Friday, March 10, 2006

Mesothelioma - Knight Ridder weighs its bids


Knight Ridder weighs its bids
San Jose Mercury News - 47 minutes agoBy Pete Carey. With at least two bids on the table, Knight Ridder's board of directors is scheduled to meet Sunday in New York to weigh offers in the possible sale of the San Jose newspaper company. Knight ...

Doggone good fun
Winnipeg Sun - 16 hours agoThe Shaggy Dog is a reimagining of Disney's 1959 family comedy about a teenager who falls victim to an ancient curse that turns him into a dog at the most inopportune times. He can only shake the curse by being brave, honest and forthright. ...

UPDATE 4-Nasdaq offers $4.2 bln for LSE, move rebuffed
Reuters - 53 minutes agoBy Megan Davies and Mathieu Robbins. NEW YORK/LONDON, March 10 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq Stock Market (NDAQ.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday offered to pay $4.2 billion (2.43 billion pounds) in cash to buy ...

John Profumo
Times Online - 2 hours agoHIS subsequent, wholly admirable, charity work notwithstanding, John Profumo will be remembered as the Secretary of State for War whose adulterous affair with the glamorous demi-mondaine Christine Keeler helped to hasten the resignation of the ...

No change in Govt's stand on Iran
Malayala Manorama - 10 hours agoNew Delhi: Rejecting the CPM's allegation that India had changed its stand on the Iran nuclear issue, the Congress on Friday expressed the hope that the ''crisis will be defused'' through diplomacy before the UN Security Council takes up the matter for ...

For Canada, the thrill is gone as team falls 9-1 to Mexico
Globe and Mail - 16 hours agoPHOENIX -- Go on, admit it. Canada's pleasant little baseball buzz was fun while it lasted -- all 24 hours of it. "It's been a lot of highs and lows, especially for March," Team Canada's outfielder Jason Bay ...