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Asimov’s First Law: Japan Sets Rules for Robots
SPACE.com / LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - May 26 8:00 AM
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is working on a new set of safety guidelines for next-generation robots. This set of regulations would constitute a first attempt at a formal version of the first of Asimov’s science-fictional Laws of Robotics, or at least the portion that states that humans shall not be harmed by robots.Save to My Web
Economy On Hot Pace
CBS News - May 25 9:06 AM
The U.S. economy grew at a 5.3 percent annual rate in the first three months of this year, the fastest in 2? years and stronger than first estimated, the Commerce Department reported.Save to My Web
US economy wobble
The Hindu - May 25 12:20 PM
The US economy is giving off quite a few negative signals: A huge current account deficit of around 6.3 per cent of GDP; the Fed hiking the benchmark rate; a relatively high level of uneployment; and the low domestic savings rate.Save to My Web
Economy booms in first quarter
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat - May 26 4:18 AM
WASHINGTON - The economy showed even more pep than expected in the first quarter, zipping ahead at a 5.3 percent pace. But a less energetic housing market and high energy prices are now taking out some of the oomph.Save to My Web
European Stocks Rise for 2nd Day; Unilever, ThyssenKrupp Gain
Bloomberg.com - May 26 9:45 AM
May 26 (Bloomberg) — European stocks rose for a second day, their first back-to-back gain in two weeks, on optimism that the global economy will expand fast enough to maintain earnings growth.Save to My Web
Hungarian press review 25/05/2006 - Government & Economy
Interfax - May 24 11:44 PM
BUDAPEST. MAY 25. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - NEW CABINET TO GOVERN WITH 13 MINISTRIES. According to reports, the new cabinet of PM Ferenc Gyurcsany will have 13 ministries. As the talks stand, junior governing partner SZDSZ has been presented with the economy, environment and foreign departments.Save to My Web
Economy raced even faster in 1Q
The Pueblo Chieftain - May 26 6:50 AM
WASHINGTON - The economy showed even more pep than initially thought in the first quarter, zipping ahead at a 5.3 percent pace. A slightly less energetic housing market and energy prices are now taking out some of the oomph, federal agencies reported Thursday. We will see softening in the economy, but theres no reason to be pessimistic, said Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at Global Save to My Web
Housing market may slow economy
The Clarion-Ledger - May 26 3:05 AM
WASHINGTON The economy sprinted during the opening quarter of 2006 but may slow to a more leisurely jog through the rest of the year. Economic activity zipped ahead at a 5.3 percent pace in the January-March period, even speedier than initially thought.Save to My Web
Gas prices push economy rental demand
Lincoln Journal Star - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
As gas prices have increased, rental demand for economy and mid-sized cars has increased, local car rental employees report. Michael Van Cleave was flying solo on a business trip, not a family vacation, when he landed in Lincoln after a red-eye flight a few days ago.Save to My Web
Economy Zooms in 1st Quarter
San Francisco Chronicle - May 25 1:23 PM
The economy showed even more pep than initially thought in the first quarter, zipping ahead at a 5.3 percent pace. But a less energetic housing market and high energy prices are now taking out some of the oomph. “I think we sort of had the last hurrah… Save to My Web
INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
The Hindu - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
CLIMATE & WEATHER US expert sees drenchers ahead A well-known US meteorological expert says that prevailing weather indicators suggest persistent rainfall for the next five to seven days between a strong monsoon `low’ off southern Arabia and the Kerala (even Karnataka) coast. “This upper low …Save to My Web
Kroszner: Data need to evolve as economy does
Reuters via Yahoo! News - May 24 9:05 AM
U.S. government statistical agencies need to be “nimble” to ensure their data respond to changes in the economy and should focus more heavily on the most dynamic sectors, Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner said on Wednesday.Save to My Web