Target officials did not respond to requests for comment

Oded Orbach, one of two U.S. citizens among a group of men accused in 2011 of trying to sell weapons to people they thought were Taliban militants, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.

The Secret Service is investigating, according to a spokesman for the agency, which safeguards the nation’s payment systems. Target officials did not respond to requests for comment.

Investigators believe the data was obtained via software installed on machines that customers use to swipe magnetic strips on their cards when paying for merchandise at Target stores, according to the person who was not authorized to discuss the matter and declined to provide further details.

They were arrested by Romanian authorities in coordination with the DEA in February 2011, according to prosecutors.

On Monday, Harvard evacuated four buildings, Nike Air Max footwear  including classroom facilities and a dormitory, on its centuries-old campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after receiving e-mails claiming “shrapnel bombs” had been placed in two of the buildings.

The message said bombs had been placed in two of four named buildings and added, “guess correctly … be quick for they will go off soon.”

“This is a very serious obligation,” Dein said. nike free run 2 “If you do go on the (Harvard) grounds you must be escorted.”

A Harvard spokesman declined on Wednesday to comment on whether Kim remained a student at the Ivy League university.

“There’s no way that a massive police response and the shutdown of several buildings at HarvardUniversity is going to result in anything less than a federal prosecution,” Nike Basketball footwear Nolan said.

“Kim stated that he was in Emerson Hall at 9:00 a.m. when the fire alarm sounded and the building was evacuated,” said an affidavit by the FBI agent. “According to Kim, upon hearing the alarm, he knew that his plan had worked.”

The biggest credit card breach at a U.S. retailer reported to date was an attack against TJX Cos, the parent of TJ Maxx and Marshalls. free run 3.0v4  The company disclosed in March 2007 that data from 45.7 million payment cards had been stolen by hackers over 18 months. Banks later asserted in court documents the hackers could have obtained more than 94 million account numbers.

“Today’s sentence ensures that Oded Orbach will be held to account for agreeing to provide over $25 million in military-grade weapons, including heat-seeking surface-to-air-missiles, to a source he believed represented the Taliban, and even though he knew the weapons would be used against the U.S.,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement on Wednesday.

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China vowed last month to do away with hundreds of labor camps

China is increasingly using extra-judicial “black jails” and drug rehabilitation centers to punish people who would formerly have been sent to forced labor camps, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

China vowed last month to do away with hundreds of labor camps, as part of a landmark package of social and economic reforms. Official news agency Xinhua has said there are 350 such camps across the country, with up to 160,000 inmates.

The United States has said it does not recognize an air defense zone imposed by Beijing amid friction with Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

China is also locked in territorial rows with South East Asian nations over swathes of the South China Sea. nike free running shoeBeijing has said it might set up a similar air defense zone there.

A day after the United States gave $32.5 million to stiffen maritime security in South East Asia, the bulk of it for Vietnam, Kerry said the United States would provide $40 million to the Philippines over three years to build its capacity to police the South China Sea.

Amnesty, in a report based on more than 60 interviews with families, lawyers and former inmates conducted over five years, found the use of other forms of extra-judicial detention, especially drug rehab facilities, had widened and could supplant the labor camp system.

“Many of the policies and practices which resulted in individuals being punished for peacefully exercising their human rights by sending them to re-education through labor camps have not fundamentally changed: quite the contrary,”   nike free run 5  Amnesty said.

“Black jails”, or unofficial detention facilities, are also being used more often, and as they have no legal basis in Chinese law, detainees are potentially at even greater risk of rights violations than in labor camps, it said.

The Chang’e 3 probe, named after a goddess in traditional Chinese mythology, landed on the moon on Saturday, setting down a lunar rover called the “Jade Rabbit”.

U.S. Marines and humanitarian groups have joined in a multi-million-dollar relief effort to deliver aid to survivors.

While the United States has said it does not intend to open new military or naval bases in the region,    air max 90   Kerry will discuss ways that the United States can help respond quicker during disasters.

Many labor camps said to have shut down have been rebranded as drug rehab centers or used for other forms of detention, Amnesty added.

Former detainees told Amnesty that drug detox institutions were very similar to the old labor camps, though a greater proportion of prisoners might be addicts.

The drug rehab camps were also used to punish political and religious dissidents “whether or not there is any evidence of them being addicted to drugs,” Nike Lebron James X  the report said. Inmates can be held there for two years or more without trial.

