micro-VCs and Super are confused angels. They have not, since professional investors often confused these days by the new terms as old terms with new meanings. In any case, it is time, once again look at the options that you really have.
I recently heard a talk by Dave McClure, a longtime angel investor, also known as one of the "new generation" of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups, which is either announced a micro VC seed, or a startup incubator, or both. The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups to find out the hard part for entrepreneurs what it takes to play.
Here is only a selection of the latest terminology and Lingo, I put together by Dave and some additional research every entrepreneur should on the Internet, I think, know, who is looking for funding from now, or on the road can be:
Micro VCs. These result group professional investors (venture capitalists, ALA VCs) who invest in a fund from the money of other people, with particular emphasis on seed stage startup options. Seed stage means promising companies that you have a source of income and may not yet a proof of concept.Super Angel. These are counterparts to VCs that have traditionally only their own money invested, started more than a few deals per year to do procurement of funds from external investors, but now the angels. Most of the angels and micro-VCs they begin only $10,000 to $50,000 in the first increment but still relatively small sums of money, often invested.Series seed round. Since the start of the economic downturn, not angels or VCs have given much attention to startups without a product and a source of income. Left was that in the field of friends and family. Last year, it has a resurgence of interest, some say, to identify a bubble in a preliminary series of angels and VCs, kicker, much promising startups with seed capital, before important equity gave way.Early-Stage Startup. All come in motion is early-stage to someone. For a startup founder is this phase, if the "big idea" to a passion for him, but he still wrote something down. Early-stage means for angel investors it is a good business plan and perhaps a prototype, but no customer revenue. For VCs early means customer revenue is less than $10 M. Thus is the more accurate term today for early startups "seed stage."Business accelerator. This term is replaced "Startup Incubator", that is provided by an individual, to gather for almost no cost, with the hope, University or local community for each new startups each other to learn from a device. The business model of Accelerator is YCombinator and TechStars, select only the best applicants, have a demanding process, experienced coaching/mentoring, some seed capital, with a required exit in about six months. Incremental investment can follow.Lean start. This is a marked (and protected) by Eric Ries one some years ago, primarily for software and Web applications. Lean startups on minimum money, an open-source environment operate and participate in several iterations, with customer feedback, to get it right. To hear a phrase popular in this environment is "Rinsing and repeating." Today, if you do well in this mode, you are eligible get if you need it.Overall, the biggest problem for early-stage startups still is the funding - how much should you expect, that offers it, and how much of your future company should you give up to get it? The trend for investors, including micro-VCs and Super Angel, is, "many small bets," ($ 10 to $50 K) set applied with milestones, which can lead to incremental and major financing tests.
Experts call this the "spraying and pray" approach to the financing. Although significant deal screening and filtering is done by the current some these seed programmes, in the fact they little bits of capital on how many good ideas as possible help investor team, spraying together, and pray finally it big strike.
Despite this sense experts I a fundamental change in the early-stage financing eco-system. With the Internet and other powerful but low-cost business tools the new startups lower than ever before is the cost of the development and implementation, so that the "Big Bang" theory of the financing is no longer makes sense. This a wake up call for traditional business owners and investors should equally.
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Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett is surrounded by the press as he wanders the company fair prior to annual meeting of their company in Omaha, Nebraska on April 30, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Rick WilkingOMAHA, Nebraska | SAT on April 30, 2011, 11: 06 am EDT
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) will report a first quarter profit significantly smaller, as one of the worst neighborhoods for global catastrophes that weighed on insurance of the company business, Director Ejecutivo Warren Buffett said Saturday.
Profits are expected to be about 1.5 million dollars, down from 3.63 million dollars a year earlier, Buffett said at the annual meeting of Berkshire in Omaha, Nebraska. Previous year profits have risen to $2,272 per class A share.
Buffett also provides that for the first time in nine years, Berkshire would probably have an annual subscription of insurance loss. Insurance covers about half of the operations of Berkshire.
Buffett said that the company lost 821 million dollars of safe bonds in the first quarter and had a 1.67 million dollars of loss before taxes of disasters.
He said that the quarter was the second worse for global disasters insurance industry, which included earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand.
(Reports by Ben berkowitz;) Additional reporting and written by Jonathan Stempel in New York)
Dimon, Mack and MoynihanQE2 is the June end. But global QE3 has already begun. As usual, is Japan pacemaker. As temperatures rose at its reactor Fukushima so Japan of the monetary base, amounting to 100% per week! What happens with this new, hot money? Nobody knows exactly.
Advice for all - central planners, politicians, and households, is also here: If you have money, you do so robbed a bank.
From the point of view of a modern Economist stimulates nothing better than a bank robbery. The money leaves the cold embrace of a bank vault; soon, each pimp and bartender has his pockets full. Hot money gets.
An article in Rolling Stone magazine shows. It is explained, as a Wall Street founded woman and a Wall Street widow, a company specially known spending spree on the US Government as a TALF. She would think that already had done enough for the Mack family fed. John Mack is Morgan Stanley. It had been reserve not for the generous support of the US Government and the Federal, he could be parking cars. Instead, the Fed rescued the entire financial sector.
First bought Wall Street bad bets at inflated prices and then banks lent money to artificially low interest rates; You were invited, the money, give back to the Government for a sure win.
