FRANKFURT — Tensions in the euro zone have eased noticeably since the summer, the European Central Bank said Friday, but it warned that the situation remained fragile in part because commercial banks were still in a weakened state. “There is a risk in spite of the recent improvements,” Vitor Constâncio, the vice president of the E.C.B., said at a press briefing Friday. In its twice-a-year...
The Neediest Cases: Disabled Young Man and His Protective Mother Deal With Life’s Challenges
Label: HealthThough he would prefer to put his socks on without his mother’s help, Zaquan West, 25, does not have a choice. Michelle V. Agins/The New York TimesJoann West is a constant caretaker for her son, Zaquan. Though Ms. West works as a receptionist, the family fell behind on rent. For the past 100 years, The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund has provided direct...
The Neediest Cases: Disabled Young Man and His Protective Mother Deal With Life’s Challenges
Label: LifestyleThough he would prefer to put his socks on without his mother’s help, Zaquan West, 25, does not have a choice. Michelle V. Agins/The New York TimesJoann West is a constant caretaker for her son, Zaquan. Though Ms. West works as a receptionist, the family fell behind on rent. For the past 100 years, The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund has provided direct...
Tool Kit: A Trove of Tablets for Young Hands
Label: TechnologyParents take note. For approximately the price of a child’s bicycle — about $200 — you can purchase what may be the 21st-century equivalent: a tablet computer. Children take their tablets, a term defined loosely, as seriously as they do their bikes. So if you are going to buy one that is for them — not you — you had better involve them in the process. They understand that this single device...
IHT Rendezvous: IHT Quick Read: Dec. 15
Label: WorldNEWS A 20-year-old man wearing combat gear and armed with pistols and a rifle killed 26 people — 20 of them children — in an attack in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, before committing suicide on Friday. It was America’s second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. James Barron reports.European Union leaders pledged on Friday to take further steps...
Dec
14
Citing Internet Standoff, U.S. Rejects International Telecommunications Treaty
Label: BusinessDUBAI — Talks on a proposed treaty governing international telecommunications collapsed in acrimony on Thursday when the United States rejected the agreement on the eve of its scheduled signing, citing an inability to resolve an impasse over the Internet. Kamran Jebreili/Associated PressParticipants at the Dubai conference listened on Dec. 3 to Hamdoun Touré of the International Telecommunication...
Recipes for Health: Red Cabbage, Carrot and Broccoli Stem Latkes — Recipes for Health
Label: HealthAndrew Scrivani for The New York TimesI love finding things to do with broccoli stems. I find that allowing the cabbage mixture to sit for 10 to 15 minutes before forming the latkes allows the cabbage to soften a bit, and the latkes hold together better. 5 cups shredded red cabbage 1/2 pound carrots, shredded (about 1 1/2 cups) 1 1/2 cups shredded peeled broccoli stems ...
Citing Internet Standoff, U.S. Rejects International Telecommunications Treaty
Label: TechnologyDUBAI — Talks on a proposed treaty governing international telecommunications collapsed in acrimony on Thursday when the United States rejected the agreement on the eve of its scheduled signing, citing an inability to resolve an impasse over the Internet. Kamran Jebreili/Associated PressParticipants at the Dubai conference listened on Dec. 3 to Hamdoun Touré of the International Telecommunication...
Top Sichuan Official Removed in Corruption Inquiry
Label: WorldBEIJING — A high-ranking Communist Party leader who was the second most powerful official in China’s southwest Sichuan Province was removed from his posts on Thursday amid corruption allegations that may hint of a wider crackdown on graft. The case of Li Chuncheng, 56, who last month was named an alternate member of the party’s Central Committee, is the most significant of the flurry of vice-and-sex...
Dec
13
Climate Change Threatens Ski Industry’s Livelihood
Label: BusinessCaleb Kenna for The New York TimesA ski lift at Mount Sunapee in Newbury, N.H., where cold weather in late November allowed the resort to open. But higher temperatures quickly returned, melting the resort’s manufactured snow. NEWBURY, N.H. — Helena Williams had a great day of skiing here at Mount Sunapee shortly after the resort opened at the end of November, but when she came back the next day, the...
Another Look at a Drink Ingredient, Brominated Vegetable Oil
Label: HealthJames Edward Bates for The New York TimesSarah Kavanagh, 15, of Hattiesburg, Miss., started an online petition asking PepsiCo to change Gatorade’s formula. Sarah Kavanagh and her little brother were looking forward to the bottles of Gatorade they had put in the refrigerator after playing outdoors one hot, humid afternoon last month in Hattiesburg, Miss. But before she took a sip, Sarah, a...
Another Look at a Drink Ingredient, Brominated Vegetable Oil
Label: LifestyleJames Edward Bates for The New York TimesSarah Kavanagh, 15, of Hattiesburg, Miss., started an online petition asking PepsiCo to change Gatorade’s formula. Sarah Kavanagh and her little brother were looking forward to the bottles of Gatorade they had put in the refrigerator after playing outdoors one hot, humid afternoon last month in Hattiesburg, Miss. But before she took a sip, Sarah, a...
‘Dear Friends’: Pope Takes to Twitter, With an Assist
Label: TechnologyVincenzo Pinto/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesPope Benedict XVI using an iPad to post his first message on Twitter during his weekly audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. ROME — After struggling with the touch screen of an iPad, Pope Benedict XVI dispatched his first Twitter message on Wednesday. “Dear friends,” it read, “I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your...
Dec
11
DealBook: HSBC to Pay $1.92 Billion Fine to Settle Charges Over Laundering
Label: Business2:07 a.m. | Updated State and federal authorities decided against indicting HSBC in a money-laundering case over concerns that criminal charges could jeopardize one of the world’s largest banks and ultimately destabilize the global financial system.Instead, authorities on Tuesday announced a record $1.92 billion settlement with HSBC. The bank, which is based in Britain, faces accusations that it...
Personal Health: When Daily Stress Gets in the Way of Life
Label: HealthI was about to give an hourlong talk to hundreds of people when one of the organizers of the event asked, “Do you get nervous when you give speeches?” My response: Who, me? No. Of course not.But this was a half-truth. I am a bit of a worrier, and one thing that makes me anxious is getting ready for these events: fretting over whether I’ve prepared the right talk, packed the right clothes or forgotten...
Personal Health: When Daily Stress Gets in the Way of Life
Label: LifestyleI was about to give an hourlong talk to hundreds of people when one of the organizers of the event asked, “Do you get nervous when you give speeches?” My response: Who, me? No. Of course not.But this was a half-truth. I am a bit of a worrier, and one thing that makes me anxious is getting ready for these events: fretting over whether I’ve prepared the right talk, packed the right clothes or forgotten...
Huawei to Open Research Center in Finland
Label: TechnologyPARIS — Huawei Technologies, a Chinese maker of telecommunications equipment, said on Monday that it planned to open a research and development center in Helsinki next year, accelerating its investments in Europe, where its business is expanding rapidly. The move illustrates a trans-Atlantic difference in attitudes toward Huawei. The company has been largely shut out of the United States...
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