Torture was rife in labor camps, Amnesty said.

“Our country’s lunar exploration program is a technology program for the peaceful uses of outer space, as well as an open program,” said Wu, citing cooperation with Russian and European counterparts and international bodies.

China has not said what will happen to current camp prisoners in the camps, or what will replace the system of re-education through labor.

The government has also expanded the use of what Amnesty calls “brainwashing centers,” which China calls “legal education classes”, as well as secret black jails, which are not acknowledged at all, the report said.

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China vowed last month to do away with hundreds of labor camps, as part of a landmark package of social and economic reforms

China is increasingly using extra-judicial “black jails” and drug rehabilitation centers to punish people who would formerly have been sent to forced labor camps, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

China vowed last month to do away with hundreds of labor camps, as part of a landmark package of social and economic reforms. Official news agency Xinhua has said there are 350 such camps across the country, with up to 160,000 inmates.

But many of those in extra-judicial jails and rehabilitation centers are being punished for their political or religious beliefs, asics gel noosa tri 8  the London-based rights group said.

“It will be necessary to wait for a declaration from Congress’s permanent committee, which will surely happen in the coming days, and once that happens, I will immediately enact the reform,” Pena Nieto said while on a state visit to Turkey.

“Black jails”, or unofficial detention facilities, are also being used more often, and as they have no legal basis in Chinese law, detainees are potentially at even greater risk of rights violations than in labor camps, it said.

Many labor camps said to have shut down have been rebranded as drug rehab centers or used for other forms of detention,  asics running shoes Amnesty added.

Former detainees told Amnesty that drug detox institutions were very similar to the old labor camps, though a greater proportion of prisoners might be addicts.

The drug rehab camps were also used to punish political and religious dissidents “whether or not there is any evidence of them being addicted to drugs,” the report said. Inmates can be held there for two years or more without trial.

Torture was rife in labor camps, Amnesty said.

Those interviewed described being deprived of food, water and sleep, being beaten by other inmates, having their flesh burned with metal rods,  asics t139n   and being subjected to simulated drowning.

Denmark and Norway are planning to use two cargo vessels to take the chemicals out of the Syrian port city of Latakia, escorted by two frigates from their navies.

The treatment was often sparked by detainees’ refusal to renounce religious beliefs or stop petitioning the government.

China has not said what will happen to current camp prisoners in the camps, asics t214n  or what will replace the system of re-education through labor.

The government has also expanded the use of what Amnesty calls “brainwashing centers,” which China calls “legal education classes”, as well as secret black jails, which are not acknowledged at all, the report said.

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The outlook seemed bleak for Richie Boucher

In March 2011 Bank of Ireland had four months to find 4.2 billion euros or the government would seize control. The country’s central bank was issued powers to fire senior financiers. The outlook seemed bleak for Richie Boucher.

Analysts expect Apple’s revenue to increase by $13.2 billion in its fiscal year ending September 2014, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Apple declined to comment on its negotiations with China Mobile. China Mobile spokeswoman Rainie Lei said talks were ongoing and declined to elaborate.

Nine years after the two companies first announced plans for the joint venture, they finally inked a $1.3 billion 50-50 partnership to introduce the French carmaker’s own locally assembled models in the world’s biggest auto market.

And China Mobile will likely have to wait at least a year for its payout as it spends billions of dollars to build a 4G network so customers can make full use of their iPhones.

But its performance has been mixed. asics gel noosa tri 8  Where once there were lines around the block for the newest iPhone, now Apple faces intense competition from Samsung plus a host of local players such as Xiaomi making cheaper smartphones.

The deal allows Renault to fully tap demand in China, something it has been unable to do until now because of the lack of a strong local partner. China’s central government requires all foreign automakers to have a local partner to be allowed to produce cars in the country.

His resilience is also highly respected. While other banking bosses quit during the crisis to retire on large pensions,   asics t264n Boucher has held on to the top job amid intense scrutiny and his performance has won grudging respect.

“Apple is definitely going to have to increase marketing spend,” said Bryan Wang, a Beijing-based analyst with Forrester Research.

“Apple is going to gain revenues from China through the upcoming China Mobile agreement. But its next question will be how to further compete with competitors after the first year.”

One was with Bill McMorrow, head of US real estate investment firm Kennedy Wilson. As he went to talk to Boucher, Ireland was still reeling from its capitulation to an international bailout, bond yields were rising and bank depositors fleeing.

