BBC producers defiant over racist slur

From the United States' "Desperate Housewives" to UK's "Harry and Paul", TV productions can't seem to have enough of the global Filipino worker. Early this week, officials and civic groups have issued statements condemning the show and its producers and demanding...

UBS $15bn deal with Blackrock looks absurd « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

Hedge fund Blackrock therefore acquires a $15 billion loan portfolio for an equity payment of $3.75 billion. But the risk of this massive leverage is largely borne by the seller UBS through a loan to fund the acquisition.

London needs more green

One day my two friends and I wanted to go have a picnic in Regent's Park. It was a beautiful spring day, we were finished our exams, and we wanted to have a bottle of wine, some store-made sandwiches, and...

BC Justice: Police to "Knock Three Times"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAnother World Event riding in the Province that is hosting the 2010 Olympic games, seems to be a Criminal Free for All when BC Justice mandates to our national police...

Canada: Islamic Congress Sues Maclean's Magazine

OpinionBarry Artsite, Now Public ContributorAh, Human Rights, the bastion of  what makes Canada attractive to many wishing to flee their war torn countries for the safe haven of our shores.  These same...

Dairy Farmers & Oil Barons: White Gold vs Black Gold.

North American Dairy Farmers control the worlds thirst for  "White Gold" and the Oil Barons control the worlds thirst for "Black Gold" speaks volumes over the disparity between the two in terms of Global...

"Don't Drive while Blindfolded" : The most stupid laws in UK & the world!

"A little-known law which prohibits people dying while in the Houses of Parliament has been voted the UK's most ludicrous piece of legislation.The most absurd international law was judged to be in the US state of Ohio, where it is illegal to get fish drunk. The unusual...

Gore and Nobel Win: A coup for junk science!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA Coup for non believers, whereby it seems everybody's crackpot theories like the GAYBOMB (Taxpayers paid for this?) can line up for a Nobel Peace Prize along with the...

Call for time limit on marriages

"A German politician has been ostracised by her party after she called for a maximum time limit on marriages of seven years. Controversial conservative CDU/CSU party politician Gabriele Pauli said all marriages should be limited to save the costs of a divorce and force...

Canadian Mobile Data Rate Costs (1GB)

Blame Canada!  Man we gotta do something about those monopolies.  I thought we invented the damn phone!  Why are we getting so fleeced by the mobile carriers?"Thanks to Thomas Purves for doing the...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Compiled by Sai.R

"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries? Contents 1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006-------------------------------------- 2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...

Working Wounded: Business Myths

"After 10 years of writing Working Wounded I've concluded that there are a lot of myths about work. I thought it would be fun to tackle some of the bigger ones in this week's blog. Check out my list below and send me some of your favorites. It's impossible to be overpaid when...

Theory that U.S. orchestrated Sept. 11 attacks 'not absurd': Venezuela

" President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that it's at least plausible that the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks."

The coolest guy and the cruelest tax collector…

"We promised to keep you updated on absurdities connected to the World Cup, and today we have a couple of great ones. In Beijing, fire broke out in a hutong — a traditional courtyard dwelling — in the middle of the night, just as the France-Spain match was...

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