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- Bush leaves today for Peru to promote crisis plan Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 1:31PMPresident George W. Bush, struggling to get ahead of a global financial crisis, hopes to win more converts for an action plan designed to demonstrate that governments have the will and the means to halt the turmoil.
- Growers in banana bunker Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 1:29PMBANANA growers are locked in a last-ditch bid to stop a flood of cheaper and potentially toxic Philippine bananas from entering the country.
- U.S. gas prices dip Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 1:25PMHOUSTON (AP) — The national average price for gasoline tumbled below $2 a gallon Friday, its lowest point in more than three years, yet the global economic contrast between then and now could not be more stark.
- More snow, more fun? Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 1:23PMLudington residents woke up to about five inches of light powdery snow this morning after an evening of howling winds and lake-effect snow.
- Chinese president builds economic ties with Cuba Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 1:21PMHAVANA(AP) - China’s president signed trade deals with communist ally Cuba and agreed to help modernize its ports and hospitals on Tuesday, part of a Latin America trip on which Chinese businessmen have been snapping up raw materials.
- Why Firings Elsewhere Put Your Own Job on the Line Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 1:21PMNATIONAL (ABCNEWS) - It started with real estate then spread to Wall Street. Now as the U.S. economy lurches into what appears to be a long recession, just about every American worker is at risk of being fired.
- News From Retail Delivery Show: Volksbank Rolls Out S1 Enterprise Sales & Service Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 8:59AMVolksbank will deploy the customer service solution in branches throughout Easter Europe to enhance customer service.
- ‘Nobody should be hungry on Thanksgiving’ Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 8:59AMBut that’s no reason to simply forget about the holiday. Bluffton Self Help is just down the street. Volunteers for Old Town’s oldest charity spent Thursday morning boxing hundreds of pounds of canned food — yams, green beans, corn, mashed potatoes and stuffing —to include with the 70-something frozen turkeys.
- Capitalism: bruised but still champion Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 8:59AMWhen the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, it marked more than the end of an era. It symbolised the triumph of the free West against the tyranny of communism.
- Womenade hosts holiday open house Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 8:57AM Womenade of Wareham (W.O.W.) will hold a Holiday Open House at the Tihonnet Village Market on Tihonnet Road in Wareham from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4. For the second year, the event is hosted by the A.D. Makepeace Company.
- New book provides home gunsmithing advice Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 8:55AMWhat do dental picks have to do with firearms? The answer is just about everything for anyone who wants to try their hand at basic home workshop gunsmithing.
- Reds focused on acquiring bullpen help Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:11PMReds focused on acquiring bullpen help
- Eye exams should be part of regular medical checks Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:09PMHas your vision become blurry and cloudy? It could possibly be cataracts.
- Blount panel OKs purchase of Ceramaspeed plant Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:08PMMARYVILLE — By a 13-7 vote with one commissioner passing, the Blount County Commission has approved the purchase of the 23-acre Ceramaspeed plant on McArthur Road for $2.7 million
- Goalkeeper set for Newcastle United exit Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 4:25PMTim Krul is set to leave Newcastle United Football Club in a loan deal. Carlisle United are in the market for a new goalkeeper after Ben Alnwick returned to Tottenham Hotspur earlier this week, and they have targeted Krul.
- Ike can’t take Dickens on the Strand Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 4:25PMNorthwest Houston residents who make family trips to Dickens on the Strand won’t be disappointed this year.
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- Oil falls to 3-year lows; gasoline less than $2 a gallon in nearly half the country Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 4:23PMMark Williams November 20, 2008 - 4:08 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Oil prices on Thursday hit levels not seen in more than three years and retail gasoline prices are now below $2 across nearly half of the country on dour economic reports suggesting a painful economic pullback.
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- TSX tumbles on banking losses, falling oil prices Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:40AMThe Toronto stock market tumbled Thursday, pushed down by the declining price of crude oil and more bad news from the Canadian banking industry.
- Law Office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Internap Network Services Corp. Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:39AM Law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of Internap Network Services Corp. ("Internap" or the "Company") between March 28, 2007 and March 18, 2008. The class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
- First Horizon hires former Wachovia exec Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:38AMThe Bank Draft blogger Josh Flory reports that First Horizon National Corp. has a new CFO — William “BJ” Losch III, former CFO for the general bank at Wachovia Corp. First Horizon is the parent of First Tennessee Bank, the largest bank serving the Knoxville market.
- World of Warcraft has Rivals racing for new Worlds Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:38AM By John Gaudiosi REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - "World of Warcraft" has become a phenomenon among role-playing interactive online games with its unrivaled success leaving competitors racing to draw gamers into new virtual worlds. Fans of the m...
- Verizon Wireless bets on Storm for Holiday Season Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 10:38AM By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless is betting on the new BlackBerry Storm for the all-important holiday season, hoping the highly anticipated smartphone can compete against the iPhone offered by rival wireless provider AT&am...
- Ferragamo to retail imported wines Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:21PMUnmindful of the difficult economic times, Salvatore Ferragamo — the global fashion wear and shoe brand — has launched premium wines for the Indian market in association with Finewinesnmore, a leading distributor of imported wines.
