ForexGen | Vietnam Nears Crisis (Monday 18th of August 2008 11:56:00 PM)
In what some analysts have termed 'an act of desperation,' Vietnam has devalued its
currency, the Dong, by .5%. Negative pressure had been building above the Dong for months, due
to a burgeoning trade deficit, sagging stock market, and a stratospheric ...
(more)WHO, Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID announce new tuberculosis test that quickly diagnoses MDR-TB (Thursday 03rd of July 2008 11:50:00 AM)
The World Health Organization, Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID and the heart* for cutting edge New
Diagnostics on Monday announced a joint project to share a new diagnostic test for multi-drug
resistant tuberculosis that can produce results in two days instead ...
(more)FTC Recruiting Identity Theft Victims (Thursday 03rd of July 2008 01:00:04 AM)
Coondoggie writes "In an effort to buttress its enforcement and better understand the scourge
that is identity theft, the Federal Trade hire said today its plans to conduct a wide-ranging
study of victims of the crime. The FTC is looking for people harmed ...
(more)FDA proposes drug label changes to provide more information on risks for women who are pregnant, nursing (Friday 30th of May 2008 09:34:00 PM)
FDA on Wednesday draft revising its labeling system for formula and over-the-counter drugs to
provide more safety info* for rich and breastfeeding women, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports
(AP/Long Island Newsday, 5/28). On average, women in the U.S. ...
(more)Keeping Customer From Accessing My Database? (Saturday 17th of May 2008 12:30:03 AM)
Cyteen02 writes "We run a data processing and radar visual tracking station station system for
a customer in the UK. We provide a simple Web site where the customer can display the tower
data held in our Oracle database. From these screens they can query ...
(more)Taser International Wins Lawsuit to Change Cause of Death (Monday 05th of May 2008 11:30:04 AM)
I Don't Believe in Imaginary proprietary writes "Taser International anew started a legal
operation against medical examiners who claimed tasers contributed to the cause of death for
several people. On Friday, an Ohio judge ruled in favor of the stun ...
(more)An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. ... (Friday 11th of April 2008 08:10:02 PM)
An originator dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, "Ah,
you're an engineer. You are in the wrong place."So, the originator reports to the gates of hell
and is let in. Pretty soon, the inventor gets dissatisfied ...
(more)"DonorGate" Is Latest Scandal To Hit Wikipedia (Wednesday 12th of March 2008 12:00:09 PM)
MSTCrow5429 writes "In the latest of a long train of scandals to hit Wikipedia, the Sydney
Morning Herald reports on an rap that founder and Wikia diet Jimmy Wales traded a
multi-thousand dollar donation for an article re-write. Jeff Merkey, formerly ...
(more)Shocker: people loathe cellphone carriers (Saturday 08th of December 2007 04:29:00 PM)
Filed under: Cellphones
We know, we know, it may be difficult to understand how companies that
lock you in the moment you decide on a phone / plan -- only to be about as helpful as a
bottomless bucket the moment turmoil arises -- could be ...
(more)Making a Buck Online - Without Ads (Monday 10th of December 2007 03:45:04 AM)
A New York Times article hosted by C|Net looks at the unique post of the Consumer Reports
website; they're one of the few online resources that gets by completely on public antenna boob
tube* fees. They have no ads. One key seems to be valuing ...
(more)FCC Declines To Probe Disclosure of Phone Records (Monday 08th of October 2007 11:00:05 AM)
An anonymous reader writes "News.com reports that the FCC won't be investigating the phone
record disclosures by communications companies under US guidance pressure. Despite a
congressional request for that probe, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin quashed the ...
(more)Engineering In Hell (Sunday 07th of October 2007 01:00:00 AM)
An builder dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter checks his dossier and says, "Ah,
you're an deviser -- you're in the wrong place."
So, the planner reports to the gates of hell
and is let in. Pretty soon, the supervisor gets grudging ...
(more)Sex Education Courses Failing To Meet Needs Of Students In New Zealand, Report Finds (Wednesday 29th of August 2007 05:00:00 PM)
The sex learnedness programs in primary and secondary schools in New Zealand are failing to
meet the needs of its students, indisputable to a report conducted by the New Zealand Education
Review Office, the New Zealand Herald reports. Sex education in ...
(more)Paris Hilton slams marijuana-smoking reports (ANI via Yahoo! India News) (Saturday 28th of July 2007 11:30:28 AM)
Washington, July 28 (ANI): Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has untroubled
antonyms: culpable
reports that she was smoking marijuana at a Hollywood nightclub recently. According to the
reports, Hilton was spotted smoking the illegal weed with close pal Kimberly ...
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