Publishers Tell of Disputes With Apple on E-Book Prices - NYTimes.com
In an e-mail to her boss, Leslie Moonves, Carolyn K. Reidy, the chief executive of Simon & Schuster, dismissed an Apple executive as a “minion.”
David Shanks, the chief executive of Penguin Group USA, fought with Apple over the e-book pricing it initially proposed.
Boyband-stjerna Brian McFadden raser mot Ryanair - Kjendis
http://www.kjendis.no/2013/06/04/kjendis/musikk/boyband/brian_mcfadden/ryanair/27527841
A l’occasion d’un « mauvais trip », une super-star irlandaise s’attaque à Ryanair, dénonce ses pratiques et... traite son patron Michael O’leary de sac de merde.
Superstjerner får ikke alltid spesialbehandling når de er ute og reiser. Spør bare Brian McFadden (33).
http://gfx.dagbladet.no/labrador/275/275288/27528813/jpg/active/729x.jpg
Den tidligere Westlife-sangeren bestemte seg for å teste ut Ryanair da han skulle den korte veien fra Liverpool til London for å fly videre på golftur til Spania.
Det kommer han neppe til å gjøre igjen.
Les infos en anglais ici :
Brian McFadden’s anger over Ryanair’s baggage policy after being charged £150 to print his boarding pass and excess luggage michael oleary | Mail Online
Brian McFadden brands Ryanair boss O’Leary an ’exploitative scumbag’ after being charged £150 to print his boarding pass and for excess luggage
The former Westlife star vented his anger over the charges on Twitter
He accused the airline of exploiting ’hard working people’ with loopholes
McFadden called the airline’s chief executive and one of Ireland’s richest businessmen Michael O’Leary a ’scumbag’
O’Leary has previously called customers who fail to print off their boarding pass ’stupid idiots’ who should be charged for ’their f*** up’
Ryanair said its 80m customers manage to print their own boarding cards
ExxonMobil CEO: ‘What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?’ - The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/top-business-stories/exxonmobil-ceo-what-good-is-it-to-save-the-planet-if-humanity-suffers/article12258350
Here’s what the chief executive officer of ExxonMobil Corp. told shareholders yesterday: “What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?”
Rex Tillerson was responding to issues raised by environmental activists, who, according to reports of the annual meeting, wanted the world’s biggest oil company to establish greenhouse gas emission targets.
Shareholders voted that down, by 3 to 1. They also nixed a proposal to ban discrimination where sexual orientation is concerned.
#pétrole #environnement #cdp #quote (j’inaugure #quote pour les citations mémorables)
Tout à faut dans la ligne de la déclaration de GW Bush au cours de son premier mandat comme quoi l’American Way of Life n’était pas négociable. (attitude jamais remise en cause ni par son prédécesseur ni son successeur démocrates)
la réaction de « contraposition » :
Now that a captain of the fossil fuel industry has made the party line clear, I expect to start hearing the same from his allies in congress and various think tanks who’ve, up till now, been denying that climate change is real and human-caused. I expect that they too will ignore non-technological responses, including many of the things we like to write about here, such as the Clean Energy Dividend, planting trees, eating a more local and low-emergy vegetarian diet, cycling, and more. There are no large technological fixes among this suite of responses, and only one large-scale policy response.
http://contraposition.org/blog/2013/06/14/go-directly-to-defeatism-do-not-stop-at-responses
Abu Dhabi Plans Financial Free Zone, May Compete With Dubai » Gulf Business
http://gulfbusiness.com/2013/04/abu-dhabi-plans-financial-free-zone-may-compete-with-dubai
A federal decree was passed by the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan in February to create the area, known as the Abu Dhabi World Financial Market, on Al Maryah island, the sources told Reuters.
Detailed regulations covering the zone will be outlined shortly, an Abu Dhabi government source said, declining to be named under briefing rules.
“It will have all the offerings of a financial free zone – 100 per cent foreign ownership, tax and capital repatriation, internationally accepted laws and regulations and other things,” the source said.
The UAE’s free zones are areas in which foreign companies can operate under light regulation, and where foreign investors are allowed to take 100 per cent ownership in companies; outside the zones, they generally need to have local partners.
One of the country’s most successful free zones is the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), established in 2004 with its own civil and commercial laws, its own courts and a financial exchange, NASDAQ Dubai.
It has become the Gulf’s top financial centre, housing regional headquarters for many of the world’s biggest banks and finance firms. Others have tried to emulate its success; the Qatar Financial Centre was set up in 2005 in Doha, and the Bahrain Financial Harbour opened in 2009.
