Brazil’s New Leader Begins in Shadow of Predecessor

Source: By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO – The New York Times SÃO PAULO, Brazil — When Dilma Rousseff assumes the presidency of Brazil on Saturday, she will do so at a time when her country is thriving economically and full of swagger, eager to flex more of its newfound wealth and influence at home and abroad. But [...]

After 25 Years, Larry King Signs Off

Source:  By BRIAN STELTER - New York Times  Google imagens  Joined by a dozen of his favorite guests over the decades, Larry King hosted his final edition of “Larry King Live” on Thursday, ending a 25-year chapter at CNN. The suspenders will remain, he said, but his nightly forum for newsmakers and noisemakers will not. He [...]

iPad news apps may diminish newspaper print subscriptions in 2011

 Source: University of Missouri – EUA The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) recently completed the first phase of a multi-year research project to understand how Apple iPad users consume news content. This initial phase was a cross-sectional survey with 20 questions conducted online from the beginning of September through the end of November. The RJI plans [...]

Bailouts, Reframed as ‘Orderly Resolutions’

 By ROBERT J. SHILLER - New York Times DISTASTEFUL as it may seem, we need to prepare for the next financial crisis, which, of course, will arrive eventually. Right now, though, people are so angry about the recent bailouts of Wall Street that the government may not be able to use the same playbook again. The [...]

Brazilians wait for official results in presidential vote

 By Helena de Moura, CNN (CNN) — Millions of voters lined up across Brazil’s vast territory on Sunday in a heated presidential runoff pitting Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla-fighter-turned-chief-of-staff against Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra. Officials with Brazil’s supreme electoral tribunal (TSE) said 135 million registered voters are expected to choose Brazil’s next head of [...]

EU leaders strive for deal on budget discipline

Fonte:  bbc.co.uk   – Crédito imagen: AP European leaders have begun talks in Brussels amid pressure to rein in the EU budget and set up a mechanism to avert future debt crises. While next year’s EU budget is not formally on the agenda, the UK has been pressing other states to reject a 5.9% rise voted [...]