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Restored Vulcan hits financial turbulence More cash needed for flight test programme The trust which last October successfully got Avro Vulcan XH558 back into the air following a £6.5m restoration is rattling its tin again amid fears it may not have the cash to make the aircraft ready for the 2008 airshow season.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Software outfit keeps Vulcan airborne Looking hopeful for 2008 airshow season It looks like Vulcan XH558 - which last year took to the skies following a 15-year, £7m restoration - will be able to wow the crowds at air shows this summer following fears that a lack of cash might keep it grounded.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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US consumer confidence hits a five-year low - Financial Times CNNMoney.comUS consumer confidence hits a five-year lowFinancial Times - 1 hour agoBy Daniel PImlott in New York A sharp drop in US consumer confidence, to its lowest level since the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003, and a jump in inflation among producers highlighted Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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McCain Calls Wall Street Reckless, Obama Hits McCain (Update1) - Bloomberg BBC NewsMcCain Calls Wall Street Reckless, Obama Hits McCain (Update1)Bloomberg - 2 hours agoBy Kristin Jensen and Hans Nichols Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain lashed out at ``reckless'' investments by Wall Street as his Democratic r Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Turbulence forces Calgary landing A plane makes an emergency landing at Calgary in Canada after a number of passengers are injured by turbulence. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Blitz survivor has sight restored 66 years on A man blinded in one eye during the Blitz has his sight restored by Scottish specialists, 66 years later. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Early stereo recordings restored Recordings made by a British pioneer of stereo sound have been restored so they can be heard for the first time. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > BBC |
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Phelps a typical 23-year-old _ 'til he hits water - The Associated Press Washington PostPhelps a typical 23-year-old _ 'til he hits waterThe Associated Press - 39 minutes agoBEIJING (AP) - In some ways, Michael Phelps is just your typical 23-year-old. He hates getting up early. He wolfs down enormous amounts of pizza.Video: Olympics '08 Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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US financial meltdown hits canine thesps hard Crisis bites Broadway Chihuahua The far-reaching effects of the US financial crisis are starkly demonstrated by the impending ejection onto New York's mean streets of a Chihuahua named Chico - canine star of the theatrical adaptation of Legally Blonde.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Stock smackdown hits tech harder than most Worries about consumer spending, advertising and the ability of IT companies to raise money appear to have hit many tech stocks harder even than the overall market on Monday, one of the worst days on Wall Street since 1929. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Asian Stocks Slide; Dollar Hits New Lows Asian stocks tumbled on Friday, with Japans Nikkei losing 3 percent, on fears that more credit-related losses in the global financial sector will push the United States into a recession. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Poor software testing hits companies in the pocket Nearly 40 percent of organizations have suffered financial loss as a result of poor or no software testing. That's according to a survey sponsored by testing specialist, SQS Research.The study also found that 55 Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Suits: A C.E.O. Hits ‘Reply,’ and Now It’s Regret A tale of how the chief executive of Countrywide Financial mishandled an e-mail message from a customer, and other items. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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AMD's latest FireStream processor hits 1 teraflop Advanced Micro Devices previewed on Monday the latest version of its high-performance chip package, the FireStream 9250, which is due later this year.Chips in the FireStream line offer much faster performance fo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Obama Hits Hollywood According to Variety, Sen. Barack Obama will hold a major fundraiser in Los Angeles tonight. Featured celebrity guests include actors Samuel L. Jackson, Dennis Quaid, model Heidi Klum and boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard. The event was billed as a $2,300-per-person reception with a VIP Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Jobless Rate Hits Five-Year High Gloom now extends far beyond housing, financial sectors, dashing hopes economy will revive soon. Home > Rss Directory > General > WashingtonPost |
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Credit crunch hits small businesses Stephani Smith's Maui-based healthy meals delivery company had been thriving since 2004, but needed financial assistance to expand its marketing efforts and Web exposure. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Financial crisis: The tech innovations at risk September 2008 will certainly go down as one of the blackest months in Wall Street history. Venerable financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and AIG abruptly vanished or were radically overhauled. Investors lost loads of money -- in some cases, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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How IT could have prevented the financial meltdown In the coming weeks, the feds and the surviving financial services institutions will have the daunting task of unraveling all the securitized loans and other instruments that are hiding the toxic investments. But does the technology exist to do that? And if so, could Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Will your IT job survive the financial meltdown? Fearful tech workers tiptoeing along the shaky alleys of Wall Street -- and fretting about losing their jobs -- should take a deep breath. Of the more than 100,000 job losses expected as a direct result of the financial crisis, only a tiny slice will likely be from th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |