Zain Iqbal

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Name: Zain Iqbal
Date registered: Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Latest posts

  1. TimesTalks Presents: Election 2012 – Behind the Scenes — Wednesday, February 22, 2012
  2. Monitor Breakfast Preview: SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro — Tuesday, February 21, 2012
  3. Paley Center: Univision’s Cesar Conde — Tuesday, February 21, 2012
  4. Paul Ryan: Europe’s Debt Woes a Cautionary Tale for America — Friday, February 17, 2012
  5. What’s the Big Idea? Looking at Tech 10 Years Down the Road — Thursday, February 16, 2012

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  4. WIE Symposium: Inspiration, Empowerment for Women — 1 comment
  5. Next Week: Innovations in Green Business, Social Media, Social Entrepreneurship — 1 comment

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Feb
22

TimesTalks Presents: Election 2012 – Behind the Scenes

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As the 2012 presidential election approaches a critical point before two important primaries in Arizona and Michigan, questions about the Republican candidates abound. Is Rick Santorum’s current jump in the polls sustainable, or is his firebrand right-wing rhetoric too much even for the GOP to handle? Will Mitt Romney’s well-funded super PAC help vault him …

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Feb
21

Monitor Breakfast Preview: SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro

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Mary Schapiro

The Volcker Rule, a key provision of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act–the resulting regulation after the financial crisis and downturn of 2007–is scheduled to take effect in July. Proposed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker as a means to prevent banks from making speculative investments that do not benefit their …

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Feb
21

Paley Center: Univision’s Cesar Conde

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cesar conde univision president

He’s been named among the most influential Hispanics in the U.S. and CNNMoney listed him as one of the top 40 business leaders under the age of 40. As president of Univision Networks, Cesar Conde’s influence in network media is undeniable considering he leads programming for the largest audience of Spanish-language viewers and the fifth most …

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Feb
17

Paul Ryan: Europe’s Debt Woes a Cautionary Tale for America

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Paul Ryan Monitor

President Obama unveiled his 4th budget to Congress earlier this week, resulting in fairly typical reactions from both sides of the aisle. Policy analysts also got in on the action, with some saying the budget is a useful bid to open negotiations on larger debt-related issues, and others say it represents the decline and fall of …

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Feb
16

What’s the Big Idea? Looking at Tech 10 Years Down the Road

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the future next exit

In order to keep up with constantly changing trends in Silicon Valley, technology companies are often forced to abide by the saying, “innovate or die,” which often means trying to do the impossible: predict the future. In a recent speech, Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook recently hinted the future might be in the development of their …

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Feb
15

Katie Couric: Let Accuracy Rule the News Cycle

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Back in 2006 when Katie Couric made significant waves as the first female anchor of the CBS Evening News, there were a share of opinion articles that questioned whether her move was even relevant in a society that practically lived within the 24-hour news cycle. Couric touched on this topic in a TimesTalks discussion from 2011 on the …

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Feb
15

Monitor Breakfast Preview: Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan at CPAC

Compromise. It’s a word that’s commonly thrown around these days inside the Beltway– but unfortunately with mixed results. Most news out of Capitol Hill over the last year has concerned deadlock, especially when it comes to federal budget legislation. Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has been a central figure in talks between Democratic and GOP leadership …

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Feb
14

National Geographic Live: On the Trail of the Disappearing Tiger

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The tiger, the largest of the cat species with a range that once spanned throughout East, Southeast, and South Asia, is nearing critical endangerment. While hundreds of years of human encroachment on tiger habitats have driven the animals into small pockets that are now wildlife preserves in countries such as India and China, a more …

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Feb
14

Can Creationist Beliefs and Evolutionary Theories Coexist?

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When it comes to discussing creation and evolution, rarely do mainstream media outlets cover stories that suggest the two ideas can actually be accepted side-by-side. More often than not, you’ll see stories about the two ideas battling for supremacy in the classroom and in the courtroom. Creationists claim their beliefs are being suppressed by an …

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Feb
13

Learn, Adapt, Change: The Science Behind Cognitive Robotics

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quadrotors

Last month the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (or GRASP) Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania released a remarkable video on YouTube demonstrating the abilities of nano quadrotors– small helicopter-like robots used individually or in groups to carry out flight and construction experiments. Jests and comments that humanity would soon be overcome by these …

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