News Headlines - 14 February 2015
▽SMN Weekly – Strong Growth figure from Germany boost Eurozone
The European economy ended 2014 on a high note than economists had forecasted, an official report showed Friday. And a surprisingly strong growth figure for Germany suggested a possible turning point for a region still seeking to recover from the financial crisis.
▽Analysis: NATO expansion at heart of Ukraine crisis - The Washington Post
The Cold War didn’t end. It just took on a 24-year pause. The East-West showdown over Ukraine makes that clear.
As the non-Russian republics broke free in the Soviet collapse and Eastern European Soviet satellite countries snapped the chains of Moscow’s dominion, common wisdom held that the Cold War was over. The victors: The United States and its European allies, bound together in the NATO alliance to block further Soviet expansion in Europe after World War II.
▽BBC News - Ex-HSBC chairman Lord Green steps down from The City UK
Ex-HSBC head Lord Green has stepped down from a leading financial services body, amid claims HSBC may have enabled tax avoidance when he was in charge.
▽'Interstellar' Team Publishes Scientific Paper On Black Holes : Tech Times
"Interstellar" may have shown moviegoers an accurate view of what it is like to be near a black hole, but the film is now accompanied by a scientific paper on the mysterious objects. The film attempted to keep events as scientifically-accurate as possible, and even NASA took part in promotion of the movie.
First there were 200,000 people who wanted to give up life on Earth and travel to Mars – and not return. They included doctors, lawyers, students and, of course, scientists. Yesterday, they were being whittled down to a shortlist of 100, to be announced on Monday. Just 24 of them will get to leave Earth.
