Ad Exec's Suicide is Blamed on Industry BlogsInfluence, yes. Total cause, no.As someone who has battled depression off and on throughout their adult life, I can tell you that the blogs were just the icing on the cake. They cannot, and should not, take 100% of the blame for this...
The Government has created more than 3,600 new criminal offences since it won power 11 years ago - almost one for every day it has been in office. Critics blamed the frenzy of law-making on "posturing" by an administration keen to win easy headlines and addicted to...
DSGi UNVEILED dire trading at its Currys and PC World stores in the UK yesterday, and revealed that it does not expect trading conditions to improve until 2010. However, the pan-European electricals group surprised the market by unveiling a further 25m of savings this year, inaddition to...
ALGER, Wash. AP -- Authorities on Wednesday were trying to determine what set off a shooting and stabbing rampage that left six people dead and four wounded, attacks they blame on a drug offender who was released from jail less than a month ago. The mother of...
THE OIL and gas services group Hamworthy has been forced to admit to a 4.6m blunder over the value of its stocks. The 250m firm blamed the finance boss of one of its subsidiaries who has now been replaced. But the admission hit the shares which fell...
DAKAR AFP — Sub-Saharan Africa is missing out on investments from industrialised countries to develop clean energy projects in the region, participants at Africa's first "carbon market" said Monday in Dakar. Organised by the International Emissions Trading Association IETA, the Africa Carbon Forum is being held September 3-5...
BERLIN AFP — After his transfer to Premier League side Manchester City last month, Belgium defender Vincent Kompany has fired a parting shot at his former club Hamburg for their lack of success. The 22-year-old signed for Manchester City for a reported 8.5 million euros (12.24 million US...
OTTAWA AFP — Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third ice shelf now is adrift in the Arctic Ocean, said researchers Wednesday who blamed climate change. The entire 50 square-kilometer (19 square-mile) Markham Ice Shelf off the coast of...
With its seductive mix of showbiz interviews, celebrity gossip and paparazzi photos, Heat magazine is a pop culture phenomenon. As he publishes his memoirs, Mark Frith, who sat in the editor's chair for eight years, explains how he found the magic formula Two weeks ago, I...
The Supreme Court of Texas has denied an appealby airplane engine manufacturer Lycoming, effectively ending a six-yearlegal battle with a victory for a Texas company that made aircraft engineparts. Today's ruling affirms that Navasota, Texas-based Interstate Southwest,Ltd., made no mistakes in manufacturing engine crankshafts for Lycomingengines that later failed, causing...
STOCKHOLM AFP — Swedish researchers said Tuesday what women have suspected all along: that marital woes can often be attributed to men's genetic make-up, according to a study linking a common male gene to relationship problems. The gene variant, which is present in four of 10 Swedish men,...
YOU CAN'T BLAME Karen Fletcher for deciding not to fight. Had she lost, she faced the possibility of five years in prison. Under the plea agreement she accepted in early August, she got six months of house arrest, five years on probation and a $1,000 fine....
Unable to drive, Doris Cranford relies on the hot food that is delivered five days a week to her Pittsburg mobile home. The 80-year-old widow splits each meal in half, eating a portion at lunchtime and the rest in the evening. "This is the...
SAN DIEGO -- In two short years, healthy vending trailblazer YoNaturals Inc. is well on its way to making healthy vending a part of our daily life. In the last few years, the previously unregulated vending industry has come under immense scrutiny by school boards and government agencies. Many are...
Lisa's challenge Lisa was slim her whole life, so she never worried about exercise-even after having five children. Over the years, though, her weight crept to and she began to feel drained. By 37, she reached 136 pounds, putting her in the overweight zone for her height. ...
In the first week following its publication, Know Your Power, by Speaker Pelosi, sold all of 2,737 copies. Then the House adjourned and, freed of annoyances like energy legislation and the mortgage crisis, Pelosi went on tour to promote it. Even so, sales have been slow, and you can't blame...
SVOLVAER, Norway AFP — In the Lofoten Islands, the main base for Norway's whaling industry, whalers adamantly defend the harshly criticised practice and reject claims that consumers are not buying whale meat. In this cluster of islands nestled above the Arctic circle, the hunting season is over for...
The Canadian Red Cross is urging Canadians to support relief operations for hurricane Gustaf, including its deadly effects in Caribbean countries and current impact along the U.S. Gulf Coast. "We have disaster management personnel and equipment ready to move to impacted areas in the U.S. if our assistance is requested...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan said Sunday it was suspending a military operation against insurgents in a tribal region for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan but warned any provocations in the area would bring immediate retaliation. A Taliban spokesman welcomed the decision to halt the strikes in...
MADRID AFP — Spanish property group Colonial, struggling under huge debts, announced losses of 2.38 billion euros for the first half of 2008 which it blamed on asset depreciation. Colonial said in an announcement late Sunday that it had reached an agreement in principle to reschedule its debt...
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