The news comes a day after Ford posts its larger quarterly loss ever. Speculators say that consumers are buying more fuel effecient and most of the demand is coming from Asia and Brazil, while there is a decline in...
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Rain rain, go away...but a few more drops won't hurt us folk in Toronto from getting a record amount of precipitation this week.Around 240 millimetres of rain has fallen since the beginning of last month, and only...
"Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund Paul Graham July 2008 When we read Y Combinator applications there are always ideas we're hoping to see. In the past we've never said publicly what they are. If we say we're...
Taormina will be the busiest athlete! She’s going to be the first woman ever to compete in three Olympics in three different sports.The American won a gold medal in swimming in 1996 and competed in the triathlon...
The subject of UFOs always scares me a little. If something is really "out there," we should definitely start worrying! Haven't any of you seen Independence Day starring Will Smith? We wouldn't be worrying about...
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Moody’s Investors Service: More than two of every five subprime borrowers whose mortgages were reworked in H1’07 are defaulting anyway. Among subprime adjustable-rate mortgages modified in H1’07, 42% were at least 90 days late on March 31.
"Warner Bros.’ "The Dark Knight" is poised to enter the record books as it opens today -- and the weekend has a shot at being the best on record in overall grosses on the strength of the Batman sequel and...
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Amazingly, everyone here seems to be hurting when it comes to food costs. From grocery shopping on Monday I found the following (all prices in Eur) and just in time to confirm the article below:Cookies - Normally 0.69 - up to 1.09 Granola bars - normally 2.09- up to...
Two World Records have been set:" The first coin was placed on the ground Tuesday evening. By Friday night, the group had assembled a 64-kilometre-long chain of pennies in a school parking lot. Volunteer Diana...
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No one seems to have made any money during the supposedly halcyon days of the Major Label Record Deal (ie. major label record debt). Whether you were a double diamond platinum selling artist or a solid gold country...
After continuously increasing for many weeks now fuel prices for the first time prices have fallen down. Stronger dollar is also helping in reducing the crude price. dollar has appreciated against major currencies....
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A judge has ruled that a woman in a 1988 sex attack can sue her attacker to claim some of his winnings from a lottery he won after his release in 2004."A PENSIONER attacked by lottery rapist Iorworth Hoare has won the right to sue him for a share of his £7million winnings. ...
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ...
The National Association of Realtors just reported that pending sales for existing homes fell 4.7% in May 2008. This marks the third lowest reading on record in May. Home sales are considered pending when the seller...
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UPDATED The Christian Science Monitor, has posted video of the event. Here's the link. When it comes to presidential politics, Barack Obama has all the buzz on the Internet. He has raised record amounts of money online. He hired a Facebook co-founder to help leverage...