Crenk.com (Free subscription) | 27/10/2008
Over at gHacks they have a great article about how to create an iTunes U.S. account without a credit card. Here are the basics from the article! The first thing you do is to download the iTunes software and install it. Once that is done start it and locate the Redeem link in the top right Quick [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Global media communications agency OMD has announced that Robert Rakowitz has joined as Group Account Director for the Visa media business in the U.S. Robert will be responsible for overseeing media strategy and managing day-to-day activities across all divisions of Visa's account service in the U.S., from digital, broadcast and print strategy...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
In response to the U.S. financial meltdown, Congress passed and President Bush signed into law a $700 billion bailout bill in early October. With the economy showing few signs of improving, various industries are trying to get a piece of the pie. What is the bailout package equivalent to in dollar terms'A. U.S. defense budgetB. U.S. trade deficitC. U.S. oil importsD. A stack...
Law.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
In an expanding probe of investment giant UBS, the Justice Department on Wednesday announced the indictment of the Swiss bank's chairman of global wealth management, accusing him of playing a key role in a tax evasion scheme to shelter secret U.S. account holders from income tax bills and drive up bank revenue. Raoul Weil, who oversaw the Swiss bank's cross-border private banking business...
Business Week (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
... (), Carat, Harris Interactive (), and , the roughly 50 million people in this age group in the U.S. account for an estimated $149 billion in direct spending, about 15% of it online. • Search results matter. More than half of youth surveyed are searching the Internet for health and wellness information. Of those who do so, 15.1% cited WebMD () as their source and 11.83% pointed to...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
The Iraqi opens fire on troops at a base in Nineveh province. Accounts of the incident differ. An Iraqi soldier opened fire on U.S. forces in northern Ninevah province today, killing two and wounding six before he was shot to death by American soldiers.
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
While U.S. merchants are a few weeks away from wrapping up a potentially disastrous 2008, experts say there is some relief on the horizon in 2009 for both stores and consumers - and it's coming from thousands of miles away in China.
asap news (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
... is driven by tourism, and has been suffering from a sharp drop in tourist arrivals from the U.S. Hundreds of workers at other hotels and resorts have already lost their jobs or had their hours cut. Atlantis is located on Paradise Island, covering around three-fourths of the 800 acre island’s land mass. The island is known for its towering pink structures and its marine habitat. In 2007,...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
While the number of annual new drug approvals in the United States has declined during the past decade, the U.S. remains the preferred market for launching new products, according to a recently completed analysis conducted by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development. The study found that new U.S.
Invincible Tech (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Google has added a feature from its Knol sites, on Google Accounts, where you can verify that they are who they say they are. You get a green tag on your profile that says verified name, just as Google executive David Glazer has. The objective taken from Google’s Knol is to provide people an opportunity [...]
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
From GM PR: “Record-setting sales performance in GM’s Latin America, Africa and Middle East and Asia Pacific regions during the third quarter of 2008 helped General Motors sell more than 2.1 million vehicles globally during the third quarter 2008. Compared with the third quarter of 2007, GM’s total sales were down 11.4 percent, reflecting continuing economic pressures in the U.S. market, which...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... of the year, world markets have lost about $16.22 trillion, according to S&P research.Though U.S. markets accounted for nearly 40 percent of the losses during the month, they performed better than the average world market.This story continues belowAdvertisementThe U.S. accounted for $2.27 trillion of October's losses, as S&P's broad market index for the nation fell 18 percent. The...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... of the year, world markets have lost about $16.22 trillion, according to S&P research.Though U.S. markets accounted for nearly 40 percent of the losses during the month, they performed better than the average world market.The U.S. accounted for $2.27 trillion of October's losses, as S&P's broad market index for the nation fell 18 percent. The global average decline was 20.7 percent...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
The October loss eclipsed the previous record, which was set just one month earlier, when 52 global equity markets lost a combined $4 trillion.Through the first 10 months of the year, world markets have lost about $16.22 trillion, according to S&P research.Though U.S. markets accounted for nearly 40 percent of the losses during the month, they performed better than the average world market.The...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... of the year, world markets have lost about $16.22 trillion, according to S&P research.Though U.S. markets accounted for nearly 40 percent of the losses during the month, they performed better than the average world market.The U.S. accounted for $2.27 trillion of October's losses, as S&P's broad market index for the nation fell 18 percent. The global average decline was 20.7 percent...
