Miercoles 03/08/11 ocho dia de bajas y contando

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Excelente artículo sobre el desarrollo de Brasil y porqué es un mal ejemplo. Solo lo encontré como foto. Vale la pena tomarse la molestia de leerlo:

http://twitdoc.com/E04

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Ganancia Time Warner supera expectativas por venta de publicidad
miércoles 3 de agosto de 2011 07:59 GYT Imprimir [-] Texto [+]
NUEVA YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc informó resultados trimestrales mejores a los esperados, ayudado por cifras más sólidas de publicidad y películas como "The Hangover 2", además mejoró su panorama para el año completo.

La compañía matriz de CNN, HBO, de la revista Time y de los estudios Warner Bros reportó el miércoles ganancias en el segundo trimestre de 638 millones de dólares, o 59 centavos por acción, frente a 562 millones de dólares, o 49 centavos por acción, del mismo período del año anterior.

La ganancia ajustada por acción de 60 dólares superó la previsión promedio de los analistas de 56 centavos, según Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Los ingresos de Time Warner aumentaron un 10 por ciento a 7.030 millones de dólares.

La compañía, que tiene su sede en Nueva York, dijo que ahora espera un crecimiento porcentual de la ganancia por acción neta de al menos 13 por ciento.

(Reporte de Yinka Adegoke.Editado en español por Javier López de Lérida)

© Thomson Reuters 2011 All rights reserved.

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Crecimiento sector servicios europeo se debilita en julio: PMI
miércoles 3 de agosto de 2011 07:47 GYT Imprimir [-] Texto [+]
LONDRES (Reuters) - El crecimiento del sector predominante de los servicios en la zona euro cayó en julio a su tasa más baja en casi dos años, con la primera caída de los pedidos pendientes desde el año pasado, mostró el miércoles un sondeo.

El dato ofrece pocas alegrías para los políticos europeos, que enfrentan una fuerte presión sobre los mercados de deuda.

El índice Markit de gerentes de compra (PMI por su sigla en inglés) del sector servicios de la zona euro cayó a una tasa de 51,6 el mes pasado desde el 53,7 en junio.

El dato de junio fue revisado ligeramente al alza desde una estimación inicial de 51,4, pese a lo cual todavía marcó su nivel más bajo desde septiembre del 2009.

"La desaceleración del crecimiento en el sector servicios de la eurozona continúa en julio", dijo Rob Dobson, economista de Markit.

"La base de la desaceleración es la preocupación por la situación actual, con signos de fragilidad en todas las naciones que participaron en la encuesta. Los dos grandes, Alemania y Francia, han perdido impulso desde el principio del año, las condiciones siguen siendo sórdidas en Irlanda, mientras España e Italia se encuentran ambas en territorio de contracción", agregó.

Datos previos ya habían mostrado que el sector de servicios en Alemania, la mayor economía de la zona, crecieron a su nivel más bajo desde enero del 2010 mientras que en Francia, el índice tocó su nivel más bajo en 16 meses.

El PMI de servicios de Italia subió a 48,6, pero se mantuvo por segundo mes consecutivo por debajo de la cota de los 50, que separa el crecimiento de la contracción, mientras que el índice español cayó por debajo de la cota clave por tercera vez este año.

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Perú planea racionamiento energía en norte del país
martes 2 de agosto de 2011 23:52 GYT Imprimir [-] Texto [+]
LIMA (Reuters) - Perú programará racionamientos de electricidad en el norte del país, dijo el martes el ministro de Energía y Minas, por una insuficiente capacidad de transmisión y un declive en la generación de las hidroeléctricas en la zona donde operan importantes mineras.

El ministro Carlos Herrera dijo que los racionamientos programados afectarán áreas desde Trujillo, incluyendo Cajamarca, donde la estadounidense Newmont y la local Buenaventura operan el gran yacimiento aurífero Yanacocha.

