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| NPC International, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2012 Results MarketWatch (press release) OVERLAND PARK, Kan., May 11, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NPCInternational, Inc. (the "Company"), today reported results for its first fiscal quarter ended March 27, 2012. -- Comparable store sales increased 5.1% rolling over a decrease of (4.7)% last year ... See all stories on this topic » |
May 11, 2012
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Consumers International : A new vision of European consumer policy, May 11, 2012
"For consumer activists around the globe, the year 1962 is irrevocably linked with President John F. Kennedy’s address to the US Congress in which he formally raised the issue of consumer rights. But 1962 was also the year in which consumer organisations from six European countries came together to found The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC). This year marks the 50 anniversary of both occasions.
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info@als-alexander.org or interalex1@yahoo.comSCIENTIFIC AMERICAN News, May 11, 2012
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| Can Physics and Philosophy Get Along? New York Times (blog) (Krauss somewhat moderates his views in a recent Scientific American article.) Krauss' mistake: his belief that scientific experiment is the “ultimate arbiter of truth” about the world. I'd like to see if I can raise the level of the discussion a bit. See all stories on this topic » |
NBC News, May 11, 2012
 Huffington Post Sports told this story of how he announced every name the same, except for Derek Jeter. In Beane's own words via fangraphs.com "I pause just a little longer between the Derek and the Jeter. He knows it, too. After one game, he came up to me in the ... See all stories on this topic » | |
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EARTHQUAKE News, May 11, 2012
 Salt Lake Tribune For instance, the most recent forecast in the Bay Area (2008) projects a two out of three chance of a 6.7 magnitude or greater quake within 30 years, said Ivan Wong, an Oakland, Calif., seismologist and chairman of the working group on Utah earthquake ... See all stories on this topic » | |
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DIED, May 11, 2012
| Pioneering pilot 'Mama Bird' dies at 102 Sky News Australia Pioneering pilot 'Mama Bird' dies at 102 Updated: 05:12, Saturday May 12, 2012 Pioneering female pilot Evelyn Bryan Johnson, who held the Guinness world record for most hours in the air for a female pilot, hasdied at age 102, a US funeral home says. See all stories on this topic » |
| Pulitzer winning war photographer Horst Faas dies at 79 Indian Express AP : New York, Sat May 12 2012, 01:18 hrs As chief of photo operations for The Associated Press in Saigon for a decade beginning in 1962, Horst Faas didn't just cover the fighting, he also recruited and trained new talent from among foreign and ... See all stories on this topic » |
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ASIA News, May 11, 2012
 Bloomberg The MSCI Asia Pacific Index (MXAP) of shares fell 1 percent today and is poised for a second week of losses. Trade Failure JPMorgan Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said the company lost money on synthetic credit securities after an “egregious” ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Asian Markets Fall Before China Data; Banking Stocks Slide Wall Street Journal ... otherwise we could have seen a positive start for Asian risk assetstoday," said Stan Shamu, markets strategist at IG Markets. Major banks in the region fell, with Nomura Holdings down by 3.2%, Australia andNew Zealand Banking Group falling 0.6%, ... See all stories on this topic » |
ASEAN News, May 11, 2012
 Bernama By Alan Ting KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 (Bernama) -- The national Fire Danger Rating System (FDRS) may be expanded to include otherASEAN countries in order to provide early warning on potential fire occurrences, said Natural Resources and Environment ... See all stories on this topic » |
| ASEAN plus Three Labor Ministers Meeting wraps up in Cambodia Philippine Star PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) - The 7th ASEAN Plus Three Labor Ministers Meeting wrapped up here Friday with the release of a joint statement, calling for further exchange of views on joint labor initiatives. During the two-day meeting, the labor ministers ... See all stories on this topic » |
LOS ANGELES TIMES News, May 11, 2012
