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April 15, 2008 Hot Trends

Apple, Sony Agree to Pay $12,903 to Japanese Customers Over

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:47:25 PDT
Apple and Sony reached an agreement on Monday to pay about 1.3 million yen ($12,903) to settle claims that a man was burned after an Apple computer caught fire, which allegedly was caused by a faulty Sony battery.According to a Japan's news agency, Kyodo News, Apple and Sony reached the settlement with the man and his wife on April 2 at the Os

Tuesday March 18 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld - CBC News


CBC News

Tuesday March 18 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld
CBC News, Canada - Mar 17, 2008
... Susan Stranks & Sheila Petzold, and directed by Sheila Petzold. It was produced by Holmwood Productions (Ottawa) in association with CBC Newsworld.


Intentional Ugly - 8 Posts For the Ugly Obsessed

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:03:33 PDT
Intentional Ugly - 8 Posts For the Ugly Obsessed Why pursue only beautiful things when the world is full of so much ugly? Ugly is 'more real' and can even be adorable. Accordingly, today we offer you this diversion from pretty objects of desire. From an ugly model agency to glasses that make your food look ugly, these posts demonstrate that sometimes, great things come from the strangest extremes. Ugly Food Glasses - Blue Shade Glasses Help You Lose Weight? Scientific research has found blue to

The latest trend in knit wearables?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:18:31 PDT
"These 'Body-Technology Interfaces,' (BTIs) in the form of hand-knitted custom wrappers for personal electronic devices, will reflect salient interaction behaviors between the participant and their chosen device."

CBC to close Calgary unit of Newsworld (Toronto Star)

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:44:49 PDT
CALGARY–CBC News will close the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced Thursday that the two hours of Newsworld programming currently being produced from Calgary will shift to Toronto.

Off The Shoulder Dress Trends

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:06:29 PDT
Another big trend this year in 2008 is off-the-shoulder dresses. This look has flirty and sexy written all over it. Let it hang, show off your sexy shoulder ladies! One-shoulder dresses are being shown on runways and on numerous celebs as well.

Community colleges online enrollment surge, report says

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:50:14 PDT
A recent report reveals online community schools are now getting the highest enrollment in online education. The news was very impressive since it said that online education is now getting noticed by many people – even in third world countries of the world. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Babson Survey Research Group reported an enrollment of nearly 3.5 million post secondary students in Philadelphia in just one online class alone. Of this, the community colleges have the highest increa

2008 Trends to Watch - Managed Application Hosting Examines the Scope for Competitive Differentiation against ... (Centre Daily Times)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:00:50 PDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88820) has announced the addition of "2008 Trends to Watch: Managed Application Hosting" to their offering.

Real-Time Local News Now Blankets Michigan

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:01 PDT
Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) October 2, 2007 -- There is always something happening in Michigan and once-a-day news can't cover it all. The days of waiting for traffic or weather reports or the latest...

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Current News for April 15, 2008

Tuesday April 1, 2008 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld - CBC News


CBC News

Tuesday April 1, 2008 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld
CBC News, Canada - Mar 31, 2008
They are willing to fight for their country and even die for their country, everywhere but in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Through accounts from the ...


QUIRK TAKES A roundup of vaguely related sports news - Washington Post


QUIRK TAKES A roundup of vaguely related sports news
Washington Post, United States - Apr 13, 2008
9News.com, via Deadspin:"The team's tight-lipped quest to 'own' Rocktober is closer to completion after a key approval from the United States Patent and ...


More abuse victims able to get help online

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:29:05 PDT
RAINN, the nation's largest anti-sexual-assault organization, will announce today that it is pioneering an Internet-based hotline to counsel abused young people, part of a new trend to reach a generation often more comfortable with texting than talking.

