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The Albany Show/See Bruno Go/Did Spitzer Know?...
If only Spitzer had fessed immediately, maybe with an aw shucks line about going too far in an effort to protect taxpayers, he might have survived the hooker thing and in a few months been rid of Joe Bruno without lifting a finger. Imagine the scatological fun Spitzer and his aides could have had chortling over the reheated FBI probe!
News of the Bruno investigation initially broke in ear...
Weaving a web: many facets of French feminist...
The entrance to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's retrospective of the work of Louise Bourgeois is dominated by a 16-foot steel spider (made in 2003) with marble "eggs" in a mesh cage under its abdomen, a version of the huge spider the artist originally titled "Maman" ("Mother" in French). And spiders are like mothers: They spin webs like an old-fashioned mom sews clothes, and they protect th...
Nothing wrong with requiring ‘English first’...
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Iraqi occupation understaffed, army says...
A nearly 700-page study released by the Army found that "in the euphoria of early 2003," U.S.-based commanders prematurely believed their goals in Iraq had been reached and did not send enough troops to handle the occupation.
President George W. Bush's statement on May 1, 2003, that major combat operations were over reinforced that view, the study said.
It was written by Donald P. ...
Sunni bloc to return to Iraq cabinet...
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraq's largest Sunni Arab parliamentary bloc is set to join the Shiite-led cabinet of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after boycotting it for nearly a year, the spokesman for the faction said on Tuesday.
Saleem Abdallah, MP and spokesman of the National Concord Front, said his group had given a list of new candidates for the five ministerial posts which it previously...
Philippine journalist shot dead...
Gunmen killed a Philippine journalist and slightly wounded one of his daughters, whose sister pretended to be dead and escaped unharmed, police said Tuesday.
Gunmen killed a Philippine journalist and slightly wounded one of his daughters, whose sister pretended to be dead and escaped unharmed, police said Tuesday.
Two gunmen on a motorcycle ambushed Bert Sison, 60, as he drove home ...
More fraud charges for IT expert...
A Kempton Park travel agent, who stands accused of 91 counts of fraud, will have other pending cases against him joined to the charges he already faces.
Sipho Sithembiso Msomi, 36, will go on trial in the Pietermaritzburg regional court on July 18.
He appeared in court for the adjournment, dressed smartly in a black suit, pale green shirt and black tie.
The fraud allegedly inv...
In May 2008, the two consumer confidence indices weakened...
Consumer outlook Zofia Bolkowska, Marek Misiak 2008-07-01 In May 2008, the two consumer confidence indices weakened REKLAMA
In the 1st quarter of 2008 both the current consumer confidence index, which describes current trends in individual consumption, and the future confidence index, which describes trends expected in the next months, worsened compared with the 4th quarter of last year. ...
Author : Los Angeles Business Travel Association...
LOS ANGELES, CA -- 07/01/08 -- At its July 9 meeting, the Los Angeles Business Travel Association (LABTA) will feature Chip Conley, CEO and founder of Joie de Vivre Hospitality and author of several books including his latest, "Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow." The meeting, sponsored by Los Angeles World Airports, will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Flight Path Museum (6661 W....
Why Luxoft Chose Vietnam for Off-shoring...
I wrote a brief posting a month ago about Moscow-based Luxoft's announcement that it was opening a service delivery center in Vietnam. I didn't have much info then, but recently spoke to Peter Vaihansky, vice-president of marketing and business development, and got the skinny on why Luxoft chose Vietnam. It comes down, basically, to cost, stability, and culture.
Luxoft has about 3,000 e...
Prefects for a perfect clean and green PU...
CHANDIGARH:Panjab University has decided to make use of a school-time practice to keep thecampus clean. While schools have prefects to keep the classes disciplined, PUplans to have 'environment prefects' to keep a tab on the campus environment.The university will be involving students as volunteers in its cleanlinessdrive.
Prof AD Ahluwalia,member of the committee constituted to initiat...