Bullard Urges More Fed Communications to Satisfy Market Cravings – Businessweek

Wall Street JournalBullard Urges More Fed Communications to Satisfy Market CravingsBusinessweekThe Federal Reserve should move to a quarterly monetary report and a press conference after every meeting to enhance communication with financial markets, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said. “Markets crave reassurance from the chair even if not …Bullard'…

Novelist Dubus now looks homeward after gritty memoir

Andre Dubus III put his faded hometown of Haverhill, Massachusetts, on the map of modern literature with his gritty memoir, “Townie.” But Dubus’ native New England did not find a setting in his fiction until he published a collection of novellas, “Dirty Love,” which depicts small-city and …

Analysts still bullish on Netflix as shares tumble – MarketWatch

MarketWatchAnalysts still bullish on Netflix as shares tumbleMarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Analysts remained mostly bullish on Netflix Thursday, a day after the company's third-quarter earnings showed a disappointing new-subscriber number and lower-than-expected fourth-quarter profit outlook, sparking a sharp …Investors slam Netflix due to slowing …

Ebola escalation could trigger major food crisis

On the eve of World Food Day on Thursday, U.N agencies and non-governmental organizations are scrambling to scale up efforts to avert widespread hunger. “The world is mobilizing and we need to reach the smallest villages in the most remote locations,” Denise Brown, the U.N. World …

UN Members to Elect 5 Countries to Security Council – Voice of America

Voice of AmericaUN Members to Elect 5 Countries to Security CouncilVoice of AmericaUNITED NATIONS—. U.N. member states elected five countries to the Security Council on Thursday, each for a two-year term. Angola, Venezuela and Malaysia were put forth by their regional groups and ran uncontested, easily achieving more than …

Prize and prejudice – Tehelka

TehelkaPrize and prejudiceTehelkaMonday evening was relatively peaceful after the media scrum over the past weekend. A few hangers-on could be seen waiting outside the L-6 office of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan in Kalkaji, a south Delhi neighbourhood, while the staff flitted in and out of …In Malala's hometown …