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Archive for May 7th, 2008

Costa Rica , selling its wares exclusively to the eco-friendly Whole Foods Market chain, which has more than 270 stores in the U.S. and the U.K. Banana sales provide 7 percent of the university's r…

author National Geographic News, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

Costa Rica , selling its wares exclusively to the eco-friendly Whole Foods Market chain, which has more than 270 stores in the U.S. and the U.K. Banana sales provide 7 percent of the university's r…

author National Geographic News, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

San Francisco - Cisco profit fell 5.4 per cent in the third quarter on acquisition expenses, the company said Tuesday. But the world's largest maker of the routers and switches that run the internet b…

author Earth Times, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

San Francisco - Cisco profit fell 5.4 per cent in the third quarter on acquisition expenses, the company said Tuesday. But the world's largest maker of the routers and switches that run the internet b…

author Earth Times, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

The Foreign Ministry is sending $100,000 in initial emergency food and medical supplies to survivors of the deadly cyclone that battered Myanmar over the weekend. The aid is being sent in coordination…

author Haaretz, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

The Foreign Ministry is sending $100,000 in initial emergency food and medical supplies to survivors of the deadly cyclone that battered Myanmar over the weekend. The aid is being sent in coordination…

author Haaretz, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

RICHMOND, Va. — Twenty-five of the state's most influential business lobbying groups are backing new statewide taxes for highway upkeep and repair. The coalition that includes retailing and construct…

author NBC 4, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

RICHMOND, Va. — Twenty-five of the state's most influential business lobbying groups are backing new statewide taxes for highway upkeep and repair. The coalition that includes retailing and construct…

author NBC 4, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

In an effort to get rid of potholes on several roads in the corporate area, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be undertaking a major road patching programme. The NWA said work will be carried ou…

author Radio Jamaica, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

In an effort to get rid of potholes on several roads in the corporate area, the National Works Agency (NWA) will be undertaking a major road patching programme. The NWA said work will be carried ou…

author Radio Jamaica, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

Wednesday, May 07, 2008 RAWALPINDI: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said there was great potential for enhanced collaboration between Pakistan and Yemen in all areas and urged increased bilate…

author The News, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

At least 15 people are still missing after rescuers found 12 dead bodies in a mining camp in easternmost Papua province, Indonesia on Tuesday, the health ministry said here. "Fifteen people are s…

author People's Daily, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

Yahoo has given furious shareholders barely a week to organise a protest vote over its rejection of Microsoft's takeover offers, setting a 15 May deadline for putting resolutions to its annual meeting…

author The Independent, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

Yahoo has given furious shareholders barely a week to organise a protest vote over its rejection of Microsoft's takeover offers, setting a 15 May deadline for putting resolutions to its annual meeting…

author The Independent, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

Lloyds TSB said it had no need to join the queue of banks seeking to raise billions of pounds from shareholders after unveiling relatively modest write-downs in respect of the credit crunch, which has…

author Congoo, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

Lloyds TSB said it had no need to join the queue of banks seeking to raise billions of pounds from shareholders after unveiling relatively modest write-downs in respect of the credit crunch, which has…

author Congoo, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

's latest prescription drug program. Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) announced Monday it would launch the third phase of its low-cost prescription drug program, filling prescription…

author Business Journal, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

's latest prescription drug program. Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) announced Monday it would launch the third phase of its low-cost prescription drug program, filling prescription…

author Business Journal, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

If a high dividend has been the perennial attraction of Lloyds TSB, the credit crunch has also showed that payout to be the banks greatest protector. Its controversial decision not to cut its dividend…

author Congoo, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com

The big supermarkets have already stacked their shelves with everything from tripe soup to golabki, kielbasa to bigos. But Tesco is going one step further. With many customers preferring to shop from …

author Congoo, source feeds.bignewsnetwork.com