Thursday, 4 October 2012

 
The JP’s News this Week :
-Let’s hope that April Jones will be found
-Rail dispute between Virgin Train, and the government.
-Ed Miliband will he be a good leader.
-The X Factor, do we like the judges.
-Travel, Discover California
Latest Headlines:


Tourists walk past a man dressed as human statue depicting a bullfighter in central Madrid October 2, 2012. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

Euro zone considering bond insurance for Spain

MADRID/PARIS - The euro zone is considering aiding Spain by providing insurance for investors who buy government bonds in a move designed to maintain Spanish access to capital markets and minimize the cost to European taxpayers, European sources say. Full Article | Related Story

Bank of England on hold for now, more stimulus on the cards 12:30pm BST

LONDON - The Bank of England shied away from stepping up its programme of government bond buying on Thursday, as the economy is showing signs of growth and new schemes to boost credit may yet spur lending.


A man carrying a girl walks past by the damaged house where five Turkish civilians were killed by a mortar bomb in the southern border town of Akcakale October 4, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Syria

Turkey strikes back at Syria

AKCAKALE, Turkey - Turkey steps up retaliatory artillery strikes on a Syrian border town, killing several Syrian soldiers, while its parliament debates authorising further military action in the event of another spill over of the Syrian conflict. Full Article | Video
Foreign exchange brokers conduct trading in front of an electronic board displaying the Japanese yen's exchange rate against the Chinese yuan at a trading room in Tokyo June 1, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
China

China mounts challenge to dollar's hegemony

BAHRAIN - Fed up with what it sees as Washington's malign neglect of the dollar, China is busily promoting the cross-border use of its own currency. The aim is both narrowly commercial and sweepingly strategic. Full Article
Sony Corp President and Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai attends a news conference at company headquarters in Tokyo in this April 12, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/Files
Technology

Is Sony buying time - or problems?

TOKYO - Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai has spent $1.8 billion in the past three months snapping up an assortment of businesses, leaving investors worrying that he is blowing his firm's waning finances on a muddled plan to revive the fading giant. Full Article | Video
A bread seller makes a victory sign in Tahrir Square, the focus of the February 2011 Egyptian revolution, after the end of voting in the presidential election in Cairo June 18, 2012. REUTERS/Steve Crisp
Egypt

Moving markets and keeping 83 million fed

CAIRO - Nomani Nasr Nomani is arguably the most powerful figure on the global wheat market; he is also the man who ensured Egypt's revolution for freedom didn't turn into a "revolution of hunger". Full Article
Mercedes Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Germany sprays champagne during the podium ceremony after the European F1 Grand Prix at the Valencia street circuit June 24, 2012, in his first appearance on the podium since 2006. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal
Formula 1

Schumacher to retire from F1 again

SUZUKA, Japan - Seven-times world Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is to retire from the sport for a second time at the end of the season, the German driver tells reporters. Full Article
This set of NASA handout images compares the Link outcrop of rocks on Mars (L) with similar rocks seen on Earth (R) REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS and PSI/Handout
Science

Earth's magnetic field overdue a flip

The discovery by NASA's Curiosity rover of evidence that water once flowed on Mars - the most Earth-like planet in the solar system - should intensify interest in what the future could hold for mankind. Full Article

Video

Turkish police use tear gas against anti-war protesters

Turkish police use tear gas against anti-war protesters

Oct 3 - Turkish police use tear gas to disperse a small group of anti-war demonstrators approaching parliament, as Turkey uses artillery against Syrian targets for a second day. Rough cut, no reporter narration.


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