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MacArthur Foundation Hands Out Genius Grants

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has handed out its yearly Genius Awards to 24 American geniuses. The 24 individuals are being rewarded for creativity, originality, and potential to make important contributions in the future. Only U.S. citizens and residents...

S&P 500 Forecast from GTBP Equity Traders

"S&P 500 Forecast from GTBP Equity Traders ( Public ) Written by Rob Guerriere    Mar 04, 2009 at 10:47 AM UPDATE: Tues April 14th, 3pm:  After seeing the retail numbers today, I took the...

What would McCain's health plan do?

" Instead, McCain would give families $5,000 refundable tax credit and individuals a $2,500 tax credit.   People who lose workplace coverage could use the funds to purchase insurance in the individual...

Stocks Rise Dow +938 Nasdaq + 194 S&P 500 +104 Largest 1 day Gain since 1987

Stocks Rise Dow +938 Nasdaq + 194 S&P 500 +104 Largest 1 day Gain since 1987Wall Street makes stunning reversal from worst week ever. Dow, Nasdaq and S&P gain more than 11% after global crisis...

Dow falls 300Points, Now Under 10,000-- Market Report - Oct. 6, 2008

" Stocks tumbled Monday, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below 10,000 for the first time in nearly four years, as European governments' rush to prop up failing financial firms underscored the...

Skydivers complete Everest leap

The crazy mountainers have made different kind of record related with tallest peak of the world, Mt Everest.It is an extreme of adventerism,Himalaya is alraedy facing the threat of tourist pollution, and now this...

Finland: Lynx Population Reaches 100-Year High

THE FINNISH Game and Fisheries Research has estimated that the native lynx population is thriving with between 1,350 to 1,500 of them.   The wolverine population has also grown at a more steady pace with...

Houston - Galveston Update: President George Bush Pays a Visit

President George Bush has today paid a visit to Houston and then Galveston, where he walked around on foot in the disaster area and went on an aerial tour.  President Bush speaking in Houston urged people...

British Relay Team Join the New Olympic Craze: Drop the Baton!

  Craig Pickering and his team mates in the 4x100m men's relay bravely took the blame for the incredible bungle on the last leg, when he ran over the line in the baton exchange, thus gaining the team a...

Moneytalk: $3bn Jazan city, saudi Bin Laden Group builds Economic city

"Saudi Bin Laden Group plan a $3 billion smelter here to help create 500,000 jobs. Jazan will also attempt to build Saudi industries in silicon processing, agri-technology, textiles, food processing, and...

Coal plant protesters injured in skirmishes with police

As a police helicopter circles warning that unless protesters disperse "police horses, dogs and batons will be used" the huge sound system starts playing 'I've been loving you too long' the pained and...

Nooyi top-paid female CEO in US: Forbes

According to Frobes, Indian origin chief of  PespsiCo Indira Nooyi  is the top paid female CEO in USA. With a US $ 12.7 million pay packet Nooyi is the highest salary earner female in the USA....

RBS warns of Black Monday within three months, buy precious metals « Peter J...

" In a Daily Telegraph scoop today the bank warns that the S&P 500 will fall by more than 300 points to around 1050 by September. This Wall Street crash will reverberate through Europe, Asia and the emerging markets, and amount to ‘one of the worst bear markets over...

New Dubai mortgage options will keep house prices moving up « Peter J. Coope...

" Now we have Amlak Finance’s Easy Start mortgage which offers lower payments over the first four years of a home loan with increased payments from year five. On a Dhs1 million loan this cuts payments from Dhs9,500 on the normal finance rate of 7.75 per cent to Dhs6,458,...

Artist Takes Four Years To Paint Mona Lisas Smile

Well four years is a long time but I saw a TV programme that suggested Da Vinci himself took even longer to get that smile right... perhaps decades!" Madcap artist John Williams has finished his painting of the...

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