Category Archives: Idiomas

Notre cerveau, machine à illusions

En 1966, le psychiatre britannique John Barker fondait le Bureau britannique des prémonitions. Six ans auparavant, il avait mis à profit l’effondrement d’un terril sur une école du Pays de Galles, qui avait tué 144 personnes (dont 139 écoliers), pour lancer dans la presse un singulier appel à témoins : il souhaitait savoir si quelqu’un avait prévu le drame. Il reçut 60 lettres, dont la moitié des auteurs indiquaient avoir eu une telle prémonition, en rêve.
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You may have heard stories about a ‘special’ connection existing between identical twins. Here are a few examples that British author Guy Lyon Playfair has culled from hundreds of anecdotes collected by other researchers:
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Ein Genie, das nicht Genie heißen will

Moshe Kai Cavalin studiert Mathematik, hat ein Ratgeberbuch geschrieben, und er ist erst 14 Jahre alt. In seinem Erstling erklärt das amerikanische Wunderkind, dass auch andere junge Leute alles erreichen können, wenn sie nur hart arbeiten. Man müsse keine Intelligenzbestie sein.
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La crise financière en questions
http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2008/09/16/la-crise-financiere-en-questions_1095762_3234.html

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Há três semanas, na crónica “O futuro do euro”, defendi que a Grécia estava a um passo de ter de abandonar a moeda única, em face de uma cessação de pagamentos que se seguiria ao fim da ajuda europeia. Escrevi aquelas linhas mesmo sabendo de uma importante cimeira que se avizinhava e da qual, para minha grande surpresa, resultou uma nova e derradeira tentativa de oxigenar a Grécia, através de um perdão da dívida, alicerçada num programa de recapitalização bancária cujo objectivo final, não nos equivoquemos, é na realidade o salvamento dos bancos dos países credores da zona euro, a expensas dos accionistas privados, mas em benefício dos seus respectivos depositantes. Em suma, as decisões daquela reunião de governantes europeus foram positivas, na medida em que procuravam salvaguardar a solidez do sistema bancário da zona euro.
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Irish property is going for a song as investors pay price of building boom

At the height of the Celtic Tiger, Irish investors snapped up property at home and abroad. Now they are desperate to sell and Russian buyers are ready to pounce.
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In a case which has deep resonance for Britain and the entire civilized world, the whole of Australia has been glued to the media in recent weeks, following the story of an eminent judge who has ruined his reputation because he tried to lie his way out of a speeding fine that would have cost him about £36.
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A question of management
Jun 9th 2005
From The Economist print edition
Why do so many badly run companies survive?
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Why The Economy Is A Lot Stronger Than You Think

You read this magazine religiously, watch CNBC while dressing for work, scan the Web for economic reports. You’ve heard, over and over, about the underlying problems with the U.S. economy — the paltry investment rate, the yawning current account deficit, the pathetic amount Americans salt away. And you know what the experts are saying: that the U.S. faces a perilous economic future unless we cut back on spending and change our profligate ways.
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Why China is Raiding the Piggy Bank
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007 By PETER WONG
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