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Current News for April 24, 2008

Jim Shaw a no-show at CRTC; cable company's proposals called 'extreme' - CBC.ca


Jim Shaw a no-show at CRTC; cable company's proposals called 'extreme'
CBC.ca, Canada - Apr 23, 2008
... broadcasting system, including the directive that they must carry certain channels such as CBC's Newsworld on their basic package offered to customers. ...
Fiery hearings on Canadian TV's future end; decision expected in ... The Canadian Press
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Ruhlman on Trends

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:35:36 PDT
Interesting stuff here: Michael Ruhlman called for readers to share with him what they thought were the next food trends. The return of lard, growing your own food, and making your own charcuterie, cheese and preserves were frequent suggestions. Can we add any here?

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Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:52:04 PDT
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Samsung Intros Cobblestone-Shaped S2 MP3 Player

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:09:22 PDT
Samsung’s fashionable, cobblestone-shaped S2 MP3 player (officially called the “YP-S2”) is now on the market to offer a new design trend and lifestyle accessory. The product concept is a “musical gemstone.

Voiceover: Camouflaged news experts leave us feeling ambushed - Hollywood Reporter


Voiceover: Camouflaged news experts leave us feeling ambushed
Hollywood Reporter, United States - 1 hour ago
Not to mention ever dwindling ratings for network newscasts, and a growing preference among younger demos for newfangled news of the satirical, salacious or ...


A Tale of Two Corporate Trends in Today's Economy (NPR)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:51:02 PDT
Two different trends are emerging when it comes to how companies are faring in the current economy. Banks, builders and airlines are getting clobbered by the credit crunch and soaring energy costs. But farflung companies from Boeing to McDonald's are doing well, thanks to growing exports.


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8:41 PM

April 24, 2008 Hot Trends

So…Tom’s are cool

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:11:59 PDT
credits: Settlement Heart So pirates know you aight. I’ve wanted a pair of Toms for a while; my first pair arrived about 20 minutes ago, perfect timing, since my slip-ons from Pearl River are totally soaked-through with sweat. Along with the super-comfortable shoes Toms sent a sticker and a flag, which I love mostly because it is blue ...]

Sam's Club, Costco limit rice purchases

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:15:25 PDT
The two biggest U.S. warehouse retail chains are limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what Sam’s Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., called on Wednesday “recent supply and demand trends.”

News Corp. Hires Hacker to Break Into Dish Satellite Network

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:52:30 PDT
This is classic corporate espionage/sabotage at its finest. Dish Network is accusing News Corp.—which used to have a 39 percent stake in DirecTV and still provides its security tech—of hiring hacker Christopher Tarnovsky to break into Dish's network, steal the security codes, and use them to make pirated cards to flood the black market. It sounds..

Former PM still plugs for Kelowna deal - Nunatsiaq News


Former PM still plugs for Kelowna deal
Nunatsiaq News, Canada - Apr 17, 2008
But in an interview on CBC Newsworld last week, Martin lambasted Stephen Harper's Conservative government for ignoring the health and education needs that ...


British Columbia April sale of oil and gas rights nets $39.6 million (BC-Oil-Gas-Rights-Sal)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:27:13 PDT
VANCOUVER _ British Columbia sold $39.6 million in oil and gas rights in April, up from $5 million for the same month last year, more proof of the aggressive push exploration companies are making into the northeastern part of the province.The results are the first for the new fiscal year and follow last month`s tally of $152 million, which brought B.C.`s total for the 2007-2008 fiscal year to a record high of more than $1.2 billion.That year-end tally broke the previous record of $647 million in

Do NME readers play vinyl?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:39:29 PDT
A question posed on the back of the news that Coldplay will issue an exclusive vinyl of new single Violet Hill through the NME.

Platinum Card(R) Concierge from American Express Releases Top Gift ... - FOXBusiness


Platinum Card(R) Concierge from American Express Releases Top Gift ...
FOXBusiness - 14 hours ago
According to Platinum Card Concierge, topping this year's Mother's Day gift trends are: culinary experiences, signature items, and adventures in art. ...


Merrill shares up 8% on news of steady dividend (Market Watch)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:58:33 PDT
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Shares of investment banking behemoth Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. rose nearly 8% in afternoon trading after the bank said Thursday that it will maintain its dividend of 35 cents per common share. The news that bank won't be trimming its payout to shareholders could be a sign that the financial powerhouse sees fewer credit worries on the horizon, and investors rallied on ...

