Monday, March 12

All red meat is bad for you, new study says

All red meat is bad for you, new study says - latimes.com: ""Any red meat you eat contributes to the risk," said An Pan, a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and lead author of the study, published online Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine."

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Tuesday, January 31

Apple Now Top PC Maker, Report Says

Apple Now Top PC Maker, Report Says - Hardware - Desktops/PCs - Informationweek: "In the latest sign of how mobile devices like tablets are reshaping the personal computing landscape, new data shows that Apple has bested Wintel makers to take the top spot in the PC market if the iPad tablet is included in the count."

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Monday, January 23

India to pay gold instead of dollars for Iranian oil

DEBKAfile, Political Analysis, Espionage, Terrorism, Security: "India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of the US dollar, DEBKAfile's intelligence and Iranian sources report exclusively. Those sources expect China to follow suit. India and China take about one million barrels per day, or 40 percent of Iran's total exports of 2.5 million bpd. Both are superpowers in terms of gold assets."

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