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...
created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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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...
created by Actual News Geezer | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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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...
created by nukegingrich | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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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....
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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...
created by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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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...
created by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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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...
created by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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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,...
created by Edmund Jenks | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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