Nonetheless, asics t356nBoucher coolly suggested McMorrow gather some friends and invest 1.1 billion euros ($1.5 billion).

AFTER THE GOLD RUSH

The last of the big-name carrier signings marks a shift in the smartphone battle: once availability is no longer an issue, marketing becomes the deciding factor.

Samsung has the spending edge.

The South Korean titan is expected to spend around $14 billion on advertising andmarketing this year. Samsung spends a bigger chunk of its annual revenue on advertising and promotion than any of the world’s top 20 companies by sales – 5.4 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data. Apple spends just 0.6 percent.

The central bank’s intensive review of the directors that made it through the crisis – less than a handful – gave Boucher the all clear last year.  asics mens running shoes  Finance Minister Michael Noonan, who in April 2011 had threatened to fire any survivors, said earlier this year that it was difficult to argue that Bank of Ireland were not doing a good job.

McMorrow added that of all his friends working “at very high levels”, he’s never seen anyone work as hard as Boucher, who, when asked in an interview to name his favorite film, had to apologize and admit he hadn’t seen one in a long, long time.

“If you didn’t have Richie Boucher there, I know we, our consortium, would not have been there,” Watsa told Reuters. “Richie Boucher, in my mind is the reason that Bank of Ireland is a free standing bank.”

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What gets travelers abroad isn’t so much infectious disease or homicide – it’s road safety

Young people whose parents tend to fight with each other or are over involved in their kids’ lives are at increased risk of depression and anxiety, according to a new comprehensive review of past studies.

Kids tend to first experience depression or anxiety between ages 12 and 18, the authors write. They reviewed 181 papers published on potential links between how parents behave and which young people experience either disorder.

Bishai, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Maryland, led the new study.

But, “there is a gap in funding now,” he said. nike free run 3 running shoes  “What gets travelers abroad isn’t so much infectious disease or homicide – it’s road safety.”

Health risks during international travel can be tricky to measure and the U.S. Department of State spends $51.6 billion annually to protect U.S. citizens both abroad and at home, according to the report.

Parents who were less warm, fought more, were over-involved or generally “aversive” had kids who more often experienced both depression and anxiety, according to the review in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

“In our meta-analysis, (aversiveness) includes harshness, meanness, sarcasm, hostility, criticism, nike free run punishment and shaming or rejecting behaviors by the parent towards the teenager, as well as parent-teen conflict,” Yap said.

The sources asked not to be identified because the sale process is private. A spokeswoman for private equity and venture capital-backed Ikaria declined to comment. American Securities, GTCR and BC Partners also declined to comment, while Madison Dearborn and Onex did not respond to requests for comment.

Hampton, New Jersey-based Ikaria’s main drug INOMAX delivers nitric oxide gas to treat newborns with serious trouble breathing, allowing for more oxygenated blood to circulate in their bodies.  Nike Free Run  It also has a pipeline of what it calls “critical care” products for patients with life-threatening injuries or disease.

“One limitation of the study, which the authors acknowledge, is that we still do not know the characteristics of people who travel to different countries,” Naci said.

The U.S. Commerce Department provided the researchers with the number of outgoing trips, but Bishai agreed that “to do a better study, we would need finer measurements of the number of days of exposure in these countries.”

“So in large part it can be summed as ‘meanness’,   Nike Womens Shoe but it can also reflect a fracture in the parent-teen relationship where conflict is frequent, intense and unresolved.”

Identifying parental factors linked to depression could help inform prevention efforts, she said.

“But the most important message for parents, perhaps by way of a caveat, is this: Don’t blame yourselves when things go wrong,” Yap said. “Such research evidence should be used to inform and empower parents in enhancing their children’s mental health, not to use for blaming them.”

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it should discourage any potential aggressor

More than 200 rescuers feared for the worst when a couple and four children vanished this week in the bitterly cold Nevada wilderness. But two days after their ill-fated trip to play in the snow Sunday, the family was found in good condition. By Wednesday, the mother and a child were released from the hospital.

Authorities said the family survived temperatures of 16 degrees below zero with warm clothes and ingenuity — they started a campfire and warmed rocks to capture heat.

Another 182 passengers and crew aboard the Boeing 777 were injured, in the first fatal commercial airline crash in the United States since 2009.

