Vidal urges schools to give room for academic freedom, teach truth

"WHILE denying that Catholic schools convert or “proselytize members for the Church,” Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal asked that they be unashamed in proclaiming Jesus’ truth. He said the words while celebrating mass during the Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J)...

MONEYTALK update CENTRICA: Nuclear deal $24bn failed, EDF/British energy

Update AUG/02/2008Centrica, Britain's biggest gas and electricity supplier, is to sound out institutional shareholders about reviving plans for a £22.5bn all-share merger with British Energy, The Sunday Telegraph...

Savings windfall for firm that moved from Microsoft Outlook to Gmail

"Taylor Woodrow, a UK-based construction company, has switched its 1,800 employees' e-mail from Microsoft Outlook to enterprise Gmail. The company is also beginning to use other components of Google Apps, the suite of Web-based applications that includes, in addition to...

Malawi Expo 2008 Marked as a Success

"SAN BERNARDINO, July 11, 2008 (Cheetah Index)-The Malawi Expo says it is overwhelmingly impressed with the turn out at Malawi Expo 2008 which commenced from Tuesday July 1-3, 2008 at the Hilton Hotel in San...

Big household energy price increases likely this year

I'm not sure if this is actually news to be honest. Doesn't energy bills rise every year? However, according to the biggest energy firms in the UK, big increases in gas and electricity bills are going to be likely -...

He's black, and he's back! Private enterprise saves southern Africa's rhino f...

Great news for the Black Rhino. Sometimes private enterprise can work hand in hand with conservation as this scheme shows."A pioneering scheme which allows private landlords to own and breed wild rhinoceroses has...

Apple 3G iPhone Release Has Analysts Talking

The release of the 3G iPhone by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco this week has created a stir among Apple stock analysts and experts. Confidence had dropped...

Apple 3G iPhone Release Has Analysts Talking

The release of the 3G iPhone by Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco this week has created a stir among Apple stock analysts and experts. Confidence had dropped slightly in the days preceding the announcement due to...

Confirming months of speculation, Apple has announced that it will begin ship...

I am really glad that I delayed my decision to purchase an iPhone. It was launched at $599 for an 8GB iPhone and then was reduced to $399The iPhone 3G will be available July 11th in 22 countries. The maximum price around the world is $199 USD. The 16GB version will...

"Tribbles" Director Dies

Another of the old guard passes on."Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-known episodes of the original “Star Trek” television series, died on May 18 at his home here. He was 96. ...Mr. Pevney directed 14 episodes of that 1960s series, including “The City...

UK diesel 'most costly after tax'

"UK diesel prices are the cheapest in western Europe before tax is added, Government figures revealed.But once taxes are imposed on the fuel, the average price at the pump is higher than any other European Union...

'Beam me up Scotty' comes to life in Australia

In a homage to every Star Trek fan's fantasy, a company in Australia called Telstra actually used a hologram to beam its chief technology officer from Melbourne to Adelaide for a live business presentation. "In an...

Indigenous Solutions: The Free Market, Free Trade and Free Enterprise Traditions

" George B.N. Ayittey The Free Market, Free Trade and Free Enterprise Traditions Africa's indigenous economic system is probably the area least understood. The myth of...

Veteran actor Om Puri is the new Chief of India's Film Development

"Veteran actor Om Puri is the new Chief of NFDC One of India's most celebrated actors Om Puri of 'East is East', 'Ardh Satya' and 'Paar' fame has taken over as Chairman, National...

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