Décidémment, il ne faudrait pas qu’ils entrent trop en concurrence
Abu Dhabi Launches New Port, May Compete With Dubai » Gulf Business
http://gulfbusiness.com/2012/09/abu-dhabi-launches-new-port-may-compete-with-dubai
Khalifa Port’s container terminal currently has an annual capacity of 2.5 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). This can be raised to 5 million TEU according to demand over the next few years. Abu Dhabi has said its long-term goal is to increase it to 15 million by 2030, depending on demand.
The port can also handle 12 million tons of general cargo annually in the first phase, including 4 million tons from an Emirates Aluminium berth that opened in 2010.
Khalifa Port will gradually take over all container traffic from Abu Dhabi’s existing Mina Zayed port, which has reached its capacity of 1 million TEUs.
In shipping, the obvious challenge to its growth comes from Dubai, whose much larger Jebel Ali port is only about 40 km (25 miles) north along the coast.
Last December DP World , the world’s third-largest port operator and owner of Jebel Ali, said it would invest $850 million over three years to boost the port’s capacity by 4 million TEU to 19 million.
Autour des mines mongoles, croissance, pollution et ninjas
►http://blog.mondediplo.net/2013-04-19-Autour-des-mines-mongoles-croissance-pollution-et
Comme dans de nombreux pays émergents, l’écosystème de la Mongolie subit de plein fouet les effets de ses progrès économiques, essentiellement dûs à l’exploitation « anarchique » des nombreux gisements de minerais dispersés sur un territoire équivalent à deux fois et demie celui de la France. L’essor de l’activité minière, depuis vingt ans, représente à la fois un remarquable potentiel économique et une grande menace environnementale. Cette métamorphose est porteuse d’autant de promesses que de dangers. La (...)
Il peut être utile de rappeler que S. Bayartsogt, le ministre des finances qui a signé pour la #Mongolie le Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement avec Rio Tinto et Ivanhoe Mines le 6 octobre 2009 et le Bayartsogt Sangajav cité dans les #Offshore_leaks sont une seule et même personne…
• le contenu résumé de l’accord, sur le site de la mine http://ot.mn/en/about-us/investment-agreement
• plus long, dans la presse spécialisée
What the #Oyu_Tolgoi agreement contains and what it means for Mongolia
http://en.mongolianminingjournal.com/content/19679.shtml
The Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement was signed by Peter Meredith, Deputy Chairman of #Ivanhoe_Mines, Bret Clayton, Chief Executive of Rio Tinto"s Copper and Diamonds Group, and Keith Marshall, Managing Director of Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc. Signing for the Mongolian Government were Sangajav #Bayartsogt, Minister of Finance, Dashdorj Zorigt, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, and Luimed Gansukh, Minister of Environment and Tourism, all members of the government"s Working Group that negotiated the terms of the final agreement.
• offshore leaks
Leaks reveal secrets of the rich who hide cash offshore | UK news | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/03/offshore-secrets-offshore-tax-haven
Mongolia’s former finance minister. Bayartsogt Sangajav set up “Legend Plus Capital Ltd” with a Swiss bank account, while he served as finance minister of the impoverished state from 2008 to 2012. He says it was “a mistake” not to declare it, and says “I probably should consider resigning from my position”.
Analyse politique d’Ecclestone- qui parle d’elle-même sur la conception pour le moins simpliste des rapports de pouvoir de cet homme à l’immense pouvoir financier.
Asked whether F1 personnel would be safe in Bahrain this week, Ecclestone replied: “I don’t think the people who are arguing about their position are bad people, and I don’t think they’re trying to hurt people to make their point.
‘We’ve had all sorts of protesters – look at those complaining about Mrs Thatcher. This happens all the time. People use these things when there is an opportunity.’
He added:” The big problem is you have a set of people who want to have more of a say in the way there country is being run.
"It’s probably like our country, England, there are sectors there who sees things the other side are doing wrong and they would like things done their way. It happens worldwide.
I said to them [protesters] if you are going to achieve what you are trying to achieve, which is having control of the country, you are better off having control when the country is strong and respected worldwide than capture something nobody wants.
‘Who wants to capture Syria at the moment? It’s not a big thing to have. It’s a liability not an asset. It’s the same with Bahrain. If they can get to grips with it, and get more control of a country that is strong, not a country that’s weak.’
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/apr/15/bernie-ecclestone-formula-one-bahrain
Analyse politique d’Ecclestone- qui parle d’elle-même sur la conception pour le moins simpliste des rapports de pouvoir de cet homme à l’immense pouvoir financier.
Asked whether F1 personnel would be safe in Bahrain this week, Ecclestone replied: “I don’t think the people who are arguing about their position are bad people, and I don’t think they’re trying to hurt people to make their point.
