People employ people for funny reasons.

My partner Ann loves animals, she has a pig that lives up on her family farm and has bred caribou, goats and chickens and we are just about to set up a piggery on a piece of land she owns on the north east coast...

2.7m Chinese to lose jobs with deepening economic slowdown

Despite the talk of insulated, Chinese economy is also deeply affected with current global economic crisis. World's fastest growing economy is sputtering into an economic slowdown. World is hinging high hope on China to bail out from the current crisis. China's export sector...

Angry brides wage war on bridal shop owner

Every bride wants to look good on her wedding day so when that dreamt of dress becomes a nightmare you'd better watch out. All too often rogue traders get away with it - even closing one business to open another...

Crackdown!

Like I have been writing in my blog Cyber ink the backlash from the immigration debate is in full swing. Advocates of illegals feel assaulted by this Republican Administration. I feel those advocates made serious...

Murdoch poised to revolutionize financial reporting

Adage sees a sea change ahead in the business of business reporting.  "Rupert Murdoch is poised to take control of The Wall Street Journal, the country's second-largest newspaper by circulation, the top...

How Many SUVs Are on Your block? Crowdsourcing Vigilantism or Creative Conser...

Now here is a very interesting crowdsourcing project: How Many SUVs Are on Your block?  Do you hate SUVs? think they are bad for the environment? Go out and report them to the Brian Lehrer Show!  The...

IHOP snaps up Applebee's for $2.1 billion

IHOP, the largest stacker of pancakes with 1,300 pancake focused restaurants in the US and Canada, grows by acquiring Applebee's, the largest chain retaurant in the world.  "Pancake house IHOP Corp. said...

TIME decapitates GWB and military

"In his most recent hit piece aimed at undermining public opinion against the Iraq war effort, TIME journalist columnist [ed] Joe Klein begins his diatribe with a startling piece of photography. President Bush is...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Supervalu Setting Up IT Shop in India; Ups Q3 and Q4 Guidance

"DECEMBER 14, 2006 -- MINNEAPOLIS - Like Tesco and Target before it, Supervalu here is reportedly setting up an IT shop in Bangalore, India, planning a $50 million investment over the next five years. The retailer\wholesaler also said it was upping its guidance for the last...

2000 jobs lost in nine-day-old Fiji coup

"Update: 2.30PM A survey has shown that nearly 2000 workers in Fiji have either lost their jobs or are working reduced hours since last week's military coup. The survey by the Fiji Employers Federation shows 180...

Restaurant Sales Projected to Reach a Record $537 Billion in '07: NRA

"DECEMBER 13, 2006 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record $537 billion in 2007--a solid 5.0 percent increase over 2006 sales, according to the National Restaurant...

VeraSun Builds Two Additional Ethanol Refineries

VeraSun Builds Two Additional Ethanol Refineries   "BROOKINGS, S.D. -- VeraSun Energy Corp. began construction on its fourth and fifth ethanol production facilities near Welcome, Minn., and Hartley, Iowa,...

Farmers Branch To Consider Illegal Immigration Measure

A city councilman wants to make it tougher for illegal immigrants to live and work in Farmers Branch. Farmers Branch is a city in Dallas County, Texas. The city is a suburb of Dallas. It's part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

Exodus Of Illegal Immigrants From Hazleton

"Locally, what I’ve seen, and what’s been told to me, is that a lot of the illegals have left. You can notice the difference"

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