12 hrs ago | CFRB
Manitoba's monopoly auto insurer wants more mandatory immobilizers
“How it typically works is thieves will attack a particular model of vehicle. Once those vehicles are equipped with immobilizers, thieves move on to other targets”
More Manitoba drivers could soon be faced with a government-imposed decision - install an anti-theft immobilizer or lose their car insurance. via CFRB
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List of bills killed by Alabama Legislature
Hundreds of bills have died in the 2008 session of the Alabama Legislature because they did not pass in the house where they were introduced. via NBC 15 Online
Sunday | CANOE
“None of the incidents have been serious enough for us to have to get a warrant out for them”
A little more than a month into the province's new GPS-monitoring project for young auto thieves, the man in charge of the program says it's "so far so good." Brent Apter, head of the Youth Corrections ... via CANOE
Saturday May 10 | Reuters
UK's Goldfrapp ambivalent about hip-hop, Madonna
“People don't want it to become Americanized or kind of different, where you can't just wander around any more sort of half-naked with mud over you. I can see, understand that”
They are credited with influencing the fashion style of Madonna but British electronica band Goldfrapp don't have much time for the pop diva or other big acts they will be playing with this summer. via Reuters
Saturday May 10 | Earth Times
Zacks Buy List Highlights: Big Lots, Snap-on, Cimarex Energy Co. and Amkor Technology
“Earnings estimate revisions are the most powerful force impacting stock prices.”
Zacks.com releases the latest list of Zacks Rank Buy Stocks. Every day on Zacks.com, four stock picks are made based on criteria for the each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & ... via Earth Times
Friday May 9 | Open CRS
Suicide Prevention Among Veterans
Numerous news stories in the popular print and electronic media have documented suicides among servicemembers and veterans returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom . via Open CRS
Friday May 9 | DesignLines
DuPont and Dainippon Screen to gun for large-screen OLED
Dupont and Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co. have revealed plans to join forces for the development of manufacturing technologies for printed large-screen organic light emitting diode displays. via DesignLines
Friday May 9 | The Associated Press | Posted by The Associated Press
Oil prices hold above $124 a barrel in Asian trade
“U.S. gasoline stocks have certainly dropped quite sharply over the last month”
Oil prices held close to a record above $124 a barrel Friday in Asia as bullish momentum and renewed weakening of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies kept the commodity on its upward trend.
Analysts, though, struggled to explain the continued rise of oil futures after a larger-than-expected build in crude oil stocks reported Wednesday in the United States. Some pointed to a small decline in distallate stocks, which include diesel and heating oil and normally drive prices during the Northern Hemisphere winter; others said speculation and computer-generated buying was keeping oil prices high. Read more
Thursday May 8 | The Washington Post
Activision 4Q profit soars past expectations
“Video games as an entertainment medium is probably the lowest cost per hour”
By BARBARA ORTUTAY The Associated Press Thursday, May 8, 2008; 5:48 PM NEW YORK -- Video game publisher Activision Inc. via The Washington Post
Thursday May 8 | The Boston Globe
Senator: Ban torture but give CIA interrogation leeway
Seeking to referee a stalemate over how the CIA can interrogate prisoners, a top Senate Republican says Congress should ban waterboarding and seven other abusive methods of interrogation but allow the spy ... via The Boston Globe
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