- Fed to Cut Rates to Zero on Deflation Risk, JPMorgan Predicts Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:20PMNov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve will probably cut interest rates to zero percent over the next two months to staunch deflation, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Cement, wheat tariff-free until May Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:19PMTHE zero tariff on cement and wheat will stay for six months, Trade Secretary Peter Favila said yesterday as he assured local manufacturers that the government would block any attempt to flood the market with substandard products.
- Indian market likely to extend losses Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:19PM(RTTNews) - Thursday, the Indian market is set for a free fall due to a lack of confidence among investors, as they fear the global economy is slipping into a recession. Fresh buying is unlikely, as investors fear the worst is yet to come for the global economy.
- Art of teaching science debated under scope of evolution Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:17PMThe heated debate about how evolution should be taught in Texas schools surfaced again Wednesday morning and was still going strong by Wednesday afternoon.
- Pomegranate: Fruit of the Ancients Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:16PMCOLUMBIA COUNTY — Among the designations for which November has been chosen comes one from the fruit and vegetable bins of area supermarkets and grocers — and a colorful and healthy one it is, for November is National Pomegranate Month.
- Ecologist promotes alcohol as a gas Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 11:16PMDavid Blume, respected ecologist and author of Alcohol Can Be a Gas!: Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century, spoke to students and community members in Schroeder Hall last night about the role of alcohol fuel in achieving American energy independence.
- Hyundai Blue Drive: A Strategy for Environmental Leadership Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:55PM Metal Hydride and Lithium-Ion Technology
- U.S. home construction sinks to new record low Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:54PMWASHINGTON — Construction of new homes plunged last month to the lowest level on records going back nearly 50 years as U.S. builders slashed production while Wall Street nosedived.
- Doomed From the Start Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:54PM20 November 2008 By Boris Kagarlitsky We can say three things with certainty regarding reforms to international financial structures: They are necessary, inevitable and doomed to fail.
- Rome Observer - Help change the world this holiday season Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:53PMWHITESBORO - On Saturday, Nov. 29 animals (chickens, goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits, a heifer calf and maybe a llama), will take over Trinity United Methodist Church.
- Bumpy road ahead for cleaner cars Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:53PM Call it an economic and environmental murder mystery in the making: Will a cash-strapped Detroit kill the electric car — again?
- Japanese Irked at U.S. Interest in Pitching Phenom Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 4:50PMAs the first high-profile Japanese baseball prospect to spurn his nation?s leagues to entertain offers from the U.S., Junichi Tazawa has strained relations between leagues on two continents.
- Did the Fed, or Asian Saving, Cause the Housing Bubble? Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:43AMDid the Fed, or Asian Saving, Cause the Housing Bubble?
- A K Bhattacharya: Dangers of wrong diagnosis Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:43AMIn evening gatherings these days, it has become quite fashionable to extol the virtues of the Indian government’s cautious and prudent economic policies that have evidently limited the adverse impact of the global financial turmoil on the Indian economy.
- NW Arkansas today Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:41AMQUOTE OF THE DAY “I know by your standards you’re experiencing tough times. But trust me, you are so much better off than most of the rest of the world.” Gov. Mike Beebe, on Arkansas’ ability so far to buck the trend of the national recession Article, 5B Today’s meetings Washington County Rural Development Authority, 9:30 a.m. Fayetteville Civil Service Commission Rules and Regulations ...
- Microsoft to offer free security Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:41AMMicrosoft has announced it will offer a free anti-virus and security software suite and will discontinue its OneCare service.
- DANSEUR LOOKS HOT TO TROT Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:41AMLatest horse racing news from sportinglife.com. Cards, tips, statistics, live commentaries & results. Full, free coverage of horseracing from a UK perspective.
- MINDBODY Adopts AWhere and Location Intelligence Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 8:37AM AWhere, Inc., the provider of geo-analytic solutions for business insight, today announced that MINDBODY, an innovator of on-line business management solutions for the health and wellness industry, has engaged AWhere to increase the effectiveness of their marketing investments and the marketing done by their customers.
- BCS goes to "pay TV" Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 2:57PMLong-feared apocalypse for sports fans, a major championship on cable, is just a routine business deal.
- 5-Star Stocks on the Upswing Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 2:57PMCheck out these newly minted five-star stocks.
- G20 has no answers to crisis Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 2:45PMYou would have had to be very naive to believe that the G20 meeting in Washington last weekend would really mark, as Gordon Brown put it, "the birth pangs of this new global order" demanded by the world economic crisis.
- Moms Mix it Up with J&J Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 2:43PM
- Barnum would be proud - organisers have made a circus of Masters Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 10:51AMIT IS commonly held that, with fierce competition from the US and Europe and the tightening sponsorship market, the Australian golf tour has reached the bottom of the barrel. Where else would you expect to find John Daly?
- India’s property and IT sectors risk slowdown Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 10:48AMTop executives in India’s leading market sectors of property and information technology issued warnings yesterday about a severe slowdown as the global financial crisis spills into one of the world’s most promising emerging economies.
- Tie-tying ceremony honors young men Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 10:47AMO n Monday, 26 young boys at Edison Park Elementary School in Liberty City became young minority men of tomorrow, as they celebrated at the Second Annual Tie Tying Ceremony sponsored by the 5000 Role Models of Excellence.
