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October 02, 2008 News and Trends

PRNewser Turns One: Your Thoughts

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:20:10 PDT
As we mentioned yesterday, we'll be running commentary from readers in the run up to our big one year anniversary party next Thursday in NYC. Have you RSVP'd yet? We begin with our first installment: Paull Young, Social Media Strategist, Converseon "Tightening corporate budgets will force PR to provide stronger measurement, this will mean that smart PR operatives will start doing better work with detailed, measurable objectives online. However, it'll also make it a tough year for the major

The Financial Crisis Timeline

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:02:59 PDT
...Merrill Lynch Chief Executive John Thain and Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis sat during a news conference announcing the aquisition of Lehman Brothers,which was on the brink of collapse and scrambling for a buyer. But a few days later, there were still no suitors for the 158-year old investment bank, and bankruptcy seemed inevitable.........

Nintendo Unveils Wii Speak Channel, Club Nintendo And More

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:10:50 PDT
Nintendo Has Just Revealed News And Features Coming To The Wii And DS This Holiday Season From Their Press Conference In San Francisco This Morning

Tulsa TechFest 2008

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:12:59 PDT
NEXT WEEK END Tulsa's third annual Tulsa TechFest has been announced by local volunteer organizers. The technology community will unite for the event at OSU-Tulsa's downtown campus on Thursday, October 9th and Friday, October 10th, 2008. Tulsa's third annual Tulsa TechFest has been announced by local volunteer organizers. The technology community will unite for the event at OSU-Tulsa's downtown campus on Thursday, October 9th and Friday, October 10th, 2008. The two-day technology conferenc

Watch Bollywood Films Online

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:24:53 PDT
Catch up on the latest news, sport, bollywood trailers and film releases and Watch Bollywood Films Online at http://www.desiroots.com.

The Border overcooks its stew of paranoia, bombast and guns (The Globe and Mail)

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:42:50 PDT
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August 11, 2008 News and Trends

US News Expands The Ranking Service

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:14:05 PDT
US News&World Report, an authoritative source for US university rankings has launched an auto ranking website in what seems to be an expansion move towards a general online ranking service.

Mountain West Football Betting Trends

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:51:15 PDT
The Mountain West football conference is not the most respected conference in college football but they often have schools that can compete. This year BYU is getting some early respect. The Cougars are ranked No. 17 in the 2008 NCAA Usa Today top 25 poll but little respect when it comes to the oddsmakers in the overall BCS championship odds

Cost of Nuclear Energy Rising Out of Reach

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:46:25 PDT
A detailed cost comparison of nuclear versus wind energy shows that nuclear energy will soon no longer be cost competitive with wind energy if present trends continue.

Today's crazy celebrity news-pictures

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:12:08 PDT
Today I have collected some links for you all to check out, I will add some new galleries in a few days, for now enjoy these sweet links I found online, trust me, they are worth your time to look at!

Averatec to inevitably pump out a netbook

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:18:00 PDT
Filed under: Laptops Averatec reliably cranks out stylish-but-generic takes on most new hardware trends, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that the company is prepping a netbook. Although nothing's been locked in, it sounds like we should expect an Eee 1000-class machine, with a 10.2-inch screen and an Atom processor -- but it'll also have a "real" Shift key, a 120GB drive, and a $399 - $499 price tag. We should fine out more by Christmas, when this thing hits stores -- but will anyone care b

Soapnet.com Giveaway- Marc Jacobs, iTunes, iPods, Pinkberry and Barney’s Reminder

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:49:07 PDT
In celebration of the re-launch of SOAPnet.com the source for everything pop culture and beyond is graciously giving away some loot to a few lucky Allie is Wired fans. Disney-ABC Television Group announced today a completely redesigned SOAPnet.com, the new home of celebrity and TV drama. In addition to covering the world of daytime, the new site, which launched today in a beta version, expands its focus to include coverage of entertainment, stars, pop culture, beauty and fashion news in an i

Hottest Beachwear Trends: Elizabeth Banks Bikini

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:05:19 PDT
We didn’t set out to make an NC-17 film,” Mr. Smith told The Associated Press. “That’s just commercial suicide.” Mr. Smith said he had trimmed two sex scenes after the initial NC-17 rating. The appeals board, which is separate from the ratings board, viewed the film on Tuesday,

Prof to Be on CBC Newsworld (University of Guelph News)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:01:33 PDT
Prof. Ed Thommes will be featured on CBC Newsworld at 9 p.m. Sunday discussing his latest research, which found the creation of our orderly solar system was a rare occurrence that could only happen under peaceful conditions. The physics professor, along with two researchers from Northwestern University in Illinois, developed a new computer modeling method that simulates the birth of ...

Legal News Watch Launches Asbestos Today

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 00:00:01 PST
SAN DIEGO, CA (PRWEB) November 3, 2003– Legal News Watch today announced the debut of Asbestos Today (http://www.asbestostoday.com), a single, central location where consumers can easily find...

Tropic Thunder targeted by the Left as Hate Speech? WTF!

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:08:23 PDT
Aint it cool news lays the bare truth about how the Left is trying to get Dreamworks to censor Tropic Thunder. They've already gotten them to remove content from associated promotional websites. Freedom of Speech under attack!!!

