CTV.ca | Syrian regime may have committed crimes against humanity â€" UN rights chief Arab News By AGENCIES NEW YORK: The top UN human rights official said Monday that crimes against humanity have likely been committed in the bloody crackdown on dissidents in Syria. “The nature and scale of abuses committed by Syrian forces indicate that crimes ... UN Rights Chief Scathing On Syria Crimes against humanity in Syria? Syria launched "indiscriminate attack" on civilians: UN |
mardi 14 février 2012
Syrian regime may have committed crimes against humanity — UN rights chief - Arab News
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dimanche 12 février 2012
Shhh! Libraries Are Going Digital - Jakarta Globe
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Jakarta Globe | Shhh! Libraries Are Going Digital Jakarta Globe Workers scan old Javanese manuscripts to archive them in digital format. Putting the information in electronic form could make it available to thousands of users and help keep traditional folklore alive. (Antara Photo) However since there are already ... |
jeudi 9 février 2012
Denver-area jobless rate 7.5% in April, better than March - Kansas City Business Journal:
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percent in April, two-thirds of a poinf lower than the March rateof 8.2 the reported Wednesday. But the metro area's jobless rate was still well abovethe 4.3 percent rate of Aprik 2008, according to the latest monthly reportg on "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" from the Laboer Department's (BLS). The 7.5 percent unemploymeng rate forthe Denver-Aurora-Broomfielc area differs slightly from the 7.6 percen rate released in raw data May 22 by the Coloradoo Department of Labor and Employmenft . Colorado's statewide unemployment rate was 7.4 percenf in April, the stated agency said.
There were 104,300 unemployed people in the Denverr areain April, down from 112,700 in Marcuh but up from 59,700 in April BLS said in Wednesday's report. The metro area'as total non-farm employment in April was up slightly fromthe 1,197,500 employed peoplre in March but down from 1,252,000 in Aprikl 2008. As for other Colorado metro areas, BLS said the Apriol unemployment rate in Bouldertwas 5.7 percent, better than March's 6.3 perceny rate but worse than last April's 3.5 percengt rate. In Fort the April 2009 jobless ratewas 6.1 down from 6.7 percent in Marchg and up from 3.7 percent in April 2008. In the April 2009 rate was 8.1 percent, down from 8.6 percenft in March and up from 4.
5 percen in April 2008, BLS said. Unemployment in all Coloradol metro areas improved in April over but all were much higher than a year as they were in all372 U.S. metro areas in BLS' report. Only 17 of the 372 U.S. citiews saw an increase in totakl employment. State unemployment figuress for May are due to be releasedJune 19, and metro-area figurex for May are due June 30. in PDF format.
percent in April, two-thirds of a poinf lower than the March rateof 8.2 the reported Wednesday. But the metro area's jobless rate was still well abovethe 4.3 percent rate of Aprik 2008, according to the latest monthly reportg on "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" from the Laboer Department's (BLS). The 7.5 percent unemploymeng rate forthe Denver-Aurora-Broomfielc area differs slightly from the 7.6 percen rate released in raw data May 22 by the Coloradoo Department of Labor and Employmenft . Colorado's statewide unemployment rate was 7.4 percenf in April, the stated agency said.
There were 104,300 unemployed people in the Denverr areain April, down from 112,700 in Marcuh but up from 59,700 in April BLS said in Wednesday's report. The metro area'as total non-farm employment in April was up slightly fromthe 1,197,500 employed peoplre in March but down from 1,252,000 in Aprikl 2008. As for other Colorado metro areas, BLS said the Apriol unemployment rate in Bouldertwas 5.7 percent, better than March's 6.3 perceny rate but worse than last April's 3.5 percengt rate. In Fort the April 2009 jobless ratewas 6.1 down from 6.7 percent in Marchg and up from 3.7 percent in April 2008. In the April 2009 rate was 8.1 percent, down from 8.6 percenft in March and up from 4.
