What in the World have I noticed in the news today?
Financial crisis has world teetering on the brink – welcome to the new normal
Panic on markets reflects a growing mood that Greece will inevitably default, triggering another Great Depression
Canadian finance minister urges European leaders to fix debt crisis quickly
NEW YORK — Canadian Finance Minister James Flaherty says the global economy is at risk of falling into a second recession if European leaders don’t resolve the debt crisis soon.
Flaherty was speaking at a Canada-U.S. Securities Markets Summit in New York. He calls the crisis the world’s most pressing problem.
Israeli Scientist Wins Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Ariel Schalit/Associated Press
Dan Shechtman in Haifa, Israel, on Wednesday after winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry for discovering quasicrystals.
By KENNETH CHANG
Published: October 5, 2011
An Israeli scientist won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering quasicrystals, a material in which atoms were packed together in a well-defined pattern that never repeats.
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