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November 28, 2009
The reported rescue by his wife. >> plus, its one of the worlds most precious metals and the price of it has been on a meteoric rise. how safe is investing in gold? well talk to one economist about whether or not it could be a bust. >> and russias kremlin calling the deadly train derailment they had an act of terrorism. the bomb blast sending a high speed train off the rails. at least 26 people are dead. as many as 100 more are injured. dana lewis has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter...
November 28, 2009
Commitment by china. the chinese government insists capping the country will limit economic growth and the standard of living. hundreds of millions of chinese depend on coal for energy, so it will be arduous, costly, and only realistic over the very long-term, though some say its possible. >> if you look up to 2050, youll see a lot of different structure of chinese industry compared to today. the share of primary industries, heavy manufacturing, will go down substantially. >> but will it be soon...
November 27, 2009
Examining emissions in a developing country will limit economic growth and the standard of living. hundreds of millions of chinese still depend on coal for energy, so making the transition to a more energy-efficient economy will be arduous, costly and only realistic over the very long term though some say its possible. >> if you look over the next 40 years up to 2050, you will see a rather different structure of chinese industry compared to today. the share of primary industries, heavy manufactu...
November 27, 2009
2020. >> translator: we do not want chinese development to follow western countries traditional high emissions says this chinese official. the measures we are taking indicates we wont follow the old path but choose another one. the new target means emissions will be directly tied to gdp. experts say if china maintains an 8% growth rate, total emissions will still increase dramatically. while its a significant step in the right direction, some argue china could be doing much more. >> china can de...
November 25, 2009
>> reporter: you might have seen these best-selling books. >> yeah, that one looks good. >> reporter: they bring pictures to life when you flip the page. but the man behind the books has been creating other eye-catching art for 20 years. rufus butter cedar calls them light tile. murals that move when you walk by. >> what im after is trying to create an experience which totally takes you by surprise. >> reporter: but how do they work? >> the short answer is, its magic! the slightly longer answer ...
November 25, 2009
For 20 years. he calls them life tiles, murals that move when you walk by. >> what im after is trying to create an experience which totally takes you by surprise. >> reporter: how do they work? >> the short answer is, its magic. the slightly longer answer is its like a flip book. ive taken all of the pages from a flip book and scrambled them all together and ive put them up on the wall and made them animated. >> reporter: life tiles dont use any moving parts, electricity or tricky lighting. just...
November 15, 2009
Dollar is also raising speculation. some foreign banks will boost the gold holdings as an alternative to u.s. currency. by no means would any american soldier consider his or her tour of duty in iraq a vacation, but some u.s. troops do have access to archaeological treasure thats 4,000 years old. in fact, theyre the primary tourists at the site. and many soldiers cant believe how fortunate they are to see it firsthand. still u.s. advisors working to iraqis to expand the variety of future visitor...
November 15, 2009
Dollar is also raising speculation. some foreign banks will boost the gold holdings as an alternative to u.s. currency. by no means would any american soldier consider his or her tour of duty in iraq a vacation, but some u.s. troops do have access to archaeological treasure thats 4,000 years old. in fact, theyre the primary tourists at the site. and many soldiers cant believe how fortunate they are to see it firsthand. still u.s. advisors working to iraqis to expand the variety of future visitor...
October 16, 2009
Steady employment may be for years to come. >> over the next, probably two years, we will continue to see growth. >> we still have people that are good at building things and creating things. >> what the republican mayor and his staff have been good at is luring businesses an jobs into marion using tax breaks and a relentless recruiting pitch. for his efforts, the mayor has a roomful of ceremonial groundbreaking shovels. in five years on the job, over 400 businesses have estimated an estimated $...
October 1, 2009
>> oh, yeah. really dont know how much experience tank has. find something to do, he stays pretty busy. thats pretty much all you can ask for. >> even though rig 28s driller, the day crew is still putting it back together. >> were almost done. looking good. only thing done is the blow-out preventer or b.o.p. >> this is a top part of the b.o.p., if this wasnt to work right, malfunction, all of the gas, all of the pressure would be blown up on the floor. it wouldnt be a good deal at all. >> the b....