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Ford posts largest quarterly loss ever
Ford Motor Company today announced that they are going to be transforming their vehicle lineup due to the largest reported loss for the company in its 105 year history.Their stock also fell about 16% - which is a LOT... Tight security, visa restrictions and high fares deter Olympic tourists
Chinese government is not very enthused with the response from tourist for Olympic games.Main deterrents are strict China visa regime and tight security restrictions. Expensive cost is hampering even domestic tourist in China. Fewer people are going to Beijing... Welcome to Iraq, the hot new holiday destination
" It has some of the finest archaeological sites in the world and some of the holiest places in Islam - but persuading tourists to visit Iraq has to be one of the toughest jobs around. Hamood Massam al-Yakoubi,...Inflation: Price jump worst since '91
"Record gas and higher food prices drove inflation to the biggest annual jump since 1991 and fanned fears about growing pressures on consumers.The Labor Department reading on Wednesday is another sign, along with mounting job losses and declining home prices, of the economic... Dollar plumbs new low versus euro
Homework for US Govt to find a solution..."The dollar sank to a new all-time low against the euro Tuesday as concerns about the health of the U.S. banking sector and economy deepened.The 15-nation euro rose as high... Anheuser-Busch agrees to $52B takeover
"The maker of the King of Beers has agreed to go to work for the Belgian brewer InBev.Anheuser Busch Cos (BUD, Fortune 500). said early Monday it had agreed to a sweetened $52 billion takeover bid from Inbev, heading off what had promised to be a long and acrimonious fight...Cuba says US organizing demonstrations
"Cuba on Wednesday accused U.S. diplomats of instigating opponents of the communist-run government to hold public protests to mark American Independence Day."There has been an escalation of provocative actions organized and financed by the U.S. Interests Section in Havana,"... New Math: 2.3¢ carbon tax now means 10 ¢ a litre at Gas Stations.
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorFollowing British Columbians accepting that $100.00 carbon tax cheque from our Provincial government, today we will have cheque cashers remorse now that BC's... Nokia buys social networking site Plazes
" HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it has agreed to buy social networking start-up Plazes as part of its major push into offering Internet services. Plazes (http://www.plazes.com/) provides location-aware services that people...Wiltshire crop circle identified as symbolic code for first ten places of pi
" Mathematicians are perplexed after a highly complex crop circle appeared in a Wiltshire field - depicting a fundamental mathematical symbol. The circle is, apparently, a coded image representing a complex...Toraja - elaborate funeral tradition
Tana Toraja is located at South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and its really have elaborate funeral tradition. Beside strange its also expensive. The dead body will put on a hill and the rites will cost hundred million... Wall Street "In On the Game"
According to senior writer, Alexandra Twin, CNNMoney [former] Republican-friendly Wall Street is backing Senator Barack Obama."And that's what is giving Obama an edge over Republican challenger John McCain, said... Heat, humidity spawn severe storms in Ont., N.B. and Sask.
Severe winds and rain battered a huge swath between Windsor and Toronto and was felt as far away as New Brunswick during the evening and overnight on Sunday. And that big funnel and huge amount of wind you might have...E-mail warns of bloody weekend in Mexican border city
"CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- The streets of Ciudad Juarez are empty after police became aware of an e-mail warning that this weekend will be "the bloodiest" in the Mexican border city.... Israel-Syria Peace Deal? Lebanon Falling, Iran Rising
***OPINION***"My reactions are based on an article titled Israel-Syria Peace Deal Could Threaten Iran, Hezbollah. When you only read the title you think that things are improving (snicker, snicker) in the Middle...
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