News Topic - Kuwait
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Witness to war
As the skyscrapers of Kuwait City came into view from my airplane window, it really dawned on me: I am going to Iraq.It was mid-August of this year. I had spent the previous week at Fort Benning, a massive military post in Georgia where the Oregon Nation...
The Register-Guard – Nov 23, 2008 5:54 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: Oregon: Eugene
As the skyscrapers of Kuwait City came into view from my airplane window, it really dawned on me: I am going to Iraq.It was mid-August of this year. I had spent the previous week at Fort Benning, a massive military post in Georgia where the Oregon Nation...
The Register-Guard – Nov 23, 2008 5:54 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: Oregon: Eugene
Group shows troops appreciation
Jim Lawson has three sons serving their country, deployed in Kuwait, Afghanistan and Germany.
Longview News-Journal – Nov 23, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: Texas: Tyler-Longview
Jim Lawson has three sons serving their country, deployed in Kuwait, Afghanistan and Germany.
Longview News-Journal – Nov 23, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: Texas: Tyler-Longview
Bank poster girl wins AARP contest
Lorraine Bachran, a local model who has appeared in posters for First Hawaiian Bank and TV commercials for Victoria Ward Centers, has won the Peoples Choice distinction in AARP The Magazines 2009 Faces of 50+ People Model Search. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:57:45 GMTAlameda sells city cable servicehttp://ww ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 22, 2008 04:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Lorraine Bachran, a local model who has appeared in posters for First Hawaiian Bank and TV commercials for Victoria Ward Centers, has won the Peoples Choice distinction in AARP The Magazines 2009 Faces of 50+ People Model Search. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:57:45 GMTAlameda sells city cable servicehttp://ww ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 22, 2008 04:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Rich countries launch great land grab to safeguard food supply
Rich governments and corporations are triggering alarm for the poor as they buy up the rights to millions of hectares of agricultural land in developing countries in an effort to secure their own long-term food supplies.The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Jacques Diouf, has warned ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 22, 2008 01:01 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
Rich governments and corporations are triggering alarm for the poor as they buy up the rights to millions of hectares of agricultural land in developing countries in an effort to secure their own long-term food supplies.The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, Jacques Diouf, has warned ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 22, 2008 01:01 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
The resentment rises as villagers are stripped of holdings and livelihood
The blackened tree trunks say it all. Three times in recent months these tracts of palm oil plantation have gone up in smoke, along with plants and machinery. The neighbouring coconut operation suffered the same fate, but there the Thai owners replanted. Here, the Malaysians had had enough and calle ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 22, 2008 01:01 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
The blackened tree trunks say it all. Three times in recent months these tracts of palm oil plantation have gone up in smoke, along with plants and machinery. The neighbouring coconut operation suffered the same fate, but there the Thai owners replanted. Here, the Malaysians had had enough and calle ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 22, 2008 01:01 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
SHS??? Norris to retire at year???s end
Joe Norris, a managing partner at Wichitas largest advertising firm, plans to retire at the end of the year. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:26:07 GMTKAKE names new GMhttp://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2008/11/17/daily54.html?ana=from_rssDan Wall has been named the new vi ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 21, 2008 11:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Joe Norris, a managing partner at Wichitas largest advertising firm, plans to retire at the end of the year. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:26:07 GMTKAKE names new GMhttp://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/wichita/stories/2008/11/17/daily54.html?ana=from_rssDan Wall has been named the new vi ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 21, 2008 11:21 PM [GMT] – comment?
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From the Kremlin to Caracas, how oil collapse changes everything
RussiaRussia is lurching towards a major economic crisis, experts predicted yesterday, following news that the price of oil had slumped to under $50 (£33.72) a barrel. The collapse was likely to have catastrophic consequences including a possible devaluation of the rouble and a severe drop in l ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 21, 2008 12:58 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
RussiaRussia is lurching towards a major economic crisis, experts predicted yesterday, following news that the price of oil had slumped to under $50 (£33.72) a barrel. The collapse was likely to have catastrophic consequences including a possible devaluation of the rouble and a severe drop in l ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 21, 2008 12:58 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Science
N.C. Music Factory teams with Live Nation
ARK Group has inked a deal for international concert promoter Live Nation Worldwide Inc. to book events at ARKs $27 million N.C. Music Factory in Charlotte, N.C. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:58:51 GMTUNC trustees approve higher tuition, feeshttp://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triad/sto ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 20, 2008 10:25 PM [GMT] – comment?
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ARK Group has inked a deal for international concert promoter Live Nation Worldwide Inc. to book events at ARKs $27 million N.C. Music Factory in Charlotte, N.C. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:58:51 GMTUNC trustees approve higher tuition, feeshttp://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triad/sto ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 20, 2008 10:25 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Gulf states prepare to weather economic storm after drop in oil prices
Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer and exporter, is expected to cut back on both current spending and adjust ambitious long-term development plans in the light of the slump in prices.But cautious fiscal policies will place the kingdom in a relatively strong position, with the curren ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 20, 2008 7:37 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in World
Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer and exporter, is expected to cut back on both current spending and adjust ambitious long-term development plans in the light of the slump in prices.But cautious fiscal policies will place the kingdom in a relatively strong position, with the curren ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 20, 2008 7:37 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in World
Cronkite journalism school gains $5.3M for business program
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU has secured more than $5.3 million to fund one of the nations few business journalism programs. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:01:05 GMTFleishman-Hillard???s Veidt promoted to U.S. central presidenthttp://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 20, 2008 08:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business: Sales and Marketing
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU has secured more than $5.3 million to fund one of the nations few business journalism programs. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:01:05 GMTFleishman-Hillard???s Veidt promoted to U.S. central presidenthttp://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www ... more »
bizjournals.com – Nov 20, 2008 08:21 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business: Sales and Marketing