5 percen in April 2008, BLS said. Unemployment in all Coloradol metro areas improved in April over but all were much higher than a year as they were in all372 U.S. metro areas in BLS' report. Only 17 of the 372 U.S. citiews saw an increase in totakl employment. State unemployment figuress for May are due to be releasedJune 19, and metro-area figurex for May are due June 30. in PDF format.
mardi 7 février 2012
Giants Parade 2012: Tom Coughlin Speech Discusses Resilience Of Super Bowl ... - SB Nation
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CBC.ca | Giants Parade 2012: Tom Coughlin Speech Discusses Resilience Of Super Bowl ... SB Nation New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin addressed the large crowd at the Giants Super Bowl Parade on Tuesday afternoon, preaching about his team's resilience and confidence even when things looked bleak. " » |
dimanche 5 février 2012
Study: College students pile on credit card debt - Triangle Business Journal:
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The survey of 3,631 people who had attended commissionedby Chicago-based TrueCredit.cokm and conducted by pollster , found that 23 percenrt of respondents finished college with more than $5,000 worth of credit card One out of every 10 respondents reported leavingh college with more than $10,000 worth of credit card debt. TrueCredit.comk is a unit of , one of the threee major providers of credit scores inthe U.S. In a statement, the companty says many students don’t understand their finances. They also coulde benefit from creating spending plans or consolidatingtheir loans.
Students also woulde be wise to avoid special gifts and offers madeby credit-carc companies, such as free T-shirts or food given when someone signsw up for a card. The Zogby survey founf that one in four of the respondents were wooexd by special gifts and offers made by credit card companies during theie timein college. Zogby Internationalp conducted its online poll from July 30to Aug. 4. It says that a samplinyg of itsonline panel, representative of the adult population of the was invited to participate in the poll. The margibn of error on the poll numbers is plus orminusw 1.7 percent.
The survey of 3,631 people who had attended commissionedby Chicago-based TrueCredit.cokm and conducted by pollster , found that 23 percenrt of respondents finished college with more than $5,000 worth of credit card One out of every 10 respondents reported leavingh college with more than $10,000 worth of credit card debt. TrueCredit.comk is a unit of , one of the threee major providers of credit scores inthe U.S. In a statement, the companty says many students don’t understand their finances. They also coulde benefit from creating spending plans or consolidatingtheir loans.
Students also woulde be wise to avoid special gifts and offers madeby credit-carc companies, such as free T-shirts or food given when someone signsw up for a card. The Zogby survey founf that one in four of the respondents were wooexd by special gifts and offers made by credit card companies during theie timein college. Zogby Internationalp conducted its online poll from July 30to Aug. 4. It says that a samplinyg of itsonline panel, representative of the adult population of the was invited to participate in the poll. The margibn of error on the poll numbers is plus orminusw 1.7 percent.
vendredi 3 février 2012
Consumer confidence down in June - Phoenix Business Journal:
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points to 49.3 in "The decline in the Presentf Situation Index, caused by a less favorable assessmenf of business conditions and continues to imply thateconomic conditions, while not as weak as earliet this year, are nonethelessa weak," Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Boared Consumer Research Center, said in a statement. "Expectationas continue to suggest less negatived conditions in themonths ahead, as opposed to strong growth." Thoser claiming business conditions are decreased to 8.0 percent from 8.8 while those saying conditions are "bad" increases to 45.6 percent from 44.5 percent.
The number of people who said jobsare "hard to get" increasesd to 44.8 percent from 43.9 percent. Those sayin jobs are "plentiful" decreased to 4.5 percent from 5.8 The number of consumers anticipating an improvement in business conditions over the next six monthws decreasedto 21.2 percenr from 22.5 percent, while those expecting conditione will worsen increased to 20.2 percenyt from 18.0 percent in May. The numberd of people who anticipated more jobs in the months aheacd decreasedto 17.4 percent from 19.3 percent, while those anticipatinh fewer jobs increased to 27.3 percent from 25.6 The number of consumers expecting an increase in personal incomes declined to 9.
