Read An Opinion On: Compare Prices Green Slips By Jim Bassett Insuring your vehicle is a must. It is a standard legal requirement in one form or another in almost every country in the world. It is also a lucrative and highly competitive business. If you are looking for car insurance with no down payment,…
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Mumbai officials demolish 39K shanties; 200K homeless
December 25, 2004 Officials in Mumbai, India, demolished over 6,000 shanties today in a push to eradicate the capital city’s slums. In total, 39,000 shanties have been flattened, displacing over 200,000 people, in the city’s biggest-ever demolition drive, which began in early December. When complete, over 2 million people are expected to be displaced. After…
Disabled U.S. spy satellite to fall to Earth
Sunday, January 27, 2008 An unresponsive United States reconnaissance satellite is in an uncontrolled, decaying orbit and will re-enter Earth‘s atmosphere in late February or early March. According to Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, “Appropriate government agencies are monitoring the situation.” The satellite is out-of-control, and therefore there is no…
A Guide To Choose The Right Car Insurance For You
Read An Opinion On: Compare Car Insurance Green Slip A guide to choose the right Car Insurance for you by Pranav V Sharma Car insurance is useful in protecting yourself from theft or the expenses that may occur out of an automobile accident. Car insurance is mandatory for anyone who wishes to drive a vehicle…
Fall sweeps through Texas
Friday, October 7, 2005 Walking outside this morning, the average seasoned Texan will notice something amiss — the eerie quiet. The droning of air conditioners and insects has stopped, replaced with the scent of hardwood smoke and a slight shiver. A pocket of Arctic air finally pushed through well into the Gulf of Mexico, plunging…
Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not…
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal
Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a scandal involving the bank’s financial planning services arm. Last week, a Senate enquiry found financial advisers from the Commonwealth Bank had made high-risk investments of clients’ money without the clients’…
US stock markets reach 12-year lows
Thursday, March 5, 2009 Logarithmic graph of the Dow from January 2000 through December 2008 US stock markets dropped to twelve-year lows on Thursday, amidst falling confidence in the financial sector and worries over whether the US automobile manufacturer General Motors will be able to keep operating. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by 4.08%,…
Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Cape Wrath from the sea in 2007 Image: Colin Wheatley. A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest…
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