RTE News - McAleese on north American visit

President McAleese left Dublin this morning on an eight-day visit to three north American cities. Mrs McAleese will visit Philadelphia, where she will be conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by Villanova University. She will spend three days in Seattle before...

IOL: McAleese continues North American tour

President Mary McAleese is to visit a charity set up by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates in Seattle today as part of her official visit to the US and Canada. She is visiting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which funds HIV/Aids programmes, before being guest of...

JD Lasica Questions Wisdom of NYTimes Op Ed Cash Grab

I was shocked when I learned this morning (I was flying yesterday) about Monday's announcement that the New York Times is placing all of its op-ed columnists behind a $50-a-year pay firewall starting in September. Shocked probably isn't too strong a term. Conservative...

Wal-Mart profit warning sinks Dow; tech stocks fall (The Charlotte Observer)

Stocks tumbled sharply Thursday as a second-quarter profit warning from Wal-Mart Stores overshadowed strong economic news and a sharp drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average suffered a triple-digit loss for the second time this week.

President of Ireland to visit Vancouver as part of a Trade Mission

H.E. Mary McAleese, President of Ireland will be traveling to Vancouver as part of a Trade Mission May 26 – 27, 2005.   The BC TIA is is hosting a business breakfast to be held Friday, May 27 at 7:30 AM, at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver.  

Home improvement firm Rona's Q1 profit jumps 27 per cent to $14.2M

MONTREAL (CP) - Rona Inc., a building-supplies retail chain, wants to vacuum up the last of the available Canadian independent retailers before turning its attention to the United States, chief executive Robert Dutton said Tuesday.

'Tis the Season for Shareholder Activism

Every spring, thousands of annual general meetings take place across America. Many of these are banal affairs where CEOs use their big day to unveil their latest product, announce record profits, or otherwise make a media splash and get their votes of confidence from the...

CP urges Canada to support Vancouver port growth - Yahoo! News

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada should concentrate on expanding Vancouver's port to put it on the same scale as the world's biggest facilities, not "dilute" the opportunity with major investments in another West Coast port, the head of the country's No. 2...

Computers Grade Students' Writing

A professor, tired of marking the same old mistakes in university compositions, invents software to do the work. It's one of several programs that ease teachers' busywork, but do students learn more than how to trick the automated graders?

Rethink The Corporation Debate!

From Upcoming:Join the DVD House Party! Rethink The Corporation Debate! Live, online May 7. Info at http://www.TheCorporation.com/debate The film THE CORPORATION has been sparking discussions wherever it plays. In tandem with the launch of the film on DVD a "Rethink...