Stay true to the dreams of thy youth

• Cameron pledges cash for communities to ease path for UK fracking - FT.com

  "David Cameron has sought to quell unrest in Conservative heartlands about the impact of fracking by promising a business rates windfall to councils that approve shale gas projects. "

  tags: cameron gas oil fracking uk unitedkingdom energy

• Big Auto revs up R&D to record levels - FT.com

  "The global car industry is spending more on research and development than ever before as manufacturers try to stay ahead of a rapidly shifting market and fierce competition from the technology industry. "

  tags: r&d research cars automobiles bigauto unitedstates

• Google catches up in technology patent wars - FT.com

  "Google was awarded nearly 2,000 patents in the US last year, almost double the number of all previous years combined, catapulting it into the top ranks of technology companies building stockpiles of legally-protected innovations. "

  tags: google patents trademark property intellectual technology

• Negotiators Put Final Touches on Iran Accord - NYTimes.com

  "PARIS — Iran and a group of six world powers completed a deal on Sunday that will temporarily freeze much of Tehran’s nuclear program starting next Monday, Jan. 20, in exchange for limited relief from Western economic sanctions. "

  tags: iran unitedstates britain israel nuclear middleeast

• The tide is rising for America’s libertarians - FT.com

  "obert Nozick, the late US libertarian, smoked pot while he was writing Anarchy, State and Utopia. He would applaud the growth of libertarianism among today’s young Americans. Whether it is their enthusiasm for legalised marijuana and gay marriage – both spreading across the US at remarkable speed – or their scepticism of government, US millennials no longer follow President Barack Obama’s cue. Most of America’s youth revile the Tea Party, particularly its south-dominated nativist core. But they are not big-government activists either. If there is a new spirit in America’s rising climate of anti-politics, it is libertarian. "

  tags: libertarianism unitedstates politics republicans democrats

• fastFT: Market-moving news and views, 24 hours a day - FT.com

  "Volkswagen has said it will invest more than USD 7bn in the US market over the next five years, while also announcing it was finally developing a mid-size SUV designed for the American market. "

  tags: vw germany cars automotives manufacturing unitedstates

• Israel’s education system peddles intolerance and lies | The National

  "Today, most Israeli Jews rarely meet a Palestinian, and especially not one from the West Bank or Gaza. It is easy to forget that before the 1993 Oslo accords, many Israeli Jews regularly ventured into Palestinian areas, to shop, eat and fix their cars. Palestinians, meanwhile, were evident in Israeli communities, even if only as builders or waiters. It may have been a very unequal, even colonial, encounter but it made it hard for Israelis to demonise their neighbours. "

  tags: israel palestine peaceprocess colonialism imperialism

• Confusion lingers ahead of tough new rules on Abu Dhabi's shisha cafes | The National

  "Confusion surrounds the enforcement of a new law under which almost every shisha cafe in Abu Dhabi will have to close or move. From February 1, cafes may not operate within 150 metres of residential areas, schools and mosques."

  tags: abudhabi uae dubai health middleeast gcc

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