Posts Tagged ‘today’

Flying high: Falcons defense prevails in victory over Lions

John Raffel – AHN Sports Correspondent Detroit, MI, United States (AHN Sports) – The Atlanta Falcon defense knew what needed to be done to stop the dangerous Detroit Lions combination of Matthew Stafford-to-Calvin Johnson. To put it simply, they did get the job done. Quarterback Matt Ryan both ran and passed for a touchdown and [...]

ARV supply and funding woes

Blantyre, Malawi (IRIN) – By 9 a.m., the Limbe Health Centre in Malawi’s second city, Blantyre, is already full. HIV-positive patients are lining up to collect their antiretrovirals, despite reports of shortages at state clinics and hospitals. Limbe is one of 433 public health facilities in Malawi that provide the medication free and is also [...]

Elderly feel the loss of extended family

Manzini, Swaziland (IRIN) – Erratic pension payments, a rising cost of living and changing social circumstances are leaving Swaziland’s elderly with no choice but to fend for themselves and adjust to living alone. This is unprecedented in a country where an extended family system traditionally provided a social safety-net and companionship. “I thank my God [...]

Astoria celebrates 200 years

ASTORIA — Oregonians celebrated a huge milestone Saturday, as Astoria commemorated its 200th anniversary. Astoria is the oldest settlement west of the Rockies. It took one ship to set the Northwest’s future in motion, a fur trading post in what would become Astoria. “It changed the course of history; that decision to put the fur [...]

Retail Thursday: Sears Holdings, Williams-Sonoma

Retail earnings continue today, with reports from Sears Holdings and Williams-Sonoma. Sears Holdings (SHLD), parent to Sears as well as Kmart, said today it swung to a loss in the fiscal first quarter, of $170 million, or $1.58 per share, compared to a profit of $16 million, or $0.14 per share, last year. “Retail Thursday: [...]

Forty people fight over every vacancy in jobs blackspot

SOME of Scotland’s traditional industrial heartlands now make up two-fifths of Britain’s worst unemployment blackspots, a new report has today found. View full post on All Stories

College Graduates Struggling to Get That First Big Break

There’s no doubt about it, 2010 graduates are facing one of the toughest job markets in history. Debts have piled up in school from school loans to credit card debt and payday loans, and now that it’s time to pay them back, the necessary job can be difficult to obtain. When it comes to landing [...]

CEO pay tops prerecession level

In the boardroom, it’s as if the Great Recession never happened. CEOs at the nation’s largest companies were paid better last year than they were in 2007, when the economy was booming, the stock market set a record high and unemployment was roughly half what it is today. View full post on All Stories

Car Loan Luxury at Convenience

India’s economic situation is at a rapid growth. After the boon of outsourcing the power of spending of today’s generation suddenly shot up. Employment was on a rise, youngsters just out of college or some even while pursuing their education have gotten addicted to this irresistible power and freedom of spending where they no longer [...]

BC-US-FEA–CEO Pay, US

CEOs at America’s largest companies were paid better last year than they were in 2007, when the economy was booming, the stock market set a record high and unemployment was roughly half what it is today. View full post on All Stories

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