Business was so good at Morgan Stanley, which the distaff side of the budget of Mack apparently couldn't resist. In June, 2009, with her friend Susan Christy Mack investment company and in 15 million. Then, she borrowed $220 million from the Government. A bold move on their part? If you think so, you are as naive as a root. The update was; the money of non-recourse loans at deep discount buy the two used. If the loan to value increases, she would make profits. If they fell, the Government would take the losses. Are much safer and more profitable than robbing banks.
Two months later, Mr. Mack, bought carriage house in Manhattan, with 12-space maybe with a little help from his blonde Assistant, limestone garage for the getaway car.
If your own small stimulus was you have go, you can listen to. Their dollars, pounds, euros and pesos are losing value. You trust in the Government inflation figures. A honest measure of "Inflation" is available through a couple of professors at MIT. Their "billion price project" pussyfoot (BPP) not to. It troll Internet, data sets prices and always reveals the most accurate measure of inflation. This new index shows the rate of consumer price increases for the last 12 months at 3.2%. This laboratory Department CPI tally rose by 2.1%.
Something is terribly wrong. Either a billion prices are in error. Or are people who buy US Treasury bonds. You accept a real yield (based on the numbers of BPP) of just 1.2% on a 30-year dollar-denominated, inflation and sensitive Treasury bond, decreases while the dollar and the depositary is actively trying to drown it.
In the last six months according to BPP, prices have risen almost twice as fast - at an annualized rate of 6.1%. If these numbers hold, bond investors already have a built-in negative return. For the last three months, the inflation rate is even higher, 7.4%, about 300 basis points more than the yield on the long bond.
Treasury prices have increased for almost 30 years began. You are now could be prepared? Perhaps. Inflation is not as holds a liquor store. It is more like a major bank heist, the product of long planning trained by professionals. Whenever the nominal amount of which were faster than the real available money and services buying money increases, you expect rising prices.
In America real private sector achieved output a plateau at the end of the twentieth century. In the last 10 years, it has hardly ever. 2001 9.31 Trillion dollars was all private sector GDP. Now it is $9.72 trillion. But flat while real has been output, the output of the hot "money" has not. If they steal it not by taxpayers or bond it pay him with no intention that the feds are fake.
The Fed is "up to 1.8 trillion dollars as of end of 2008 to end of June, 2011 - partly to finance the staggering deficits of almost $4.5 trillion Federal Government in the three years printed". This led to an increase in GDP, almost entirely by government spending, with 79% of household income growth of Government transfer payments.
Meanwhile, the U.S. monetary base has tripled in the last three years. These increases are not all immediately households as "Money." You are mostly still in Bank vaults, waiting, be free. Then, watch out. Dollar will be too hot to hold.
You spend it like you it by Bill Bonner stole originally appeared in the daily reckoning.
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Moscow | is the May 2011 01, 04: 18 pm EDT.
"(It is) anti-Libyan Coalition is a clear confirmation of the indiscriminate use of force" Konstantin Kosachev Sunday in communications news agency Interfax said.
Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Libya for boarding zones, to protect civilians in the limits of the United Nations Security Council resolution said that Western criticism. ( And Amie Ferris Rotmanby reporting)
Image by AFP/Getty Images via @ DaylifeEnd months of speculation, announced Indian outsourcing giant Infosys Technologies Saturday that bankers will succeed K.V.Kamath, his billionaire founder N.R.Narayana Murthy of non-Executive Chairman. Murthy, that list was listed as number 595 in Forbes billionaires in March with a net worth of $2 billion, will retire when he turns 65 in August. He was named chairman emeritus.
During Kamath is non-Executive Chairman of the second-largest bank, ICICI Bank, India, the first non-founder, take the helm in the 30-year history, he is Director at Infosys's Board not just a geek he since May 2009, when he retired as Chief Executive of ICICI Bank, was.
In addition to Kamath's appointment, the company announced two significant changes in the top ranks. Infosys co-founder Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, 56, currently the company Chief Executive (net worth: $1.6 billion), was successful under the contenders Murthy, has been enhanced the position of executive of co-Chairman.
The Chief Executive post goes to Infosys veteran and co-founder S.D.Shibulal, 56, also a billionaire (net worth: $ 1. 1 billion) and up to now the tech company chief operating officer. He was appointed for a period of three years.
Announcing these changes at Board level in Bangalore, a visibly emotional Murthy said that the new structure is a "Dream team" Infosys lead. Jeffrey Lehman, who was charged under the chairmanship of the Nomination Committee with the task of hunting for Murthy's successor commented that "we might not better hands."
Kamath, 63, who was with conversion once a cumbersome financial institution on a front - ranking player in retail banking is attributed, is widely as a suitable choice for the IT bellwether. Outgunned by rivals such as Tata Consultancy services, Infosys some of its steam, and seems to have lost luster of late. It could not with a hint of aggressive strategising, the Kamath, is an avid fan of formula 1, for known.
Prior to Murthy's marked result with an element of drama, the a Division in the top management of action proposed. The company's head man of human resources, a long-timer, who was among the front-runners for the CEO post, unexpectedly say, that the company estimated length of service of merit. He later retracted the statement but the insinuation has left its mark. K.Dinesh, 56, Infosys co-founder and Director since 1985 (net worth $1.2 billion), also resigned from the Board of Directors recently before this latest reprogram.
