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  • Batteries worth $2,000 taken from trucks at Augusta business Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:36AMSummary not available
  • SunAmerica Launches Innovative Global Trends Fund Sub-Advised by Wellington Management Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:36AMJERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SunAmerica Asset Management Corp. announced the recent launch of its SunAmerica Global Trends Fund. The Fund allocates assets across 10 global asset classes, including global equity and fixed income markets, currencies and commodities, by using an innovative, rules-based strategy that seeks to move the Fund in and out of changing markets. Exposures to each ...
  • Arbiter says Kodak didn't infringe Apple patents Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:36AMThe U.S. arbiter for trade disputes has spurned Apple Inc.'s digital-camera patent claims against Eastman Kodak Co., a 131-year-old photography pioneer caught in a perilous race to redefine itself in the cutthroat digital-imaging arena.
  • UK police chief questioned over phone hacking Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:36AMFormer UK police commissioner Paul Stephenson has faced British MPs over the force's role in the phone-hacking scandal.
  • Better Business Bureau has phone warnings for travelers Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:36AMIf your vacation plans include a trip overseas, the Better Business Bureau advises travelers to turn off their phone or make the necessary data arrangements with their cell phone provider to avoid thousands of dollars in data charges.
  • Reminder: Please Join Us for the F5 Networks Conference Call Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:36AMF5 Networks, Inc. :
  • UCC researcher appointed IEA chairman Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:35AMUCC researcher Dr Brian O Gallachoir has been elected chairperson to the International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Committee of the Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (ETSAP).
  • This is the most humble day of my life: Murdoch Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:34AMFacing intense grilling by British lawmakers, media baron Rupert Murdoch said that today was "the most humble day of my life", as he and his son James apologised to the families and victims of phone hacking scandal but said he was not responsible for the fiasco.
  • United Surgical Partners to Broadcast Its Second Quarter 2011 Conference Call Live on the Internet on August 2, 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:34AMDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Surgical Partners International, Inc. today announced that it will provide an online Web simulcast of its second quarter 2011 earnings conference call on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. The Company’s results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011, will be released after close of market on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. The live broadcast of United Surgical ...
  • US vows counterterrorism support for India Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:34AMU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday pledged robust counterterrorism cooperation with India while assuring Indian officials that the Obama administration won't ease pressure on Pakistan to combat extremists or allow the Taliban to regain power in Afghanistan with a precipitous withdrawal of American troops.
  • Lions walk to stop blindness Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:33AMThe North Platte Telegraph Lions Club members from across Nebraska met in North Platte Friday and participated in the Strides: Lions Walk for Diabetes Awareness.
  • Roundup of homeless feared during APEC Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:32AMThe absence of a plan to deal with Waikiki's entrenched homeless population for November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference has lawmakers and residents worried about the possibility of a law enforcement "sweep" they say will symbolize Hawaii's failure to solve the ongoing problem.
  • Tables turn on Murdoch as scandal rocks his empire Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:32AMTo his many enemies, Rupert Murdoch is getting his comeuppance.
  • Amazing Things hosts 6th annual Juried Show Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:30AMReflecting the tastes of its two local judges, paintings and photographs by about 100 area artists cover the walls in Amazing Things Arts Center's annual juried exhibit.
  • New hospitals in Plainsboro, Hopewell could bring new lease on life to vacant office space nearby Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:30AMThe opening of new hospitals in both Plainsboro and Hopewell Township may be just what the doctor ordered as far as local developers, real estate brokers and even a shopping center on a quest for re-invention are concerned.
  • Murdoch apologizes again for illegal phone hacking Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:30AMThe apologies keep on coming: Rupert Murdoch took out a second newspaper ad Sunday promising that News Corp. will make amends for the phone hacking scandal shaking his global media business.
  • Syrian protests undeterred Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:30AMBEIRUT — Tens of thousands of Syrians shouting “We want freedom!” carried slain protesters through the streets Saturday as opposition figures meeting in Turkey called for a united front to bring down the 40-year ruling dynasty of the Assad family.