‘We’ve had all sorts of protesters – look at those complaining about Mrs Thatcher. This happens all the time. People use these things when there is an opportunity.’
He added:” The big problem is you have a set of people who want to have more of a say in the way there country is being run.
"It’s probably like our country, England, there are sectors there who sees things the other side are doing wrong and they would like things done their way. It happens worldwide.
I said to them [protesters] if you are going to achieve what you are trying to achieve, which is having control of the country, you are better off having control when the country is strong and respected worldwide than capture something nobody wants.
‘Who wants to capture Syria at the moment? It’s not a big thing to have. It’s a liability not an asset. It’s the same with Bahrain. If they can get to grips with it, and get more control of a country that is strong, not a country that’s weak.’
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/apr/15/bernie-ecclestone-formula-one-bahrain
Bernie Ecclestone strikes again with ’stupid’ remark in Bahrain- ►http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/apr/20/bernie-ecclestone-bahrain-f1
Fight against corruption in UAE. Dangerous place for dodgy businesses and expatriates loosing core supports, it seems.
A US businessman who jumped bail in the United Arab Emirates only to be sent back for trial has been convicted of multi-million dollar embezzlement and sentenced to 15 years’ jail, court documents showed on Tuesday.
Zack Shahin, former chief executive of Deyaar, one of Dubai’s biggest property developers, and three other men were fined Dhs28.5 million ($8 million) in the latest conviction since the emirate stepped up its fight against corruption after a 2009 financial crisis.
Reuters
http://gulfbusiness.com/2013/03/former-deyaar-ceo-shahin-sentenced-to-15-years-in-dubai-prison
Une attaque #DoS utilisant le #DNS, peut-être la plus grosse jamais vue, a visé #Spamhaus.
Le résumé grand public (l’attaque est donnée pour 300 Gb/s) :
►http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/27/technology/internet/online-dispute-becomes-internet-snarling-attack.html
Et le rapport initial (plus technique, l’attaque est donnée pour 75 Gb/s, pas étonnant que personne ne sache compter le nombre exact de manifestants) :
http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-ddos-that-knocked-spamhaus-offline-and-ho
Et une discussion :
L’article du New York Times avait déjà été signalé en http://seenthis.net/messages/125365 En raison des paramètres de « tracking » mis à la fin de l’URL, après le point d’interrogation, SeenThis ne détecte pas le doublon. Ne pas tenir compte de ce qui suit le ? lors de la comparaison d’URL ? #SeenThis_TODO
Sur ce sujet, en français (avec plein d’énormités sur le DNS, du vrai travail de journaliste) : http://www.linformaticien.com/actualites/id/28552/la-plus-grosse-attaque-informatique-de-l-histoire-est-en-cours.aspx
ne pas tenir compte de certains paramètres, on le fait déjà ; mais ignorer tout ce qui suit le « ? », ça serait vraiment crasse…
même dilemme, d’ailleurs, pour www.domaine.tld vs domaine.tld
Pour ceux qui en doutaient encore, Blackberry est semble-t-il cette fois bien mort
Chief executive Thorsten Heins was quick to declare the introduction of the Z10 a success, but his claims that stocks of the new phones were running low were met with scepticism as shops insisted they had “plenty” left.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-new-blackberrys-launch-has-been-a-disaster-2013-3
Qataris stake their claim to a place at the top table of global dealmaking | World news | The Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/24/qataris-take-seat-top-table-dealmaking?CMP=twt_gu
... many see much of the real power residing with Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr al-Thani (known as “HBJ”), a cousin of the emir whose position is thought to stem from his support for the 1995 coup.
HBJ is prime minister and foreign minister, chief executive of the QIA, and chairman of its subsidiary Qatar Holding – said to be the emir’s personal investment vehicle in a country where personal and state wealth are blurred.
One analyst says: “The current emir is a large man who does not look in perfect health. It is not clear what HBJ’s position will be once Tamim is in charge.”
GSK chief: Drug prices should be lower
http://www.pharmatimes.com/Article/13-03-18/GSK_chief_Drug_prices_should_be_lower.aspx
Drug prices should be lower and the high cost of research is a myth – these are the frank words of GlaxoSmithKline’s boss Sir Andrew Witty.
Speaking to a conference in London last week and reported by Reuters, Sir Andrew said the $1 billion price tag of R&D, often touted by pharma firms and the ABPI, was “one of the great myths of the industry”.
This is because it was an “average figure” that includes money spent on treatments that fail in later stages, costing firms hundreds of millions of dollars.
“It’s not unrealistic to expect that new innovations ought to be priced at or below, in some cases, the prices that have pre-existed them,” he went on. “We haven’t seen that in recent eras of the (pharma) industry, but it is completely normal in other industries.”
