Analysis: German economy to pick up but fall short of traditional pace

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Analysis: German economy to pick up but fall short of traditional pace

By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy will recover from a bout of winter weakness but fall well short of the dynamic growth rates of previous years as euro zone recession and global slowdown stunt exports and investment. There are homegrown problems too. What hue of government will result from...

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If You’re Obsessed With “Winning,” You Don’t Understand the Mobile Market

Last month, I wrote about the state of competition between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. Mostly, I rounded up scads of stats - market share, profits, app-store size and a lot more. I noted that lots of folks like to declare that either iOS or Android is winning, but that my conclusion was that iOS was winning...

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Analysis: German economy to pick up but fall short of traditional pace

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy will recover from a bout of winter weakness but fall well short of the dynamic growth rates of previous years as euro zone recession and global slowdown stunt exports and investment.

reuters.com (9 minutes ago)

News Analysis: Beijing Signals a Shift on Economic Policy

After years of relying on government spending to supercharge growth, China is planning to shift gears so that the private sector and market forces play a larger role in its economy.    

nytimes.com (2 hours ago)

Multi-family lending boosts banks

Multi-family lending was a bright spot in an otherwise lackluster first quarter for northern New Jersey’s regional and community banks, according to a new analysis of federal data conducted by The Record.

northjersey.com (6 hours ago)

Advantage, meter firm

Revised city deal still a gain for vendor, analysis findsChicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled deal, a Tribune analysis has found.    

chicagotribune.com (6 hours ago)

Guantanamo Prisoners Watch Obama Speech

By Jane Sutton MIAMI, May 23 (Reuters) - Among those tuning in to President Barack Obama's national security speech on Thursday were some prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, who rely on television broadcasts and newspapers for hints about their fate. "Detainees follow all coverage of Guantanamo closely,...

huffingtonpost.com (7 hours ago)

Boston teachers receive high ratings, stirring concern about rigor of evaluations

The Boston Public Schools has rated 92 percent of all teachers as proficient or exemplary under a new evaluation system, according to a School Department analysis that officials held up as evidence that most students are receiving quality instruction in the classroom.    

boston.com (8 hours ago)

Revised meter deal still a gain for vendor

Revised city deal still a gain for vendor, analysis findsTribune analysis: Chicago taxpayers still could end up pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the coffers of the company leasing the city's parking meters under Mayor Rahm Emanuel's revamp of the much-reviled deal.    

chicagotribune.com (8 hours ago)

LVIA may close Braden Airpark

Analysis concludes 80-acre strip in Forks Township costs too much to keep open. Braden Airpark, the small-plane airfield in Forks Township where thousands of pilots have learned to fly and dozens base their planes, could soon be closed.    

mcall.com (11 hours ago)

Yoani Sanchez: Cubans, Too, Can Transcend Geography and Time With the Internet

Someone sitting at the table behind spoke in French, while in chairs at the side two Brazilians exchanged ideas. Two steps further on some activists from Belarus were talking with some Spaniards who had also come to the Stockholm Internet Forum. An event that began on May 21 in the Swedish capital bringing together...

huffingtonpost.com (11 hours ago)

Analysis: Obama expresses regrets but seeks to retain anti-terror powers

President Obama declared an end to a fearful chapter in American history on Thursday and demanded more from the country and himself as it enters the next. Obama’s speech at the National Defense University reflected an unusual ambivalence from a commander in chief over the morality of his administration’s...

washingtonpost.com (11 hours ago)

Analysis: Homicides Cost Chicago $2.5 Billion

Following Chicago's staggering 2012 total of more than 500 homicides, the human toll of gun violence in the Windy City is well-known. Now, a new Bloomberg analysis released Wednesday has put a price tag on the cost of killings: $2.5 billion a year. The multi-billion-dollar figure breaks down to an average of $2,500...

huffingtonpost.com (12 hours ago)

LOOK: Titanic Violin Confirmed REAL

After the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and began to sink into the freezing North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, doomed band members on the ship's deck are rumored to have played "Nearer, My God, to Thee" until their last moments. As Fox News' Steve Turner points out, the group was led by the ship's bandmaster, Wallace...

huffingtonpost.com (12 hours ago)

