Grain Elevator Blast Rocks Destrehan, Near New Orleans

"Friday, October 31, 2008By Matt Scallan, New Orleans Times-Picayune A fire and explosion at the ADM Growmark grain elevator in Destrehan caused "considerable structural damage" to the facility, according to an initial report from the state Department of Environmental...

Consumers Favor Hybrid Technologies

"Americans, to quote JFK, seem willing to "pay any price" to achieve better gas mileage. As gasoline prices pass $4 a gallon, consumers remain high on hybrids. That holds true both before and after the average market price -- $5,000 -- is revealed, according to the J.D....

Egypt: The Great Sphinx of African BPO Outsourcing Rises!

" In July 2007, AT Kearney ranked Egypt 13th in their list of top 50 outsourcing destinations worldwide.   This placed Egypt at the top-most position among all African countries featured in the report, an annual compilation by the well-respected research...

Dove's 'Real Beauty' Pics Could Be Big Phonies

Beauty, it turns out, is more than skin deep..."BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- Dove's "real beauties" may not be so real after all, at least by the account of a renowned airbrush artist. In a May 12 profile in The New Yorker posted online, Pascal Dangin of New York's Box...

A indian security man arrested with explosives in Jammu Kashmir

"Srinagar(ABC Live): Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir remains headache for past two and half decades. A considerable portion of Indian security forces is deployed in this troubled state for countering terrorism but results are coming of zigzag nature"

On the Edgwater Road

"Thousands of commuters face traffic disruption for days after workmen cut through a water main on one of London's busiest routes. Thousands of gallons of water flooded the Edgware Road and poured into shops and an underground car park when Transport for London contractors...

Is Prefab Fab?

NYtimes reports on MoMA's show that will feature five prefab houses built next to the museum."To many people the term “prefab housing” calls to mind trailer parks. Yet lately prefabricated houses — built off site and then delivered largely complete — have become...

Steepest fall in US house prices in 16 years fuels fears of recession

"Words almost failed observers on both sides of the Atlantic yesterday as they reacted to the worst American economic data to emerge for some considerable time. Consumer confidence slumped to the lowest level in almost two years and home prices scored their worst performance...