India pressures Pakistan for suspects in Mumbai attacks - Gulf News
New Delhi/Islamabad: Two days after Pakistan admitted the nationality of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone Mumbai attacker in Indian custody, India ratcheted up pressure on Islamabad on Friday, asking it to hand over all those in that country behind the ...
www.gulfnews.com
NASA Renegades Pitch Obama Team New Post-Shuttle Plan - Popular Mechanics
NASA Renegades Pitch Obama Team New Post-Shuttle Plan As the Obama team wrestles with the best way to put Americans back in space, a group of engineers today proposed a plan it calls Jupiter Direct to replace NASA's current plans for the Ares rocket ...
www.popularmechanics.com
NAACP gives McCain a warm welcome - San Francisco Examiner
John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school. [. . .] We will pay bonuses to teachers who take on the ...
www.examiner.com
TRAI seeks cos' views on promoter equity lock-in - Economic Times
NEW DELHI: TelecoM regulator Trai has sought the industry?s views on the proposal to impose a lock-in period on the promoters of new licence holding companies. Last year, the Department of Telecom had suggested an amendment to existing telecom ...
www.economictimes.indiatimes.com
Economists, Democrats Criticize Obama Tax Cut Plan - The Washington Independent.com
Hoping to brace a jittery American public for yet another taxpayer rescue of the sinking economy, President-elect Barack Obama stressed yesterday that no plan will be successful without bipartisan cooperation. ?The true test of the policies we?ll ...
www.washingtonindependent.com
Pick up £100 for changing your current account - Guardian Unlimited
If you are thinking about switching your current account to another bank, would £100 stuffed in your back pocket be enough to tempt you? Alliance & Leicester this week fired a fresh shot in the battle for customers by offering this tidy sum to those ...
www.guardian.co.uk
High-Yielding DRIPs - Forbes
I am becoming increasingly drawn to the idea that dividend-paying stocks will increase in favor over the next several years. One reason for this belief is that, for the first time since I can remember, I'm seeing dividend yields on lots of quality ...
www.forbes.com
Obama economic advisers are redoing financial bailout amid criticism ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune
President-elect Obama says his policy on terrorism strategy will be to uphold high ideals Turkey hopes to become Europe's gas alternative Madoff awaits fate: Jail or bail? Somali pirates reportedly release Saudi tanker Brazil bank buying 50 pct stake ...
www.startribune.com
Unions that are offering credit where it's due - Guardian Unlimited
Even before the credit crunch, there were no shortage of people who subscribed to the "banks are bastards" school of thought. Now, many take the view that it is largely because of their greed and irresponsibility that we are in the mess we are in ...
www.guardian.co.uk
Gaza And Diplomacy - CBS News
The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is something neither the outgoing Bush administration wanted nor the incoming Obama administration needed. Nevertheless, both are being forced to pay even more urgent attention to the Israeli ...
www.cbsnews.com