Beijing News October 19, FIFA has a sense of "black money" scandal two of the FIFA executive committee launched a formal investigation. Prior to this, the British media exposed, two members of the FIFA Executive Committee is willing to "sell" on the 2018 World Cup bid in the hands of the vote, FIFA has pledged to strictly trace, without leniency.
"FIFA has been opened against two members of the Executive Committee of the proceedings to ascertain whether they are truly in violation of ethics and behavior of the FIFA statute," FIFA on its official Web site also issued a statement, " associated with this issue other FIFA officials will also be investigated. "
Prior to the British "Sunday Times" reported that the country during the 2018 World Cup, FIFA officials tried to sell two of the votes in their hands. The report said its video information in hand, the FIFA Executive Committee, Ada Amos Muslim Nigerians with 50 million pounds trying to sell their votes. This is a serious breach of FIFA regulations. The report also mentioned that the main Oceania Football Confederation for their votes in the conditions out to be the buyer to build a sports school.
FIFA will be announced in the December 2 to obtain the right to host the World Cup 2018 and 2022 the country, the result will be the 24 executive members vote. England, Russia and a joint bid for Spain and Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands will be to fight over the right to host 2018 World Cup. Right to host the 2022 World Cup will be vested in the United States, Japan, Korea, Qatar and Australia, a member of.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Facebook, Microsoft Deepen Search Ties
The companies described the agreement -- a deepening of an existing partnership -- as a big step in improving the personalization of search results for everything from movies to restaurants. The deal could also give Microsoft a way to distinguish Bing from Google's market leading search engine.
At an event Wednesday at Microsoft's Silcon Valley offices, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, without mentioning Google by name, said Microsoft was more willing than others to take chances with its search engine. 'They really are the underdog here,' Mr. Zuckerberg said. 'Because of that they're incentivized go all out and innovate.'
The sharing of personal data between the two giants could raise privacy concerns. Bing will have access to all of the public information about a user and their Facebook friends, including names and photos.
Facebook said all the information shared with Bing had been made public by Facebook users, and added that people could opt out of the new services.
Google has access to more limited Facebook data for its search engine, but a spokesman wouldn't comment on whether it has sought a deal akin to Microsoft's.
'We're always interested in expanding the comprehensiveness of our real-time and social search features, but don't have anything to announce at this time,' the spokesman said.
Facebook executives said they were focused on their partnership with Microsoft at the moment but didn't describe the relationship as exclusive.
The first examples of the collaboration, scheduled to appear Wednesday, will include a special box on Bing's search results that highlights websites to which a person's network of friends have previously indicated they 'liked' on Facebook.
Bing will also feature a service for finding people online -- say, an old roommate. It will display Facebook profiles based on the closest connections to a user's Facebook friends.
Facebook and Microsoft executives said they expect to add further forms of integration between their sites in the future. In 2007, Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook for a 1.6% stake at the time.
While search engines have traditionally determined the relevance of search results through mathematical formulas that rely heavily on linking between Web pages, Microsoft executives said personal connections like the ones found on Facebook can be more authoritative for certain types of searches.
'The best answers aren't going to come from websites, but from people -- and most importantly from people who know something about you,' said Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft's online-audience business.
In an interview, Mr. Mehdi declined to say how much he thought the Facebook partnership could increase its share of the search market. 'I do think this can be a new era in the search game,' he said.
Bing is tapping into Facebook's 'instant personalization' feature, which automatically connects a Facebook ID to another website. Users have the option to opt out of the personalization service both on Facebook's own privacy-settings page and on the top right corner of the Bing search page.
Mr. Zuckerberg said 500 million Facebook users can already go and look up public information on Facebook users, so 'why shouldn't an application be able to do that to give you an awesome experience, too?'
Bing won't send information about searches back to Facebook, so a user's potentially sensitive searches won't get exposed to their friends. Microsoft won't be able to use the Facebook data to target ads on the Bing site, the companies said.
Microsoft has seen its share of U.S. searches rise since introducing Bing last year, but new research released Wednesday showed how far it still lags behind Google.
At an event Wednesday at Microsoft's Silcon Valley offices, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, without mentioning Google by name, said Microsoft was more willing than others to take chances with its search engine. 'They really are the underdog here,' Mr. Zuckerberg said. 'Because of that they're incentivized go all out and innovate.'
The sharing of personal data between the two giants could raise privacy concerns. Bing will have access to all of the public information about a user and their Facebook friends, including names and photos.
Facebook said all the information shared with Bing had been made public by Facebook users, and added that people could opt out of the new services.
Google has access to more limited Facebook data for its search engine, but a spokesman wouldn't comment on whether it has sought a deal akin to Microsoft's.
'We're always interested in expanding the comprehensiveness of our real-time and social search features, but don't have anything to announce at this time,' the spokesman said.
Facebook executives said they were focused on their partnership with Microsoft at the moment but didn't describe the relationship as exclusive.
The first examples of the collaboration, scheduled to appear Wednesday, will include a special box on Bing's search results that highlights websites to which a person's network of friends have previously indicated they 'liked' on Facebook.
Bing will also feature a service for finding people online -- say, an old roommate. It will display Facebook profiles based on the closest connections to a user's Facebook friends.
Facebook and Microsoft executives said they expect to add further forms of integration between their sites in the future. In 2007, Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook for a 1.6% stake at the time.
While search engines have traditionally determined the relevance of search results through mathematical formulas that rely heavily on linking between Web pages, Microsoft executives said personal connections like the ones found on Facebook can be more authoritative for certain types of searches.
'The best answers aren't going to come from websites, but from people -- and most importantly from people who know something about you,' said Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft's online-audience business.
In an interview, Mr. Mehdi declined to say how much he thought the Facebook partnership could increase its share of the search market. 'I do think this can be a new era in the search game,' he said.