Guantanamo prisoners tune in for Obama's speech on their fate

By Jane Sutton MIAMI (Reuters) - Among those tuning in to President Barack Obama's national security speech on Thursday were some prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, who rely on television broadcasts and newspapers for hints about their fate. "Detainees follow all coverage of Guantanamo closely,...

yahoo.com (12 hours ago)

Video: Mary Kay Cabot and Tom Reed recap Week 2 of Cleveland Browns OTA's

Watch Mary Kay Cabot's and Tom Reed's analysis of Week 2 of the Cleveland Browns OTA's in Berea.

cleveland.com (13 hours ago)

Okla. tornado home damage estimated from photos

MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Officials in Oklahoma City say an estimate of the number of homes damaged or destroyed by this week's tornado is based in part on an analysis of before-and-after aerial photos.

yahoo.com (13 hours ago)

Preliminary hearing set for Utah man accused of killing 6-year-old girl

West Jordan » More than a year after the body of 6-year-old Sierra Newbold was found in a West Jordan canal, prosecutors will present evidence in court against the man accused of raping and killing the little girl. Terry Lee Black, 41, was ordered to appear in 3rd District Court for a preliminary hearing on July 29....

sltrib.com (13 hours ago)

Analysis: Weiner's got nothing to lose

"The Lead's" politics panel dissects Anthony Weiner's run for mayor, and the latest development on the IRS scandal.

cnn.com (13 hours ago)

Montco authorities announce bust of national, multimillion-dollar drug ring

PLYMOUTH - Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman announced the take down of a $14.5 million marijuana drug trafficking ring that spanned coast to coast during a Thursday morning press conference at the Montgomery County Fire Academy. Accompanied by law enforcement agents from Bucks, Delaware and...

pottsmerc.com (14 hours ago)

Analysis: Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared

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News Analysis: British Leader David Cameron Faces Rebellion in His Party

Prime Minister David Cameron is trying to mend the damage as the right wing of his Conservative Party views him as too liberal, too metropolitan, too out of touch.    

nytimes.com (14 hours ago)

Analysis: Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past few months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets' corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus. But signs that the central bank is discussing reducing that support by purchasing fewer bonds mean that trading is likely to...

yahoo.com (14 hours ago)

Analysis: Markets face rough summer ride as Fed pullback feared

NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the past few months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has been squarely in the financial markets' corner, thanks to its massive dollops of monetary stimulus. But signs that the central bank is discussing reducing that support by purchasing fewer bonds mean that trading is likely to get bumpier in...

reuters.com (14 hours ago)

Analysis - Barack Obama: learn to live with terror

Barack Obama didn't land on an aircraft carrier and declare "mission accomplished", but in its own way his speech on the future conduct of the War on Terror was just as significant as George W Bush's premature declaration of victory in 2003 - and, Mr Obama will hope, far more enduring.    

telegraph.co.uk (14 hours ago)

Analysis, execution mark tennis style of Lincoln Academy standout Friedland; Rounds of 48 begin...

NEWCASTLE, Maine - Jordan Friedland has established himself as a talented high school tennis player. He reached the state singles quarterfinals as both a freshman and sophomore at Lincoln Academy before winning it all last spring after surviving three-set marathons in his semifinal and championship matches. A year...

bangordailynews.com (15 hours ago)

Montco DA announces end of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

PLYMOUTH - Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman announced the takedown of a $14.5 million marijuana drug trafficking ring that spanned coast to coast during a press conference Thursday morning at the Montgomery County Fire Academy. Accompanied by law enforcement agents from Bucks, Delaware and...

thereporteronline.com (15 hours ago)

IBM preps SmartCloud for real-time analytics

Deploying an update of its DB2 database, IBM is pitching its SmartCloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for use in data reporting and analysis. "We're the only player in the marketplace that has [a cloud service] for data-in-motion -- being able to analyze data in real time," said Bob Picciano, IBM's general...

pcworld.com (15 hours ago)

Baku Rendering Redux: An Investigation Into Insane Architecture Images

Rendering Redux is a weekly examination of architectural rendering practices on Architizer. While many architects evaluate these images based on sheer effect, we take a more humorous approach, documenting the inconsistencies and incongruous scale figures that populate the architectural imagination. Each week, we...

gizmodo.com (16 hours ago)