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Ex-Indie Mayor Lends Voice of Experience to Consolidation Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 10:14PMStephen Goldsmith was the mayor of Indianapolis for two terms starting in 1992.He came to the mayor’s office 20 years after the city government was co....
Google sure to shut China search engine:FT Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 10:04PMThe newspaper cited a person familiar with the company's thinking as saying that, while a decision could be made very soon, Google was likely to take some time to follow through with its plans.
Google almost certain to pull out of China: report Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:09PMTalks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 per cent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times reported.
Google ‘99.9%’ sure to shut China search engine Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 4:53PMSHANGHAI: Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world’s largest search engine, is now “99.9%” certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.
Google "99.9 percent" sure to shut China search engine Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 1:06PMImpasse reached in negotiations.
Mike Lee: The Government is no longer listening Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 10:13AMIs the Super City about strengthening Auckland or weakening it?
Google Almost Certain To Pull Search Engine From China Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 9:18AMThe Financial Times said on Saturday that Google’s talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse, and the Internet company is now "99.9 percent" certain it will shut down its Chinese search engine.
WCU book review: Tour guide to doing business south of the border Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:45PMKevin M. Diran's new book, “How to Say It: Doing Business in Latin America,” is a must-have for anyone who travels for work between the Rio Grande and Cape Horn.
Google 99.9% sure to shut China search engine Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 8:35PMSHANGHAI - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine , is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine , the Financial Times said on Saturday.
Remote Chantry Flat store fighting to stay in business Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 6:27PMANGELES NATIONAL FOREST - Some might say the general store in Chantry Flat is stuck in a time warp that takes visitors back to the 1950s. Be that as it may, owners of the Adams' Pack Station - thought to be the last of its kind in the United States - said they find themselves stuck between the county Department of Public Health and federal and state authorities.
Google ‘99.9% sure to shut’ China search engine Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 1:34PMTalks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world’s largest search engine, is now “99.9%” certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said yesterday.
I'll give free finance to all and cut 50% tax rate (eventually) Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 12:46PMCam to declare it is his "patriotic duty" to win general election. IN JUST eight weeks George Osborne could be in charge of getting Britain out of the biggest financial hole since the Great Depression. But he has been accused of not being up to the job.
New help for troubled vets Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:20AMBy JEREMY HAY THE PRESS DEMOCRAT The Stress Project, a Santa Rosa-based research group, hopes to use a type of acupressure therapy to help war veterans. "It shows massive drops in PTSD, pain, depression, all kinds of things," the group says about the treatment.
Google '99.9%' Sure To Shut China Search Engine: Report Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:00AMTalks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times reports.
Google ‘99.9pc’ sure to shut China search engine Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 5:08AMSHANGHAI, March 13 — Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world’s largest search engine, is now “99.9 per cent” certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said today. It said in a report on its website Google had drawn up detailed plans for closing its Chinese search engine.
Google '99.9 pct' sure to shut shop in China: FT Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:20AMThe company is opposed to China's censorship of its search engine.
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-13 10:43 Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine-FT Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:11AMSHANGHAI, March 13 (Reuters) - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday. It said in a report on its website Google had drawn up detailed plans for closing its Chinese search engine. The newspaper cited a person familiar with ...
Google Warned Against Challenging China's Laws Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:18PMChina's minister of industry and information technology said Google is welcome to continue to do business in China as long as it follows the country's laws which include censorship of Internet content.
China warns Google as Internet row deal seen soon Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:00PMBEIJING - China warned Google, the world's largest search engine , against flouting the country's laws on Friday, as expectations grow for a resolution to a public battle over censorship and cyber-security.
Broward governments urged to consolidate services Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 1:58PMBusiness executives see outsourcing as a way to cut costs With plummeting tax collections and ballooning budget deficits, local governments across Broward County are being urged to explore consolidating services and outsourcing duties to private industry to save money.
China Warns Google Over Search Censorship Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 1:08PMA Chinese internet official refuses to blink in the 2-month-old censorship flap with Google. He said "consequences" would be felt if Google stops filtering search results in China.
Obama gets marks for transparency push Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 12:19PMWatchdog groups applaud President Barack Obama for using the bully pulpit to demand that government be more open, an effort the White House calls "Government 2.0."
Power politics Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 9:45AMHow quickly are the global gender gaps closing?
International outcry over Mexican scientists' dismissal Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 9:20AMThe sacking of two high-flying Mexican nanotechnologists has drawn attention to the problems developing world scientists can face when they return to work in their home countries.
Democrats still without a name Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 8:49AMThe Democratic county chairs in the 29th Congressional District met via conference call Thursday evening, with the intent of selecting a candidate to try and fill the vacancy left by former Rep. Eric Massa’s resignation.
Push to close gender gaps 'slow' Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 8:43AMThe landmark declaration on women's empowerment and gender equality, which was issued at a UN conference in Beijing 15 years ago - has been celebrated in New York.
Panel gets earful on how to fight poverty Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 7:58AMLUMBERTON — More education, an improved transportation system, affordable housing, and more access to child care are all needed to reduce the region’s high poverty rate, a state commission studying...
