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The Automatic Millionaire
by David Bach
Bestselling author David Bach shares his no-budget, no-discipline, no-nonsense system to help people achieve their financial goals -- and then some. With motivational stories, easy-to-follow tips, and advice based on proven financial principles, "The Automatic Millionaire" is a must read for anyone who wants to make -- and save -- more money. "The Automatic Millionaire" appears every other Tuesday, exclusively on Yahoo! Finance. Read Full Biography
Reinventing Retirement
by Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D.
"Reinventing Retirement" is the ultimate guide for a new generation of maturing adults who aren't talking about winding down or moving to society's periphery. Aging expert Ken Dychtwald shares advice for making the years ahead the best of your life. Learn how to stay connected with your spouse, kids, and friends; how to maintain your physical -- and financial -- fitness; how to create a healthy balance between work and leisure; and how to leave a lasting legacy. "Reinventing Retirement" appears every other Thursday, exclusively on Yahoo! Finance. Read Full Biography
Why the Rich Get Richer
by Robert Kiyosaki
Tired of the same old financial advice? Want better returns on your money ... with less risk? Robert Kiyosaki, best selling author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad," explains why many commonly held truths about managing your money -- sacred cows like "get out of debt," "save money," and "invest for the long term" -- are obsolete. In their place, he offers concrete financial solutions anyone can follow. "Investing," he points out, "is not risky, but following bad investment advice is." "Why the Rich Get Richer" appears every other Tuesday, exclusively on Yahoo! Finance. Read Full Biography
The Best of Today's Business
by Harold Maass
"The Best of Today's Business" is a summary of each day's top financial news and opinion, produced jointly by the editors of The Week magazine and Yahoo! Finance. Columnist Harold Maass sifts through the flood of business reports in newspapers and on the Web, surfacing the news that can't wait. Each column sends you directly to the best articles, from the latest on Wall Street to the most helpful advice on personal finance. "The Best of Today's Business" appears every weekday morning, exclusively on Yahoo! Finance. Read Full Biography
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Israeli Stocks, Politics Don't Mix
Gregg Greenberg
Considering its diminutive size, Israel garners an inordinate share of global headlines. That's been even more evident in recent weeks, as the nuclear threat from Iran, a Palestinian election and the major illness of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have kept the country on the front page. Mutual fund manager Gadi Beer, however, wonders why the press doesn't often feature Israel in the business section as well.
Hamas Says It Will Not Change
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(AP) Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal, pictured, whose group achieved a resounding victory in...
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Following their resounding election victory, the Islamic militants of Hamas met the question of whether they will change their stripes with a loud "no": no recognition of Israel, no negotiations, no renunciation of terror.
But the world holds out hope that international pressure can make them more moderate. At stake is the future of Mideast peacemaking, billions of dollars in aid and the Palestinians' relationship with Israel, the United States and Europe.
Hamas' victory - winning 76 of 132 parliament seats in Wednesday's election - has created a dizzying power shift in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, overturning certitudes and highlighting the failure by Palestinian leaders, Israel and the international community to ease growing desperation in the Palestinian territories.
Weekend violence between Hamas and Palestinian policemen mostly allied with long-dominant Fatah, and angry demonstrations by disgruntled gunmen fearing the loss of jobs and income after the Hamas win, have raised the specter of widespread civil strife.
After a brutal five-year campaign by Israel to destroy Hamas and assassinate its top leaders, the organization emerged stronger than ever and is poised to take over the Palestinian Authority.
The U.S. has pushed for democracy in the Middle East, hoping to promote moderation and head off more 9/11-style attacks, but, as in recent votes in Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon, a clean and fair election has empowered Islamists in the West Bank and Gaza.
Israel and the international community repeatedly have demanded that the Palestinian government disarm militias, but now that the main militia appears to have become the government, no one knows what will happen to its weapons.
The win by Hamas - which is responsible for dozens of suicide bombings on Israelis and has long called for the destruction of the Jewish state - caught everyone, including the organization itself, off guard.
Both Hamas and the international community face agonizing dilemmas. Hamas leaders say they won't renounce their violent ideology, but the consequences of failing to do so are likely to be catastrophic: loss of life-sustaining aid, international isolation and a profound setback to their statehood aspirations.
The United States and many European countries say they'll have nothing to do with a Hamas government, but a sharp cutoff in aid and an overly zealous stance could steer the Palestinians further away from moderation at an extremely delicate moment.
An interview with an up-and-coming young Hamas leader in a dusty Gaza Strip field revealed how the organization's slant could shift.
Mushir al-Masri said renouncing the "armed struggle" and negotiating with Israel are "not on Hamas' agenda" because a decade of talking won the Palestinians nothing.
"We cannot waste 10 more years when the last 10 years failed to realize even the minimum amount of Palestinian hopes," he said.
But when an aide tried to put a green Hamas sash over al-Masri's shoulder before a TV interview, the 29-year-old newly elected lawmaker shooed him away. "You should bring me the Palestinian flag," he said, reflecting his movement's stated desire to represent all Palestinians.