A summary of Captain Lee Kang-Kuk’s interview with US air accident investigators was made public as part of a day-long National Transportation Safety Board hearing in the US capital.

“We heard a lot today,” NTSB chief Deborah Hersman told reporters at the end of the hearing, adding that the case remained a top priority for the federal agency.

While the final report should be ready by the first anniversary of the crash, asics gel noosa tri 8 Hersman said “we will take as long as we need to complete the investigation.”

He said that it should discourage any potential aggressor.

“We have never underestimated the role of nuclear weapons … as a ‘great equalizer,'” Rogozin said.

Asked for reaction, an official at North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels said, “NATO has stated repeatedly that it does not view Russia as an adversary. Last year at the Chicago Summit, NATO leaders reiterated their desire to see a true strategic partnership between NATO and Russia. NATO is committed to the principles laid out in the Founding Act of the NATO-Russia Council,  asics nimbus 14 running shoes and works productively with Russia across a range of issues of common concern.”

“Asked about whether he was concerned about his ability to perform a visual approach, he said, ‘very concerned, yeah,'” according to the NTSB summary.

“Asked what aspect he was most concerned about, he said ‘the unstable approach'” — the ability to set up an airplane for landing at a precise speed, direction and rate of descent, the document said.

“He added, ‘exactly controlling the descent profile and the lateral profile, that is very stressful.'”

Lee had flown Airbus A320s for Asiana from 2005 until February this year,  kayano 18 running shoes when he began training to master the bigger 777.

The U.S. plans included modifying some of the existing nuclear-armed missiles to carry conventional warheads as well as designing new vehicles capable of traveling at least five times the speed of sound.

Russian officials said that such U.S. weapons wouldn’t fall under any restrictions but would have combat efficiency comparable to nuclear weapons, and thus should be included in any prospective nuclear arms reduction talks.

AAA recommends delaying trips if bad weather is in the forecast. If that’s not possible, let others know your route, clearance asics shoes  and be cautious about the road less traveled. Even though the family drove a Jeep, it flipped in soft snow and stopped running.

“Consider how remote some of these places are — consider the vehicle you’re in and what can happen,” said Howe.

If a road looks sketchy, retrace your steps instead of forging onward.

“When things start going sideways, retreat to a position of safety,” Howe said.

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How do you maintain what they call a fortress balance sheet while also investing in the product line and regional opportunities around the world?

General Motor Co’s (GM.N) incoming president has gone to great lengths to prove that while he is the U.S. automaker’s chief financial officer, he is not just a “bean counter.”

Named to his new position on Tuesday, Dan Ammann will fill what many analysts and investors saw as a gap in his resume by managing GM’s regional operations around the globe and perhaps preparing himself to take over as CEO one day.

The final version of the Volcker rule, required by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law, strives to draw a much clearer line for what qualifies as a hedge fund or private equity fund.

Sealing a deal ahead of next week’s meeting of EU leaders will allow Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and her peers to trumpet an important overhaul of banking although their readiness to share the costs of failed lenders,  nike free run shoe  a central tenet of banking union, may fall short of what was hoped.

Significant divisions remain. A quick succession of daily meetings have been planned to seal agreement when the ministers meet on the eve of the leaders’ two-day summit on December 19-20.

“We have sent a common signal to the markets that the European banking sector is stable,” Wolfgang Schaeuble, Germany’s finance minister, told reporters.

After a financial storm that toppled banks and dragged down states from Ireland to Spain, countries are considering a fresh blueprint outlining what to do when a bank fails,  free run 2  a critical second pillar of a wider reform dubbed banking union.

Also, when the original Volcker proposal was drafted, the SEC “didn’t have much data on the types or number of hedge funds or private equity funds” that would be covered, he added.

Not every entity that hoped for exemptions got them. Venture capital funds, credit funds, cash management vehicles and cash collateral pools were included as “covered funds.”

SHARING THE COST

Winning German’s support will also require countries to back an early introduction of rules to impose losses on senior bondholders and large depositors in failing banks,  free run 3  as was done in Cyprus.

Germany has long called for such a fast-tracking of rules, which were originally planned only for 2018.

“Regulators appear to have heard our concerns,” said Paul Schott Stevens, the chief executive of the Investment Company Institute, an industry group.

While much bank angst has been directed at the restrictions on proprietary trades for banks’ own profits, the rule also prohibits banks from owning more than 3 percent of any individual hedge fund or private equity fund.  nike free running shoe It also bans banks from investing more than 3 percent of their total equity capital in private funds.

