Published on May 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Wall Street Trading Robots Out Of Control – Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd pointed to the new phenomena of automatic programs – trading robots – buying and selling stock in nanoseconds as a possible cause of last week’s meltdown that was felt around the world. The market fell nearly 1000 points within minutes on [...]
Tags: Buyers And Sellers, Chris Dodd, Committee Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commodity Trading, Futures Trading Commission, High Frequency, Lime, Mathematical Models, Meltdown, Milliseconds, Nanoseconds, Phenomena, Proponents, Robots, Securities And Exchange Commission, Senate Banking Committee, Stock Market, Stock Trading, Wecker
Posted in Money
Published on April 30, 2010 by Technology Slice
Belgium Parliament Bans Veil – The Belgian lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a bill to ban wearing the full Islamic face veil in public, a move that could make Belgium the first European country to make the practice a criminal offence. The draft law, cast as a security measure by proponents, was overwhelmingly [...]
Tags: Belgium Belgian, Belgium Government, Coalition Government, Collapse, Criminal Offence, Draft Bill, Draft Law, Faces, House Of Parliament, Lawmakers, Liberals, Muslim Population, Parliament, Proponents, Security Measure, Security Risk, Senate, Upper House, Veil, Veils
Posted in Politics
Published on February 17, 2010 by Technology Slice
President Obama has unveiled plans for new nuclear power plants in the U.S. During an appearance a jobs training facility in Maryland, the President stressed the need for “homegrown energy” to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Obama announced plans to make an eight-billion dollar loan guarantee to help build two new nuclear power reactors [...]
Tags: Appearance, Dependence On Foreign Oil, Dollar Loan, Energy Future, Government Approval, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Loan Guarantee, New Construction, New Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Power Facilities, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Power Reactors, Nuclear Reactors, obama, Proponents, Radioactive Waste, Safety Concerns, Source Of Energy
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