China's Angang steel company logo. First quarter profit declines blamed on the high iron ore prices.A slow China's economy and margin kill iron ore prices probably caused a decline in demand for steel, said industry analyst recently.
With China's Central Government an economic slowdown for engineering infrastructure is also slowly, in theory, at least, and that means lower demand for said 27 steel, the China iron & steel Association April.
Wuhan steel agreed and also forecast a steel of demand say for 2011, that profit margins for steel makers when raw material and energy costs increase could be further undermined. Iron ore and transportation costs associated with higher energy prices, caused probably national steel consumption by at least 2.6% to 4.6% this year cool.
Industry - which reported said profits of more than 25% on average in the first quarter, according to the Shanghai daily - due to the hike in raw material prices and redundant capacity in medium-sized and smaller steel MühlenWuhan in a note would be the sector profit margins far lower than the average level of China's. The company added that the supply is maintained in the long term deficit of iron ore. That means that prices are unlikely.
Baosteel Group of Chairman Xu Lejiang said in a message published on the China iron & steel Association website, that the supply deficit of iron ore in fact earlier than expected, but vice versa can be if steel manufacturer kill demand due to the combination of a slower economy and high cost in fact slowed gains.
The distribution system hot unbalanced gains between foreign iron ore suppliers and domestic Chinese steel producers said untenable, Lejiang. Prices for imported iron ore in China to around 700% have increased in the last decade, over global steel prices by far less than the half increased, the. The average profit margin of China's steel industry was less than 3% in the last year to Lejiang.
Steel industry combined profits including Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Vale, China are reported China's most important raw materials suppliers. China Steel Mills again losses in the first quarter slipped, the Association said.
Reported earlier this week, said Shanghai daily Angang steel co, net first-quarter profit plunged a reduction from 80% 94 percent while Maanshan iron & steel co posted, in its Saturday Edition. In the meantime, reached 1.93 million tons daily crude steel production a record in the first two months, beat 706 million tonnes this year according to the China iron & steel Association.
Perceived changes to China's iron ore demand undoubtedly sends Vale, BHP and Rio shares lower, if this narrative of China low profit margins compared to a steel iron ore price pressure in the coming months will continue.
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A European Union (L) and the wave of Greek flag in front of the temble of Perthenon in Athens on April 11, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/John KolesidisBy George GeorgiopoulosATHENS | Sun on May 1, 2011, 2: 03 am EDT
Athens (Reuters) - two German Government advisors to see a restructuring of debt-for-inevitable Greece while two of the Ministers of the country overborrowed continued to rule in press interviews on Saturday.
Fears of mounting that Greece will have to restructure a mountain of debt which is expected to reach EUR 340 million this year, about one and a half times its output, have buffeted Greek bonds, driving sheets of performance on German bonds to new highs.
"For me restructuring is the only path to take, Greece to feel some relief and creditors contribute to the solution of the Greek problem," Lars Feld, one of five "wise men" who advise the German Government on economic policy, said daily to Vima in an interview.
His view echoed that of Clemens Fuest, who chairs the Technical Advisory Committee of the German Ministry of finance. He said Greek role Realnews that the country must restructure its debt no later than April 2013.
"I do not think that Greece can pay its debt without help from abroad, more than what one might expect." If there is no restructuring, uncertainty about the future of the economy of Greece will delay their growth, "said Fuest."
He said that the leaders of the European Union had begun to prepare for such an eventuality. "Not discussed a Greek debt restructuring openly because this would cause greater uncertainty and speculation on the markets", was quoted as saying.
Feld said the reason in favour of the restructuring, despite the opposition of the European Central Bank, it is because the austerity to stabilize the economy of Greece would kill its prospects of growth, with people less willing to accept belt-tightening for many yearsIf you can not see the light at the end of the tunnel.
He said that the ECB is against the restructuring because he is concerned the markets may see it spread to other euro area periphery countries worried about debt.
"The fear that the markets will say that if Greece restructured today, tomorrow will be Ireland, Portugal and Spain, etc. seriously be taken into account," Feld said the newspaper. "The question that follows is how can contain only the Greek restructuring to Greece".
The members of the Executive Board of Bank Central European Juergen Stark and Lorenzo Bini-Smaghi both warn against such action, saying that the Greek banking system of hammer and damage the credibility of Europe.
Feld said that he would like to see that the ECB changed its position, calming the markets down with an intelligent restructuring--that would block the risk of contagion in the eurozone.
"If the ECB intervenes as a programmer between its Greek and its creditors and achieves a lengthening of repayment, this would be a significant gain." Restructuring does not necessarily default, "he said."
Meanwhile, official line of Greece that the restructuring is not on the table was reiterated by two Ministers in press interviews, both saying that the Government focuses on the implementation of a three year economic plan, is in agreement with the EU and the IMF in a rescue of 110 million euros in May.
"Greece and the European Union have ruled out the possibility of a debt restructuring." This development would be negative for the area of the euro and the Greek economy, "Minister of development Michalis Chrysochoidis said newspaper of ethnic groups."
