Tuesday, July 25, 2006 The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Pascal Lamy, suspended negotiations in the Doha round of trade talks on Monday, […]
Read MoreNational Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s […]
Read MoreNASA’s Mars rovers exceed all expectations
April 6, 2005 With the approval of an additional 18 months of funding, NASA’s twin Mars rovers, the Spirit and Opportunity, will continue their exploration […]
Read MoreUK PM’s speechwriter awaits sentence
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 An English lawyer has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice. He faked a legal judgment and sent it to […]
Read MoreRecall of Thomas the Tank Engine toys due to lead-paint fears
Thursday, June 21, 2007 A recall issued last week for Thomas the Tank Engine toys made in China and containing lead-based paint, is the latest […]
Read MoreFrench workers use threats in compensation demand
Friday, July 17, 2009Following similar threats by workers at New Fabris and Nortel, workers at JLG in Tonneins, France, threatened to blow up several platform […]
Read MoreNYC Transit on strike
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 Calling it a “fight for dignity on the job, a concept foreign to the MTA,” Transport Workers Union Local 100 (TWU) […]
Read MoreMicrosoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 On Monday, United States technology giant Microsoft announced their plans to acquire GitHub, a San Francisco, California-based web-based hosting service for […]
Read MoreFour British energy suppliers face investigation into claims of misselling
Sunday, September 5, 2010 The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), the regulator of the electricity and gas markets in Great Britain, has launched […]
Read MoreEgypt struggles to recover tourism, investment
Friday, February 10, 2012 Standard & Poor’s downgraded Egypt’s currency rating for the second time in four months based on the country’s shorfall in foreign […]
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