Forecast for Today’s News, March 18

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:48:21 PDT
Forecast for Today’s News, March 18 ...UPDATING through the day... • U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will lower rate by up to a full point. • Barack Obama will make speech on “race” to deflect his hidden agenda in light of revelations about his pastor and his apparent anti-white-man, anti-American beliefs. • Yesterday’s federal By-election: Media will celebrate it as a Liberal victory—despite the fact that it really demonstrated Conservative gains—highlighting and totally fo

Is Elle’s Nina Garcia In or Out?

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:56:34 PDT
Nina Garcia, the fashion director of Elle magazine and a judge in the famous reality TV series Project Runway, hits the news when insiders reported that she has left Elle magazine.

News Reviews: Chrysler Nissan Partnership OEM Agreement

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:06:11 PDT
Chrysler LLC and Nissan Motor Co. yesterday announced two new agreements for the supply of products between the two companies. Earlier in January, Nissan agreed to supply Chrysler with a new car based on the Nissan Versa sedan for limited distribution in South America on an OEM basis in 2009. The latest

Big manufacturers rode trends to big gains (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:55:33 PDT
The economy is slowing, maybe even to recession levels. But for investors smart enough to understand and bet upon underlying trends, the last five years provided ample opportunity to cash in on Wisconsin stocks.

Hotmail knocks out GMail to second position

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:36:55 PDT
A google trend chart shows that Hotmail is still the hottest product searched and used in the internet. Wired?

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April 15, 2008 Hot Trends

CBC news cutting staff in Calgary - Calgary Herald


CBC news cutting staff in Calgary
Calgary Herald, Canada - Apr 4, 2008
While there were no layoff notices given out on Thursday, 32 Newsworld employees were told their individual jobs are being eliminated, said Don Orchard, ...


War News: Wartime Malpractice

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:49:41 PDT
Andrew C McCarthy on Willful Blindness: A Memoir of The Jihad, an interview at National Review Online. A powerful interview indeed and supports everything I have been writing and talking about for years.

CBC’s expert “news” source, Huffington Post: participants wish Dick Cheney dead

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:17:24 PDT
CBC’s expert “news” source, Huffington Post: participants wish Dick Cheney dead From what seems to be the source of sources for the far-left’s state-owned CBC Newsworld and their crack squad of news producers and anchors (see below), we get a taste of the left’s brain trust. This is how liberals at Huffington Post think when Vice President Dick Cheney visits Iraq, as he is now doing. (Blog entry about it from Little Green Footballs today) Huffington Post Forgets to Turn Off Cheney Comme

AOL Buys News/Blog Contextual Search Firm Sphere (CBS News)

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:03:05 PDT
AOL (NYSE: TWX) has bought out Sphere, a blog and news contextual display service, for an undisclosed amount. The startup operates in a crowded contextual content display space with competition from the likes of Inform, AggregateKnowledge and many others. Sphere will be part of the company's programming division, under Bill Wilson.

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Astra surges 10 pct on Nexium patent deal (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:17:18 PDT
STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary

Art Almost Good as Gold

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:59:08 PDT
Art continued its rapid growth trajectory through 2007, extending the 2006 trend. Sales at auction outpaced the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, indicating that art outpaced the broad stock market for the second year in a row. But, the future is uncertain.

Canada - Mortgage Insurance is NOT a sure thing

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:56:10 PST
"MarketPlace" was broadcasted on Feb 6 and re-ran on CBC NewsWorld on Feb 9. It was about claims made and declined by the major banks (and their underwriter Canada Life) regarding mortgage insurance that the borrowers took when they assumed their mortgage.Link: http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/in_denial/

News and notes on the PGA Tour's top 20 golfers (USA Today)

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:16:35 PDT
Get the latest news and notes on the top 20 golfers on the PGA Tour. These rankings are based 2006-07 PGA Tour results.

Financial Stability: Living Withing Your Means

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:23:32 PDT
Soaring household debt continues climbing out of control as families overspend incomes through impulsive buying habits and undefined budgeting. Fixed expenditures are a necessity, but shopping has become a national obsession for retail consumers, even while facing a downward trend in the economy.

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