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| Photograph by: Luis Sinco , Los Angeles Times/MCT Vancouver Sun LOS ANGELES — George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good-humoured expense. Obama told the crowd that ... See all stories on this topic » |
ABC News, Australia, May 11, 2012
 The Australian Media Watch executive producer Lin Buckfield said yesterday one of her program's researchers was examining reports on the affair that had been carried by The Australian, ABC news, Lateline andThe Canberra Times. "If through our inquiries we decide that ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Steve Wozniak interviewed about Apple, Steve Jobs, technology Apple Insider Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak interviewed by Australia's ABC News. | Source: ABC News The engineering guru also talked about the future of technology and sees intuitive user interaction as the next step in computing. "These computers are getting more ... See all stories on this topic » |
FRANCHISE News, May 11, 2012
| Forbes Janitorial franchise Coverall is receiving a $3 million bill from a Massachusetts court this week in a lawsuit other franchisors are watching closely. At the heart of the case is a controversy over whether some franchise owners aren't franchisees at ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Growing Franchise Offers Art Playtime for Adults Fox Business What started with two stores in southern Louisiana grew to 64franchises in 16 states, thanks in part to a couple who were not quite ready for retirement. After attending a few Painting with a Twist classes, Leslie and Marvin Gay approached the owners ... See all stories on this topic » |
FASHION Models News, May 11, 2012
 Ottawa fashion scene Ottawa Citizen By Janet Wilson, The Ottawa Citizen May 11, 2012 2:02 PM Fashion model Stacey McKenzie, a former judge on Canada's Next Top Model, shown left, is attending Stepping Out! in support of Dress for Success Ottawa on May 17 at Lago Bar Grill at the Dow's ... See all stories on this topic » | |
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WIKILEAKS News, May 11, 2012
 The Tennessean On May 11, 1973, nearly two years after instigating a governmental crisis, Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst, had all charges of espionage and theft of government documents dropped. US District Judge Matthew Byrne was scathing in his remarks about ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Fujitsu in $60m datacentre upgrade ZDNet Australia [2011] #WikiLeaks rally fires up Sydney (VID+PICS) http://t.co/Sbm4186x #Assange supporters: "We demand free speech, hands off WikiLeaks!" Shadow Comms Minister Malcolm Turnbull has indicated he may let #NBN contracts run full term. See all stories on this topic » |
UNITED NATIONS News, May 11, 2012
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| Failure to report abuse alleged against school aides Columbus Dispatch Susan E. Rice, US Ambassador to the United Nations, will give the keynote address at graduation, which begins at noon, June 10, at Ohio Stadium. The ceremony is the university's 400th commencement and Ohio State's last on the academic quarter system. See all stories on this topic » |
TORONTO STAR News, May 11, 2012
 New York Daily News (blog) BY Alexander Nazaryan In a handsome new website called The Hemingway Papers, theToronto Star has collected the columns that Ernest Hemingway wrote for that newspaper. In doing so, it sheds much-needed light on a little-known aspect of the great... See all stories on this topic » |
| DAVID COOPER/TORONTO STAR Toronto Star Star security reporter Michelle Shephard's view from Guantanamo Bay this weekend, where she was repo... PHOTOS: Super Moon in Toronto The Super Moon was seen over Toronto on Saturday evening. Rick Madonik's photos of the larger-than-u. See all stories on this topic » |
INTERNET News, May 11, 2012
 Apple Insider McCue pointed to Apple as having created an opportunity for publishers to bring design and aesthetics to the mobile Web, as the multi-touch capabilities of the iPad allow for the removal of much of the navigation controls. "When Apple introduced the ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Imogo Launches Comprehensive Cloud-Based Services Solution For Small Businesses MarketWatch (press release) The Imogo cloud-based solution can be accessed from any internetconnection on a laptop, desktop PC, smartphone, tablet or iPad or any other mobile device. Applications and data are stored on secure Imogo-hosted servers and accessed remotely through a ... See all stories on this topic » |
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