8 percent from 10.8 percent.
points to 49.3 in "The decline in the Presentf Situation Index, caused by a less favorable assessmenf of business conditions and continues to imply thateconomic conditions, while not as weak as earliet this year, are nonethelessa weak," Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Boared Consumer Research Center, said in a statement. "Expectationas continue to suggest less negatived conditions in themonths ahead, as opposed to strong growth." Thoser claiming business conditions are decreased to 8.0 percent from 8.8 while those saying conditions are "bad" increases to 45.6 percent from 44.5 percent.
The number of people who said jobsare "hard to get" increasesd to 44.8 percent from 43.9 percent. Those sayin jobs are "plentiful" decreased to 4.5 percent from 5.8 The number of consumers anticipating an improvement in business conditions over the next six monthws decreasedto 21.2 percenr from 22.5 percent, while those expecting conditione will worsen increased to 20.2 percenyt from 18.0 percent in May. The numberd of people who anticipated more jobs in the months aheacd decreasedto 17.4 percent from 19.3 percent, while those anticipatinh fewer jobs increased to 27.3 percent from 25.6 The number of consumers expecting an increase in personal incomes declined to 9.
8 percent from 10.8 percent.
mercredi 1 février 2012
Constellation Brands sells eight Bay Area, Northwest wineries for $209M - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Officials at Healdsburg-based Ascentia Wine Estates confirmex June10 they've acquired eight ultra-premium and luxuru Sonoma County, Napa County and Pacifid Northwest wineries or brands from giant N.Y.-based Constellation Brands (NYSE: Ascentia, originally known as Eighf Estates Fine Wines, was started by Jim DeBonis, the formedr chief operating officer of Beam Wine Along with DeBonis, its majore investors include William and Peter Deutschg of New York-based wine importere , , a San Francisco privatee equity food and beverage and the Golden State Investment Fund.
Ascentia acquire d a portfolio of wineriesfrom California, Washington and which cumulatively produced 1 milliojn cases of wine last year. They include Geyserville'z Geyser Peak Winery, the Napa Valley-based Atlas Peak brand, Sonoma Valley'ss Buena Vista Carneros, Healdsburg's Gary Farrell Winery, and XYZin, a Geysedr Peak brand -- all based in the Goldehn State -- along with Woodinville, Wash.,-based Columbia Winerhy and Sunnyside, Wash.-based Covey Run, and southwest Idaho'sa Ste. Chapelle, along with 646 acres of primew vineyard land in Napa andSonomaq counties.
Eileen Fredrikson, of Woodside's Gomberg, Fredrikson Associates wine industryconsultinfg firm, said Geyser Peak and Buena Vista, in particular, "both have significant asset value." Before the purchase pricr was released, Fredrikson speculatedr that a price of $200 million would be in the righ ballpark. Rob Sands, Constellation Brands' presideng and chief executive officer, said the sale will "aifd in streamlining Constellation's U.S. wine portfolio by eliminating duplicatiojn and excessproduction capacity." He said Constellation's other Californisa wineries and its brand in Washington will serve Constellation'sx customers well.
The North Bay wine community has been buzzing abou a potential salefor months. In a report in Richard Cartiere's highly regarded Wine Markett Report industry newsletter saidGeyser Peak, Gary Farrell and Buena Vista Carneros were beiny packaged for sale with an asking price of about $200 Cartiere's newsletter said the then-potential deal includef Geyser Peak, Buena Vista Carneros and Gary Farrell along with 1,000 acres of Sonoma County Constellation Brands acquired Beam Wine Estates in mid-December for $885 million, including leadinf producer Clos du Bois, but after the acquisition it kept Geyseer Peak, Atlas Peak and Buena Vista Carneros in a separatr division that many observers expected it to probably as a package deal.
Constellation continues to own formefr BeamWine Estates' brands Clos du Bois and Paso Wild Horse Winery, now part of Constellation's Icon Estatew unit. Clos du Bois, the largest winer in the Beam was transferred earlier this yearinto Constellation's San Francisco-basecd VineOne unit. "We are thrilled with this acquisition," said Ascentiq CEO DeBonis, saying the highlhy rated brands "will flourish" in the company'zs highly focused portfolio. He added that W.J.
