Tourism is the Gold of the Faroes

"Atlantic Airways hosted the FlyFaroe 2007 tourism convention in Torshavn at the weekend in a bid to persuade the travel industry to increase their promotion of the islands. There is an old Faroese saying; "ull...

Google tells us what we look for

"What do Sarah Palin, Facebook and Euro 2008 have in common? They are all on the list of the top 10 fastest-rising queries on Google during 2008. The search engine has published its year-end Zeitgeist, the tool...

Quantifi Named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 for New York, New Jersey, and...

"Quantifi, Inc., a leading provider of analytics and risk management solutions to the global credit markets, has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for New York, New Jersey, and...

Number of millionaires rises to 1.23 lakh in India

" NEW DELHI: With economy growing in a rapid pace and stock markets rising sharply in 2007, India saw the fastest growth in the number of high networth individuals (HNI) worldwide and their combined wealth...

Fisichella 3rd fastest in Monza testing

"Giancarlo Fisichella ran a faultless 114 laps in his Force India car and posted the third fastest time of the day to cap the outfit’s three-day Monza testing for the Italian Grand Prix. Fisichella continued the evaluation of set-ups and wing levels specifically for his...

Hamilton trails on opening Friday at Valencia

Kimi Raikkonen was fastest as Ferrari outpaced McLaren in Friday practice for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. The world champion beat Renault’s Fernando Alonso by 0.020 seconds in the afternoon session after Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel topped the first.Read full...

Russia investors flee after conflict

"Investors have pulled funds out of Russia at the fastest rate since the country's 1998 debt crisis, in the wake of the conflict with Georgia, official figures have shown.Official figures from the Central Bank of Russia showed yesterday that the country's foreign exchange...

Usain Bolt sets 100m World Record

... Wow. I watched the men's 100m while deleting some spam. It was over all too quickly, with Jamaica's Usain Bolt dominating the field with a world-record time of 9.69 seconds. Bolt even eased up in the last...

Spin flip trick points to fastest RAM yet

"Do you wish your computer was faster? Engineers and physicists from Germany have demonstrated the quickest prototype yet of an advanced form of RAM tipped by hardware manufacturers to be the future of computing. The device is so fast it brushes against a fundamental...

Norway's Alexander Oen SMASHES 100 metre Breaststroke Olympic Record

The Olympic Record for the Men's 100 metres Breaststroke has been broken by Norwegian, Alexander Dale Oen.   " Oen's time of 59.41 seconds made him the second fastest swimmer of all time in the...

OMG! LG MOBILE PHONES HAS NAMED A NEW TEXTING CHAMPION

The Second Annual LG National Texting Competition has come to a close, and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) has crowned another victor in their quest for fast and furious thumbs. On July...

Record-breaking serve at Wimbledon by Venus Williams

Venus Williams records the fastest serve ever by a woman at Wimbledon with the scoreboard also had Williams winning 6-1, 7-5 Saturday over qualifier"One swing from completing her week’s work, Venus Williams toed...

German Inflation Worst in 15 Years, Wages Decline

"German inflation picked up speed in June, jumping to an annual 3.3 percent, the fastest pace since 1993, from 3.0 percent in May, official figures showed Friday.As inflation climbs and indicators point to an economic slowdown, there are growing concerns Germany and the...

FASTEST PIZZA MAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD COMPETE FOR TITLE OF ‘WORLD’S ...

Dough will fly as 18 finalists from around the world compete for the title of “World’s Fastest Pizza Maker” and a $5,000 prize on Tuesday, June 24, in the Towsley Auditorium on the campus of Washtenaw...

MoneyWeek editor, latest on the UK house price crash « Peter J. Cooper’s W...

"Money Programme interview with the Editor of MoneyWeek, Merryn Somerset Webb on UK house prices which have been falling at their fastest pace in history over the past two months. This lady has been proved right for steering buyers away from property in recent years. Listen...

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