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- US holds Libya talks, rebels claim oil town’s capture Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:10PMAJDABIYA : Libyan rebels claimed to have wrested control of the strategic oil town of Brega in the country’s east, even as they readied Tuesday for new battles against Moamer Kadhafi’s forces in the west.
- White House Rural Council: Attempt at Central Planning? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:49PMWhile the mainstream media has kept everyone busy with Weinergate and the debt ceiling, at least one important move by the White House has surreptitiously passed beneath the media’s gaze, Executive Order 13575—Establishment of the White House Rural Council on June 9, 2011.
- West Virginia editorial roundup Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:14PMThe Associated Press Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: July 15 Herald Dispatch, Huntington, W.Va., on an interstate database for tracking prescription drugs: West Virginia lawmakers heard some encouraging news regarding efforts aimed at blunting the number of people who successfully "doctor shop" to load up on prescription drugs to feed their own addictions or to sell to other ...
- Libya rebels seek to consolidate gains around Brega Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:58AMLibyan rebels, who claimed to have wrested control of Brega from Kadhafi loyalists, said Tuesday they were trying to push the enemy far enough west to get the key refinery town out of shelling range.
- Greece steps up 50 billion euro state sell-off effort Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:43AMUnfortunately our usual phone lines are experiencing intermittent problems. For general website queries, you can also call us on 01733 207 555. For share dealing and investment queries, call us on 0113 380 9259. For CFDs, Spread Betting and Forex queries, please call us on 0845 88 00 003.
- Western Sahara Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:32AMAn overview
- Bobby Sager: the not-so-secret millionaire Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:25AMBobby Sager has spent the past decade living among the world’s poorest people then giving them his fortune. And not even the odd kidnap attempt will stop him.
- UN ends sanctions for 14 former Taliban Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 3:14AMSecurity Council removes ex-Taliban men from sanctions list in bid to induce the armed group into peace talks.
- Tories biggest threat to UNESCO bid Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:54AMI am pleased to update Sun readers on the status of the proposed World Heritage Project on the east side of Lake Winnipeg and to correct misinformation recently put forward recently by columnist Deveryn Ross in these pages (July 9).
- Judge throws out challenge to US visa lottery Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:24PMWASHINGTON (AP): A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday by a group of would-be immigrants who were told they had won a chance to apply for a US visa, saying the State Department was right to void the results of its annual visa lottery because a computer error had occurred.
- Judge Throws Out Challenge To Visa Lottery Suit Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:47PMA federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday by a group of would-be immigrants who were told they had won a chance to apply for a U.S. visa, saying the State Department was right to void the results of its annual visa lottery after a computer error.
- Murdochs Agree to Testify to Parliament After Contempt Threat Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:32PMRupert Murdoch and his son James bowed to threats to find them in contempt of Parliament and agreed to testify about the phone-hacking scandal to lawmakers on July 19.
- Judge throws out challenge to visa lottery Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:19PMA federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday by a group of would-be immigrants who were told they had won a chance to apply for a U.S. visa, saying the State Department was right to void the res...
- Inside the Durham Manhole Disaster: How considering safety records in bid process protects workers Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:07PMConsidering company safety records in the public bid process could be an effective way to ensure worker safety.
- Alex Salmond backs down over secret tax memo Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:12PMSNP ministers have dumped a costly legal bid to block publication of an internal Scottish Government memo that set out the multi-million-pound cost of replacing the council ta
- Rod Meloni: The Short Goodbye Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:39PMThe laundry list of once proud Michigan companies that overachieved and crash landed in bankruptcy over the last century is sadly and depressingly long; General Motors, Chrysler, Packard, American Motors, Kmart. You get the point. Sadly, it is looking like we may end up adding Borders Books to this ignominious list.
- $30,000 a day to keep Refuges open in New Zealand Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 5:14PMEvery night, throughout New Zealand, 206 women and children are so afraid in their own homes, they need to stay at a Women’s Refuge safe house. And the numbers are increasing, last year rising by 30 beds a night, or eight percent, over the previous year.
- New center for community corrections Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:39PMFinding a new home has been on the minds of staff members with the Escambia County Community Corrections Department for two years — a search that has finally reached an end.
- Latin American countries opening to outside operators Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:13PMWith oil reserves second only to the Middle East and also with significant gas reserves, Latin America has become a natural focus of oil and gas exploration in recent years.
- Bidding for Fairport Harbor lighthouse is extended Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:29PMThree bids in the last 24 hours — including one in the final hour — regarding the on-line auction for the iconic Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Lighthouse has created a one-day extension to the process.
- Hartsville Council moves forward with $1.59 million water meter loan Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:03PMHartsville City Council gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that will allow the city to borrow up to $1.59 million to buy and install a digital water metering system that reads meters automatically.
- Neighbors upset by a proposed cell tower in Ridgewood call for a committee Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:45PMVillage Council delays a bidding process.
- News Corp.’s U.K. Woes Unlikely to Spur U.S. Action on Licenses Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:05AMNews Corp. is unlikely to face a push by U.S. regulators to revoke any of its 27 U.S. broadcast television licenses as a result of a U.K. law-enforcement probe of alleged phone-hacking by a London newspaper.
- Old schools could find new uses in Clay County Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:40AMThe Clay County Board of Education must decide the future of two deteriorating former school buildings recently deeded to the board from the state.
- IMF urges Italy to take decisive action Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:12PMThe IMF has urged Rome to be decisive in cutting its deficit as investors dump Italian bonds.
- TRX Expands Strategic Hotel Spend Management Offering; Provides Corporate Travel Buyers With New Savings and Improved ... Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:19PMATLANTA, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TRX, Inc. (www.trx.com) (OTCQB: TRXI), a world-leading provider of travel technology, process automation, consulting and data services, announced the addition of new services to its industry leading Hotel Spend Management services with the inclusion of RFP sourcing, GDS availability, and auditing. Offered in conjunction with ...
