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Al-Arabiya bureau chief says told to leave Iran
TEHRAN AFP — The head of the Tehran bureau of pan-Arab television station Al-Arabiya said on Tuesday that Iranian officials have demanded his departure from the country. "In a telephone call with the foreign press bureau of the Iranian culture ministry I was informed of my definitive exit from...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bureau, Iran, network, NETWORKING, TVs
Research articles 2008-09-02
Bureau Beefs Up Biometrics Capabilities
FBI seeks the best of the best in nonproprietary, interoperable biometrics collection tools. Bionics made Col. Steve Austin better, stronger and faster as the lead 1970s television character in The Six Million Dollar Man so he could defeat fictional bad guys, but it will be biometrics that make...
Tags: Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, bureau, Bush, FBI, Government, Lockheed Martin Corp., SECURITY
Research articles 2008-09-01
China's fixed asset investment up 27.3 percent
BEIJING AFP — China's urban fixed asset investment rose 27.3 percent in the first seven months of 2008 compared with a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday. Fixed-asset investment in cities -- a key measure of spending on productive capacity -- was 7.22 trillion yuan (1.05...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, asset, bureau, China, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 2008-08-14
Vietnam's top dissident Buddhist monk Thich Huyen Quang dies
HANOI AFP — Thich Huyen Quang, the head of the Vietnamese Buddhist movement that has refused to come under communist government control, died on Saturday aged 87, his supporters said in a statement from Paris. "Most Venerable Thich Huyen Quang, 4th Supreme Patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bureau, Government, HEALTHCARE, Paris, SOFTWARE, Vietnam
Research articles 2008-07-05
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ABSTRACT The Valley of the Sun, a booming metropolitan region of 3.7 million people in a desert that gets seven inches of annual rainfall, has enjoyed an oasis lifestyle during the twentieth century, supported by government-funded reclamation projects and water pumped from aquifers deep underground. Following World War II, groundwater...
Tags: A., American, Bureau, CARTER, Growth, History, Jacob, James, John, Jr., Management, Phoenix Technologies, Press, Salt River Project, Scottsdale, Sun Microsystems Inc., Tucson, West, Western, William
Research articles 2008-07-01
Continual Terror Threats Driving the Growth of the Homeland Security Market
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5ce84d/u_s_department_of) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "U.S. Department of Homeland Security Markets Budget Analysis" to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service titled U.S. Department of Homeland Security Markets Budget Analysis analyzes current trends and historical spending...
Tags: BUREAU, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Government, security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2008-06-23
China's industrial output up 16.0 percent in May: govt
BEIJING, June 16, 2008 AFP — China's industrial output showed signs of slowing down in May, suggesting the Asian giant is hurting from weakening demand from abroad, the government and experts said Monday. Factory production in the world's fourth largest economy increased 16.0 percent last month from a year...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bureau, China, FINANCE, Government, Quality, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-06-16
'Passports' expected to boost tourism in Utah Valley
PROVO -- Joel Racker says he knows locals are paying attention to the Adventure Passport booklets the Utah Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau give away. He sees them sitting on the dashboards of cars when he's out shopping. Last year 11,000 coupons were redeemed at just one store....
Tags: booklet, Brigham Young University, bureau, E-mail, passport
Research articles 2008-06-14
Fear of flying infections exaggerated, study finds
SYDNEY AFP — The widely-held belief that passengers crowded aboard airliners are exposed to a high risk of catching infectious diseases is exaggerated, an Australian government study has found. The belief that the air in planes is full of contaminants is based on the perception that it is continually...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, aircraft, bureau, cabin, infection, Manufacturing, SARS
Research articles 2008-06-09
Dare to data share
Data sharing can be a divisive issue, but to ensure best practice, the UK and European credit markets need to work together better. Experian's Mike Bradford, who is also President of the Association of Consumer Credit Information Suppliers ACCIS, looks at how these markets can learn from each other and...
Tags: bureau, European Commission, U.K.
Research articles 2008-06-01
8(a) contracts awarded.(MESAN INC.)(MERLIN INTERNATIONAL INC)
COLORADO MERLIN INTERNATIONAL INC. 4-B Inverness Court, Este 100 Englewood CO 80112 Air Force: $227,843 (NAICS: 541519) Army: $1,284,004 (NAICS: 423430) MERLIN SOFTWARE CORP. 7730 E. Belleview Ave. ...
