Fears

Asian Stocks Trading Lower — Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average slipped slightly, partly reflecting renewed fears the U.S. Senate may not approve a $14 billion bailout for the auto industry passed by the House on Wednesday.... [Tags: asian stocks, auto industry, bailout, fears, japan]

Putin forecasts 'minimal losses' from finance crisis — Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has taken to the airwaves to assuage his people's fears over the country's rapidly accelerating financial crisis, acknowledging that tough times lay ahead but that Russia would survive with "minimal losses".... [Tags: fears, finance, financial crisis, minimal losses, prime minister]

Sky+ glitch sparks fears for programme backups — Although the problem has been fixed, people have been reminded that the technology is in place to block programme copying, writes George Cole... [Tags: backups, fears, george cole, glitch, sky]

The long tail may be vanishing on the social networks — While fears that a few popular sites might wind up dominating the web appear to be unfounded, a new study appears to suggest that social sites like Digg and YouTube may help initially popular stories dominate. Read More...... [Tags: digg, fears, social networks]

Thai court disbands ruling party — BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was banned from politics for five years and his party disbanded on Tuesday, plunging the country deeper into chaos and raising fears of a violent backlash by government supporters.... [Tags: bangkok, chaos, fears, government supporters, reuters]

MacBook Air Rev. B mini-review — We've spent a bit of quality time with the new MacBook Air, and while there's little on the surface to denote a change, Apple did quite a bit under the hood to turn this into a serious laptop -- of sorts. Full disclosure: we (meaning a certain Paul Miller, specifically) have been using a Rev. A MacBook Air for the better part of a year as a primary machine, to very much frustration, so we had some pretty big bones to pick with whatever revision Apple might toss into our laps. Luckily, our fears were unfounded; read on for... [Tags: apple, bones, engadget, fears, frustration]

Esther J. Cepeda: Saving Yourself for Marriage: A Quaint New Custom for the Next Generation — Back in 1996, when Melody LaLuz turned 16, she'd already seen it all: friends gettin' busy, gettin' sick and gettin' pregnant, and she wasn't having any of it. When she learned that 2,000 teenage girls get pregnant everyday and 52,000 cases of sexually transmitted diseases are diagnosed daily (10,000 in teenagers) at a True Love Waits assembly at Lane Technical High School, she vowed to stay a virgin until she got married. What Melody didn't expect was that no one, not even her family, would think this was a good idea. "I went home and I said, 'Mami -- I'm... [Tags: abstinence, aids, blood testing, compatibility, countryside]

Despite steady Black Friday numbers, online shopping falls — Online spending in the U.S. held steady on Friday, despite fears of a slowdown in spending by consumers amid the worsening economic outlook.... [Tags: black friday, consumers, economic outlook, fears, shopping]

Global Recession Pummels Asia Factories, Demand Fades — New orders at Chinese factories tumbled in November while their U.S. retail customers used deep discounts to lure shoppers at the start of a holiday season overshadowed by fears of global recession.... [Tags: asia, chinese factories, fades, fears, global recession]

Despite Steady Black Friday Numbers, Online Shopping Falls — Online spending in the U.S. held steady on Friday, despite fears of a slowdown in spending by consumers amid the worsening...... [Tags: black friday, consumers, fears, shopping, slowdown]

Heart fears may force doctors to separate Faith and Hope Williams — Doctors will decide tomorrow whether to carry out an operation this week to separate the newborn conjoined twins Faith and Hope Williams.... [Tags: doctors, faith and hope, fears, heart, hope williams]

John Kampfner: The politics of intimidation — John Kampfner: The Damian Green arrest confirms my fears about a vengeful government and a supine media... [Tags: fears, intimidation, john kampfner, supine]

The Dark Knight Blu-ray Disc review roundup — Filed under: Reviews, Blu-ray To (mis)quote the infamous Dennis Green: "It was what we thought it'd be." In other words, Warner Brothers' The Dark Knight truly is as mesmerizing and awesome on Blu-ray as it was in theaters. Some very early (and very thorough) reviews have already hit the 'net days before the film's sure-to-be-monumental release, and we've found nothing but praise across the board. Sure, varying critics had varying levels of appreciation for the plot, but when it comes to visual and auditory quality, the Blu-ray transfer delivers. Utterances of "wow," "stunning," and "spectacle" were peppered throughout each and... [Tags: bd, big picture, conclusion, dark knight, dennis green]

MMR vaccination teams move in amid measles outbreak fears — Vaccination teams are to move into schools amid fears of a measles outbreak that could affect up to 100,000 children across the country.... [Tags: fears, measles outbreak, vaccination]

Town mayor fires 400yearold gun firing tradition because it might scare children — A market town's 400yearold Christmas custom of firing muskets into the sky has been banned because of fears the noise will scare children.... [Tags: christmas, christmas custom, fears, muskets, sky]

Own Your Store — In 2009, you will face a whole new business climate. Economic uncertainty, a lack of credit, and a lot of pre-emptive fears will shift how companies treat their employees and vendors in ways that don’t exactly favor the little guy (often times: you). This isn’t a post about social media. It’s a post about what you might be able to do in this climate, and some of it involves social media tools. Effective immediately, become the owner of your store. This is very much the same advice Tom Peters gave a decade or more ago when he told us... [Tags: ben franklin store, business climate, ceo, decade, destination store]

Fed clears BofA/Merrill deal — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday gave formal approval to Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street icon battered by the housing and credit crisis. The 50-billion-dollar stock acquisition had been announced in September at the same time rival Lehman Brothers collapsed and fears were rising over the survival of Merrill, the brokerage giant with the bull sculpture outside its Wall Street headquarters...... [Tags: bank of america, bofa, brokerage giant, credit crisis, fears]

Israel 'fears scath- ing US report' — The United States security coordinator for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, retired general James Jones, is preparing an extremely critical report of Israel's policies in the territories and its attitude toward the Palestinian Authority's security services...... [Tags: attitude, critical report, fears, ing, israel]

Brazil's housing boom shows cracks — Effects of the credit crisis and a drop in consumer spending are felt in several sectors. Just weeks ago, Brazil's housing market was one of the world's most dynamic. But now, the global credit crisis has set up housekeeping, and government efforts to stimulate buying are being trumped by consumers' fears for the future.... [Tags: brazil, consumer spending, consumers, cracks, credit crisis]