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Astronomers find diamond planet Cancri 55 e, twice the size of Earth – Space, Military and Medicine
TWINKLING stars are not the only diamonds in the sky. Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
A diamond bigger than Earth?
LONDON (Reuters) – Forget the diamond as big as the Ritz. This one’s bigger than planet Earth.Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of our Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Russia reveals shiny state secret: It’s awash in diamonds
‘Trillions of carats’ lie below a 35-million-year-old, 62-mile-diameter asteroid crater in eastern Siberia known as Popigai Astroblem. The Russians have known about the site since the 1970s. Original post on csmonitor.com Comments on reddit.com
The Obscenity Police Are Coming
If Mitt Romney is elected, porn stars are worried he may come looking for them. Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
New type of carbon is hard enough to dent diamonds – TG Daily
A new form of very hard carbon clusters with a rather unusual structure is so hard it dented the diamond anvil used in its creation. The clusters are a mix of crystalline and disordered structures -… Original post on tgdaily.com Comments on reddit.com
Bob Diamond’s ‘highly selective’ evidence slammed in MPs’ Libor report – Business – The Guardian
Report also criticises Bank of England and regulator for being slow to notice events leading up to Barclays’ £290m fine Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Apple-Samsung patent lawsuit war: Apple stole from Diamond Touch
As the end of the epic soap opera that is the Apple (AAPL) v. Samsung (005930) trial draws near, Samsung’s turn at the plate kicked off on Monday evening Original post on bgr.com Comments on reddit.com
John Nichols: Activists up the ante on Romney’s London fundraiser
opinion, editorial Original post on madison.com Comments on reddit.com
BBC News – Barclays: FSA regulator criticises ‘culture of gaming’
A senior FSA banking regulator tells MPs that Barclays’ had a ‘culture of gaming’ that came from the top of the bank. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Libor Scandal May Spread to the US Next
Barclay’s Liborgate scandal in the U.K. may just be the beginning. Are Bank of America and JP Morgan next? Original post on policymic.com Comments on reddit.com
LIBOR Banking Scandal Deepens; Barclays Releases Damning Email, Implicates British Government – Matt Taibbi – Rolling Stone
This Libor-manipulation story grows crazier with each passing minute. We have officially disappeared now down the rabbit-hole of the international fin Original post on rollingstone.com Comments on reddit.com
Bob Diamond: banks across the world were fixing interest rates in run-up to the financial crisis – UK, Local & National – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Banks across the world were fixing interest rates in the run-up to the financial crisis but regulators failed to take action to stop it, the former head of Barclays claimed yesterday. Original post on telegraph.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Room temperature quantum bit created – TG Daily
Scientists have taken a big step towards practical quantum computing, with the creation of qubits that can exist in a solid-state system at room temperature. Until now, it’s been necessary to use… Original post on tgdaily.com Comments on reddit.com
John Kay – ‘Not on my watch’: applies to banks and the navy
Barclays CEO Diamond Becomes Political Target Over Libor – Bloomberg
In April 2010, Labour Business Secretary Peter Mandelson called Barclays Plc’s then-President Robert Diamond the “unacceptable face” of banking in a dispute over his pay. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
What Makes Countries Rich or Poor? by Jared Diamond – The New York Review of Books
300,000 times the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field: BLADE’s new 14 Tesla magnet
The first researchers to use the new high-field superconducting magnet at Diamond Light Source, the UKs national synchrotron facility, are searching for hidden magnetic states. If found, they will provide important confirmation of a theoretical model which could have important applications… Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
P&G Said to Seek Termination of Pringles Sale to Diamond Foods After Probe – Bloomberg
Procter & Gamble Co. has decided it will seek to terminate its sale of the Pringles snack business to Diamond Foods Inc., said three people with knowledge of the situation, following the accounting probe that ousted Diamond’s chief executive officer. Original post on bloomberg.com Comments on reddit.com
“Forever” Dies Hard – BlogHer
I didn’t want to sell my engagement ring — more out of obstinate pride than any sentimental reason. When my husband and I got a divorce, I did the tasteful thing and offered to return the ring to him. He told me to keep it. Leaving a cushy executive job made sense if one was going to be a wife. But surely I didn’t think this silly notion of supporting myself as a writer was going to work out? Original post on blogher.com Comments on reddit.com