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April 07, 2008 News and Trends
BMW X6 First Drive
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:16:35 PDT
Motor Trend's first drive of BMW X6 SUV
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-07 08:28 GMT: Carr's Milling says trends for H2, beyond 'positive'; H1 pretax rises 45 pct (Interactive Investor)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:31:37 PDT
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Carr's Milling Industries Plc. posted a 45 percent rise in first-half pretax profit, as its agriculture and food business more than offset a dip in engineering revenues, and said trends are positive for the second half and beyond.
Can Google predict the next President?
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:01:49 PDT
A interesting article on using Google trends to predict the winner of the '08 elections.
LG’s New Black Label Cellphone: First Look
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:25:06 PDT
Similar to the previous LG Black Label Series handsets, the latest model also carries a product concept derived from today’s trend leaders. This new concept of ‘Style that Lasts’ reflects the timeless and elegant design of the phone enhanced by stylish materials such as carbon fiber and tempered glass.
近半Vista下杀毒软件未过VB100
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:28:49 PDT
也许我们该庆幸 Vista 下的病毒仍处于襁褓期，因为最近一次 VB100 测试发现很多 Vista 下的杀毒软件未能通过测试。本次测试共选取了37种Vista下的杀毒软件，包括 McAfee, Sophos 和 Trend Micro 在内的17种未通过测试。
Digital Power Electronics: IC Product Introduction Trends (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:13:00 PDT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Digital Power Electronics: IC Product Introduction Trends" to their offering.
Business Trends: Knowing Your Contact Center Outsourcing Customer (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:57:00 PDT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Business Trends: Knowing Your Contact Center Outsourcing Customer" to their offering.
Synthetic FT Fuel Meets the Commercial Aviation and Energy Industry’s Vision of a Near-term Alternative Fuel
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:09:26 PDT
NewswireToday (newswire) - Energy independence and rising crude price trends indicate strong prospects for an alternative fuel market in commercial aviation
The biofuel scam
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:17:44 PDT
Food crisis? Okay. We didn't want to know about the credit crisis five years ago (wish we'd done something about that earlier). We didn't want to let go of our easy, easy plastic money then. We don't want to know about a food crisis now. But five years from now we may be asking ourselves how we got scammed by the development of biofuel in much the same way we did by easy money. There have already been food riots around the world. Food-supplying countries, from Ukraine to Argentina, have be
Fred Perry x Paul Weller Limited Edition Polo Shirts
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:21:02 PDT
You can now pre-order the Fred Perry x Paul Weller Limited Edition Shirts. These classic polo shirts coming in four colorways. These collarless tees will be available in their stores in June, 2008. Paul Weller]
Global Cooling?
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:25:19 PDT
Global Cooling? That bone-chilling global warming, from the BBC: Global temperatures for 2008 will be slightly cooler than last year as a result of the cold La Nina current in the Pacific, UN meteorologists have said. The World Meteorological Organization’s secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, told the BBC it was likely that La Nina would continue into the summer. and this: This would mean that temperatures have not risen globally since 1998 when El Nino warmed the world. Watching trends
ETF Update: Trading Strategies, Unpopular Bond ETFs, Platinum ETN, New All-World ETF, (pfblogs.org)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:38:16 PDT
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Trading StrategiesComplete Story » ...
Ted Turner Unplugged: Iraq & Global Warming
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:39:04 PDT
He's crazy! Like a fox! In an interview with Charlie Rose last week, CNN founder Ted Turner likened Iraqi insurgents to "patriots," and warned that failure to reverse the global warming trend would lead to an inability to raise crops. "Most of the people will have died," Turner said. "And the rest of us will be cannibals."