And Deputy Minister of finance Philippos Sachinidis told Eleftherotypia newspaper debt restructuring that a cut of hair that send pension funds and banks into an abyss.
(Edited by catherine evans)
Backseat drivers is a new series that I start. Each evaluation is written by one of the awesome children in my life, that drive, when I test vehicles along with. This post was written by my 13-year-old niece Kaitlyn.
Ford Mustang V6 - credit: FordThe 2011 Ford Mustang V6 was an awesome trip. Where I live, you see not usually cars like that, so I have to a ride in it and from the school and for ice some nights.
We just say "I saw some JAWS drop." Hah.
Cool about this car was the colour, Candy Apple red. I love it! For a while I even sat in the driver's seat and was that it was my own.
Another nice thing was the interior lighting. You changed colors. Also pull the seats in the back for access to the root.
The car was very comfortable and surprisingly spacious in the back. But unfortunately only the front seats are heated. And the all good things about this car, I see a big difference in the Interior as the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro.
Image by Getty Images North America via @ DaylifeJerry della Femina, the legendary advertising visionary, restaurant owner and alleged inspiration for the popular AMC TV has show, mad men, shrugged his shoulders. As he recently he wrote independent (East Hampton) in the year 2008 "decided that this country was falling in love with an attractive, great talking Hustler/Socialist", and as a result of the country toward statism stitch, della Femina has decided on the way to sell "my houses drop-outmeine advertising business", my newspaper and my restaurant. "
Ayn Rand purists will say that della Femina has not exactly sense twitched in the Atlas Shrugged given his plans to sell his property. In RAND's essential novel, the heroic individuals of Commerce simply disappeared, worthless Raider business skills is missing its assets to leave. But that is nitpicking, and only in fiction, which would give all that is legal you productive.
Della Femina has by any rational measure shrugged his shoulders, and his decision to tells us what happens when society of achievers be fleeced so that the activities of the failed and indolent can be subsidized. Some, like della Femina plans off to do exit, and we are all worse as a result.
Although della Femina has not said that he is a total leave the United States, it is as if he is. This is one of the problems with excessive taxation on the successful.
While light taxation ensures that the largest number of service providers on the market with the greatest frequency will take part, high taxation mean that some on the edge, disappear. Persons with significant wealth like della Femina can continue in luxury to live, and you can do so without the economic activity, the company forward is moved.
So with della Femina check out due to a greedy, overbearing Government, those who want to work for a proven winner may no longer have this opportunity. For those who are busy with a good restaurant operator, this option is now closed. And for the company Midas touch, if you are interested in the products of others to branding, the access of della Femina himself on.
In short, nothing more than the rates in the rest of us are, as my colleague Forbes Charles Kadlec like to point out, taxes on the rich which make more traffic with oversized successes like della Femina. Della Femina departure is all of our loss.
As della Femina, put "I'm just not ready my have distributed wealth." "I am not willing to pay more money than the next guy because I provide jobs, and because I work a 60-hour work week and I earn more than $250,000 a year." Traditional commentators would that della Femina is greedy, say, but your own needs is what greedy on the provision for one? Produce not true greed is nothing under the expectation that the production will be the fruits of their work us so that we don't work hard? It is not criminal and greedy, use the power of the Government, spend money hard-earned the other?
Not to mention no one forced the restaurant at gunpoint in della Femina was, and similarly, it was not for conversions, the Isuzu, Pan am and Becks beer in its advertising led. Instead della Femina worked extremely hard, gave individuals and companies what they wanted, and to do this, he grew rich.
Della Femina reward? A President, who says, are only the rich can be happy, and that they should have more of their money in hand to the market of "compassionate" have in Washington, usually never met a payroll, never built a business and had never productivity, measured on their earnings to others. Some would call this theft, and that's hard enough description probably none.
It ends not of course unfortunate history della Femina. A man of means he no longer trusts the direction of the United States, yet the dollar, with which we share our production. The think, della Femina "in gold and silver." is that we are headed for more trouble
To put it simply, we lose not only della Femina brilliant work effort. Long on the capital, he is shrugging as investor.
With President Obama the productive activity of the effective taxation and with its Treasury aggressive look eagerly (and subsequent) to devalue the dollar, della Femina is the removal of his growth capital from the market and invest in two basins of wealth with very limited economic purpose, the most useful as a hedge against monetary Union are mismanagement of the Government. We are not only his ability to lose, we lose the company and jobs, that in saner times of his wealth would help produce.
Class warriors such as President Obama the classic error of loving jobs job creator to hate, and in promoting its cruel egalitarianism leads their activities, Obama an environment that punished the productive and the investment capital that funds embrace unknowingly to those, aren't as clever, and not work so hard like della Femina. Not to mention, in the growing more range many jobs for those without his skills, courage and drive, and its investment della Femina undoubtedly created.
But thanks to a tax, spend and devalue Government, grand business successes such as Jerry della Femina move on. Imitations are sure to follow, and this is in memory the next time we complain about a lack of well-paying jobs. The penalties provided for on the creator of such things were too much, and she left, or shrugged rather.
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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev offered U.S. President Barack Obama be pronounced condolences and promised all necessary assistance to help, the victims and that proposed by American cities a massive and unusual sequence of tornadoes in the past week Medvedev said in a statement.