Alan Baum, an industry consultant, said, the enhanced role Ammann will fill shows that GM knows that it also needs to have someone with his financial expertise near the top.

“How do you maintain what they call a fortress balance sheet while also investing in the product line and regional opportunities around the world? His non-automotive experience will remain in play,” said Baum.

Ammann will retain his CFO duties, nike running shoes which he assumed in April 2011, until at least the company’s next quarterly earnings report in early February. The New Zealand native joined GM in 2010 as vice president of finance and treasurer.

This promotion was announced a day after the U.S. Treasury said it had sold the last of its GM shares, which could clear the way for the restoration of a common stock dividend for investors.

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As far as we know now, there was no Singaporean involved in the riot

North Korea announced on Monday the dismissal of Jang Song Thaek, the once powerful uncle of leader Kim Jong Un, for what it described as a string of criminal acts including mismanaging the economy, corruption, womanising and drug-taking.

The sacking of the man regarded as the second most powerful in the secretive state comes after reports in South Korean media that one of his aides had sought asylum in South Korea.

The unidentified aide, who managed funds for Jang, was being protected by South Korean officials in a secret location in China, cable news network YTN and the Kyunghyang Shinmun newspaper said on Friday,   free run on clearance citing sources familiar with the matter.

The riot is likely to fuel concerns about discontent among low-paid foreign workers. Last year, Singapore saw its biggest outbreak of labor unrest in years when around 170 bus drivers from mainland China went on strike illegally.

Several videos posted online showed a crowd of people smashing the windscreen of the bus while the victim remained trapped under the vehicle.

Police said the 27 arrested were of South Asian origin and that they expected to make more arrests in coming days. nike shoes About 300 officers were sent on to the streets to quell the riot.

The country recently tumbled 10 places to rank 40th in a global index of perceived official corruption following a spate of scandals in the ruling People’s Party and the royal family.

“Shortly after, a riot broke out involving a crowd of about 400 subjects”, it said in a statement, adding that around 10 police officers were injured.

Singapore Police Force Commissioner Ng Joo Hee said: “As far as we know now, there was no Singaporean involved in the riot.”

“The unwanted violence, rioting, destruction of property, fighting the police, is not the Singapore way,”  shop nike free  Ng said.

Rajoy said the worst was over for Europe and member states must now work towards greater growth and integration.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in a Facebook post, called the riot a “very grave incident”.

“Whatever events may have sparked the rioting, there is no excuse for such violent, destructive, and criminal behaviour. We will spare no effort to identify the culprits and deal with them with the full force of the law,”  free run  he wrote.

About 25,000 North Koreans have defected to the South but few of them were highly placed in Pyongyang.

The highest-profile defection was Hwang Jang Yop, a Worker’s Party ideologue who was the architect of the Juche (self-reliance) ideology of North Korea. He sought asylum in the South in 1997.

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Obviously I had employed another caddie (Kerr) so it was only fair to him to give him a run

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has been fined $100,000 for interfering with a kickoff return in last week’s game against the Baltimore Ravens, the National Football League said on Wednesday.

Former world number one Westwood has piled up 16 top-10 finishes in golf’s blue riband events, including eight top-threes, and would dearly love to fill that ‘major’ gap in his otherwise glittering resume.

“Winning a major is probably the pinnacle of everybody’s career,” the 40-year-old Englishman told Reuters while preparing for Thursday’s opening round of the Tiger Woods-hosted Northwestern Mutual World Challenge.

“My swing hasn’t been in sync all of this year, really and I’ve sort of been fumbling my way around the golf course. asics gel noosa tri 8  It’s something I’m going to work on over the winter,” said the Briton, long renowned for the quality of his ball-striking.

Westwood is also delighted to have his longtime caddie Billy Foster back on his bag, the pair having split up 18 months ago after Foster suffered a knee injury while playing in a charity soccer match.

“I was just waiting for him (Foster) to get fit really,”   asics gel noosa tri 7 said Westwood. “Obviously I had employed another caddie (Kerr) so it was only fair to him to give him a run. But it’s nice to have Billy back on the bag.”

Eden Hazard starred for Chelsea by scoring twice as they edged a seven-goal encounter 4-3 with Frank Lampard and a Phil Bardsley own goal the other names on the scoresheet for the visitors.