The BBC Changes News to Accommodate Activist
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:47:56 PDT
I have been emailed the following correspondence, purportedly between an activist, Jo Abbess, and BBC Environment reporter Roger Harrabin. It would appear that the result of the email exchange between the activist and the reporter was that the BBC changed its story. In particular instead of reporting the story as received from the World Meteorological Organisation, the BBC modified the story as demanded by the activist who was concerned that in its original form it supported 'the skeptics' corr
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:16:35 PDT
Motor Trend's first drive of BMW X6 SUV
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-07 08:28 GMT: Carr's Milling says trends for H2, beyond 'positive'; H1 pretax rises 45 pct (Interactive Investor)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:31:37 PDT
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Carr's Milling Industries Plc. posted a 45 percent rise in first-half pretax profit, as its agriculture and food business more than offset a dip in engineering revenues, and said trends are positive for the second half and beyond.
Can Google predict the next President?
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:01:49 PDT
A interesting article on using Google trends to predict the winner of the '08 elections.
LG’s New Black Label Cellphone: First Look
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:25:06 PDT
Similar to the previous LG Black Label Series handsets, the latest model also carries a product concept derived from today’s trend leaders. This new concept of ‘Style that Lasts’ reflects the timeless and elegant design of the phone enhanced by stylish materials such as carbon fiber and tempered glass.
近半Vista下杀毒软件未过VB100
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:28:49 PDT
也许我们该庆幸 Vista 下的病毒仍处于襁褓期，因为最近一次 VB100 测试发现很多 Vista 下的杀毒软件未能通过测试。本次测试共选取了37种Vista下的杀毒软件，包括 McAfee, Sophos 和 Trend Micro 在内的17种未通过测试。
Digital Power Electronics: IC Product Introduction Trends (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:13:00 PDT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Digital Power Electronics: IC Product Introduction Trends" to their offering.
Business Trends: Knowing Your Contact Center Outsourcing Customer (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:57:00 PDT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Business Trends: Knowing Your Contact Center Outsourcing Customer" to their offering.
Synthetic FT Fuel Meets the Commercial Aviation and Energy Industry’s Vision of a Near-term Alternative Fuel
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:09:26 PDT
NewswireToday (newswire) - Energy independence and rising crude price trends indicate strong prospects for an alternative fuel market in commercial aviation
The biofuel scam
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:17:44 PDT
Food crisis? Okay. We didn't want to know about the credit crisis five years ago (wish we'd done something about that earlier). We didn't want to let go of our easy, easy plastic money then. We don't want to know about a food crisis now. But five years from now we may be asking ourselves how we got scammed by the development of biofuel in much the same way we did by easy money. There have already been food riots around the world. Food-supplying countries, from Ukraine to Argentina, have be
Fred Perry x Paul Weller Limited Edition Polo Shirts
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:21:02 PDT
You can now pre-order the Fred Perry x Paul Weller Limited Edition Shirts. These classic polo shirts coming in four colorways. These collarless tees will be available in their stores in June, 2008. Paul Weller]
Global Cooling?
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:25:19 PDT
Global Cooling? That bone-chilling global warming, from the BBC: Global temperatures for 2008 will be slightly cooler than last year as a result of the cold La Nina current in the Pacific, UN meteorologists have said. The World Meteorological Organization’s secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, told the BBC it was likely that La Nina would continue into the summer. and this: This would mean that temperatures have not risen globally since 1998 when El Nino warmed the world. Watching trends
ETF Update: Trading Strategies, Unpopular Bond ETFs, Platinum ETN, New All-World ETF, (pfblogs.org)
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:38:16 PDT
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: Trading StrategiesComplete Story » ...
Ted Turner Unplugged: Iraq & Global Warming
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:39:04 PDT
He's crazy! Like a fox! In an interview with Charlie Rose last week, CNN founder Ted Turner likened Iraqi insurgents to "patriots," and warned that failure to reverse the global warming trend would lead to an inability to raise crops. "Most of the people will have died," Turner said. "And the rest of us will be cannibals."
The BBC Changes News to Accommodate Activist
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:47:56 PDT
I have been emailed the following correspondence, purportedly between an activist, Jo Abbess, and BBC Environment reporter Roger Harrabin. It would appear that the result of the email exchange between the activist and the reporter was that the BBC changed its story. In particular instead of reporting the story as received from the World Meteorological Organisation, the BBC modified the story as demanded by the activist who was concerned that in its original form it supported 'the skeptics' corr