Tags: administrator, Air Force, BUREAU, Dr., immigration, Silver, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2008-05-16
Rocket slams into BBC office in Baghdad
BAGHDAD AFP — A rocket hit the BBC office in central Baghdad on Friday without causing casualties, security officials and the British broadcaster's bureau chief told AFP. The projectile slammed into the building at around 2:45 pm (1145 GMT), the BBC's Patrick Howse said. It "struck the roof...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, British Broadcasting Corp., bureau, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-05-09
8(a) contracts awarded.
ALASKA ALEUT NORTHWEST SERVICES LLC 1130W. 6th Ave., Ste. 101 Anchorage AK 99501 Army: $81,299 (NAICS: 561210) ALUTIIQ GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC 3909 Artic Blvd., Ste. 400 Anchorage AK 99503...
Tags: administrator, Air Force, BUREAU, Dr., LLC
Research articles 2008-05-02
Men's condom use in higher-risk sex: trends in five sub-Saharan African countries
This paper analyses trends in men's condom use at last higher-risk sex (i.e., with a non-marital, non-cohabiting partner) using the two most recent Demographic and Health Surveys DHS in five sub-Saharan African countries: Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Burkina Faso. Condom use is an important method of preventing HW transmission....
Tags: Bureau, East, education, M., MARKETING, Planning, survey, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Research articles 2008-05-01
Hamas won't free Israel soldier without prisoner release: report
KUWAIT CITY AFP — An Israeli soldier held by Hamas will be released only in exchange for 350 Palestinian prisoners, a senior official of the radical Islamist group was quoted as saying Sunday. "Hamas refuses to free Gilad Shalit before the release of 350 Palestinian prisoners demanded by Hamas,"...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, bureau, Kuwait, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-04-06
Serious 2010 Census Challenges to Be Swiftly Addressed Clear Internal and External Agreement That 2010 Census Can Succeed With Major Operational and Budgetary Changes.
M2 PRESSWIRE-4 April 2008-US Census Bureau: Serious 2010 Census Challenges to Be Swiftly Addressed Clear Internal and External Agreement That 2010 Census Can Succeed With Major Operational and Budgetary ChangesC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03042008 U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez...
Tags: Administration, agreement, bureau, Clear, computer, director, Handhelds, HARDWARE, Harris Corp., PRODUCTIVITY, U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 2008-04-04
Regulatory rules and estimating economic growth: two perspectives on expensing employee stock options
Users of government economic statistics may be surprised to learn that not all are direct products of purpose-designed surveys. Financial statements, tax records, administrative regulatory data, and private-industry records are important sources of information. These nonsurvey data sources, which are not designed expressly for the construction of national statistics, vary...
Tags: accounting, BEA Systems Inc., Benefits, BUREAU, compensation, FINANCE, financial, income, Internal Revenue Service, Investment, salary, SEC, stock, tax
Research articles 2008-04-01
NHL Ownership Transfer and Relocation Policies Reviewed by Competition Bureau.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Mar 31, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- National Hockey League policies on ownership transfers and franchise relocations do not contravene the Competition Act, the Competition Bureau announced today after the conclusion of an investigation. The Bureau's inquiry focused on whether the...
Tags: BUREAU, NHL
Research articles 2008-03-31
Selected historical and other data
Table 3. Number of Individual Income Tax Returns, Income, Exemptions and Deductions, Tax, and Average Tax, by Size of Adjusted Gross Income, Tax Years 2003-2005 [All figures are estimates based on samples--money amounts are in thousands of dollars except as indicated] ...
Tags: Alcohol, asset, Bulletin, Bureau, Companies, deduction, Estate, FINANCE, income, Internal Revenue Service, Investment, Mortgage, Retail, stock, Taxes
Research articles 2008-03-22
The Montana economy zooms along
Wheat selling at greater than $8/bushel turbocharged the crops sector of Montana agriculture during late 2007. Montana's economic base is now firing on almost all cylinders, and the state is completing a record-breaking streak of four straight years of greater than 4 percent real growth. Looking to the future, annual...
Tags: analysis, Bureau, Government, Hamilton, income, Labor, Migration, Montana, Silver, U.S. Department of Commerce
Research articles 2008-03-22