Friday, August 4, 2006 A 16 year old girl has crashed her car into a hollow tree stirring up the fury of a swarm of bees ten miles (16km) south of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ten people including the girl received treatment at a hospital. Jacqueline Cossairt’s SUV crashed into the tree after she lost control…
Golden Benefits To Hosted Quick Books}
Read An Opinion On: Australian Premier Finance Aistralian Premier Finance Website Submitted by: Aida Thomas Golden Benefits to Hosted QuickBooks – After a while, hosted QuickBooks providers has assisted many businesses in after switching from paper-and-pencil bookkeeping or maybe locally-installed accounting software program to Hosted QuickBooks. Switching to QuickBooks Hosting won’t set you back lots…
Mary Barra appointed as General Motors chief
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 The United States’s largest car manufacturer General Motors today named Mary Barra as its new chief executive. Barra, 51, will be the first woman to lead a firm in the American auto industry. She has been with General Motors for 33 years, and is currently the global head of product development….
Canadian Cabinet Minister resigns over Harper’s Quebec motion
Monday, November 27, 2006 Michael Chong, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Sport, and MP for the riding of Wellington—Halton Hills, has resigned over Stephen Harper’s Quebec motion. The motion asks MPs if Quebec is a nation “within a united Canada”. Chong opposed the vote saying that it was akin to ethnic nationalism, which he…
Several groups seek to purchase Saturn auto brand
Thursday, May 7, 2009 Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an Ohio based investment group and Telesto Ventures have indicated separately that they are interested in purchasing the Saturn auto brand from General Motors (GM). According to The Wall Street Journal, Nissan–Renault is interested in purchasing Saturn. Bloomberg, however, indicated that Nissan-Renault may be a partner of…
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Australian Manns Mitre 10 hardware store closes after rent dispute
Sunday, January 27, 2013 1 2 3 4 5 Wednesday, an over-90-year-old Manns Mitre 10 hardware store, run by Alex P Mann Pty Ltd, closed until further notice after a rent dispute in Port Adelaide, South Australia. The rent dispute involved $315,060.70 of rent for months of September 2012 to January 2013 unpaid to the…
Semapedia introduced to Africa: Powered by “Made in Ghana” technology
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation or one of its projects. Please note that Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Semapedia is not associated with the Wikimedia Foundation. Friday, April 7, 2006 Accra — The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT introduced the Semacode technology and the Semapedia application to a…
Australian rules football: Traralgon to play Moe in Gippsland Football League clash Saturday
Thursday, June 17, 2010 Traralgon will host Moe on Saturday at the Traralgon Recreation Reserve and Showground instead of the originally scheduled Sunday. The contest wil be part of the Gippsland Football League’s tenth round. In an email sent out to media, General Manager Chris Soumilas said, “The round 10 Fixture [sic] of Traralgon Vs…
Security alerts in central London
Friday, July 8, 2005 There have been a series of security alerts in London this morning. Euston, Liverpool Street Station, and Charing Cross train stations have all reopened after they were closed at some point after earlier alerts proved to be false alarms.