"Hemos sido informados que el Comité de Operación Económica del Sistema (Interconectado Nacional) ha programado racionamientos de energía eléctrica en el norte del país, que afectan las zonas que están desde Trujillo incluyendo la zona de Cajamarca", dijo Herrera en una conferencia de prensa.

"Esto se debe a que el sistema eléctrico, cuya mayor cantidad de generación está localizada en el centro de Perú, no tiene aún la capacidad de transmitir suficiente energía hacia el norte, y como ha decrecido la generación hidroeléctrica en el norte se han visto obligados a planearlo", agregó.

El anterior ministro de Energía y Minas, Pedro Sánchez, dijo recientemente que Perú sufriría un déficit energético el próximo año, por lo que podría importar energía de su vecino Ecuador.

"Mediante un decreto de urgencia se van a establecer las formas en las cuales este racionamiento se podrá disminuir lo más breve que se pueda", afirmó sin ofrecer más detalles.

El decreto de urgencia podría ser publicado el miércoles en el diario oficial.

En Perú, la generación eléctrica obtenida con centrales hidroeléctricas representa el 51 por ciento del total de energía producida. El otro 49 por ciento está basada en energía termoeléctrica en base a carbón, petróleo o gas natural.

(Reporte de Patricia Vélez y Terry Wade; Editado por Ricardo Figueroa)

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Los futures del Dow Jones 51 puntos al alza.

Oil down 93.41

Au up 1,665

Europa a la baja, el Asia cerro en rojo.

Euro up 1.4318

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CAfe al alza los demas en rojo.

Oil down 93.34

Yields 2.61% sin cambio, bajisimos.

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Félix Jiménez será consejero presidencial en temas económicos

Si alguien se preguntaba por Félix Jiménez, quien fue jefe del plan de gobierno de Ollanta Humala, sepa que el especialista será a partir de ahora, consejero presidencial en temas económicos.
De otro lado, también se oficiliazó hoy (martes) la designación de Aurelio Ochoa Alencastre como nuevo presidente del directorio de Perupetro, en reemplazo de Daniel Saba.

Los referidos nombramientos salieron publicados en el diario oficial El Peruano.

Fuente: Semana Económica.


Ollanta es un ignorante

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Reportaron mejor a lo esperado

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Before the Open Comcast CMCSA +0.410 +0.420
Before the Open Time Warner TWX +0.56 +0.60
Before the Open MasterCard MA +4.23 +4.76
Before the Open Devon Energy DVN +1.53 +1.71
Before the Open Allergan AGN +0.95 --
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ADP reporto que el sector privado creo 114,000 empleos, y si fuera verdad seria muy bonito pero tendremos que esperar hasta el Viernes para ratificar esta informacion. Ultimamente nada que ver.

Libor ha subido a 0.27% Oil down 93.43

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Au up 1,667

Futures cu down 4.34

Euro up 1,4335

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El higado solo puede digerir un trago por hora.
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Testing the Limits of Tipsy Many Factors Alter the Effects of Alcohol; A Party Experiment
By MELINDA BECKLike this columnist .

How much alcohol does it take to reach a blood-alcohol level of .08%, the legal intoxication level in all 50 states? Since Alcohol clearly affects some people more than others, Melinda Beck looks at whether that affects their blood-alcohol level?
.How much alcohol does it take to get intoxicated?

Many people figure a few beers at a ballgame or a couple of glasses of wine with dinner won't put them over the legal limit for driving. But how alcohol affects people is highly individual, with a number of factors in the mix.

Quick shots of liquor hit the bloodstream faster than slow sips of wine. Drinking on an empty stomach impairs reflexes more than consuming alcohol with food. And women and older drinkers generally hit legal intoxication levels sooner than men and younger people.

Carbonated beverages raise alcohol levels faster, because the gas irritates the stomach lining, causing alcohol to be absorbed faster. (Sweet or caffeinated alcoholic drinks aren't absorbed any faster, it just seems that way because people often consume more of them than they realize.)