  • 'No place to hide' in hacking probe, Murdoch says Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:29AMRupert Murdoch takes out a second newspaper ad Sunday promising that News Corp. will make amends for the phone hacking scandal and that there is 'no place to hide' for wrongdoers.
  • Industrial strike threats for Qantas Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:27AMQantas flights to and from Fiji could be disrupted, with the Transport Workers Union threatening to strike.
  • Rupert Murdoch apologizes again for illegal phone hacking Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 6:25AMLONDON - The apologies keep on coming: Rupert Murdoch took out a second newspaper ad Sunday promising that...
  • Langley City facing amalgamation question again Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:39AMA new group is asking why Langley Township and City don’t amalgamate.
  • MISC Chennai Office To Focus On Maritime Staff Recruitment Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:35AMCHENNAI, July 16 (Bernama) -- MISC Bhd, world's leading shipping company, has anchored itself in this south Indian city, to tap skilled maritime staff from India, presently the world's largest seafarers supplying nation.
  • Florida residents open pet sitting and care business Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:34AMFlorida Florida residents Robert Linen and Jacqueline Rubino have opened Kind and Gentle Pet Care, giving area pet owners an alternate choice for pet care during vacations, business trips or workdays.
  • Auction Site Seeks New Permit from Wales Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:30AMBusinessman Russell Scherrer and his attorney went before the Wales Town Board on June 28 seeking to have the town reinstate or issue a new special use permit to operate Auctions International, Inc. at 11167 Big Tree Road (Route 20A). What they didn’t expect were the fireworks that happened in the Town Hall parking lot following the public hearing. Code Enforcement Officer and Building Inspector ...
  • CENTRAL JERSEY: New airline links Trenton to Boston area Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:30AMAs Streamline Air’s recently established commercial flights out of Trenton Mercer Airport take off, jobs in the Princeton area could do the same.
  • Nandini Sundar and others vs state of Chhattisgarh Ram Jethmalani and others vs Union of India and others: Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:27AMIn a priceless, only-in-India moment at the 20th anniversary of economic reforms, it’s the anti-reform group that’s stealing the show.
  • Hacking: News International CEO steps down Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:27AMLondon, July 15 : Following the controversy on Murdochs trying to hack former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's personal information, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of News International, the British subsidiary of News Corporation, stepped down from her post on Friday.
  • South Lebanon OKs property code Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:20AMIONA - The South Lebanon supervisors this week approved a resolution to adhere to the International Property Maintenance Code, a move that board members said augments a recently passed ordinance.
  • Briefly... CITY/REGION Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:20AMGuilty plea in Iraq scheme A Philadelphia man awaits sentencing after he pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to bribery and conspiracy to win contracts with the military for Iraq operations.
  • Sur IPP to be based on superior power generation technology Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:17AMMUSCAT -- Oman Power and Water Procurement Company Oman Power and Water Procurement Company SAOC ( OPWP OPWP ), which signed a landmark agreement on Wednesday linked to the development of the nation's largest green-field power project at Sur, says the state-of-the mega-venture will support Oman's economic development.
  • In defence of Murdoch Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:35PMThis column is a defence of Rupert Murdoch. If you add everything up, he’s been good for newspapers over the past several decades, keeping them alive and vigorous and noisy and relevant. Without him, the British newspaper industry might have disappeared entirely.
  • Gazette.Net: State standardized tests only go so far Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:34PMWhenever the results of the Maryland School Assessment tests come out, the spin-meisters go to work. Usually, school officials in a given county will try to highlight some area of improvement, say, among special-education students.
  • Wall Street Earnings: What to Expect Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:34PMWelcome to the new world of Wall Street -- where making money wont be so easy.
  • Carbon tax to slug sugar industry: Canegrowers Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:29PMSUGAR industry body Canegrowers has said that growers are looking down the barrel of an $81 million slug for industry over the next five years – an impost that will not apply to any of Australia’s international competitors, under the carbon tax outlined by the Federal Government.
