US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%

Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This

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Nigeria fireworks fire kills one, injures dozens

Thursday, December 27, 2012 At least one person has been killed and at least thirty were injured as the result of a fire in the city of Lagos in Nigeria after an explosion in a building with fireworks stored in it. As many as nine other buildings in the Lagos Island fire yesterday were also

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Details emerge of Honda’s withdrawal from Formula One

Monday, December 8, 2008 More details have emerged over the weekend after the surprise announcement last week of Honda‘s intention to sell its Formula One racing team, Honda Racing F1. The team management, Nick Fry and Ross Brawn, have already announced confidence in their ability not only to find a buyer for the team but

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‘Earned It’ earns The Weeknd his first Grammy

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 On Monday, at the 58th Grammy Awards ceremony, Canadian singer The Weeknd won his first Grammy Award, Best R&B Performance, for his song Earned It, which was also featured on the soundtrack of the 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey movie based on E.L. James’s erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey. The

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Logistics Service Building On Supply Chain Visibility

Read More About: Linde Mh Submitted by: Rohit Softlinkglobal During the course of my interactions with a logistics company, the topic veered towards the growing requirements of the clients. The logistics company wanted to streamline its operations so as to meet expected standards and at the same time comply with the shipper s visibility requirements.

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Death toll from Brazil mudslides rises to sixty

Sunday, January 3, 2010 At least sixty people have been confirmed dead after mudslides in southeastern Brazil, mostly on Ilha Grande, caused by torrential rainfall. Rescue efforts are still continuing in the state of Rio de Janeiro for people feared to be buried under houses, which collapsed due to the deluge of mud and rain.

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New Zealand prisoners do nothing says National party

Sunday, November 5, 2006 Figures released by Simon Power, law and order spokesman for the National party, show that the New Zealand Labour led government lets 81% of all prisoners not do any work while in prison. Newspaper, Sunday News says that some Christchurch prisoners have been given a barbecue for good behavior. Simon Power’s

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CanadaVOTES: NDP candidate David Sparrow in Don Valley West

Friday, October 10, 2008 In an attempt to speak with as many candidates as possible during the 2008 Canadian federal election, Wikinews has talked via email with David Sparrow. Sparrow is a candidate in Ontario’s Don Valley West riding, running under the New Democratic Party (NDP) banner. The riding was set to vote in a

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Advertising Your Website With Pay Per Click

Read More About: Brisbane Tender Writer Services Just One Click Away! A thriving method to help optimize your online image is to consider using pay-per-click (PPC) advertising. Pay-per-click advertising means purchasing sponsored links on the pages of search engine results. A PPC advertiser bids on specific keywords and/or keyword phrases. Many of these bids can

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