Baseball: Rays: Kazmir's rehab start not quite as planned

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:50:30 PDT
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TV tonight: Five worth watching

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:57:03 PDT
TV tonight: Five worth watching April 20th, 2008 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). Brotherly love: Brothers & Sisters is finally back with fresh episodes, as Kitty (Calista Flockhart) and Robert (Rob Lowe) make a life-changing decision, Danny Glover guest stars and Ken Olin pops up as a new love interest for Holly (Patr

US News Expands The Ranking Service

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:14:05 PDT
US News&World Report, an authoritative source for US university rankings has launched an auto ranking website in what seems to be an expansion move towards a general online ranking service.


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10:36 AM

April 24, 2008 Hot Trends

New Trends In Hairstyles For 2008

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:02:16 PDT
A new season, new trends and - of course - new hairstyles.

LogoLounge.com: 2008 Trends

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:25:57 PDT
Logo trends for 2008 from Bill Gardner at LogoLounge.com

Costco & Sam's Club to Limit Rice Sales

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:20:03 PDT
The two biggest U.S. warehouse retail chains are limiting how much rice customers can buy because of what Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., called on Wednesday "recent supply and demand trends." The broader chain of Wal-Mart stores has no plans to limit food purchases, however.

Is too. Is not - Edmonton Sun


Is too. Is not
Edmonton Sun, Canada - Apr 2, 2008
... he was chosen to lead the Liberals (ie met up with the caravan of slushie Ottawa reporters in a hotel bar at 1 am and watched the rest on Newsworld), ...


egg chair and arne jacobsen updates

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:41 PDT
Via Freshhome, I see that the iconic Egg Chair has been given a facelift for its 50th anniversary. It’s giving me bad Preppy Handbook flashbacks. What do you think? The Egg Chair says, “On the occasion of the chair’s golden anniversary, Fritz Hansen asked the well-known conteporary artist Tal R to interpret 50 Egg chairs designed by Arne Jacobsen…This series of the Egg visually expresses its 50 years of fame as if every piece of textile represents a period of time with past and present trends

Robert Shapiro 2.0 wants to help you out

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:31:26 PDT
It's good to know O.J. Simpson defense attorney Robert Shapiro has kept himself busy since the trial finished up in ’95. He co-founded Legal Zoom, which provides law-related document services of some sort, but I was too distracted by “endorsers” Bill O’Reilly and Laura Ingraham to care. Shapiro, O’Reilly and Ingraham? Howard Dean will be spinning in his grave, as news of such a trio’s formation may put him there. Donat/Wald created a handful of Legal Zoom TV spots; they’re described as “heartw

Biggest one-day stock moves linked to central bank actions ... - MarketWatch


Biggest one-day stock moves linked to central bank actions ...
MarketWatch - 9 hours ago
The findings illustrate the degree to which disruptions in the US financial system have overridden straight economic news or overall corporate earnings ...


Macs are “close, not equal,” but work well in IT

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:33:13 PDT
Macs are “close, not equal,” but work well in IT April 22nd, 2008 - 8:01 am by Tony Steidler-Dennison Tags: mac (Via MacNN.) Apple’s growing marketshare among end-users is helping push the Mac’s acceptance in corporate America. InfoWorld notes the Macs are spilling out of its traditional areas of marketing departments and media companies and into wider array of business environments, thanks to, what it calls, “the confluence of a number of computing trends, not the least among them a rising

Newsworld jobs: I’m sure it’s just a coincidence…

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:59:10 PDT
Ten new CBC News jobs in Calgary were posted this morning. These, presumably, are part of the people given back to Alberta after CBC moved — er, “reconfigured” — CBC Newsworld programming from Calgary to Toronto: 4 reporter/editors Video-journalist 4 videgraphers Switcher-Director In what I’m sure is just a coincidence, only two positions are posted for Toronto this morning: Specialist in “Contract Management” Specialist in Automation

Golf Guide 2008: Northwest golf still strong, bucks national trends - Seattle Post Intelligencer


Golf Guide 2008: Northwest golf still strong, bucks national trends
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 6 hours ago
By JEFF SHELLEY About this time last year, we reported on the doom and gloom infecting the golf industry. Not much has changed. Over the past two years, ...


Search warrants suggest Tories overspent by $1-million (The Globe and Mail)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:31:16 PDT
Documents released Monday lay out allegations against federal Conservative Party, including that invoices may have been altered


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