  • NASA ARC Internal Memo: NewSpace 2011: The Next Big Thing Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:27PMNASA ARC Internal Memo: NewSpace 2011: The Next Big Thing
  • Moderate back-to-school sales forecast Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:26PMThe first back-to-school shopping forecast is out, and U.S. sales should rise 3 percent this year to $39 billion.
  • Affinity mine reopens with fanfare Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:24PMA crowd including acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin gathered Wednesday near Sophia to celebrate the rebirth of a mine that had sat idle since 1985.
  • Malaysia’s Najib must abandon the Mubarak model Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:24PMBy Simon Tisdall 13 July 2011 | Guardian It is not in the same league as Arab spring uprisings in Egypt and elsewhere. But Malaysia’s fancifully named “hibiscus revolution” has potential, at least, to inflict a winter of discontent on the gormless government of prime minister Najib Razak. That’s something David Cameron should bear in [...]
  • Mayor Menino: N.Y. developer 'scurrilous' Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:22PMHub Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday launched his fiercest attack yet on the failed New York developers of the...
  • Authority continues contract for 350- to 500-room Hutchinson hotel; Hyatt owner says 500-room hotel would be ... Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:19PMThe authority that manages Savannah’s trade center paved the way Wednesday for the Chatham County commission to decide whether it wants to back bonds to finance a hotel on Hutchinson Island. The Georgia International & Maritime Trade Center Authority extended its memorandum of understanding with preferred developer Journeyman Austin until Sept. 13 and said the hotel would have from 350 to 500 ...
  • Family, friends unite for Ben Work family benefit Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:55AMThe community gathered in a strong show of support for the Work family on Saturday, July 9 during the Ben Work Benefit BBQ. “The showing of support for Ben and his family was absolutely amazing," Tony Pratt said.
  • HK finance chief plays down Moody's red-flag report Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:55AMJohn Tsang says city's stringent international standards would never allow for another Sino-Forest saga to unfold
  • Brown bags and murky waters Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:52AMCash proves to be a hazard within the International Whaling Commission
  • Transhipment delays pushing biz away from Vallarpadam Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:51AMA file picture of a main vessel berthed at ICTT Vallarapadam. Transhipment business through the International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam is being hit by the non-availability of sufficient Indian flag tonnage for transhipment.
  • 2012 International CES Registration Goes Live Today Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:47AMTuesday, July 12, 2011 -- Arlington, Va. – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)today announced that registration is open for the 2012 International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, scheduled January 10-13, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nev.
  • What is North Platte's 'brand?' Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:46AMThe North Platte Telegraph For what should North Platte be known? Two local organizations are asking the public for its opinion. The North Platte and Lincoln County Convention and Visitors Bureau and the North Platte Area Chamber and Development Corporation are asking people to participate in a survey that will help determine a "brand" for the community.
  • S&W Seed buys international distributor Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:45AMThe company announced on July 8, 2011 that it has purchased its international distributor, Genetics International , with which it had a relationship for over 20 years.
  • WILEY X EYEWEAR PARTNERS WITH ROUSH YATES PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS TO PROMOTE AND SELL WILEY X SUNGLASSES Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:44AMLeading protective sunglass manufacturer Wiley X Eyewear has announced a new partnership with Roush Yates Performance Products, world leading provider of custom racing engines, high performance parts and professional racing products. Through this new partnership, Roush Yates Performance Products will use its reach and reputation in the grassroots racing market to promote Wiley Xs advanced vision ...
  • Gladney Mom Pens Book About Facing Infertility and Embarking on Her Adoption Journey Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:44AMHope Deferred written by Andrea Harrington, adoptive parent from the Gladney Center for Adoption, is a poignant and honest account of Harrington’s emotional struggle with infertility and her journey to parenthood through the miracle of adoption.
  • Aberdeen Asset Management launches third Asia Pacific property fund of funds Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:43AMSINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited (“Aberdeen Asia”), the Asian arm of Aberdeen Asset Management, has launched its third closed-ended property Fund of Funds which will target institutional investors. The Fund will seek to create a well-diversified portfolio of best-in-class property funds in the region, including mature markets like Japan, Australia and Singapore ...