Looking at his own UK-based firm, Sir Andrew said he has managed to increase the rate of return on R&D investment as because fewer drugs have failed in Phase III development.
“If you stop failing so often you massively reduce the cost of drug development,” he said, adding: “It’s why we are beginning to be able to price lower.”
William Hauck (of California State University Board of Trustees / Goddard Claussen / Golden Pacific Bank / California Forward / Blue Shield of California Foundation ) Asked to Disclose Reason / Motive California State University Board of Trustees Spent Tax-Payers Money to File an Amicus Brief in Matter of BERKELEY HILLSIDE PRESERVATION v. CITY OF BERKELEY Involving Personal Residence of Freada Klein Kapor of CaliforniaALL Financial Scheme / The Kapor Center
See story @:
http://lesliebrodie.wordpress.com/tag/william-hauck-aka-bill-hauck-of-california-state-university-
California Supreme Court Docket for BERKELEY HILLSIDE PRESERVATION v. CITY OF BERKELEY [ TLR Note: 1. real parties are Mitchell Kapor and Freada Klein Kapor ( of CaliforniaALL financial scheme / The Kapor Center ) seek to build 10,000 square-foot house, adjacent 10 parking spots for fundraising volunteers , certified “Green” in Berkeley, CA — objecting neighbors commenced action 2- YR Asks – Why / What interests THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY – CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATIONS’S EDUCATION LEGAL ALLIANCE have in filing Amicus Briefs ?
Parties and Attorneys
BERKELEY HILLSIDE PRESERVATION v. CITY OF BERKELEY (LOGAN)
Case Number S201116
Party Attorney
Berkeley Hillside Preservation : Plaintiff and Appellant
Susan Brandt-Hawley
Brandt-Hawley Law Group
P.O. Box 1659
Glen Ellen, CA
Fadley, Susan Nunes : Plaintiff and Appellant
Susan Brandt-Hawley
Brandt-Hawley Law Group
P.O. Box 1659
Glen Ellen, CA
City of Berkeley : Defendant and Respondent
Laura Nicole McKinney
Office of the City Attorney
2180 Milvia Street, Fourth Floor
Berkeley, CA
City Council of the City of Berkeley : Defendant and Respondent
Laura Nicole McKinney
Office of the City Attorney
2180 Milvia Street, Fourth Floor
Berkeley, CA
Logan, Donn : Real Party in Interest and Respondent
Amrit Satish Kulkarni
Meyers, Nave, Riback, Silver & Wilson
555 12th Street, Suite 1500
Oakland, CA
Julia Lynch Bond
Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson
555 12th Street, Suite 1500
Oakland, CA
Kapor, Mitchell D. : Real Party in Interest and Respondent
Amrit Satish Kulkarni
Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson
555 12th Street, Suite 1500
Oakland, CA
Julia Lynch Bond
Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson
555 12th Street, Suite 1500
Oakland, CA
Kapor-Klein, Freada : Defendant and Respondent
Amrit Satish Kulkarni
Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson
555 Twelfth Street, Suite 1500
Oakland, CA
Julia Lynch Bond
Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson
555 12th Street, Suite 1500
Oakland, CA
Laguna Beach Architectural Guild : Pub/Depublication Requestor
Sherman L. Stacey
Gaines & Stacey LLP
1111 Bayside Drive, Suite 280
Corona Del Mar, CA
California Building Industry Association : Pub/Depublication Requestor
Andrew B. Sabey
Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP
555 California Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA
California League of Cities : Pub/Depublication Requestor
Melanie Sengupta
Holland & Knight
50 California Street, Suite 2800
San Francisco, CA
California State Association of Counties : Pub/Depublication Requestor
Melanie Sengupta
Holland & Knight
50 California Street, Suite 2800
San Francisco, CA
California Infill Builders Association : Pub/Depublication Requestor
Meea Kang, President
2012 “K” Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
Bay Area Council : Pub/Depublication Requestor
Matt Regan, Vice President
201 California Street, Suite 1450
San Francisco, CA 94111
Save Our Carmel River : Amicus curiae
Michael W. Stamp
Attorney at Law
479 Pacific Street, Suite 1
Monterey, CA
Molly E Erickson
Law Offices of Michael W Stamp
479 Pacific Street, Suite 1
Monterey, CA
The Open Monterey Project : Amicus curiae
Michael W. Stamp
Attorney at Law
479 Pacific Street, Suite 1
Monterey, CA
Molly E Erickson
Law Offices of Michael W. Stamp
479 Pacific Street, Suite 1
Monterey, CA
Bernardi, Patricia : Other
Michael W. Stamp
Attorney at Law
479 Pacific Street, Suite 1
Monterey, CA
Coastal Defender : Other
Beverly Suzanne GrossmanPalmer
Strumwasser & Woocher LLP
10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000
Los Angeles, CA
Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association : Amicus curiae
Leila H. Moncharsh
Veneruso & Moncharsh
5707 Redwood Road, Suite #10
Oakland, CA
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris : Amicus curiae
Catherine Mitchell Wieman
Office of the Attorney General
300 South Spring Street, Suite 1702
Los Angeles, CA
The Building Industry Association of the Bay Area : Amicus curiae
