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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
CA-BUSINESS Summary
TSX advances as energy shares, BlackBerry drive gains
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index closed higher on Monday, helped by gains in the energy sector and a 14 percent jump in BlackBerry
BlackBerry shares rally on AT&T launch, takeover hopes
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry
Canadian Solar expects retroactive EU duties on solar imports
(Reuters) - Canadian Solar Inc
Aeterna Zentaris to stop late-stage cancer drug trial, shares fall
(Reuters) - Canadian drugmaker Aeterna Zentaris Inc said it would discontinue a late-stage trial of a cancer drug after an independent data safety monitoring committee said the drug was unlikely to help increase patient survival. Shares of the company fell as much as 29 percent to C$1.89 on Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Canada employers to keep adding jobs in second quarter: Manpower
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian employers are likely to keep adding jobs in the second quarter but at a slightly slower pace than in the first quarter, with the highest growth in the transportation and utilities sectors, according to a survey released on Tuesday. A net 12 percent of Canadian employers expect to add jobs in the second quarter, the study from staffing company Manpower showed. That was down slightly from a net 13 percent three months earlier.
Analysis: Solar trade war promises order bonanza for Taiwan
(Reuters) - Business has been booming for Taiwanese solar companies since they became the middlemen in a trade war between the United States, China and Europe over the multi-billion dollar solar power equipment market. Green Energy Technology Inc , which makes wafers used in solar cells, is receiving so many orders from Chinese firms seeking to circumvent U.S. import duties that the company is considering renting extra capacity.
Nomura to take Monte Paschi dispute to London: source
MILAN (Reuters) - Japanese bank Nomura is seeking to establish British jurisdiction for its dispute with Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Tycoons to exit TNK-BP, Rosneft closing this week: sources
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two of the tycoons who shared control of Russia's third largest oil producer with BP
Boeing confident has permanent 787 battery fix: executive
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Boeing Co
Blackstone, Canadian fund buy more of Gecina's debt
PARIS (Reuters) - Investment fund Blackstone
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ca-business-summary-003300357--finance.html
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Critics of Christie's Online Gaming Revenue Boost: 'It's a Long Shot ...
BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Observers are saying that Governor Christie is being overly optimistic in his predictions for revenue to be gained from new online betting laws.
Atlantic City?s casino revenues have fallen for six straight years, and Christie is counting on the new law to boost the rebuilding process.
According to WSJ.com, Christie?s recently introduced 2014 state budget includes an estimated $1.2 billion market from the new online gambling law. But final approval for its implementation is not expected until late in fiscal year 2013.
Analysts say that estimates from $250 million to about $850 million are more likely. Last year Christie predicted that New Jersey?s revenue from Atlantic City?s casinos would increase by 16 percent in fiscal year 2013. The number was 28 percent below his goal at the end of February, according to Bloomberg.
?It?s a long shot,? said Gene Johnson, of Spectrum Gaming Group LLC from Linwood, according to Bloomberg. Assembly Budget Chairman Vincent Prieto from Secaucus added, ?You have to be realistic, and I?d think by this time he?d err on the side of caution.?
Senator Raymond Lesniak from Elizabeth, a main sponsor of New Jersey?s online gambling measure predicted online operators would make about $300 million in the first year, with first-year tax collections coming in at around $45 million.
Reuters reported that right after New Jersey legalized online gambling Feb. 26, market shares of Caesars Entertainment, which controls four New Jersey casinos and Boyd Gaming, which runs the Borgata, rose between 2 and 6 percent.?Caesars spokesman Gary Thompson said, "We think online gambling in New Jersey is going to be beneficial not only to our company and other operators but it will also help expand and possibly reinvigorate the market by introducing games to potential new customers."
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Pentagon forming cyber teams to prevent attacks
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2010 file photo, Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Foreign leaders are deterred from launching a major electronic attack on vital infrastructure in the U.S. because they know such a strike could be traced to its source and would generate a robust response, Alexander, the military's top cyber warrior said during congressional testimony Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2010 file photo, Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Foreign leaders are deterred from launching a major electronic attack on vital infrastructure in the U.S. because they know such a strike could be traced to its source and would generate a robust response, Alexander, the military's top cyber warrior said during congressional testimony Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Defense Department is establishing a series of cyber teams charged with carrying out offensive operations to combat the threat of an electronic assault on the United States that could cause major damage and disruption to the country's vital infrastructure, a senior military official said Tuesday.
