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Current News for October 03, 2008

Great New Magic Internet Series

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:52:07 PDT
“Street Magic” is one of the fastest growing areas of magic. That’s why AnswersTV Magic has a brand new series devoted to the trend. The art of performing on the street in front of a crowd is hardly new. Take a look at the painting on the left of a street magician performing “Cups and Balls.” It’s called “The Conjurer”, and it was painted...

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:01:27 PDT
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch discusses trends in the time that CEOs spend in direct contact with customers. Further, he declares three tasks that should fill at least 10% of a CEO's time: establishing customer metrics (not just customer satisfaction), inventing new offerings to meet customer needs, and developing marketing talent.

ABC quoted Palin attacking Obama but left out key facts

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:26:10 PDT
ABC News correspondent Kate Snow uncritically quoted Gov. Sarah Palin's claim that Sen. Barack Obama voted for "c]utting off funding for our troops while in a war zone." However, Snow did not report that Sen. John McCain voted against legislation to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as Obama noted during the September 26 presidential debate.

Business Franchising in the Philippines

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:43:38 PDT
This is all about the current business franchising and business trends in the Philippines and the opening of the Philippine Fastfood and Corporation Business Franchise Blog in an attempt to provide a primary source for people looking to get a franchise for a business in the Philippines.

Update: State GOP surprised by McCain pullout

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:28:39 PDT
AP Photo/Gerald HerbertRepublican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., participates in a women's town hall style campaign event in Denver Thursday. McCain has stopped competing with Barack Obama over the state's 17 electoral votes. McCain is pulling staff and advertising...

National Post Editorial Board: CBC takes a single step on the road to recovery

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:36:00 PDT
In the past we’ve been hard on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, perhaps as hard as any other mainstream media outlet. We have had public run-ins on these pages with such senior corporate executives as former CBC News editor-in-chief Tony Burman over the Ceeb’s obvious left-of-centre bias in news coverage. These dust-ups have been fun, but they have also served a serious purpose: Canadians who disagree with the worldview of CBC editors and reporters should not be forced through their tax d


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Hot trends for October 02, 2008

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Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:15:21 PDT
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7 News Sites That Keep You Dialed In Every Day (PC World)

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:32:04 PDT
Mixx gives you better control than Digg over the news you see daily at the site, while sites like Slate dish their own selection in a way that brings you up to date quickly.

Google News dips into meme tracking for blogs (CNET)

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:01:05 PDT
The search giant's new Blog Search page tracks memes so you don't have to. Think of it like Google News, but for blogs.

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.

Red Hat Reaches Out to Uncle Sam

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:54:38 PDT
Obama is campaigning for change. McCain is campaigning for change. And now, Red Hat is campaigning for change. The software company will spend next week evangelizing the government’s growing need for open source. It’s a smart, timely move by Red Hat. Here’s why. The VAR Guy complains when open source companies ignore key vertical market events. IBM, Microsoft and Oracle hype their software — loudly — at retail, financial services, health care and other types of conferences. In stark contrast,

Shooter's rampage shows pitfalls for mentally ill

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:29:18 PDT
Just an aside: whenever mentally ill persons are depicted in the news, they are not often cast in a positive light--meaning, they are portrayed as perpetrators of violent acts. How do you think this affects the general public's opinion of them and willingness to help them? How do you think this may affect their acccess to healthcare?

Celebrity News Reporter Set Up Heather Locklear DUI Arrest?

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:26:08 PDT
New developments in the case uncovered that the, “concerned citizen,” that called 911 to alert police about Heather Locklear’s driving is actually the celebrity news reporter and former editor of Us Weekly magazine, Jill Ishkanian. Ishkanian took photos of Locklear’s arrest and then sold to TMZ, the online celebrity news magazine, for $27,500 after

Zombie outbreak in Dover, NH!

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:43:23 PDT
Here we go again with more local news but this is some sweet shit, so pay attention. If you don’t have one of these mobs in your area, you should consider organizing your own because it sounds like a lot of fun and who doesn’t like zombies, right? Cinema S contributor Larry Clow hit me with ...]


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