Stephen L. Kostka
Perkins Coie, LLP
4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400
San Francisco, CA
Planning and Conservation League : Amicus curiae
Jan Chatten-Brown
Chatten-Brown & Carstens LLP
2200 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 318
Hermosa Beach, CA
Endangered Habitat League : Amicus curiae
Jan Chatten-Brown
Chatten-Brown & Carstens LLP
2200 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 318
Hermosa Beach, CA
California Preservation Foundation : Amicus curiae
Jan Chatten-Brown
Chatten-Brown & Carstens LLP
2200 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 318
Hermosa Beach, CA
Save Our Heritage Organization : Amicus curiae
Jan Chatten-Brown
Chatten-Brown & Carstens LLP
2200 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 318
Hermosa Beach, CA
The California Building Industry Association : Amicus curiae
Michael Zischke
Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP
555 California Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Andrew B. Sabey
Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP
555 California Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA
California Business Properties Association : Amicus curiae
Michael Zischke
Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP
555 California Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Andrew B. Sabey
Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP
555 California Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Building Industry Legal Defense Foundation : Amicus curiae
Michael Zischke
Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP
555 California Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Andrew B. Sabey
Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP
555 California Street, 10th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Pacific Legal Foundation : Amicus curiae
Malcolm Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation
930 G Street
Sacramento, CA
California School Boards Associations’s Education Legal Alliance : Amicus curiae
Harold M. Freiman
Lozano Smith
2001 North Main Street, Suite 650
Walnut Creek, CA
Kelly Marie Rem
Lozano Smith
2001 North Main Street, Suite 650
Walnut Creek, CA
The Regents of the University of California : Amicus curiae
Charles Furlonge Robinson
University of California/Office of General Counsel
1111 Franklin Street, 8th Floor
Oakland, CA
Kelly L. Drumm
Office of the General Counsel
1111 Franklin Street, 8th Floor
Oakland, CA
The Board of Trustees of the California State University : Amicus curiae
Andrea Marie Gunn
Office of General Counsel
401 Golden Shore, 4th Floor
Long Beach, CA
Christine Helwick
Office of the General Counsel
401 Golden Shore, 4th Floor
Long Beach, CA
League of California Cities : Amicus curiae
Amanda Jean Monchamp
Holland & Knight LLP
50 California Street, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Melanie Sengupta
Holland & Knight
50 California Street, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA
California State Association of Counties : Amicus curiae
Amanda Jean Monchamp
Holland & Knight LLP
50 California Street, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Melanie Sengupta
Holland & Knight
50 California Street, Suite 2800
San Francisco, CA
Center for Biological Diversity : Amicus curiae
Michael Ward Graf
Law Offices of Michael W. Graf
227 Behrens Street
El Cerrito, CA
High Sierra Rural Alliance : Amicus curiae
Michael Ward Graf
Law Offices of Michael W. Graf
227 Behrens Street
El Cerrito, CA
Association of California Water Agencies : Amicus curiae
Christian Lucier Marsh
Downey Brand LLP
333 Bush Street, Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA
Andrea Pelton Clark
Downey Brand LLP
333 Bush Street, Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA
Graham Cole St. Michel
Downey Brand LLP
333 Bush Street, Suite 1400
San Francisco, CA
How Private Prisons Game the Immigration System
http://www.thenation.com/article/173120/how-private-prisons-game-immigration-system
Three years after the company’s first contract in 1983, according to Southern Changes magazine, the company spent some $100,000 lobbying the state of Tennessee to secure a correctional facility privatization bill, which helped propel the business to financial success. Last year, the company brought in $1.7 billion in revenues, about a quarter of which came from contracts with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and federal Bureau of Prisons to incarcerate non-citizens in the United States.
Information technology in Africa: The next frontier | The Economist
http://www.economist.com/news/business/21571889-technology-companies-have-their-eye-africa-ibm-leading-way-next-frontier?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/pe/thenextfrontier
This month Microsoft, which has offices in 14 African countries, unveiled a smartphone to be sold in several African markets. It is made by China’s Huawei and uses Microsoft’s new operating system.