REVIEW: Jeremy Marks, ‘Exchanging the truth of God for a lie’

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:10:20 PDT
REVIEW: Jeremy Marks, ‘Exchanging the truth of God for a lie’ In ‘Exchanging the truth of God for a lie: One man’s spiritual journey to find the truth about homosexuality and same-sex partnerships’, Jeremy Marks explores his philosophy on gay Christianity. Gay youth radio station will use £4,000 grant to overhaul website FYI Radio, a LGBT youth user-generated radio station, has been awarded £4,000 from the European Youth in Action programme. UN's 2010 AIDS goal may not be reache

Election Battleground State -- Ohio

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:46:26 PDT
This is the latest in a series detailing the so-called "Battleground States" in the upcoming Presidential election. The analysis includes analysis of long-term historical trends, recent election results, and recent polling.


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Current News for July 02, 2008

Achieving growth in Online travel bookings requires more than Cheap Fares.

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:08:53 PDT
Research and Markets announces the addition of the new report entitled “Off-line Customer Acquisition: Enticing Off-line Travel Bookers by Improving Navigation and Service Before Personalization ” to its offerings. Online travel companies are looking beyond Web fares and frequent flier miles to lure the 76 percent of leisure travel that is booked off-line in 2003 to the online channel. This report esamines the factors that encourage consumers to book off-line and whether travel web sites sho

Baron Davis going to LA Clippers

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:02:34 PDT
www.GldnSt8Warrior.com reports on latest news Baron Davis verbally agrees to contract moving him to LA.

Note to the religious right: auto-replace is not your friend

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:42:21 PDT
Auto-correct can be a very helpful feature of any word-processing program. But when conservatives use it, they run the risk of embarrassing themselves. The American Family Association’s OneNewsNow website, for example, takes its AP articles and replaces the word “gay” with the word “homosexual. Hilarity ensues...

Readings: Trading algorithms, Rupee plunge, Doom & gloom

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:37:29 PDT
New Scientist: ‘Gordon Gekko’ trading bot profits from mood swings Vytelingum has developed a new trading program that can adjust how aggressively it trades to match market conditions . . . The new agent responds to market changes in two ways. Firstly, it can change its aggressiveness by monitoring other traders’ behaviour. If other traders are being aggressive – for example, by attempting to undercut others – it raises its game to trade even more aggressively. If trading is less competitive

Viewer numbers drop substantially for cable news networks

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:50:51 PDT
Prof. Levinson: "People who support Obama don't watch Fox much."

Viewer numbers drop substantially for cable news networks (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:30:12 PDT
Maybe there wasn't enough post primary election drama to keep viewers hooked. Prime-time ratings for the second quarter showed viewers dropped off significantly from all cable news networks — Atlanta's CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC and CNN's Headline News — from the first three months of the year. No. 1 overall news network Fox captured 1.6 million prime-time viewers during the second ...

More bad news for borrowers - Banks increase rates for loans

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:54:58 PDT
Not good for loan seekers....


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June 29, 2008 News and Trends

Real-Time Local News a Central PA Winner

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT
Harrisburg, PA (PRWEB) September 27, 2007 -- There's a lot going on and nobody wants to miss it. Now Central Pennsylvania has a source for...

Iran Digs 320,000 Graves For the Dead of An Invading Army

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:21:08 PDT
Iran's parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, warned other countries against moves that would "cost them heavily." In comments that appeared in the semi-official Mehr news agency Sunday, an Iranian general said his troops were digging more than 320,000 graves to bury troops from any invading force with "the respect they deserve."

MARKET TALK: US Cash Grain Market Sees Wavy CIF Basis Trends (INO News)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:38:33 PDT
1305 EDT Dow Jones] - Export basis bids for U.S. cash grain charted an uneven course this week, posting choppy trends that ran higher for Gulf corn and soybeans, despite some sharp weakness in CIF wheat premiums.

Pregnancy pact alarms officials at U.S. high school: reports (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:37:10 PDT
A pregnancy pact may be responsible for a dramatic rise in young mothers-to-be at a Massachusetts high school, Time magazine reports.

Granite Countertop Trends Continue to Grow

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:26:22 PDT
Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as porphyry. This makes granite countertops an excellent choice.

Bearish trend confirmed for Dow Jones. What's next?

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:53:48 PDT
On Thursday 26 June 2008, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) crashed and fell almost 360 points after crude oil futures rose sharply passing above $140 level. Dow loses extended to Friday when it dropped 106.91 (-0.93%) to close at 11,346.51. DJI lowest level of 11,634 in Jan 2008 was taken out by the bear and we have a bearish trend confirmation.

Companies making news - Detroit Free Press


Companies making news
Detroit Free Press, United States - 18 hours ago
• Woody's Bar BQ announced that it will be opening its first location in Michigan mid-July. Woody's will be in the Sheldon Place Plaza at 5 Mile Road and ...


Iraq, Nader

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:26:13 PDT
Tuesday and I'm really bummed because I thought it was Wednesday for some reason. I really went through the day thinking, "Hump day. Weekend's almost here." And when I sat down at the computer to write I noticed stuff saying it was Tuesday online and thought, "Huh?" I was so hopeful until reality sunk in! This is from Edward Luce's "Obama under fire over Iraq troop pledge:" US presidents have a history of abandoning campaign promises by pointing out that “the world looks different from here” w

Ron Paul's Campaign Chairman, Kent Snyder....RIP

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:03:59 PDT
This is very sad news. My heart goes out to Kent's Family. He was a defender of liberty and will be missed.

Other Items

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:37:49 PDT
Dear friends; the two things that we need help with most right now in Vancouver are housing for war resisters and your participation in our outreach and lobbying in Conservative ridings and keeping up the media visibility. Below is a housing appeal, please pass it on freely. Also in Vancouver we will be doing another visit to a Conservative riding, probably either Emerson's in Vancouver or Nina Grewal in Fleetwood-Port Kells. That is tentatively planned for Saturday June 28. War Resister Housing


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