Archive for January, 2009
Obama image to be protected from profiteers
Washington: Barack Obama has been a marketer’s dream. Now that he’s moved into the Oval Office, the honeymoon may soon be over for people seeking to profit from his popularity. White House lawyers are examining ways to control the use of the …
Read More..>>Social Security numbers stolen in Oregon online scam
COOS BAY ‘” An online scam resulted in the theft of 45 Social Security numbers at the Oregon Department of Human Services office in Coos Bay last week. A computer virus arrived in the form of a bogus e-mail with an Internet link on it. When an …
Read More..>>Nothing builds a team like a nosedive
FORGET playing paintball. Companies are sending staff to experience a plane crash in simulators run by British Airways as the ultimate team-building exercise. For £130 a head, employees are taken to a hangar at Heathrow where they board a shortened …
Read More..>>Canary Wharf firm Songbird heads for strife over loans
SONGBIRD, the AIM-listed company which owns a majority stake in Canary Wharf, risks breaching its banking covenants on an £800m loan from Citigroup because of plunging property values. Independent valuers are putting the finishing touches to their …
Read More..>>Sacked: The ex-pat lawyer who penned a raunchy novel online
A lawyer who published a pornographic novel online has been sacked ‘“ and is threatening to sue her ex-bosses for sexual harassment. Deidre Dare, 43, was dismissed from her £150,000-a-year post in the Moscow office of Allen & Overy on Friday for …
Read More..>>Tax troubles arise for Obama’s health secretary nominee Tom Daschle
WASHINGTON ‘” Former Sen. Tom Daschle’s failure to pay his taxes on time isn’t expected to derail his confirmation as health secretary for the Obama administration, Republicans and Democrats say. Daschle, the South Dakota Democrat chosen to lead …
Read More..>>Guac Bless America
While millions of football fans train their focus on the gridiron this Sunday, armchair gladiators of another sort will be battling it out for snack time supremacy at Guac Bowl 2009 . It lacks the history of the Superbowl and the culinary finesse of …
Read More..>>15 lawmakers to join Obama to watch Super Bowl
WASHINGTON — He met at the White House with congressional leaders from both parties. He went to Capitol Hill for private meetings with House and Senate Republicans. President Barack Obama even schmoozed with a group over cocktails at the executive …
Read More..>>PM Abhisit given 15 days to leave office
BANGKOK (AFP) – Thousands of supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra rallied outside Thailand’s main government offices in Bangkok Saturday, vowing to fight on until the new administration left office within 15 days. The protesters spent …
Read More..>>Palo Alto Online News
More than a hundred teenagers and adults celebrated the opening of the first Free the Children office in California, located at 481 Washington Ave., Friday in Palo Alto. The crowd gathered from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Lucie Stern Community Center to …
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