At a recent dinner, guests were asked to eat and drink as they normally would and test periodically with a home breathalyzer. Click above to view the results.
.Many Asians have a genetic variation that gives them a flush and a very rapid heartbeat from even a small amount of alcohol.

And factors like fatigue, stress, illness and depression can magnify alcohol's impact.

Eileen Wolter was driving home from an office Christmas party she had organized in Los Angeles in 1998. "I was definitely under a lot of stress," she says. She had had several mixed drinks, a few glasses of wine and very little food, but thought she was fine—until she took a turn too fast and hit a stop sign. She was driving with a flat tire and a broken wheel, causing even more car damage. A police car stopped to see if she was OK, and she flunked a breathalyzer test. "I blew a .09," says Ms. Wolter, who was arrested, fined $2,000 and sentenced to community service and alcohol education classes.

"I wasn't hurt—just humiliated and angry and scared. Dealing with all of it—and the fact that I could have hurt myself or someone else—made me realize what a stupid chance I'd taken," says Ms. Wolter, now a 40-year-old writer and mother of two who says she will never drink that way and drive again.

Drinkers who think they can tell when they've had enough are very often wrong. "Alcohol can affect your reflexes even if you feel fine," says Samir Zakhari, director of the division of metabolism and health effects at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

That's a key reason why many experts urge people who plan to drink any amount of alcohol not to drive, and vice versa.

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.Home Breathalyzers: Useful, but Results Vary
From a $5 keychain gizmo to a $2,000 desktop device, dozens of blood-alcohol testers are on the market today, allowing consumers to test themselves, their guests—even their wayward teenagers.

Most work in the same way: You wait as a digital counter counts down, then inhale deeply and blow into a plastic mouthpiece or across a small hole. The devices don't directly measure blood-alcohol concentration (BAC), but a derivative in breath. They convert it to BAC and display it on a digital screen, sometimes adding 'caution' or 'danger.

We tested three models at our BAC party and found that in general, the smaller the device, the higher the reading—not necessarily a bad thing, we decided. But they were all within a hundredth of a percentage point, whether it was the BreakKey, a $69 keychain model weighing less than an ounce, the AlcoHAWK Slim Digital Alcohol Breath Tester ($55), or the BACtrack Select S80 Breathalyzer ($249) that had a readout to an extra digit—worth it to the guest who wracked up a .079% score, just shy of the .08% limit. (The $5 Wingman Sport Breathalyzer, which arrived after the party, gave a consistently higher reading compared with the others in a second test -- .190 after a single glass of wine, while the BACtrack and the AlcoHAWK both read .04. The BreakKey had mysteriously stopped functioning and kept reading "Blow… Hard."

Results can be thrown off by vigorous exercise, medical conditions like acid reflux and diabetes—even dieting, which can raise the level of acetones in a person's breath that some devices falsely read as alcohol. Mouthwashes that contain alcohol can also make readings high, although manufacturers say that newer breathalyzers that use fuel-cell technology don't give as many false-positive readings as those made with semiconductors.

Most police departments use fuel-cell models for preliminary readings in the field and tabletop versions at the station that are accurate enough to use in court. Police breathalyzers must also be approved by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, while consumers models sold in the U.S. need clearance from the Food and Drug Administration.

If used too soon after a person has imbibed, many breathalyzers will inadvertently measure the vapor left in the mouth rather than the level derived from blood, which is why most models advise users not to test for least 20 minutes after drinking or eating to get an accurate reading.

Many of the devices urge consumers to keep them in their cars or their purses to test themselves before getting behind the wheel. But many experts and advocacy groups worry that they can give people a false sense of complacency.

Samir Fakhari, director of the division of metabolism at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, says that home breathalyzers may be reasonably accurate in giving 'an approximation of your BAC.' But he worries that they can be misused, misinterpreted and even befuddle someone who is truly inebriated. 'It's a better idea not to drink at all if you're driving,' he says.