Mr President,
I was deeply shocked to learn of the series of devastating tornadoes, hit the southern States of the country was much loss of life and great destruction. I would ask you mean condolences to the families of the victims and my wishes for a speedy recovery to all who pass on injured. "We are ready to provide all possible assistance with the disaster relief."
Russia was occupied Japan help from their March 11 natural disaster, be restored if an earthquake of magnitude 9.0, the main island of Japan beat. A tsunami, the result of the quake damaged run a nuclear power station of the Tokyo electric power company, or TEPCO. Russia has sent nuclear specialists, the area to the Fukushima TEPCO run clean up reactors.
In the United States died around 337 people in the southern tornado-spree, which last week swept through a series of cities. It natural disasters in the history of the country the second deadliest tornado was led.
Image via WikipediaIn my previous post entitled "Trends in Retail" I realized at that number 1 trend product line specialization combined with geographical expansion. Coldwater Creek (CWTR) is a leader in this trend is a nationwide chain, the clothing for women in the $70,000 area in yearly income. FAS (CHS) similar, but stylistically quite different is Chico in the market. Coldwater Creek got really clobbered in the great recession. The real question now is: they can by dragging? I think they could only make it, and if they do, I think that the fact that they are on site at the number 1 trend really in the future is to boost. My great concern the supply of clothing is bandwidth, making a challenge for many retailers clothing and, in my opinion to get much worse, and only the risky cash location by a lot of money to lose one.
You report earnings in the first quarter on May 9, only 9 days after the end of the quarter. I don't know if there was ever a formal study of the relationship between when a company reports, and how they do. I can't help but wonder if companies their earnings release dates early if they are eagerly set to share good news. The last result announcement (which came a month and 9 days after the end of the fourth quarter) was an absolute disaster. Their offers holiday was a huge Miss and sales were way down, with powerful loss.
Declared in response to the situation of the CEO, "in the last few months, we changes made significant our merchandising and design teams at all levels of leadership to reposition of the brand of Coldwater Creek according to again the unique and increased sensitivity that our customers expect." We see 2011 as a transitional year for the company and we believe that we the right steps to revive, our brand and improve our goods have appeal. "We expect that show positive impact of these initiatives, while we through the year." When I read "significant changes to our..." "Teams," I was from an old New York cartoon, where Ivan the terrible a draft of his speech-writer and say checks, like "' heads be roles." Roles is heads.' I like it. "I like it."
The stock has now largely restored report by this result, and I can't help but wonder whether this increase reflects somehow from scored some inside information, to some people. If so, then that is a good sign. I don't mean to be accusatory; It could see insider information, such as some customers that the stores are busier soft. But it could be only the result of idle speculation. One interesting piece of information, they had a storewide 50% off sale, recently. Was the sign of the desperation to raise money? Or customers can learn a savvy effort, which is due to the Wrong-way holiday offers or the great recession, the fruit of the new merchandising and design teams had fallen? I would bet on the latter.
That what, that I over CWTR like, is that they focus on one particular customer demographic and what can really build a relationship with this customer group. I know people who are very loyal to the brand. I think it helps, contain a physical presence in the community, by a store to build these relationships, and keep you strong.
Now, I do not own, currently. I bet not the farm, because it is always possible, again not make just it. I understand that on a cold morning some hummingbirds do not have enough energy from the day before to stored and can not completely restart, and die. This may be the fate of the CWTR. But I think it would make sense an acre or so of this farm, perhaps 1% of the portfolio bet. Because they have small wings this Aflappin could "and collect things, again." And when that happens, investors could make their investments several times.
Bangalore |, 2011, may 1, 4: 42 am EDT is.
(Bangalore-5-1, Reuters)-unveiled plans to complete as part of the company's strategy to boost growth over the next few years of India Infosys in the ongoing reorganization of business divisions, about two months, the newly named Chief Executive Officer.
Bangalore-based company is five global industry segment-is a financial services and insurance business reorganization; production; energy, utilities, communications, services; public service practices and health care; retail and life science.
Chief Executive Officer in August after second India software services exports is chief operating officer having a different head Shibulal SD now said the United States, Europe and emerging markets by its geographic focus to enhance, upper-level management changes announced on Saturday. [ID:nL3E7FU06R]. (Reported by Bharghavi Nagaraju; Edited byTony Monroe)
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A worker passes through a walk in an Office of Goldman Sachs in London on April 20, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Toby MelvilleBy John or ' Donnell and luke bakerBRUSSELS | Friday, April 29, 2011 8: 18 pm EDT
Brussels (Reuters) - the 28 billion dollars credit permutas market fell under investigation Friday by the European Union, adding to official pressures bearing down on a huge and opaque business that many blame for aggravating the recent Bank and euro zone debt crisis.
The European Commission, the EU executive body, said it was probing whether big investment banks, including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, robberies in its operations in a market which is already under scrutiny by the authorities American and be the subject of broad, new regulations.
Or CDS, credit default swaps are derivatives that allow a risk of non-payment of loans from transfer buyer to a seller, making them a kind of insurance against default. CD also can be purchased by speculators without direct interest in the debts involved.
CD played a central role in the near collapse of AIG in 2008, prompting a massive rescue of former insurance giant U.S. taxpayer. Contracts have also been at the heart of the debt crisis engulfing some weaker States.
