Merrill set to sell Bloomberg stake for $4.5bn

Some interesting news for those who follow the fate of Michael Bloomberg.  It seems the meltdown in the financial sector has allowed him to buy back a big stake of his empire from Merrill Lynch."Merrill Lynch is set to sell its 20 per cent stake in Bloomberg for about...

Iran`s Revolutionary Guards Hold War Games

Calm down..soldier!"Iran`s elite Revolutionary Guards began military manoeuvres on Monday, news agencies said, the same day the U.S. Navy said it was carrying out an exercise in the Gulf. The war games were conducted by missile units of the Guards` naval and air forces, the...

U.S. escalating covert operations against Iran - report

"U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in...

What's to love about LinkedIn?

I prefer face to face meetings, rather than internet meeting. But then that's me. What about you?" What's to love about LinkedIn? Melanie Lindner, Forbes Published: Friday, June 27, 2008 In the Internet age,...

China executes six more drug dealers

The Chinese execute with a single bullet to the head, charging the family of the executed for it. After the execution organs are removed and sold for transplants. "China executes six more drug dealers Beijing, June...

ENVIRONMENT: Mexicans Protest Canadian Mining Company

"ENVIRONMENT: Mexicans Protest Canadian Mining Company By Stephen Leahy* The old city centre of Cerro de San Pedro. Credit:Ángel Caído TORONTO, Jun 28 (Tierramérica) - Residents and activists from the central...

Unlimited supply of chocolate for the world.

So we think the general population is getting heavier, but if this research pans out, we are all about to get a lot fatter! Heres a summary of what is going to happen. Cocoa crops getting bigger, more chocolate is...

Baby mammoth will ‘live’ 500 years

"Scientists say the body of a prehistoric mammoth, found in Russia, can be preserved for another 500 years. The frozen remains, weighing 50kg, were discovered in the Yamalo-Nenets region in the Urals May last year. ...

MP calls for mass squirrel cull

I have yet to photograph a red squirrel.I am not convinced that culling grey squirrels will solve the current problem and I would much prefer to see other solutions such as supplying red squirrels with additional...

The Pill online: Fear for young girls as website starts selling prescription-...

" The contraceptive pill will be sold by an officially-sanctioned UK website from today. Until now it has been available only on prescription from GPs and clinics. The doctors running the DrThom website say it is aimed at busy working mothers and those living a long way...

Iran says nuclear program continues 'non-stop'

Islamic Republic's envoy to U.N. nuclear agency dismisses requests to halt uranium enrichment despite a world powers' offer of economic incentives to coax Tehran into halting such activities"Iran is pressing on with uranium enrichment "non-stop," its envoy to the U.N. nuclear...

Alberta: Big Hopes for Teensy Pandas

I think this is a first in Canada, if not North America the birth of twin red pandas, certainly a tourist draw for a Alberta Zoo."EDMONTON -- Two tiny red pandas at Edmonton's Valley Zoo are carrying the survival of...

67 London schools told to improve or be taken over

Ed Balls, the UK Schools Secretary, has threatened to close down 67 schools if they don't improve their testing results."Dozens of London schools - including many city academies - are being ordered to raise their standards or face losing their independence. Ministers are...

Time to re-Pass the GI Bill in the USA

"By JOEL MCNALLY  Tuesday, June 3, 2008As someone who opposed the Vietnam War and didn’t spit on a single soldier, I have never believed those stories about servicemen in uniform encountering a tsunami of...

TSA's Millimeter scanners see through clothes, installed at 10 airports

"Leave it to the TSA to come up with new ways to check out what you're packing. In this case, those body-scanning machines we've known about for some time are being installed in 10 airports. They are already being...

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