Posted January 31st, 2009 by editor
Animal rescue organizations say the number of neglected horses is skyrocketing in southeast Michigan, which has a large horse population, and that rescue groups are are overrun.
Barbara Baker, who runs Horses’ Haven, said she is getting up to 50 calls a day from people looking for a place for a horse they can no [...]
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Posted January 31st, 2009 by editor
President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should “level the playing field” for labor unions in struggles with management.
He said his administration wants to make sure low-income people “get a piece” of the American pie “if they’re willing to work for it.”
Get the low-down here:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_labor
Tags: american pie, barack obama, biden, executive orders, labor unions, task force
Posted January 31st, 2009 by editor
Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. says it plans to slash at least 20,000 jobs worldwide in an effort to cut 80 billion yen ($895 million) in costs over the next two years.
It expects to report a loss for the full fiscal year through March.
Source:http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/01/30/ap5986739.html
Tags: fiscal year, japanese electronics giant, jobs, nec, nec corp, yen
Posted January 31st, 2009 by editor
The Israeli defence ministry has concealed information about the extent of illegal settlement-building in the West Bank, a leading newspaper reports.
From:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7861076.stm
Tags: defence ministry, extent, illegal settlement, israel, newspaper reports, west bank
Posted January 30th, 2009 by editor
Over the course of the past 40 years, Silicon Valley has experienced regular cycles of economic ups and downs that come with being one of the world’s leading centers of innovation.
And during those down cycles, it’s become routine for folks to do some hand-wringing about whether the valley has lost its way.
Check it:http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11532026?nclick_check=1
Tags: economic ups, hand wringing, innovation, o brien, silicon valley, silicon valley entrepreneurs, ups, ups and downs
Posted January 30th, 2009 by editor
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been ousted from office after being found guilty of abusing his powers.
Source:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7859588.stm
Tags: governor rod blagojevich, illinois governor, rod blagojevich
Posted January 30th, 2009 by editor
A sofa-sized statue of the shoe was unveiled Thursday in Tikrit, the hometown of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Baghdad-based artist Laith al-Amari described the fiberglass-and-copper work as a tribute to the pride of the Iraqi people. The statue is inscribed with a poem honoring Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw the shoe.
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Posted January 30th, 2009 by editor
Investors may not be happy with the performance of bank executives and their top employees these days, but, apparently, compensation committees are satisfied.
The NYT kicks off its business coverage today with some numbers that are hard to swallow.
New York’s financial institutions paid out a gaudy $18.4 billion in bonuses in 2008
Check it out here:http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/01/29/it-s-good-to-be-a-banker.aspx
Tags: bank executives, business coverage, compensation committees, financial institutions, investors, nyt, wall street
Posted January 29th, 2009 by editor
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling on the Justice Department to release Bush administration documentation pertaining to torture, surveillance and other national security policies.
Check it:http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Civil_rights_group_to_Obama_Release_0128.html
Tags: aclu, american civil liberties, american civil liberties union, bush administration, bush memos, civil liberties union, civil rights group, justice department, national security policies, surveillance
Posted January 29th, 2009 by editor
A new policy being used by at least one major credit card company judges a shopper not necessarily by his credit purchases and payments alone, but also by the fiscal behavior of the fellow shoppers in the stores he visits.
Check it:http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/GetsAnswers/story?id=6747461&page=1
Tags: credit card companies, credit card company, credit purchases, fellow shoppers
