Google's Android Gains More Powerful Followers

"Today is a dark day for Nokia and Microsoft: Telco Vodafone, equipment maker Ericsson and handset maker Sony Ericsson have joined Google’s camp in making rival cell-phone software. Today,...

Government privatization agency downplays financial risk to Victoria hospital...

The head of the B.C. government agency charged with promoting privately financed public infrastructure has a rosy view of the current credit crisis facing the European banks that are putting up the capital for an...

The latest on the 2008 presidential race exit polls

"The networks will follow strict rules Tuesday on projecting election results, examining not only the data from exit polls but actual vote tabulation and turnout data. NBC — which keeps its decision desk isolated from the calls made by competing networks — will call a...

Let Elizabeth May speak

"I'm alarmed at how easily parties put their own interest ahead of the public interest ...

MONEYTALK: $5 bn for WIND POWER lines, Texas

Texas the state with Windpower for all, approved the power line plan from West Texas to urban cities. The largest investment in clean, renewable energy in U.S. history. Texas citizens will have to assist with the...

ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE UNVEILS WORLD'S FIRST GENOME-WIDE SPINAL CO...

The Allen Institute for Brain Science today unveiled the groundbreaking Allen Spinal Cord Atlas, the world's first genome-wide map of the mouse spinal cord. Researchers can immediately access the free online...

Malawi Expo 2008 Marked as a Success

"SAN BERNARDINO, July 11, 2008 (Cheetah Index)-The Malawi Expo says it is overwhelmingly impressed with the turn out at Malawi Expo 2008 which commenced from Tuesday July 1-3, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel in San...

Multibrid eyes Ontario for offshore turbine manufacturing

Ontario's economy has really been gutted over the past few years. the manufacturing sector has been a key factor in the erosion of Ontario's, once mighty manufacturing base, as the big automobile manufacturers (GM and Ford) have imploded, due to rising gas prices and poor...

They May Take Our Planet, But They'll Never Take OUR FREEDOM!

Muckraking on a galactic scale or giant waste of time? It's good to know that, with everything going on in the world today, that so many people are focusing their energy on making sure no shady deals are being struck with powers from beyond the sun."A multinational...

British consumer confidence hits record low, BRC finds

UK retailers are in a panic as study after study shows that consumers are going to be hoarding their cash for some time. A drop in consumer spending power, a bad job market and general economic malaise have contributed to a general belt-tightening in the public mood....

Gulf magnates look to develop Dubai-on-Thames

Something similar to the famous palm islands of Dubai may soon be apearing along the River Thames in London. The gulf magnates who worked in Dubai have proposed to reclaim two three-mile stretches of land...

'Alien' life forms captured on film

Makes you wonder what else is there to be captured. This looks very exotic."A secret Malaysian probe has captured amazing images of a weird life form - perhaps the first indication of what alien life looks like.  The probe, code named the PSA 530, captured these images...

Super Tuesday Exit Polls: Right Here

Super Tuesday Exit Polls: Right Here10:03 pm -  " WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton was strongly supported by Hispanics and people seeking an experienced...

State plantation firms form consortium to produce biofuel

""We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the formation of a consortium to build a biofuel and biodiesel factory. We hope construction of the factory can be started in the second semester of this year," PTPN VII President Director Andi Punoko said here on...

IATA wins $50 million contract to lease three choppers

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Publicly-listed PT Indonesia Air Transport Tbk (IATA) has won a US$50 million contract for the leasing of three helicopters to the West Natuna Consortium consisting of Conoco Philips, Premier Oil and Star Energy for five years. The contract was signed...

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