Bing is tapping into Facebook's 'instant personalization' feature, which automatically connects a Facebook ID to another website. Users have the option to opt out of the personalization service both on Facebook's own privacy-settings page and on the top right corner of the Bing search page.
Mr. Zuckerberg said 500 million Facebook users can already go and look up public information on Facebook users, so 'why shouldn't an application be able to do that to give you an awesome experience, too?'
Bing won't send information about searches back to Facebook, so a user's potentially sensitive searches won't get exposed to their friends. Microsoft won't be able to use the Facebook data to target ads on the Bing site, the companies said.
Microsoft has seen its share of U.S. searches rise since introducing Bing last year, but new research released Wednesday showed how far it still lags behind Google.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Fresh Currency Solution
After little progress was made on currency issues at the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting over the weekend, the turmoil threatens to overwhelm the agenda of the Group of 20 leaders' summit in Seoul on Nov. 12. South Korean officials worry that unless there is progress at the summit, other countries will decide the G-20 isn't the right forum for dealing with critical global economic issues.
'Every country taking part must not pursue only their national interest,' South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who will be chairman of the summit, said Monday. 'If this happens, I fear the recovery and sustainable growth of the global economy will be put into question.'
In coming days, South Korea will encourage the U.S. and European nations to ease their pressure on China to revalue its currency, people familiar with the effort said, and look for other ways to change the sizable trade surpluses China has generated, which are blamed for a broader imbalance in the global economy.
South Korean officials declined to discuss specifics. Their broad stance first emerged last month, when the country's ambassador to the U.S., Han Duck-soo, raised the use of export targets as part of employing 'some creativity' in the currency fight. People familiar with the South Korean effort note that Japan accepted export limits for a period in the 1980s when it was similarly criticized for trade imbalances.
The idea hasn't yet emerged as an official recommendation from Seoul in China's case. China's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said during the IMF meeting that some Chinese economists also had suggested using export restraints to ease pressure between the U.S. and China, but he said it wasn't being seriously considered.
A U.S. official said the possible use of such trade constraints wasn't part of U.S.-Chinese discussions so far.
'Every country taking part must not pursue only their national interest,' South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, who will be chairman of the summit, said Monday. 'If this happens, I fear the recovery and sustainable growth of the global economy will be put into question.'
In coming days, South Korea will encourage the U.S. and European nations to ease their pressure on China to revalue its currency, people familiar with the effort said, and look for other ways to change the sizable trade surpluses China has generated, which are blamed for a broader imbalance in the global economy.
South Korean officials declined to discuss specifics. Their broad stance first emerged last month, when the country's ambassador to the U.S., Han Duck-soo, raised the use of export targets as part of employing 'some creativity' in the currency fight. People familiar with the South Korean effort note that Japan accepted export limits for a period in the 1980s when it was similarly criticized for trade imbalances.
The idea hasn't yet emerged as an official recommendation from Seoul in China's case. China's central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan, said during the IMF meeting that some Chinese economists also had suggested using export restraints to ease pressure between the U.S. and China, but he said it wasn't being seriously considered.
A U.S. official said the possible use of such trade constraints wasn't part of U.S.-Chinese discussions so far.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Survey: More Americans choose a premarital agreement
Americans are taking a cautious approach to marriage and are seeking more prenuptial agreements before walking down the aisle.
And it is not just the wealthy and famous who are looking to safeguard their assets when a marriage crumbles.
More women and middle-class couples are opting for prenups, which can also include adultery clauses, protection of retirement benefits and even custody of the dog, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)， which represents more than 1600 lawyers.
"It's a planning tool. Given that half of marriages end in divorce it makes sense to plan," said Marlene Eskind Moses, the president of the AAML.
Nearly three quarters of members who responded to the AAML poll reported an increase in prenups in the last five years, and more than half said more women are seeking the legal agreements.
Once thought of as only for the rich and famous, prenups are appealing to all income levels but for different reasons.
"Sometimes it can be a prenuptial to protect against debt so that one is not responsible for debt their spouse accumulated before the marriage," Moses explained.
The legal agreements can also include clauses on financial arrangements such as budgets and whether the couple will have separate bank accounts.
More women are working now than in previous decades and they are earning higher salaries. Women comprised 46.8 percent of U.S. workers in 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor and that number is expected to rise to 46.9 percent in 2018.
"In our historically male-dominated culture women didn't control money and now they need to plan as much as the men. More women have more assets these days and have more control over funds," said Moses, a family lawyer with 30 years of experience.
And it is not just the wealthy and famous who are looking to safeguard their assets when a marriage crumbles.
More women and middle-class couples are opting for prenups, which can also include adultery clauses, protection of retirement benefits and even custody of the dog, according to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)， which represents more than 1600 lawyers.
"It's a planning tool. Given that half of marriages end in divorce it makes sense to plan," said Marlene Eskind Moses, the president of the AAML.
Nearly three quarters of members who responded to the AAML poll reported an increase in prenups in the last five years, and more than half said more women are seeking the legal agreements.
Once thought of as only for the rich and famous, prenups are appealing to all income levels but for different reasons.
"Sometimes it can be a prenuptial to protect against debt so that one is not responsible for debt their spouse accumulated before the marriage," Moses explained.
The legal agreements can also include clauses on financial arrangements such as budgets and whether the couple will have separate bank accounts.
More women are working now than in previous decades and they are earning higher salaries. Women comprised 46.8 percent of U.S. workers in 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor and that number is expected to rise to 46.9 percent in 2018.
"In our historically male-dominated culture women didn't control money and now they need to plan as much as the men. More women have more assets these days and have more control over funds," said Moses, a family lawyer with 30 years of experience.
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