The survey of us comes as the struggles of 27 Nations, together with the United States block, to complete an offensive of the Government for months now in the wide, 600 billion dollars in exchange markets of derivatives, including the CDS.
"CD a role for financial markets and the economy", said of the EU, Joaquín Almunia, Commissioner antitrust said in a statement announcing the investigation of two tracks.
"Recent events have shown, however, that the trade of this kind of assets is suffering a number of inefficiencies that cannot be settled by single regulation," he said.
Almunia added that could lead to a lack of transparency to the abusive behavior and expected that the probe could improve financial markets and help economic recovery.
The Department of Justice of United States in 2009 launched an investigation into anti-competitive practices in the trade, compensation, and the prices of CDS in the United States. A spokesman of the United States Department of Justice refused to comment on the EU continue.
Unlike other products, such as the grain or metals futures, credit derivatives are the transfer of risk. "Is a function of banking which has become by this small group of banks in a commercial instrument," said Karen Shaw-Petrou, Manager at consultancy firm Federal financial analysis.
"The problem is that no one knows that nothing is worth unless or until the entity against which the CD is placed defaults..." That's what makes very opaque, "he said."
GREEK CRISIS
In Europe, CDS, moved to the center of the stage last year as Greece grappled with higher costs, blaming the move of speculators that raise the costs of insurance by default.
The European Commission, which regulates competition in the EU, said that it would investigate if 16 investment banks had cooperated or abuse of a dominant position in the market.
The CDS market opaque, which industry players say that the only record of some offers of multimillonario-euro is only a fax, has frustrated politicians who have struggled to understand it because there are few central records of trade.
"It is not a transparent market," said Petrou Shaw. "It is a liquid market... but there is no real evidence of non-value exchanges from time to time that are impossible to verify because it is not a public Exchange".
The probe could hit banks bottom lines as the EU can well companies up to 10 percent of income and are handed out sanctions as large as 1 billion euros ($1.5 million).
Analysts said CDS trade was too concentrated. "80% Of transactions in derivatives on both sides of the Atlantic are performed by the eight banks," said Karel Lannoo, Centre for studies of European policy, a think tank.
Countries of the EU and the Parliament of the region are trying to agree how to modernise the rules of the market of derivatives, with some legislators openly call for bans on speculative trading of CDS. Such calls were heard two years ago in the United States, but major CD distributors were able to silence them.
On the other hand, the reforms of the financial regulation Dodd-Frank 2010 mandate the first regulation of comprehensive U.S. of derivatives of shutdown of exchange, including CD. Now, legislation is being implemented by regulatory agencies.
The reforms mandate standardization and more trading on exchanges or electronic platforms of derivatives. Most appropriate instruments to this end, requires more central clearinghouses use and disclosure of the transactions.
A comparable level of detail has not yet emerged from us debates on oversight of derivatives, some concern among regulators that could slow the momentum of global amid divergent regulatory approaches to regional reforms and strong resistance from the banks that defend their business models.
MARKIT EYES
The European Commission said that it will also investigate any collusion by Markit, which provides prices and whose shareholders are the 16 banks. Markit denied any misconduct.
"Markit does not have exclusive agreements with any provider of data and makes its data and products widely available to the participants of the global market," he said in a statement.
The EU said that it would investigate to nine of the 16 banks and Europe clear of ICE, a clearing house CDS property of operator of Exchange InterContinental Exchange, to see if fees preferential competitors affected banks.
16 Banks examined are: JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS, Credit Agricole and Wells Fargo Bank/Wachovia, Societe Generale.
The banks also wanted to comment on the name or they were not immediately available.
(Additional reporting by Arno Schütze in Frankfurt, Emma thomasson in Zurich, Kevin drawbaugh, sarah lynch and Diane bartz in Washington and William James in London; edit by rex merrifield and Alexander Smith, Gary hill)
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My personal choice of Warren Buffett was successful has always been the courtly, quiet, quiet smart and cosmopolitan, insurer of the world disasters, Ajit Jain. It looks like Warren on board as well as, to the present. And the Board of Directors decides so on Monday. You heard it here first.
I'm biased, of course, because I have known him by traveling to Omaha. In the course of time, I have picked up indications of Ajit's exceptional usefulness of Buffett and Berkshire.
The only operational Executive was few years Ajit Warren and Charlie to their long press conference with the media on Sunday, to accompany to the Brunch at the country club. My take was then - and I wrote about it-that Ajit was in attendance to study Warren's style and experience in dealing with the press.
Then, I Warren in Ajit's presence asked 2 years ago, if I could have the opportunity to do a cover story for Forbes on Ajit. It came out this instant Zinger of a Buffett of cryptic comebacks. "Sometimes, if the whale is against the water and is visible, it can be harpuniert." Aha! Buffett wanted to send all signals or Ajit as a target for everyone. He wanted to make the trade secrets of this money to spread machine either.
Then, it is the last chapter of the controversial biography of Buffett. It signals out which quite amazingly, revelation, that before he speaks to the night, Buffett with Ajit by phone every night. This is the AHA! Moment! Ajit is the new Charlie. The setter of the bonus on ARod's contract, which insurance premium on the Sears Tower from a terrorist act, and all this amazing business I know die.