—Melinda Beck
.In the U.S., it is illegal for adults to drive with a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above .08%, which represents the percentage of alcohol in the bloodstream. For drivers under 21, any alcohol in the blood is illegal.

The legal limit, once as high as .15% in some states, is now .08% in all 50 states. Some experts still consider it generous. Reaction time starts to slow at only half that amount, and much of the world sets stricter limits. It's .02% in China, .03% in most of India and .05% in much of Europe.

Many communities plan to join a nationwide crackdown on impaired driving between Aug. 19 and Sept. 11, including saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints, especially during nighttime hours.

Such efforts have helped cut alcohol-related traffic deaths in the U.S. by almost 50% since 1980, though the number has plateaued in recent years at nearly 11,000 deaths annually, or one-third of all highway fatalities.

How does BAC work? One of the most important factors is how fast the alcohol is consumed, says Dr. Zakhari. It goes first to the stomach, then to the small intestine, where it is absorbed into the bloodstream and carried to the liver, where it is metabolized by liver enzymes.

"The liver can only break down the alcohol at the rate of about one drink per hour," says Dr. Zakhari, who likens it to how fast a ticket-taker can let concert-goers through a gate.

Consuming one drink slowly over an entire hour is unlikely to make a person inebriated, he says. But drinking more than that amount, or the same amount faster, will overwhelm the liver. The excess alcohol "goes into the bloodstream and every other organ in the body, including the brain," he says.

Once that happens, only time can unwind the effects, Dr. Zakhari says. BAC generally falls by .015% per hour for both men and women—but will rise again if you keep drinking. Drinking coffee, having a shower or splashing cold water on your face may make you feel more alert, but won't change your BAC.

Consuming food along with alcohol causes it to be absorbed more slowly, since a valve at the base of the stomach closes to allow for digestion before sending it along. Without this stop, the alcohol travels to the small intestine and into the liver faster.

What you eat along with the alcohol doesn't matter very much in terms of BAC. Fat, in, say, a marbled steak, slows the passage of food through the intestine, but only to a small extent. Likewise, drinking milk before consuming alcohol would have a negligible effect on blood levels.

Weight matters more than height, Dr. Zakhari says. A man who is 6-foot-4 and weighs 180 pounds will be as affected as a man who is 5-foot-4 and 180 pounds. But a man who is 6-foot-4 and 220 pounds will have a lower BAC after consuming the same amount. Women's bodies also tend to have less water than men's, which means the same amount of alcohol will yield an even higher BAC.

That was readily apparent at a recent dinner party, where guests were served alcohol and tested throughout the evening. A 110-pound woman, for example, reached a BAC of .079% with less than two drinks, while a 160-pound woman the same height had .05% on three.

Age matters, too. Older peoples' livers metabolize alcohol more slowly than younger people's. But excess alcohol can do more damage to young brains, since some portions are still developing, particularly those that govern impulse control and executive function.

Women's menstrual cycles are yet another factor: Alcohol metabolism increases about 10% right after ovulation.

People who drink heavily and regularly don't get as intoxicated as novice drinkers do on the same amount of alcohol, and tend to have a lower BAC because their livers eventually produce more of a particular enzyme (Cytochrome P450 IIE1) that breaks down alcohol more quickly.

But that may sometimes lull them into a dangerous complacency. Randy Strain, had just finished a stint with the Air Force, where off-duty drinking was common, in 2008 when he and his girlfriend were driving home on a rural road in Illinois after what he thinks were "about 20 beers." They were going about 80 miles per hour when they passed three police cars that were soon on his tail.

The ensuing 14 traffic violations and a DUI could have yielded a jail sentence, but a judge, noting his military service, only restricted his driver's license for six months, fined him $2,000 and ordered him to take 24 hours of classes.

Still, "it was a life-changing experience," says Mr. Strain, 27, of Oak Park, Ill. "Now I go out max one night a week and take a cab home. I will not even get into a car if I or someone else has been drinking."

Write to Melinda Beck at HealthJournal@wsj.com