Much of the history of the past 200 years revolved around a single idea. It was the vision that life could be lived in peace and brotherhood if only property were shared by all and distributed equally, eliminating the source of greed, envy, poverty and strife. This idea was called “socialism” and it ...
Areva, France’s state-owned nuclear champion, will report an operating loss of up to €1.6bn this year largely as a result of a ruinous bet made on uranium prices through the 2007 acquisition of a small-cap mining stock. The company paid €1.8bn for UraMin, a Canadian-headquartered company with assets ...
The big-budget adaptation of Green Lantern is a fairly entertaining popcorn movie with a stentorian beginning, a strong finish, and a middle section which feels about a half-hour longer than it actually is. That’s not entirely unwelcome, because GL’s leads are charming when they need to be and engag ...