And then today, Ajit compared Warren favourable to Sokol by ensuring the mass that Ajit Berkshire would always put his own selfish interests. "I think Warren, Ajit was when he said;" "The candidates, I think the top candidate now, I would certainly much to the fact that he was as straight as an arrow." So, I would easily.
Buffett also joked print recently when he, Charlie and Ajit adrift in a rowing boat should in a dangerous sea, the priority to Ajit's life before the two eighty years. Get the hint? I wonder what are the opportunities such as at the bookmakers London to Ajit.
London | is a 2011, may 1, at 5: 06 am EDT.
London 5-1, Reuters)-reduced comments report to leaders on Sunday, said Cameron about the targeting of British Prime Minister David Libya Supreme Leader Gaddafi's son was killed in Libya NATO target policy "certain individuals".
"NATO Alliance policy is absolutely clear. United Nations resolution in 1973, the line about the apparently targeted for Gaddafi tank war machines to prevent the loss of guns, rocket launchers, civilian life is also command and control as well, "Cameron told BBC television.
Rather than specific individuals targeting command and control of information, he to him, "unidentified" of said comment of Gaddafi's son and three grandchildren, NATO airstrikes have died. ( Olesya Dmitracovaby the report; Edited byAdrian Croft)
Japan Bank Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks at a conference press in Tokyo on April 28, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Kim Kyung - HoonBy leik kiharaTOKYO | SAT 12: 42 am EDT on April 30, 2011
Tokyo (Reuters) - Bank of Governor Masaaki Shirakawa of Japan said Saturday that the economic prospects of the country were very serious and that the central bank would take appropriate measures to support the economy.
But he offered few clues about whether and when the BOJ would expand its asset purchase scheme, only say that his next policy step will depend on the economic conditions of the time.
Shirakawa said "the BOJ believes that the Outlook for the Japanese economy as very serious", and a meeting in the lower House of the Parliament of the Finance Committee.
"We would like to adopt appropriate policy measures as necessary while the supervision of the economy and prices, taking into account the uncertainty about the Outlook is high," he said.
A legislator asked if the BOJ would consider the possibility of buying more government bonds to support the economy, Shirakawa said only: "We like to consider seriously what would be the desirable step."
The BOJ kept monetary policy unchanged on Thursday, even as it reduced its growth forecast for the current fiscal year, which began in April and warned of uncertainties about the extent of the damage that month last devastating earthquake would cause in the economy.
Shirakawa reiterated that only have expanded its asset purchase regime days after the earthquake on March 11, preferred BOXWOOD devote more time to examine the impact that would have the step in the economy.
But also left open the possibility of easing monetary policy even more if the damage caused by the higher than expected result earthquake, stressing that the central bank focus on downside risks to growth at the moment.
In a signal in the BOXWOOD were more cautious about the economic prospects of Shirakawa, Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura proposed on Thursday extended the central bank's assets purchase scheme by 5 trillion yen (62 million dollars).
While the proposal was for the Board minority, some market players said that it may be a sign that the BOJ can relax the policy as soon as next month.
Japan faces its worst crisis since the second world war after the earthquake of 9.0 magnitude and subsequent tsunami devastated the northeast coast last month.
Reflecting the economic impact, factory output fell to a record monthly pace in March, household spending declined at an annual rate of registration and another private survey showed manufacturing activity are languishing in a low period of two years.
The BOXWOOD relieved political days after the earthquake by doubling to 10 billion yen for the funds set aside for purchase of a range of financial assets, such as Government and corporate debt bonds.
If then relax the policy of the central bank, the more likely step would be to expand the new scheme, say sources familiar with the thinking of the BOJ.
Apart from the Government bonds bought under the scheme of acquisition of assets, the central bank buys 21.6 trillion yen worth of bonds in the long term the market each year.
Some lawmakers have urged the BOJ to buy more bonds market, or even directly to the Fund of the Government grant them the enormous costs for reconstruction.
(Editing by Hugh lawson)
Image via WikipediaThis month we are in conversation with David Batstone, whose current job title Professor of business & entrepreneurship at University of San Francisco, President and co-founder of the not for sale campaign and managing partner of only business Fund included. We will hear what had to say David:
Scott: Which country should serve as a model for the U.S. community of CSR professionals and why?
David: Norway. I've been in impressed by their Government and private sector initiatives. Its biggest telecommunications company - TeleNor - was the 51% of investors to start Grameen Phone, the very successful mobile phone company in Bangladesh. I wish, our own country Administration encouraging as follows could start business models and investments. We missed the better return and a better chance of success provide the boat in the United States create local companies in other countries, because they are locally embedded. There are real opportunities for - and with - bottom billion. Let us not complain the riots involved; We need to rethink, which is our market, and expand it belong to this group.
Scott: Where are we (the US CSR community) following?
David: Our private sector green protocols and investment work. They represent cost savings, but also alternatives to bring energy and waste reduction on corporate America to show that you are not in other regions of the world. For example, in the past year, Intel purchased 1.4 billion kilowatts of renewable energy. Think about what does dollar investments for both new and existing renewable energy companies on capital flow and attraction.
