WallStreetAndTech (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
PIC has become one of the largest fixed income and money market investment managers in Africa, with approximately $100 billion in assets under management.
The Passionate Foodie (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
It is the season for wine tastings, many different stores holding grand tastings with 50+ wines available to try. I have recently attended a few of these tastings and compiled a list of my favorites. I have grouped the wines by the name of distributor, which might make it easier for you to locate these wines. Adonna Imports: 2008 Salzl Gruner Veltliner ($13)--This Austrian white wine has an enticing,...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
CAMBRIDGE Lubrication oil spilled into the Charles River from the Mirant Kendall Cogeneration Station power plant during a turbine cleaning early yesterday, according to state Department of Environmental Protection spokesman Ed Coletta. The oil was accidentally mixed with pressurized water used to cool turbines during operation and was released into Broad Canal and the Charles River. This process took...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
ChinaBio Today submits: In late October, when PPD, Inc. (NSDQ: PPDI ) acquired fellow CRO Excel PharmaStudies, we suggested more CRO consolidation might follow. However, it was both a surprise – and not a surprise – when the news broke that PPD would follow up its Excel transaction with another major CRO acquisition, BioDuro LLC (see story ). The 660 employees of BioDuro, which is based...
An American Family in England (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
So I haven't done this in ages - in fact, I can't remember the last time I had a girls' weekend. However, the opportunity arose for me to visit Prague with two girlfriends last weekend. We were able to stay cheaply in the American embassy housing which left more money for us to spend on the neat trinkets and gifts we bought with our Czech Koruna. At 17 Koruna to $1 we felt rich! I don't think Patrick...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
For our last discussion at the RealTime CrunchUp, we've got a panel on actually generating revenue from these services. Participating in the discussion are some of the Valley's top VCs and veterans of the space. Brian Singerman — Founders Fund Ron Conway — Angel Investor Dan'l Lewin — Corporate VP for Strategic and Emerging Business Development at Microsoft George Zachary —...
HubArts.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Back from jury duty ... In an open letter online, Tom Cruise thanks Boston for the memories, including "unforgettable runs around the St. Charles River." http://is.gd/4ZTqu. ... David Cole of Providence has won the Rappaport Prize, Greg Cook reports. ......
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I spent parts of Wednesday through Friday this week in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and never really went into Boston except for getting to and from the airport. Nevertheless, since the two cities are separated only by the Charles River, Boston was never far away. Here are three photos made with my iPhone from my hotel window of [...]
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Against a backdrop of sleek racing shells stacked in a boathouse along the Charles River, Mayor Scott Lang of New Bedford announced yesterday that his city has teamed with Community Rowing Inc. to help bring the sport of rowing to the murky Acushnet River - and to the lives of the city’s schoolchildren and residents.
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
***NATIONAL ANIMAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION PRESS RELEASE*** ACTIVISTS TO RETURN TO CHARLES RIVER ANIMAL TESTING LABORATORIES WHEN: Tuesday 24th Nov. First protest from 12noon - 2.30pm outside Charles River in Carrentrila, Ballina. Second protest outside Charles River in Glenamoy, from 4pm - 6pm approx. Contact N.A.R.A. spokesperson: Laura Broxson - 086 8729 444 - www.naracampaigns.org 2 months after they...
Celebrity Baby Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Whee! Suri Cruise’s stuffed friend captures her attention as she swings near the Charles River with dad Tom Cruise in Boston, Mass. on Monday. See more photos of Suri, 3 ½, and parents Tom and Katie Holmes in their family album. Ian Nolan/Splash News Online Posted in Dads, Kids, Main
Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In 2006 I wrote a post detailing some acquisitions at SFMOMA. Among the SFMOMA curators with whom I spoke was Sandra Phillips, who heads up the museum's photography department. She told me this story. I've tried to interest magazines in it for years (maybe it would be a better book?), but because it's a season of New Topographics at LACMA and because of the recent launch of a George Eastman House...
WBJournal.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Charles River Bank in Medway, which this year changed its name from Medway Co-operative Bank, is seeking approval from the Massachusetts Division of Banks to reorganize from a mutual co-operative bank to a mutual holding company. Such a move can be the first step in raising additional capital, or a bank merger, but neither is definitely in the bank's future, according to its president and CEO Jack...
SBWire Press Releases (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In his new novel, The Tarasov Solution (Charles River Press, Dec. 09), local author Richard Trevae offers readers a moving adventure through his action/thriller.
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
“Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,-- While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue; Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn Among the river sallows, borne aloft Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies; And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn; Hedge-crickets sing; and now with...
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