Save Money By Buying Gas At Night

"Save Money By Buying Gas At Night photo credit: richpix  The gasoline price gouging has gone on long enough in Vancouver - stations raise the price each morning and drop them later in the day. The average increase is 16-20 cents a gallon surcharge for the...

Meet "Germany's Dumbest Bankers"

If you thought you've had a bad week at work, consider the plight of Peter Fleischer and Detlef Leinberger, two German bankers who cost their company more than 500 million euros by approving a fund transfer to Lehman Brothers after the investment bank had already declared...

Interference Would Force Me To Quit, Says Arsene Wenger

"With an emphatic victory over Blackburn, we are now in the third position in the league. Next up is a trip to Dynamo Kyiv and reports suggest that Clichy will travel with team and Eboue wouldn’t. Also travelling...

Cemetery officials illegally exhuming bodies in Hong Kong

China's anti-corruption body announced today that 18 senior cemetery officials in Hong Kong have been caught accepting bribes to prematurely exhume partially decomposed bodies from temporary graves in government-run cemeteries.""ICAC enquiries revealed that the arrested...

Obama Doesn't want Ayers ads Aired, Threatens Stations

"The Obama campaign is giving a glimpse of the future for conservative free speech. They’re trying to sic the Justice Department on TV stations, many of them Sinclair Broadcasting stations, that are airing the...

Football: Premier League - Scolari strikes the right note as Chelsea aim to s...

The English Premier League, arguably the best in the world, starts its new season today and fans throughout the world will be looking to see what the Brazilian Luiz Felioe Scolari will bring to the pitch as he starts...

Wal-Mart Warns of Democratic Win

Everyone's favorite happy face is starting to scowl.  Apparently the chain is rooting for McCain.  "Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to...

The Communist State of WalMart, What's Next?

" Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it has held meetings with U.S. store managers warning them of issues that could arise if Democrats win power"

Bell Canada Cutting 2,500 Management Jobs

Bell is cutting 2,500 management jobs to reduce costs, said telecom giant BCE on Monday. The timing of this is interesting, as the spectrum auction for cell phone providers ended just last week, with a number of independents looking to gear up against Bell and its other major...

Canada Study: Lose the accent to succeed, minorities.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnyone in business who has tried to carry a conversation with someone who speaks in a heavy foreign accent certainly knows the frustration trying to understand them. ...

Islamic hedge funds find a way of going short « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"Barclays Capital, and the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority, an agency of the Dubai government, today announced the first Shariah compliant hedge funds on the Al Safi Trust platform. This breaks new ground for Islamic investors and opens up an entirely new asset class...

Investing the Templeton Way: what is he backing now? « Peter J. Cooper’s W...

"Sir John Templeton is a remarkable billionaire investor, and even at 95 years old he is still making calls that put the brightest young hedge fund managers to shame. But based on his brilliant past record we can only hazard a guess at what this legendary investor is up to now. "

Mass Crocodile Deaths in South Africa

Over thirty crocodiles have been found dead in South Africa's most popular safari destination, and experts in related fields are meeting to find out what's killing them. "Veterinary surgeons, scientists, researchers,...

Offshoring 'bad for IT pay in UK'

Outsourcing of IT services from Britian to India has had its toll on the annual salaries of the lowest end of the Industry. There has not been any increment in last five years. According to a latest report, The offshoring trend is threatening to deprive the UK...

Manchester City Fans May Protest this evening

"There are reports filtering around of a protest planned for this evening in Manchester to protest the potential departure of Sven.  MCFCfans is keen to hear any reports from readers about the protest if it goes...

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