ROBBINSVILLE: Voters reject plan for new school, upgrades Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:43PMROBBINSVILLE -- Instead of a new school building, public school students here will be taught in more modular classrooms in the coming years.
Reconciliation is the wrong prescription Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:04PMEven by Washington’s standards, this past week was full of a lot of hot-topic headlines, including a sudden retirement, a Jobs Bill stalemate in the Senate and a Committee Chairmanship change in the House.
Entropy, or Why the World as We Know It is Dying Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 1:27PMBy Whiskey & Gunpowder. The concept of entropy is one of the most useful terms for understanding just about everything. While it has its origins in natural law - thermodynamics, specifically - the concept holds true pretty much across all closed systems. Read more » »
RE: Health Care - KTHR Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 1:13PMThe health care system for Nipawin area has become a concern. Although a new modern hospital was fairly recently built, of late a good part is not in use and a large part is now devoted to administration. Most recently there is a real shortage of permanent doctors who come and go like weather.
Outcry over scientists' dismissal Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 10:41AMFollowing years of acrimony, two high-profile researchers in Mexico have been expelled from their institute.
LoBiondo says 'nay' to Obama's health care bill Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:47AMMILLVILLE - When President Barack Obama's health care reform bill comes up for a vote before the U.S. House of Representatives as early as this week, Congressman Frank LoBiondo will vote against it.
Nigeria : Presidency And Two Parallel Agenda (2) Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 3:34AMLagos — In any case why is Nigeria's ruling class, the various segments of which in the ruling-class political parties has turned the ideology of "less government" into a religion, belly-aching about the absence of government occasioned by President Yar'Adua vacation.
Gabon's President Meets Clinton, Calls Corruption Africa's Cancer Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 1:58AMGabon's president, Ali Bongo, intends to use his country's two-year seat on the United Nations Security Council to highlight democratic reforms and his fight against corruption, which he terms a "cancer" sapping Africa's strength and potential.
The New China Hands Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:10PMJust a decade ago, China's rise as an economic superpower still seemed uncertain. Back then, the China practice of major international firms was still mainly the province of the Old China Hands -- lawyers who perhaps had a deeper affinity for Chinese language and culture than the practice of law -- who focused on representing foreign companies opening factories and shops in China. But with the ...
Caixin Online: World of Warcraft row: China industry game-changer Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:25PMNetEase's epic struggle with 'World of Warcraft,' an online game with some 5 million users in China, shows what happens when two Chinese regulators butt heads.
States will agree to health reform, says Roxon Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:34PMFederal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she is confident the states will come on board with the Government's reform plan for the nation's hospitals.
Gold Money: Power to the People Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:12PMBefore I explain the title of this report, I want to prove to you that Americans are losing their liberties, day by relentless day.
Schools should be free to teach what they want Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 8:19AMChris Berg advocates flexibility over the national curriculum's one-size-fits-all futility.
Fake Former Presidents Use Comedy for a Cause Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:50AMThe kings of presidential comedy were reunited last weekend — with a little nudge from the Congressional Oversight Panel.
The 'green jobs' boondoggle Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:51PMA year ago, President Obama peered into our economic future and saw foam sealant and weatherstripping. Amid a punishing recession, Obama would wield that incomparable jobs-creating tool, the caulk gun. "If you allocate money to weatherize homes," Obama effused in Elkhart, Ind., "the homeowner gets the benefit of lower energy...
Thomas Sowell: Tearing down health care to fix it Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:03PMWith all the controversies, charges, countercharges and buzzwords swirling around the issue of medical care in the United States, there is a lot to be said for going back to square one and asking just what is the fundamental problem.
Monarch Academy's first 6 months go smoothly, but tests await Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:03PMOn their first day, Monarch Academy students were greeted at a school in an office park with walls like an empty canvas. Paul W. Gillespie - The Capital From left, first-grade students Yasmeena Jones, Andrew Mourog and Gabrielle Madarang walk past kindergarten students Diya Jackson and Celeste Bloom at the Monarch Academy in Glen Burnie.
Jim Selman: 12-Step Program For America: Step 2 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:41AMIf there is a 'higher power' that can save us, it is the 'people'... it is us. We are the higher power that could return our national process and our Constitutional Democracy to sanity.
We need the surgery, but please use a steady hand Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:44AMThe federal government should be congratulated for proposing a new health policy to take us into the 21st century. It is obvious our health system is not coping and without radical changes it will become of third world quality in the foreseeable future.
The right remedy? Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 8:28AMAustralia's public hospitals certainly need help. But Kevin Rudd may not yet have the medicine required.
Local health concerns Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:45PMState's Health Minister questions PM's plan to create local hospital networks.
Lucas wants detail on health takeover Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:33PMQld Health Minister questions plan to create local hospital networks at a time when other responsibilities are shifting to the national sphere.
Rudd's move healthy - if it works Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:05PMAS the state's health system struggled to cope with ever expanding waiting lists something had to give - but is the Federal Government giving enough?