In Kenya Microsoft intends to bring broadband to places that do not yet have electricity, using solar power and “white spaces”, or spare broadcast-television frequencies. Within a year, says Fernando de Sousa, the general manager for Microsoft in Africa, 6,000 people in the Rift Valley will have access to broadband. Similar projects are planned elsewhere. Since October Microsoft has been running “app factories” for programmers in Egypt and South Africa.
(...) Kenya may be keenest. In 2006, frustrated by the slow progress of a regional plan to lay a fibre-optic cable along the east coast of the continent, Kenya negotiated its own link to the United Arab Emirates. The Gulf cable landed in 2009.
(...)
In many sectors, such as health care, education and water, as well as traffic, governments are sure to be important customers for IT companies. But private clients matter too, especially in telecoms and finance. The mobile phone, the first computer many Africans will own (see chart 2), is the bridge between the two.
To Westerners, “mobile banking” is a new way of doing something old. To many Africans, it is the obvious way of doing something new. In Kenya M-PESA, a system of transferring money over phones, is an everyday, reliable utility. Equity Bank, a fast-growing bank, most of whose customers have never had an account before, has come of age with mobile technology:
#afrique #internet #câbles #croissance #mobile etc
Le Grand Prix aura bien lieu...l’occasion d’une autre controverse médiatique des semaines durant
F1 chief executive Ecclestone said earlier this month that he was “100 per cent” sure his sport will race in Bahrain as scheduled this April.
“We’re scheduled to have an event there so we’ll be there the same as last year,” the Briton, referring to Bahrain, said during a recent visit to Dubai.
Reuters
Secret funding helped build vast network of climate denial thinktanks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/14/funding-climate-change-denial-thinktanks-network
Conservative billionaires used a secretive funding route to channel nearly $120m (£77m) to more than 100 groups casting doubt about the science behind climate change, the Guardian has learned.
Growing Numbers of #Start-Ups Are Worth a Billion Dollars - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/technology/growing-numbers-of-start-ups-are-worth-a-billion-dollars.html?pagewanted=al
“There are #disruptions everywhere,” said Robert Tinker, the chief executive of MobileIron, which makes software for companies to manage smartphones and tablets.
Video : Proposed benefit cuts to those who won’t exercise ’not about punishing obesity’ - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9778930/Proposed-benefit-cuts-to-those-who-wont-exercise-not-about-punishing-ob
Pas d’exercice, pas d’allocation !
Mais c’est pour le bien des obèses.
“This is not about penalising overweight people, this is about providing local authorities with tools that they can use to incentivise and reward people who want to change, who want to lead healthier lives,” he said.
Under the proposals, smart cards would be brought in to monitor the use of leisure centres meaning local authorities could reduce welfare payments for those who fail to follow their GP’s advice.
Proposition du Local Governement Information Unit, apparemment un think tank financé par les collectivités locales.
Et le conseil municipal de Westminster l’envisage :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9777453/Obese-people-may-be-forced-to-exercise-or-lose-benefits.html
(GP = médecin généraliste)
Westminster council is considering whether to allow GPs to prescribe physical activity at its swimming pools and gyms. The local authority could link attendance to welfare payments.
A report setting out the proposal states: “Where an exercise package is prescribed to a resident, housing and council tax benefit payments could be varied to reward or incentivise residents.”
Youth Index 2013 - The Prince’s Trust
http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about_the_trust/what_we_do/research/youth_index_2013.aspx
in UK: Almost on in five young people feel they have NO FUTURE due to the recession
http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/images/youth-index-infographic-747.jpg
One in ten young people (10 per cent) feel they cannot cope with day-to-day life, warns The Prince’s Trust Youth Index.
The Prince’s Trust Youth Index reveals that young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) are more than twice as likely to feel unable to cope as their peers.
The report – based on interviews with 2,136 16-to-25-year-olds – also shows how more than one in five young people (22 per cent) did not have someone to talk to about their problems while they were growing up.
Google’s tax avoidance is called ’capitalism’, says chairman Eric Schmidt - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/9739039/Googles-tax-avoidance-is-called-capitalism-says-chairman-Eric-Schmidt.h
“I am very proud of the structure that we set up. We did it based on the incentives that the governments offered us to operate.”
“It’s called #capitalism,” he said. “We are proudly capitalistic. I’m not confused about this.”
