Manmohan changed millions of lives: Time

"Manmohan changed millions of lives: Time" " Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's speeches may not be winning him followers but his work does and his actions have "changed tens of millions of lives for the better",...

Pollution can make you fat

With obesity amongst children and adults at an all time high in the western world scientists are now looking beyond the obvious causes such as overeating and lack of exercise to other factors. This new report...

Low cost Internet phone revolution beckons for India

The internet continues to revolutionize communications around the world; this is the Network Age."Under the plan proposed this week by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, people could call from their...

Hispanic group to grill McCain, Obama on Tuesday

"A leading Hispanic organization is demanding assurances from the two major presidential candidates that they'll push for comprehensive immigration revisions and dramatically increase Hispanic representation in the federal government. ...

Texas is gaining in population; Detroit is losing - America's cities

Texas is apparently the hottest place to live in the states, and I don't mean the sun is really strong. Four cities in Texas gained in population last year according to the Census Bureau's report released today....

Being a little chunky ain't so bad, after all

OpinionBarry ARtiste, Now Public ContributorAs I have reported so many times on Now Public about Junk Science, Researchers who rely on public money for their livlihood have differing opinions, most researchers...

Microsoft's Unified Communications Product To Unify All Devices

"Microsoft expects its unified communications product - the company's effort to link email, instant messaging and phone systems over internet networks - to become one of the fastest-growing segments of its $US16 billion business division. Revenue growth from unified...

Is GOP Determined to Avoid Minority Voters?

"Nothing has more significance for America's long-term political evolution than the demographic changes that are diversifying a mostly white nation. But you'd never know it from the Republican presidential race. Not only is the GOP field all white and male -- in a year that...

September presidential debates specifically geared to Hispanics

The circus comes to El Barrio. Popcorn, cotton candy, elephants and donkeys. The greatest Show on Earth. Barnum would have been proud. Enjoy the show! It won't be back for 4 years."Acknowledging the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. electorate, a series of nationally...

Jim Belanger Named Senior Vice President of Franchise Development for Yakety ...

" Jim Belanger Named Senior Vice President of Franchise Development for Yakety Yak and Play N Trade Industry Veteran to Lead Market Expansion 1/31/2007 - Newport Beach, CA: NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Pat Harriman Yakety Yak and Play N...

Target Removes Che Guevara Mechandise

"Target Corp said on Friday it had pulled a CD carrying case bearing Ernesto "Che" Guevara's image after an outcry by critics; some who label the Marxist revolutionary a murderer and totalitarian symbol; while others say Guevara is a philosophically improbable candidate for...

More retirees opting to launch startups

"(Business 2.0 Magazine) -- Terry Alderete and Leonard Liu don't seem to have much in common. She's the owner of a special events firm in Newark, Calif., and he's chairman and chief executive of a software development company split between Silicon Valley and Shanghai. But...

Vista flaw could haunt Microsoft [SQL Server]

Microsoft wants a bigger piece of Oracle and IBM's database business, but an oversight in its new operating system could cost the company plenty. "Microsoft has a problem. Vista, its long-awaited update to the Windows operating system, can't run the current version of SQL...

Biotech stocks rally ahead of stem cell vote

It'll be interesting to see what happens in Missouri especially after the whole Michael J. Fox and Rush Limbaugh fiasco. "The results of Missouri's referendum on stem cell research Tuesday could impact several...

Fastest Growing Web 2.0 companies

"New York—Web 2.0 is the fastest-growing category on the Web, according to panelists who participated in the session Web 2.0: Predictions and Pithy Analysis on Monday at ad:tech. Charlie Buchwalter, senior VP-industry solutions at Nielsen//NetRatings, said the sites...

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