Gen. Keith Alexander, the top officer at U.S. Cyber Command, warned during testimony that the potential for an attack against the nation's electric grid and other essential systems is real and more aggressive steps need to be taken by the federal government and the private sector in order to improve digital defenses.
Alexander told the Senate Armed Services Committee that foreign leaders are deterred from launching cyberattacks on the United States because they know such a strike could be traced to its source and would generate a robust response.
But the country is not preventing what Alexander called "low-level harassment of private and public websites, property and information by other states." He did not mention any specific countries, even though the Obama administration is escalating its criticism of cyber thefts by China that have become intolerable to the international community.
Offensive cyber weapons are growing and evolving, Alexander said, and it is only a matter of time before tools developed by other nations wind up in the hands of extremist groups or even individuals who could do significant harm.
Alexander said 13 cyber teams are being formed for the mission of guarding the nation in cyberspace. He described them as "defend-the-nation" teams but stressed their role would be offensive. In comments to reporters after the hearing, Alexander likened the teams' duties to knocking an incoming missile out of the sky before it hits a target. He also said the teams would work outside the United States, but he did not say where.
He also said another 27 cyber teams are being established to support the military's warfighting commands while others will protect Defense Department's computer systems and data.
But even as Alexander detailed these moves, he pushed lawmakers to pass cybersecurity legislation that would make it easier for the government and the private sector ? which controls critical infrastructure such as the electric grid, banking systems, chemical facilities and water treatment systems ? to share detailed information about who is getting hacked and what to do about it.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order last month that relies heavily on participation from U.S. industry in creating new voluntary standards for protecting information and expands the government's effort to provide companies with threat data. But the order doesn't do enough to address the threat, administration officials said. Unresolved issues include the legal liability facing companies if they divulge information, and whether companies should be compelled to meet certain security standards.
The general also told the committee that there needs to be a clear consensus on how the nation is organized to protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. "It takes a team to operate in cyberspace," Alexander said. "But at times I think in talking about the team approach, we're not clear on who's in charge when."
Another issue that still needs to be settled is what constitutes an act of war in cyberspace, Alexander said. He does not consider cyberespionage and the theft of a corporation's intellectual property to be acts of war. But Alexander said, "I think you've crossed the line" if the intent is to disrupt or destroy U.S. infrastructure.
Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the committee's chairman, noted that Obama recently issued a classified policy directive to govern cyber operations. The Pentagon also has developed a list of procedures on how to respond in "cyber crisis" situations, he added, and the Pentagon is expected to issue cyber rules of engagement for military commanders.
"The fact that these foundational policy frameworks and planning actions are just now taking shape serves as a stark illustration of how immature and complex this warfare domain remains," Levin said.
Alexander said the private sector maintains varying degrees of security over its computer systems. The financial industry typically is more secure than companies that operate the electric grid. Still, he said, banks are vulnerable to being disrupted by what are called denial of service attacks, a technique that works by overloading a website with traffic.
"The issue that we're weighing is, when does a nuisance become a real problem?" Alexander said. "And when are you prepared to step in for that? And that's the work that, I think, the administration is going through right now in highlighting that."
Alexander's testimony comes a day after Obama's national security adviser called for "serious steps" by China to stop cyber theft that has become intolerable to the international community.
The remarks on Monday by Tom Donilon before the Asia Society in New York underscore the growing concern in Washington over the security risks posed by cyber thefts and intrusions and the economic costs to U.S. businesses.
American companies are being more vocal about cyber theft emanating from China "on a very large scale." He said Beijing "should take serious steps to investigate and put a stop to these activities" and recognize the risk to international trade and to U.S.-China relations.