Sergio Aguero opened the scoring on nine minutes and two goals from Yaya Toure, the second a penalty, asics shoes helped them to a 3-0 lead.

ManchesterCity also came out on top by a single goal, beating West Brom 3-2 as they welcomed back captain Vincent Kompany after a two-month injury layoff.

“I accept the penalty that I received. I will no longer address this issue as I am preparing for an important game this Sunday against the Miami Dolphins.”

“I take full responsibility for my actions, and I apologize for causing negative attention to the Pittsburgh Steelers organization,”  asics gel kinsei 4 running shoes  Tomlin said in a statement.

The first, a stunning volley into the top corner from almost 40 meters, was followed by a more modest poacher’s effort, before he wowed the home fans further by juggling the ball and cracking in an unstoppable shot from distance.

In speaking to reporters at the Steelers training facilities on Tuesday, Tomlin expressed regret.

“As head coaches we’re held to higher standards of conduct. That blunder fell woefully short and in that vein I accept … the repercussions of a blunder of that nature,” he said.

“With my position comes preserving the integrity of the game of football.”

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They’re really interesting places where people can gather, and it’s a real experience in terms of sights and sounds and smells

Corruption is bad and getting worse in three Middle Eastern countries that experienced Arab Spring uprisings launched in part to combat graft and other abuses, according to a survey released Tuesday by an international watchdog group.

Transparency International cited on-going political instability in Yemen, Syria and Libya for the rise in corruption.

On a scale where zero is a country perceived to be highly corrupt and 100 perceived to be very clean, Yemen’s rating fell five points to 18, asics gel noosa tri 8Syria dropped nine points to 17, and Libya was down six points to 15. Iraq, still reeling from the effects of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, also dropped from 18 to 16.

“They’re really interesting places where people can gather, and it’s a real experience in terms of sights and sounds and smells. That’s what we’re trying to create here in a more sophisticated, modern way,” he said.

The walking mall will feature a spice market, a butcher shop, and the first Swarovski store that will allow customers to haggle over crystals.

“We don’t know what they are going to take,”  asics gel kinsei 4 running shoes  Sole said. “The judge said he would not tolerate steep cuts. What’s steep?”

The judge, who wondered aloud why the bankruptcy had not happened years ago, said pensions can be altered just like any contract because the state constitution does not offer bulletproof protection for public employee benefits. But he signaled a desire for a measured approach and warned city officials that he would not “lightly or casually” sign off on just any cuts.

Rhodes agreed with unions and pension funds that the city’s emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, had not negotiated in good faith in the weeks ahead of the July filing, a key condition under federal law.  asics gel noosa tri 7 But he said the number of creditors — more than 100,000 — and a wide array of competing interests probably made that “impossible.”

Detroit “could have and should have filed for bankruptcy long before it did. Perhaps years,” the judge said.

The Bazaar team is not alone in betting on increased interest in Las Vegas retail. Last month, the Treasure Island hotel-casino announced it would end its free pirate show to make way for new shops, which are also expected to open in the fall of 2014.

Business has never been better at Strip malls, according to David Hoenemeyer, president of Bally’s, Paris and Planet Hollywood, all owned by Caesars Entertainment Corp.

Egypt’s score remained unchanged at 32, asics gel nimbus 14  but Wilcke noted that the report was based primarily on surveys from the first half of the year before the turmoil that ensued after the military removed President Mohammed Morsi in July.

The index measures the perception of corruption in the public sector. Wilcke said that there is a general feeling of corruption across the board in the Middle East, including police, judiciary, and government procurement offices.

The city has argued that bankruptcy protection will allow it to help beleaguered residents who for years have tolerated slow police responses, darkened streetlights and erratic garbage pickup — a concern mentioned by the judge during a nine-day trial that ended Nov. 8.

Before the July filing, nearly 40 cents of every dollar collected by Detroit was used to pay debt, a figure that could rise to 65 cents without relief through bankruptcy, according to the city.

Greece, one of the countries hit hardest by the European financial crisis, ranked in 80th place with a score of 40 ,  asics gel kayano 18   though that was still an improvement of four points over last year’s result. By contrast Spain, whose economy is also suffering, dropped six points to 59 points and placed 40th on the list.

Most significant in Europe, however, is that the perception in most countries changed very little, she said.

“It’s stagnation and governments need to act more,” Rigamonti said. “Corruption is still a big problem in Europe.”

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