By all accounts, Palestinians didn't choose Hamas because they reject peace talks with Israel but rather because they were fed up with graft in the ruling Fatah Party. Hamas candidates ran on a platform of clean government, largely de-emphasizing their militant credentials.
Samih al-Hattab, a 32-year-old policeman in Gaza City, said he voted for Hamas because "everyone wants change," but said he expected the group to soften its stances once in power.
"A politician has to be seasoned and to adapt to the situation he's under," he said, standing outside a mosque where a cleric had just finished a sermon urging Hamas not to follow the corrupt ways of Fatah.
Hamas leaders are aware of their dilemma. Since the election, they have struggled to persuade Fatah to join them in a coalition - hoping to avoid having to deal with Israel and the West. But Fatah has so far rejected the offer.
Hamas victory celebrations have been decidedly muted, another indication the group seeks to handle the situation delicately.
Despite that, tensions are boiling on the streets. Clashes in Gaza between Hamas gunmen and Palestinian police on Friday and Saturday wounded four officers and one Hamas militant.
Also Saturday, thousands of angry Fatah activists, led by masked gunmen firing in the air, marched through several West Bank cities demanding the resignation of party leaders following their defeat.
The growing unrest, combined with the complexities of running a government and world pressure for it to change its ways, pose daunting challenges to Hamas, which has little experience in governance.
If Hamas forms the next government, as is likely, and fails to renounce its call for the destruction of Israel, the U.S. and most European countries are almost certain to cut off the financial aid that keeps the already bankrupt Palestinian Authority running.
Israel, which has urged the international community not to deal with a Hamas government, has substantial leverage in the situation but for now appears intent on holding off on severe measures such as closing border crossings with Gaza or cutting off the monthly flow of tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority.
The Palestinians have a mixed system of government, part presidential and part parliamentary. That means Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas, the moderate president of the Palestinian Authority, should be able to remain in office.
Still unknown, however, is whether Hamas will seize its right to form the new government, taking over the premiership and a new Palestinian Cabinet, and what sort of powers that would give them. The previous Fatah-dominated legislature for the most part fell in line with Abbas.
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Swiss Bank UBS Halts Iran, Syria Business
Sunday January 22, 3:36 PM EST
ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss banking giant UBS AG said Sunday it has stopped doing business with Iran because of the company's economic and risk analysis of the situation in the country.
UBS will no longer deal with individuals, companies or state institutions such as Iran's central bank, company spokesman Serge Steiner said. A similar policy is also being implemented in the case of Syria, he said.
All existing business with customers in Iran will be canceled, but Iranians in exile are not affected by the decision, Steiner said, confirming an article in Swiss weekly SonntagsZeitung.
"It is a carefully prepared measure that has been under consideration since last fall," Steiner said.
Iran is under increasing international pressure over its nuclear program and mindful of the freezing of its U.S. assets after the 1979 seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran. The nation has an estimated $50 billion in European banks and Iran's Central Bank governor said over the weekend that it will move its reserves quickly if it deems it necessary to do so.
Steiner declined to specify the volume of business affected by the bank's decision.
Some Deadly Attacks in Israel, 2001-06
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During more than four years of Palestinian-Israeli violence, at least 510 people have been killed in 120 Palestinian suicide bombings. Some of the deadliest attacks:
- Dec. 5, 2005: A bomber blows himself up at a shopping mall in the coastal town of Netanya, killing five.
- Oct. 26, 2005: A bomber blows himself up in Hadera at a falafel stand, killing five.
- July 12, 2005: A bomber blows himself up outside a shopping mall in Netanya, killing five.
- Feb. 25, 2005: In the first attack after a truce, a bomber blows himself up in crowd near Tel Aviv nightclub, killing four.
- August 31, 2004: Two bombers blow themselves up in buses in Beersheba, killing 16.
- March 14, 2004: Two bombers blow themselves up at Ashdod port, killing 10.
- Jan. 29, 2004: Suicide bombing on a bus on Jerusalem's Gaza Street kills 11.
- Oct. 4, 2003: Suicide bombing at a seaside restaurant in Haifa kills at least 19.
- Aug. 19, 2003: Suicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23.
- June 11, 2003: Suicide bombing on a bus on Jerusalem's central Jaffa Street kills 17.
- March 5, 2003: Suicide bombing on a bus in Haifa kills 17.
- Jan. 5, 2003: Two suicide bombers strike the Neve Shaanan pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv, killing 23.
- Nov. 21, 2002: Suicide bombing on a bus in Jerusalem kills 11.
- Oct. 21, 2002: Suicide bombing on a bus at the Karkur Junction in northern Israel kills 14.
- June 18, 2002: Suicide bombing at junction in southern Jerusalem kills 19.
- June 5, 2002: Suicide bombing on a bus near Megiddo Junction in northern Israel kills 17.
- May 7, 2002: Suicide bombing at a pool hall in the Tel Aviv suburb of Rishon Letzion kills 15.
- March 31, 2002: Suicide bombing at a restaurant in Haifa kills 15.
- March 27, 2002: Suicide bombing at a hotel dining room during a ritual Seder meal at the start of Passover in the city of Netanya kills 29.