#fisc
“We don’t innovate here” – Google’s curious UK tax rationale — European technology news
http://gigaom.com/europe/we-dont-innovate-here-googles-curious-uk-tax-rationale
Google tells angry MPs that it doesn’t pay more UK tax because it doesn’t do any innovation in the country. Maybe someone should tell that to Google’s 350 London engineers, who it has previously credited with helping develop AdSense.
pas mal ces auditions devant les MP’s ça permet de sortir de la doc bien fichue comme ce pdf de Reuters : http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/12/12/Amazon.pdf sur #Amazon
Comment #EDF construit ses centrales nucléaires grâce à une taxe « écolo » - Royaume-Uni - Basta !
http://www.bastamag.net/article2823.html
Alors que le prix du gaz augmente en France, celui de l’électricité va bientôt exploser au Royaume-Uni, suite à une taxe prétendument « verte ». Cette taxe servira notamment à financer les réacteurs EPR qu’ambitionnent de construire EDF et Areva. EDF devrait aussi largement bénéficier de la nouvelle loi sur l’énergie, qui vise à dédommager les opérateurs en cas de manque de rentabilité...
Malgré les déboires accumulés par les chantiers de l’EPR en Finlande et en France, la perspective de nouveaux réacteurs financés à leur corps défendant par les contribuables et consommateurs britanniques reste bel et bien à l’ordre du jour. Le gouvernement a même lancé un plan d’action pour renforcer la chaîne d’approvisionnement du nucléaire[Source.]] en Grande-Bretagne. Un document révélé par le quotidien The Guardian donne une petite idée de la nature du travail de « persuasion » effectué par EDF et les intérêts nucléaires. Il révèle que les hauts fonctionnaires de l’Office pour le développement du nucléaire ont été régulièrement invités depuis trois ans dans des restaurants londoniens très selects par divers groupes et lobbies de l’industrie nucléaire, mais également par des entreprises directement intéressées, dont les françaises EDF, Areva et Alstom. Ce n’est pas en France qu’on verrait de telles pratiques...
Nuclear lobbyists wined and dined senior civil servants, documents show
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/28/nuclear-lobbyists-senior-civil-servants
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary tells MPs idea of new hub airport is ’insane’ | Business | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/nov/19/ryanair-michael-oleary-airports-mps
New runways should instead be built at Stansted and Gatwick as well as Heathrow, transport select committee hears
Michael O’Leary said the argument for creating a new hub airport was driven by high-fare airlines and operators seeking to shunt passengers through Heathrow, pictured. Photograph: Getty Images
The idea of a new hub airport should be dropped and three runways built immediately at airports in south-east England, according to the chief executive of Ryanair, Michael O’Leary.
O’Leary told MPs on the transport select committee that the argument for expanding only one central hub was driven by high-fare airlines and operators seeking to shunt passengers through Heathrow, and that new runways should be built at Stansted and Gatwick as well as Heathrow.
“London has the benefit of multiple airports, it has the infrastructure in place – get on and build three more runways,” he said.
Meet William Hauck (of Golden Pacific Bank / Blue Shield of California / California State University / California Forward / Goddard Claussen )
Golden Pacific Bank Profile of Director William Hauck:
“William Hauck is the Senior Advisor at Goddard Claussen/West. Based in the firms Sacramento office, he provides strategic counsel to its clients. He recently retired as President and CEO of the California Business Roundtable. In that capacity, Mr. Hauck is responsible for all operations of the organization. The Roundtable was created to provide policy leadership at the state level regarding the maintenance of a sound economy and business climate in California and is composed of the chief executive and senior operating officers of major corporations doing business in the state.
Bill Hauck most recently served as President and CEO of the California Business Roundtable. Hauck led the organization from 1996 to 2011. Prior to that, he held a number of executive positions in state government including Deputy Chief of Staff to Governor Pete Wilson, Chief of Staff to two Assembly Speakers and Director of the Assembly Office of Research. Mr. Hauck also chaired the state’s Constitution Revision Commission (appointed by Governor Pete Wilson) and served as Co-Chair of the California Performance Review Commission (appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger).
Mr. Hauck currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the California State University system where he chairs the board of directors’ finance committee. He served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Hauck also serves on the board of directors of Blue Shield of California, where he chairs the nomination and governance committee, and serves on the finance and investment and compensation committees.”
Source: http://www.yourbankingsolution.com/about-us/management.html
TLR Notes:
1. In addition to Mr. Hauck, also serving as directors at Golden Pacific Bank are CaliforniaALL’s Pat Fong Kushida, Richard Claussen, and Donna Lucas — who may have abruptly quit recently)
2. Golden Pacific Banks does not mention Hauck’s involvement with California Forward.
3. Ally of MTO’s Jeffrey Bleich vis a vis California State University.
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CSU Profile:
William Hauck
Chair (1998-2000), Board of Trustees
Vice Chair (1996-98), Board of Trustees
Member, Board of Trustees (1993-2017)
The California State University
Mr. Hauck joined Goddard Claussen/West as Senior Advisor in late 2011. Prior to joining GC/West, Hauck served as President and CEO of the California Business Roundtable and was responsible for all operations of the organization. The Roundtable is headquartered in Sacramento and is composed of the Chief Executive and Senior Operating Officers of major corporations doing business in the state. The organization’s mission is to provide policy leadership at the state level regarding the maintenance of a sound economy and business climate in California. He served in this capacity from 1996 to 2011.