The Obama administration last month announced new efforts, including a new diplomatic push to discourage intellectual property theft abroad, to fight the growing theft of American trade secrets following the release of a report that linked China's military to the electronic theft of corporate trade secrets and U.S. government data.
After analyzing breaches that compromised more than 140 companies, the private security firm Mandiant has concluded that they can be linked to the People's Liberation Army's Unit 61398, a secret Chinese military organization based in Shanghai.
The Chinese government denied being involved in cyber theft, with China's defense minister calling the Mandiant report deeply flawed. China's Foreign Ministry said that country has also been a victim of hacking, much of it traced to the United States.
Levin asked Alexander if U.S. intelligence agencies can determine not only which Chinese government organizations are stealing U.S. intellectual property, but also what Chinese companies may be receiving that intellectual property and using it to compete against U.S. firms.
But Alexander declined to be specific in open setting, saying only that the intelligence agencies have increased their capabilities in this area significantly over the last several years.
After the hearing, Alexander said he saw no reason to amplify Donilon's remarks. "I agree with what Tom Donilon has put out there," he said. "I think it is absolutely on mark."
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6 teens killed in SUV crash in northeast Ohio
WARREN, Ohio (AP) ? A sport utility vehicle carrying eight teenagers crashed into a guardrail Sunday morning and landed in a pond in northeast Ohio, killing six of them and injuring the others, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said.
The Honda Passport veered off the left side of a road, hit a guardrail and overturned, Lt. Anne Ralston said. Investigators say it came to rest in a pond just south of the city of Warren, about 60 miles east of Cleveland near the Pennsylvania state line.
Ralston didn't know where the teens were headed. She didn't have any information to release on possible causes of or factors in the crash.
Two of the teens, both 15, were brought to a hospital "in full cardiac arrest," St. Joseph Health Center nursing supervisor Julie Gill said, and were pronounced dead there. She said they were treated for hypothermic drowning trauma, indicating they had been submerged in cold water.
The two teen boys who survived were treated for bruising and other injuries and released, she said.
All those killed were ages 14 to 19, authorities said. Their names weren't released, while family members were being contacted.
The highway patrol received the first call on the crash at 7:15 a.m., Ralston said. Divers helped the patrol, and local police referred calls seeking information to the patrol.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/6-teens-killed-suv-crash-northeast-ohio-195645322.html
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Control your smartphone with NFC tags
If you’re lazy and you know it raise your hand. I bet you were too lazy to even do that…right? Then this article is going to be perfect for you. Or, it will be perfect if you are lazy AND also own a smartphone equipped?with NFC. Some of the latest Android smartphones like the Samsung [...]
Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2013/03/11/control-your-smartphone-with-nfc-tags/
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Mount Diablo Unified Community Advisory Committee on Special ...
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Please join us for a free accessible home ownership seminar in?Berkeley?on March 27th, 2013.
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Please join us for a free accessible home ownership seminar in?Berkeley?on March 27th, 2013.
This unique event is geared towards buyers with disabilities and their families. ? Our speakers will discuss ways to save money for a down payment, how to get a loan you can afford, finding accessible homes, Section 8 Home Ownership, and many other topics. ??
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The seminar will be held on Wednesday March 27th, from 6pm to 8pm. ? Click?here?to visit our website where you can view and print a flyer containing all the details. ??
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We've also attached a copy of the flyer to this email. ?If you are not able to view the flyer, all the pertinent information is described below.?
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If you or anyone you know might be interested in attending, please call?510-364-6795??or e-mail?stephen@stephenbeard.net?? ?Please let us know your name, contact information, and the number of guests you wish to bring along. ? ? ? Please register as soon as you can...as space is limited for this event.?
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We would also greatly appreciate it if you could print and post a copy of the flyer on your office bulletin board or forward this e-mail to anyone and everyone you know who might want to attend.?
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DATE: ? Wednesday March 27th, 2013?
TIME: ? 6 PM - 8 PM?
LOCATION: ? Better Homes & Gardens Mason McDuffie Real Estate, 2095 Rose Street, #100, Berkeley, CA 94709?
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Source: http://mtdiablosped.blogspot.com/2013/03/free-home-ownership-seminar-for-people.html
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