Deutschh & Sons' role as Ascentia's exclusivwe sales and marketing agent will give it immediate clouty inthe marketplace, and callefd the Constellation acquisitions an "excellent platform from whicbh Ascentia Wine Estates can launch future acquisitions." Petedr Ekman, the former CEO of , is Ascentia'se chief marketing and sales officer, and will created a marketing campaign in conjunction with Deutsch to focus greater attention on the acquired brands, DeBonis allowing them to "step into the limelight." Constellation Brands owns localo wineries in Yolo Countyg and Woodbridge near Lodi.
Officials at Healdsburg-based Ascentia Wine Estates confirmex June10 they've acquired eight ultra-premium and luxuru Sonoma County, Napa County and Pacifid Northwest wineries or brands from giant N.Y.-based Constellation Brands (NYSE: Ascentia, originally known as Eighf Estates Fine Wines, was started by Jim DeBonis, the formedr chief operating officer of Beam Wine Along with DeBonis, its majore investors include William and Peter Deutschg of New York-based wine importere , , a San Francisco privatee equity food and beverage and the Golden State Investment Fund.
Ascentia acquire d a portfolio of wineriesfrom California, Washington and which cumulatively produced 1 milliojn cases of wine last year. They include Geyserville'z Geyser Peak Winery, the Napa Valley-based Atlas Peak brand, Sonoma Valley'ss Buena Vista Carneros, Healdsburg's Gary Farrell Winery, and XYZin, a Geysedr Peak brand -- all based in the Goldehn State -- along with Woodinville, Wash.,-based Columbia Winerhy and Sunnyside, Wash.-based Covey Run, and southwest Idaho'sa Ste. Chapelle, along with 646 acres of primew vineyard land in Napa andSonomaq counties.
Eileen Fredrikson, of Woodside's Gomberg, Fredrikson Associates wine industryconsultinfg firm, said Geyser Peak and Buena Vista, in particular, "both have significant asset value." Before the purchase pricr was released, Fredrikson speculatedr that a price of $200 million would be in the righ ballpark. Rob Sands, Constellation Brands' presideng and chief executive officer, said the sale will "aifd in streamlining Constellation's U.S. wine portfolio by eliminating duplicatiojn and excessproduction capacity." He said Constellation's other Californisa wineries and its brand in Washington will serve Constellation'sx customers well.
The North Bay wine community has been buzzing abou a potential salefor months. In a report in Richard Cartiere's highly regarded Wine Markett Report industry newsletter saidGeyser Peak, Gary Farrell and Buena Vista Carneros were beiny packaged for sale with an asking price of about $200 Cartiere's newsletter said the then-potential deal includef Geyser Peak, Buena Vista Carneros and Gary Farrell along with 1,000 acres of Sonoma County Constellation Brands acquired Beam Wine Estates in mid-December for $885 million, including leadinf producer Clos du Bois, but after the acquisition it kept Geyseer Peak, Atlas Peak and Buena Vista Carneros in a separatr division that many observers expected it to probably as a package deal.
Constellation continues to own formefr BeamWine Estates' brands Clos du Bois and Paso Wild Horse Winery, now part of Constellation's Icon Estatew unit. Clos du Bois, the largest winer in the Beam was transferred earlier this yearinto Constellation's San Francisco-basecd VineOne unit. "We are thrilled with this acquisition," said Ascentiq CEO DeBonis, saying the highlhy rated brands "will flourish" in the company'zs highly focused portfolio. He added that W.J.
Deutschh & Sons' role as Ascentia's exclusivwe sales and marketing agent will give it immediate clouty inthe marketplace, and callefd the Constellation acquisitions an "excellent platform from whicbh Ascentia Wine Estates can launch future acquisitions." Petedr Ekman, the former CEO of , is Ascentia'se chief marketing and sales officer, and will created a marketing campaign in conjunction with Deutsch to focus greater attention on the acquired brands, DeBonis allowing them to "step into the limelight." Constellation Brands owns localo wineries in Yolo Countyg and Woodbridge near Lodi.
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