Intel is just a company; Imagine, if we see 10% of the Global 500 Intel's match commitment! This is me as any kind of government compliance work around climate change much more encouraging. Private initiatives, which are made of a strong CSR commitment forward much more than our Government.
Scott: how about our mistakes, where we are not able to have as much as we could?
David: It is right a real sense of ambivalence about CSR now. It's like a trip to the dentist; You know you have to do it, but it's not a pleasant experience. It offers no inspiration and vision for most companies. But there is hope.
There are a selected few companies, the CSR to the very core of their business and corporate identity are taking. It is from a soup kitchen here or an HIV Clinic there, although these are very important things. It is about how our employees and thus on a daily basis to get involved. You make not only widgets but linked with something larger.
Stonyfield used do a lot of diverse philanthropy holdings (now owned by Danone), but they have to help focus their CSR investments to farmers now turn their dairies company of hormone-based on organic farming. And the small farmers are core to Stonyfield's range of high-quality healthy products and brand identity.
Scott: Tell me about a company, do something in CSR is a model for our future.
David: The G-III Apparel Group, which owns the U.S. license for Levi's jackets and other name brands. They think how they want to convert their supply chain, beyond just CYA create a story behind their product. They are transformation, what it means to be a brand by enhancing the life of the people that comes with your product into contact. G III organic cotton from an area in the Amazon is strongly oppressed sourcing of trafficking in human beings.
You are working with the not for sale campaign to the source from this region in particular for the benefit of producers and communities, the material to a Cambodian manufacturer also requires a fully transparent supply chain to bring. In this way, retailers can create an authentic supply chain story, an emotional connection for the buyer communicate at the end of the apparel. The new driver is consumer experience, not just price point, and distribution.
Scott: What question are not we ask ourselves, that we should?
David: today derivative is the most of the CSR. We are looking for the easiest way, the plug and play-CSR solution for our company. Instead, we should questions, "how we the Apple are social innovation?"
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Credit: Reuters/Max RossiMILAN | Sun 6: 20 am EDT on May 1, 2011
Milan (Reuters) - watchdog Consob Italy market is to speed up its consideration of the brochure offer presented by the milk French Lactalis Italian rival group Parmalat (PLT.)(My), head of the Consob said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.
"We will examine the (brochure) quickly, even before the legal time limit," Giuseppe Vegas was quoted as saying in La Stampa.
According to the Italian law that CONSOB has 15 days to look at an acquisition offer but you can ask for more time if you need more information. Lactalis presented documents with Consob on Friday.
Lactalis has said that it will pay 2.60 euros per share, a total of 3.4 million euros (US $5 million), to buy 71 percent of Parmalat already does not belong.
Italy's largest food group has called an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss the offer Lactalis, newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore said on Saturday.
Government sources said last week that a group of Italian companies had abandoned plans to make a counter bid for Parmalat and holding State Cassa Depositi e Prestiti could safeguard the national interests through the purchase of a stake of 10 percent.
"It would be difficult to imagine (takes CDP) a game rather than the details of the operation are clear," Vegas said in the La Stampa interview.
Asked if he was in favour of reducing the threshold of ownership of 30 per cent of Italy to demand a complete offer, Vegas said could be considered a lower level, "which companies are authorized to introduce defensive rules in their statutes."
(Reports by Stephen jewkes;) (Editing by Greg Mahlich)
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Burt, command and control center "often in the private sphere by foreign forces deployed" said. ( Olesya Dmitracovaby the report; Edited byAdrian Croft)
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"The contract is deferred" and said no whether or when there is the source of the Gulf Cooperation Council to reschedule more. Gulf Arab Foreign Ministers Yemen Sunday meet the discussion said. ( At Asma Alsharifby reporting; Cynthia Johnston written by)
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said national broadcasting on 30 April that NATO and Europe are planning for a local presence in Libya.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Russian press on Saturday aware they prepared a ground campaign within NATO and some European countries were.
"The information we have our channels shows that similar plans, NATO and EU work" Lavrov Saind on Russian television. Translated from the Russian, Lavrov said that he understands that to develop the idea for the EU, plans for humanitarian convoys, and that nothing to do with NATO on the ground would be made if the Security Council of the United Nations said a ground invasion, Libyan leader to displace, the Moammar was nepotism within their authority.
"If, to this idea for the performance of ground campaign of the UN Security Council wants to ask someone, then we discuss it and try to understand what is planned on the ground," said Lavrov.
A NATO campaign against Libya started on 17 March after a late in the night of UN Security Council resolution condemns nepotism in the Government and military for the order of strikes against anti-Government protests.
Over the weekend, Italy said the Libyan leader of war.
, He did not say Putin Russian Prime Minister Vladimir always still understand the modus operandi behind the NATO Libya operation last week. RIA Novosti's Newswire in Moscow, Putin said after NATO went beyond the UN mandate March 16 if it put missiles on nepotism in the Government offices in Tripoli.
"What kind of no-fly zone is that if they palaces striking every night?" Putin said in RIA Novosti. "What do she need bomb palaces for?" "Distribute to the mice?" Putin went so far as that Libya's oil interest in Libya were a major object for NATO.
Libya is no large oil exporter in the United States. Russia is a major oil and gas exporter to Europe and the United States as Libya.
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