- March 9, 2002: Suicide bombing at Jerusalem's Moment Cafe kills 11.
- March 2, 2002: Suicide bombing at Jerusalem's Ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood kills 11.
- Dec. 2, 2001: Suicide bombing on a bus in the coastal city of Haifa kills 15.
- Dec. 1, 2001: Two suicide bombers strike Jerusalem's Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall, killing 11.
- Aug. 9, 2001: Suicide bombing at Sbarros pizzeria in Jerusalem kills 15.
- June 1, 2001: Suicide bombing at the Dolphinarium seaside disco in Tel Aviv kills 21, mostly teenagers.
International Herald Tribune / AP ^ | Jan 8, 2006 | staff
TEHRAN, Iran Iran announced on Sunday that inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency were in the country and preparing to remove seals from nuclear research facilities no later than Monday, allowing Tehran to move forward with its vow to resume nuclear fuel research. "Iran is ready to resume the research activities after the inspectors remove the seals. It is our right as other members of the Nonproliferation Treaty. Iran should not be exempted," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said
The Australian ^ | 9th January 2006 | Neil Brown
The newly declassified records of war cabinet meetings offer insights into how Churchill would fight the war on terror THERE'S no doubt about Winston Churchill. More than 60 years after the event, his words can still give us a short, sharp jolt into the world of reality. For there he was in the form of notes taken at a cabinet meeting on July 6, 1942, released last week by the National Archives in London. The cabinet scribe recorded in his notebook that Churchill had announced to the meeting: "If Hitler falls into our hands we shall certainly put him to...
Doctors Wait to Assess Sharon's Condition
JERUSALEM (AP) - With Prime Minister Ariel Sharon recovering from emergency brain surgery early Saturday, his doctors said it was still too early to assess how much damage the Israeli leader has suffered from a massive stroke. Independent experts said the prognosis remained grim. An official...
India's outsourcing hub full of beans about name change 2005-12-12 10:30:01
Bangalore, India's high-tech capital, will change its name to reflect the local language and become "the town of boiled beans", officials say.
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Pulsating possibilities in Bangalore are being choked by city's bad infrastructure
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Derivatives help lift BNP Paribas profit by 22%
BNP Paribas SA, France's largest bank by market value, said Thursday profit jumped 22% after a strong performance from its equity derivatives and international retail businesses.
Europe closes lower on BNP Paribas results, Ifo survey
European shares fell Thursday, though ended off lows for the day, as German business confidence waned and investors assessed mixed news from BNP Paribas and Credit Suisse Group.
Europe's Turn to Wrestle With Obesity [external]
Europe's food industry and consumer groups are to submit ideas to the European Union on Thursday on how to confront obesity.
Oil Companies File Arbitration Against Yemen [external]
Two U.S. oil companies filed arbitration this week against Yemen for expropriating an oil-producing block with output worth more than $1 billion a year.
A German Auto Supplier Delphi Might Envy [external]
Continental, a German auto parts maker, has avoided most of the jolts that have rattled its American counterparts - Delphi and General Motors.
Euro dips on weak German Ifo report
The euro dipped against the dollar on Wednesday after a weaker than expected survey of German business sentiment caused jitters about the course of euro zone interest rates. The influential Ifo institute survey of German business...
IMF to soften "shocks" for poor nations
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has set up a new facility to provide funds to poor countries in the case of natural disasters or balance-of-payments crises stemming from a surge in oil prices, Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) said on...
Euro dips on weak German Ifo report
The euro dipped against the dollar on Wednesday after a weaker than expected survey of German business sentiment caused jitters about the course of euro zone interest rates. The influential Ifo institute survey of German business...
CNN sells stake in Germany's NTV
RTL Group is buying out CNN's 50-percent share in German news channel n-tv, taking its stake to 100 percent, it said on Thursday. It declined to name a price for the transaction, which is subject to approval from cartel and media...
Marathon to buy Refco London: Man Group
London-listed hedge-fund company Man Group Plc said on Thursday Marathon Asset Management had replaced it as purchaser of assets and accounts of London businesses of bankrupt U.S. brokerage Refco . Man has taken the decision because...
Swisscom may partner for TDC bid: sources
Swisscom AG , which is mulling a bid for Denmark's TDC , is talking to buyout firms about divesting parts of TDC's business in the event of any takeover, sources close to the matter said. If Swisscom does proceed with a bid for the...
Vivendi sees profit near $2.4 bln
French telecoms and media group Vivendi Universal SA expects to make an adjusted net profit of close to 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in 2005, its Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy said on Thursday. Levy also told French radio station
Owner of Web Site to Cede Name to Merkel photo
BERLIN (AP) - The election of a woman as Germany's chancellor presented government techies with an immediate challenge. With gender-based spellings in German, the chancellor's Web site could no longer be bundeskanzler.de. Angela Merkel's official title is "Bundeskanzlerin," with the feminine...
Fugitive murder suspect found - on TV
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An eagle-eyed investigator's wife ended a Russian manhunt by spotting a murder suspect's name in the credits of a television show, a newspaper said Tuesday.