Alan Greenspan has just released a 48-page essay titled 'The Crisis' via the Brookings Institute, which the Economist bills as the latest defense of his performance as federal reserve chairman. In a similar vein to Ben Bernanke, Mr. Greenspan argues that while he controlled short-term interest rates, ... - read more at Clusterstock.com

MIT's legacy as one of the world's most prestigious technical universities has a curious byproduct -- a history of clever pranks, or "hacks." On Monday April 27, 2009, hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology placed a replica of an MBTA's Red line car on the Great Dome at MIT. Scroll through ... - read more at Boston Globe

Masterpak is further integrating environmentally-friendly practices in its daily operations, planning and decision-making processes. Masterpak is a plastic PE film manufacturer in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon. In addition to complying with all applicable Lebanese environmental laws and regulations, the film ... - read more at AME Info

Al Tayer Trends has inaugurated the first Crate and Barrel store in the Middle East at the Mall of Emirates in Dubai. The homeware store is the brand's first venture outside North America. Barbara Turf, CEO of Crate and Barrel said the new Dhs30m store offers the perfect launch pad for the brand's global ... - read more at AME Info

BEIJING (AFP) - The trial of four Rio Tinto employees next week will be widely watched as a test of whether China is willing to honour commitments to foreign investors and be a responsible member of t... - read more at Japan Herald - asia pacific news

Houma-based Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. subsidiary Gulf Island Marine Fabricators L.L.C. will be a subcontractor on two 60-meter offshore support vessels for the Iraqi Navy. - read more at Topix

team of investigators from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve who were embedded at Lehman headquarters with the sole purpose of ferreting out accounting sleight-of-hand. Ho... - read more at Japan Herald

Saudi Telecom Co (STC) has launched 'Naqaa Net', a new feature which allows customers to control network access by switching between the standard internet network and a "pure" network which aims to protect users' children and other family members, Saudi Gazette has reported. The new service allows users ... - read more at AME Info

Hewlett-Packard Co signed a strategic deal with Polycom Inc to sell the video conferencing company's products and said it was terminating itsrelationship with Norway's Tandberg ASA. - read more at Business Standard

Lead poisoning may not be high on the list of things most Americans are worried about these days, but several articles in last week's New England Journal of Medicine suggest that a little more worryin... - read more at Japan Herald

A big African deal signals a partial thaw in Rio Tinto's relations with ChinaIN ONE respect Rio Tinto's relationship with China is clear. That country accounted for a quarter of the mining giant's revenues in 2009, mainly because of China's voracious appetite for iron ore. In other respects their relationship ... - read more at The Economist - News Analysis

Is Congress about to derail the economy? Fundamentals don't matter until they do CA housing is double dipping Morgan Stanley: prepare for a sell-off How to avoid getting your face ripped off Three things I think I think Is China about the lead us into a double dip? 1 - read more at Benzinga