Prior to joining the Roundtable Hauck was Executive Vice-President and major shareholder of Information for Public Affairs Inc., a Sacramento based national information services company now owned by Lexis/Nexis. Hauck also has held a number of executive positions in state government including Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief of Staff to two Assembly Speakers and Director of the Assembly Office of Research. Hauck also chaired the state’s Constitution Revision Commission (appointed by Governor Pete Wilson) and as Co-Chair of the California Performance Review Commission (appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger).
Mr. Hauck serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Shield of California. He is currently Chair of the Nomination and Corporate Government Committee and also serves on the Compensation Committee.
Additionally, Hauck is a member of the Board of Directors of the Blue Shield of California Foundation and chairs the Audit Committee.
Mr. Hauck received a B.A. in social science from San José State University (1963).
Source: http://www.calstate.edu/BOT/bios/hauck.shtml
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California Forward Profile:
Bill Hauck is a senior advisor at Goddard Claussen/West and the former president of the California Business Roundtable, a statewide nonpartisan organization which brings the leadership of California’s top chief executive officers to public policy issues affecting the state’s business climate, economic growth and quality of life.
Mr. Hauck also is a founder, major shareholder and a member of the board of directors of Information for Public Affairs Inc., also known as State Net. State Net maintains a database of legislation introduced in 50 states and Congress.
Mr. Hauck previously served as deputy chief of staff for Governor Pete Wilson and was chairman of the California Constitution Revision Commission. Earlier in his career, he served as chief of staff to Assembly Speakers Bob Moretti and Willie L. Brown, Jr. Additionally, Mr. Hauck was a consultant to the Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization, director of the Assembly Office of Research, and assistant city manager of Palo Alto.
Mr. Hauck serves as a member of the board of trustees of the California State University system, which he chaired for two years, and serves as chairman of the board’s finance committee. He also serves on the board of directors of Blue Shield of California and on the board of the Blue Shield of California Foundation. Mr. Hauck also served on the board of the California Journal, a monthly nonpartisan analysis of government and politics in California.
Source:
http://www.cafwd.org/pages/william-hauck
TLR Note:
Also directors are Donna Lucas, CETF’s Sunne McPeak, CCPF’s Stweart Kwoh,
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Blue Shield of California Foundation Profile:
Bill Hauck is Senior Advisor to Goddard/Claussen West, a Sacramento-based highly-regarded public affairs and ballot measure campaign firm.
Mr. Hauck recently stepped down as President of the California Business Roundtable, a statewide, non-partisan organization composed of senior operating officers of California’s leading corporations. He had held the position since November 1996.
Mr. Hauck’s Sacramento-based career has included stints in business and state government. Until its November 2010 sale to Lexis/Nexis, he was a major shareholder and member of the Board of Directors of State Net, a national information services company providing data on legislation introduced in 50 states and Congress.
Mr. Hauck also has served as Chairman of the California Constitution Revision Commission and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Pete Wilson. Earlier in his career he served as Chief of Staff to Assembly Speakers Bob Moretti and Willie Brown Jr. More recently, Mr. Hauck served as Co-Chair of Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Performance Review Commission.
Mr. Hauck serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the California State University system. He chaired the Board from 1998 to 2000. Originally appointed by Governor Wilson, he was reappointed by Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and is now serving a third eight-year term. He currently is Chairman of the Board’s Finance Committee.
In addition, Mr. Hauck serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Shield of California and the Board of Trustees of Blue Shield of California Foundation. He also is a member of the Board of Directors of Golden Pacific Bancorp and California Forward.
Mr. Hauck is a graduate of San Jose State University and participated in the CORO Foundation Internship in Public Affairs.
Source: http://www.blueshieldcafoundation.org/about/board/william-hauck
Difficile de lire aujourd’hui une pire incitation à l’antisémitisme que ça :
http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/3066_anglo_jewry_support.htm
More than 50 British Jewish organisations and their leaders including Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks have voiced their support for Israel by delivering a letter of solidarity to Israel’s UK Ambassador.
[…]
“We take pride in the commitment of Israel’s political and military leadership to leave no stone unturned in seeking to avoid civilian casualties and remain true to the Jewish ethical ethos that underpins the doctrine of the IDF.”