January 18, 2012
New lease on life – a Vietnamese man with a 198-lb tumor, a woman with tumors all over the body and another with several covering half her face look forward to bright futures Doctor McKay McKinnon (L) visited Nguyen Duy Hai, 32, on January 8, three days after his 82-kilogram tumor was successfully removed [...]
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December 19, 2011
Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business. One is Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO who just testified [...]
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March 27, 2011
Lovers sit next to lit candles by Hoan Kiem lake during Earth Hour in Hanoi March 26, 2011. Lights went off around the world Saturday as landmark buildings and ordinary homes flipped their switches while the annual "Earth Hour" circled the planet in what was dubbed the world’s largest voluntary action for the environment. In [...]
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February 1, 2010
Vietnamese Ngo Bao Chau has been hired as a professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago Ngo Bao Chau, whose groundbreaking mathematical proof was honored by TIME Magazine as one of the top-10 scientific discoveries of 2009, has been hired as a professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago. According to the universityâs [...]
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January 29, 2010
Mathematician Ngo Bao Chau, who was recently praised as making the most important scientific discovery of 2009 by The Time, has agreed to become a lecturer at Chicago University, USA. According to the Newswise, the Vietnamese mathematician accepted the appointment on January 25. He will become a professor of maths at the American university as [...]
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January 27, 2010
VietNamNet Bridge – Renowned Vietnamese mathematician Ngo Bao Chau has accepted an invitation to become a professor at the University of Chicago. Robert Fefferman, Professor of Mathematics and Dean of the Physics Department at the University of Chicago remarked said that Chau is clearly one of the greatest mathematicians in modern times and that he [...]
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October 3, 2009
Rio de Janeiro of Brazil was chosen here on Friday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. President of International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge, President of Rio 2016 Bids Carlos Nuzman and Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes (L-R) prepare to sign the host city [...]
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June 19, 2009
Figurines presented at the “Tarzan” exhibition at the Quai Branly museum in Paris, held until September 27, 2009 Jungle savior, noble savage, or green superhero? Tarzan’s many mythical faces come under the microscope at a Paris show complete with sounds of the forest, and the hero’s distinctive cry. Tarzan’s ululating call made famous by 1930s [...]
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June 5, 2009
Travelers wait in line to check in for United Airlines flights at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, US, in May 2009 United Airlines, the third-largest US carrier, will negotiate with Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS for an aircraft order that a person familiar with the situation said could call for 150 planes. UAL Corp., [...]
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CME’s Duffy vs MF Global’s Corzine: A question of trust
Terrence Duffy, executive chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group. The drama over the meltdown of the brokerage firm MF Global pivots around a clash between two veteran traders who rose from relatively humble roots to the very top of the futures-trading business. One is Jon Corzine, the firm’s former CEO who just testified [...]
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