- Kennedy granted limited discovery Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:00PMTHE HIGH Court has directed limited discovery of documents sought by businessman Jim Kennedy for his proceedings aimed at securing an order preventing his criminal trial concerning alleged corrupt payments for rezoning of lands in Carrickmines in Dublin in the 1990s.
- Campaigners “confident” over legal challenge to King’s Lynn incinerator Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:32PMCampaigners today revealed the full grounds of their legal challenge against the controversial King’s Lynn incinerator.
- Quartet meets again on Mideast peace talks Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:47PMEnvoys with the Mideast Quartet met again Tuesday after failing Monday to reach an agreement on how to jump-start stalled talks between Israelis and Palestinians.
- Parliament: Murdoch should end BSkyB bid Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:38PMLONDON, July 12 (UPI) -- The three main political parties in Britain were prepared to urge media mogul Rupert Murdoch to abandon his bid to take over British Sky Broadcasting.
- Rome is Burning Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:19PMSpot gold dealings started the Tuesday New York session off on the downside, with the yellow metal losing $7.00 and being quoted at $1,547.50 per ounce. The US dollar remained above the 76.00 mark on the trade-weighted index.
- Murdoch Buys Time for Public Fury to Pass With BSkyB Review Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:06AMNews Corp. bought itself time to weather the furor over phone hacking at the now-defunct News of the World by pushing U.K. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to refer its bid for British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc to regulators.
- Nestle wants candy Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:57AMNestle, the world’s largest food company, offered to buy 60% of Chinese candy maker Hsu Fu Chi International for about $1,7bn as the Swiss firm raises its bets on faster growing emerging markets.
- Gillard hits back at coal crisis claims Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:48AMPRIME Minister Julia Gillard says a global takeover bid for a big Australian coal miner is a vote of confidence in her carbon tax.
- India Sensex Set for Three-Week Low on Factory Output, Infosys Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:22AMIndia’s benchmark stock index fell to a three-week low after the factory-production growth slowed and as Infosys Ltd.’s sales forecast missed analysts estimates.
- News of the World phone hacking scandal: July 11 as it happened Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:21AMLive coverage of the phone-hacking scandal as the allegations surrounding the News of the World spread to News International sister titles The Sun and The Sunday Times.
- Currency Setbacks Accelerate As Uncertainty and Panic Escalate Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:04AMCurrency Setbacks Accelerate As Uncertainty and Panic Escalate
- Lobbyist-consultant plans GOP mayoral bid Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:08AMRepublicans may have a reason to cast a ballot in the primary election for mayor after all, even though two of their candidates were disqualified last month for not getting enough signatures.
- Baird dismisses Palestinian statehood bid, blasts UN nuclear committee Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:55PMCanada will dismiss any United Nations recognition of Palestinian statehood this fall as a meaningless public relations move, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Monday.
- Murdoch Buys Time With BSkyB Review Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:43PMNews Corp. (NWSA) bought itself time to weather the furor over phone hacking at the now-defunct News of the World by pushing U.K. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to refer its bid for British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSY) to regulators.
- NDP asks Liberals to scrap GO contract with Montreal firm, to keep jobs in Ontario Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:32PMOntario should scrap a $120-million GO Transit refurbishment contract with a Montreal firm and give those jobs to a northern bidder, the New Democrats said Monday.
- Tory posturing on eHealth bid could harm already fragile agency Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:27PMAnother hit to its morale could further delay progress on digitalizing medical records and modernizing the province’s health system
- Northern Ontario pushes McGuinty to reverse $122-million Metrolinx contract Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:11PMPublic transit agency awards $122 million refurbishing contract to Quebec firm instead of Crown-owned Ontario Northland.
- 3. Brazil - from football champion to economic powerhouse Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:47PMBrazil is one of the current stars of the world economy and investors, including from Malaysia, are zeroing into opportunities there. Scomi Engineering recently won a bid for a monorail project in Sao Paulo and HSBC Malaysia has just launched “Am...
- Samar guv confident no recall poll will happen Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:32PMSAMAR Governor Sharee Ann Tan said with a tedious process involving the recall process, it would be impossible recall elections will be conducted in the province. read more
- MPs criticise DfT over East Coast Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:28PMMPs criticise the Department for Transport for letting National Express "get away scot-free" when terminating its East Coast rail franchise in 2009.
- Brazil – from football champion to economic powerhouse Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:19PMBrazil is one of the current stars of the world economy and investors, including from Malaysia, are zeroing into opportunities there. Scomi Engineering recently won a bid for a monorail project in Sao Paulo and HSBC Malaysia has just launched “AmAdvantage Brazil,” the first Brazil equity fund in Malaysia.
- News Corp. And BSkyB: Conspiracy Theories And Other Very Bad Things Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 7:18PMHere’s an excerpt from BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield’s take on the potential impact of the News of the World hacking scandal on News Corp . and Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB dreams.
- Plans for miracle chemotherapy drug in jeopardy Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:52PMST. CATHARINES — In a scruffy patch of west St. Catharines, a cancer treatment revolution may be about to bloom. Farmer Henk Sikking Jr. points to his harvested daffodil field that harbours 80,000 bulbs.[...]
- Thailand’s Democrats seek ban on Thaksin’s party Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:04AMBANGKOK: Thailand’s defeated Democrats launched a legal bid on Friday to ban the victorious party of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, threatening fresh political turmoil. The move is sure to anger Thaksin’s “Red Shirt” supporters, who were behind mass protests in Bangkok last year that turned deadly, and dents hopes of an end to years [...]
