• Scottish Labour MSP Jenny Marra said making trafficking an aggravation was a simple measure which could be brought forward but also called on the government to look at a lesser burden of proof being required for a conviction.

    BBC: Human trafficking 1

  • At the Newspace conference he showed some even more compact satellite platforms including an idea of matchbook sized satellites called moonbeams which could be launched for far less than conventional satellites and allow almost anybody to design and send an experiment or other package into space.

    FORBES: Private Space Transportation Reaching New Heights

  • There is a fund separate from the defence budget called "the reserve" which could be raided.

    BBC: Is the defence budget safe from more cuts?

  • Lundgren could be called to testify during the trial, which could last three weeks.

    WSJ: Macy, Penney to spar in court over Martha Stewart

  • If reports prove true of objections by the Ecclestone family trust, which controls commercial rights to Formula One, the whole deal could yet be called off.

    BBC: EM.TV rescue deal wobbles

  • Many also want a return of the so-called uptick rule, in which a short sale could only be put on after a tick up in the price of the targeted stock.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • So what could be called a marriage was defined by religious organisations, which might answer the question in different ways, while the state didn't attempt to intervene in the definition of marriage.

    BBC: Trench warfare

  • If more countries introduce contracts for carbon-emission quotas compatible with those traded in the EU (which use a unit called the European Union Allowance), the result could be a single worldwide market one day.

    ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

  • In a note to investors Monday, BernsteinResearch analyst Toni Sacconaghi wrote Apple could sell 3 million of the yet to be announced product, which will reportedly be called the iSlate.

    FORBES: Apple May Sell 3M iSlates

  • The lawsuit refers to the so-called 100-year flood plain, which maps the area that could be affected by the type of flooding that statistically can be expected to happen once in a century.

    MSN: Hotel company accuses government of negligence

  • When a stone is identified as a borderline case between two grades, the system uses an optimisation technique, called a genetic algorithm, to explore the different ways in which the stone could be cut to maximise its value.

    ECONOMIST: MONITOR

  • The governor of China's central bank called for a new world reserve currency to replace the dollar , which he suggested could be issued by the IMF.

    ECONOMIST: Business this week

  • The so-called stalking horse bid could be topped by other suitors at the auction, in which case Apollo and Metropoulos would likely be entitled to what's known as a breakup fee.

    WSJ: Hostess Nears Twinkie Deal: Apollo-Metropoulos Team Near Pact to Buy Hostess Twinkies, Other Cakes

  • While that approach ensured that ISPs did not take an active role in monitoring or filtering Internet-based activity, the recent move toward a two-tiered Internet - one in which the ISPs themselves dream of distinguishing between different content as a new revenue source - revived the notion that ISPs could be called upon to play a more active role in monitoring and blocking content.

    BBC: A padlock and key

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