Scott's : Breaking News: Apr 20, 2008

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Current News for April 20, 2008

CBC: It’s a “bungle”! No it’s a “blunder”! Hang on: it’s a “gaffe”!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:43:41 PDT
CBC: It’s a “bungle”! No it’s a “blunder”! Hang on: it’s a “gaffe”! It ain’t good, that’s for sure! Just yesterday I had to update my Monday blog entry because the fair and balanced state-owned CBC Newsworld kept changing its mind about the Conservative government’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Bernier, and how to officially describe his, um, verbal malfunction. On Monday I showed you how Canada’s cable news networks—the state-owned one and the citizen-owned one against which t

Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:50:34 PDT
Oil up! Freak out! Dow up? Shut up! The state-run media in Canada (and the citizen-owned media who do their best to compete with them) all lament, daily (with intra-day lament updates, all day long), the price of a barrel of oil, and the resulting price of gas. (Of course they don’t have the foggiest clue what they’re talking about, but they pretend they do.) Even as I was writing this, the state-owned CBC did a story about the latest rise in gas prices. Apparently it’s getting h

TV tonight: Five worth watching (Toronto Star)

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:44:58 PDT
Oprah and Jen give it up: Oprah's Big Give pulls out the big guns for its season finale, with a special appearance by Jennifer Aniston, who will apparently deliver "big news" in this closer (CTV, ABC at 8).

Wells Fargo's home-equity portfolio, capital trends to drive ... - CNNMoney.com

Wells Fargo's home-equity portfolio, capital trends to drive ...
CNNMoney.com - Apr 18, 2008
... its peers but added that key rating drivers still center on the credit performance of its $83.68 billion home-equity portfolio and its capital trends. ...

New trends from High Point - Arizona Republic

New trends from High Point
Arizona Republic, AZ - Apr 18, 2008
Here are trends it showcased for the coming year: Luxury: Despite the economy's problems, clients in the luxury market will continue to spend money, ...

City housing prices defy national trends - Oshkosh Northwestern

City housing prices defy national trends
Oshkosh Northwestern, WI - 9 hours ago
By Patricia Wolff Home prices decline in a recession. It's not the only sign of a recession, but it's one of the major ones. Statistics supplied by the city ...

Trendy street highlights bigger Portland trends - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com

Trendy street highlights bigger Portland trends
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, OR - 8 hours ago
The street showcases major trends shaping Portland: the growing popularity of urban living; displacement of the poor; the drive toward density along key ...

Breast imaging: Current trends and future direction, are we headed ... - Medicexchange.com (Press Release)

Breast imaging: Current trends and future direction, are we headed ...
Medicexchange.com (Press Release), UK - 2 hours ago
Annual breast cancer screening with mammography is already recommended by the American Cancer Society. Due to recent data, in March 2007, the American ...

Research and Markets Adds Wireless Sensor Network Technology ... - Trading Markets (press release)

Research and Markets Adds Wireless Sensor Network Technology ...
Trading Markets (press release), CA - 5 hours ago
NWTYF | news | PowerRating | PR Charts -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wireless Sensor Network Technology Trends Report to its ...

Maggie Martin: Trends & Traditions kicks off with a pink preview party - Shreveport Times

Maggie Martin: Trends & Traditions kicks off with a pink preview party
Shreveport Times, LA - 6 hours ago
The gala soiree opened Trends & Traditions. Frierson was Trends chair, Alley and Reagan, co-chairs, and Thomas, Pink Party leader. Here are some who partied ...

Ideas & Trends No End of the Affair - New York Times

New York Times

Ideas & Trends No End of the Affair
New York Times, United States - 10 hours ago
DEAR LUCY A fairly prosaic letter from Roosevelt to Lucy Rutherfurd in 1927 shows that contact was not broken. By CHARLES McGRATH In his book “Franklin ...

Ideas & Trends I Waste People’s Time Online. How? Don’t Ask Me. - New York Times

New York Times

Ideas & Trends I Waste People’s Time Online. How? Don’t Ask Me.
New York Times, United States - 8 hours ago
Martin Meissner/AP By STREETER SEIDELL Links to funny online videos, pictures and the like pepper our in-boxes like so many temptations of the devil: “Cat ...

Market Trends | Retirement insecurity - Seattle Times

Market Trends | Retirement insecurity
Seattle Times, United States - 5 hours ago
By AP Fewer than two in 10 American workers say they are very confident that their golden years will be financially secure, according to a survey by the ...