| GAO Study Expected to Say Big Banks' Subsidy Has Shrunk (For Now)
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 A highly anticipated government report due to be released July 31 is expected to say big banks received less of a subsidy from the perception that they are "too big to fail." But it remains uncertain whether that would continue to be true in a future crisis or if market conditions change.
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| Russia 'created' MH17 crash conditions
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 US intelligence officials say Russia had no direct role in bringing down MH17, but that they "created the conditions" that led to rebels shooting it down, likely by mistake. Evidence gathered so far suggests separatists launched the SA-11 surface-to-air missile that blew up the Malaysian airliner, but it remains unclear "who pulled the trigger" and why, said a senior ...
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| The pilots of this country need to sober up
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 RANDOM testing has busted 99 tipsy pilots here. The revelation could spark questions over safety procedures and airline discipline. The revelation could fuel questions about airline discipline and whether safety procedures in India's fast-growing industry need to be tightened further. "Since 2011 a total of 99 pilots, ...
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| SOMA for Catalogue
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 This is a recent 3D art collection that we made for the new release of this famous fashion magazine website.
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| Samsung is now selling a $120,000 television
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| Samsung just announced the list price for its new 105-inch UHD television: $120,000. Well, technically, $119,999.99. Courtesy of Samsung So what features are supposed to justify that price? For one, the screen on this television is curved -- one of the big new industry trends. A curved screen is supposed to make whatever you're watching feel more immersive, because it's taking up more of your peripheral vision. And the larger the screen, as you may imagine, the better that effect is. The company says the curve "creates the ultimate cinematic experience." As you might expect, the set comes with a lot of bells and whistles in addition to its 11 million pixels. The TV also uses Samsung's Smart Hub, which means you can display your photos, videos and streaming services such as Netflix onto the big screen. Users can even split the TV screen into four, so they can watch television, stream video, and surf the Web all at once, for those willing to test their sensory overload. The television also comes with some ...
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Courtesy of Samsung
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| Washington starts hunt for a 'model city' for wireless experimentation
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| Chicago (Monika Thorpe) No, the federal government isn't whipping up a new American city from scratch to test out its ideas about the wireless Internet. Can you imagine getting budget approval for that? But it is doing something new and provocative: searching for an urban area in the United States willing to host experiments on how the private sector can tap the limited and valuable radio spectrum that the federal government, by general consensus, currently hogs. Last week, two federal telecommunications agencies put out a call for such a spectrum-sharing "model city." Radio spectrum is the oxygen that gives life to mobile technologies like smartphones and tablets, and the U.S. government has been nudged by many to figure out how the country can wring more use out of the frequencies it controls; as of 2012, according to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, federal agencies dominated some 43 percent of the best radio frequencies. But tests on so-called smart radio or cognitive ...
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Chicago; credit: Monika Thorpe.
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