Thursday, September 10, 2009 Reading Rainbow, an American children’s television series is to stop showing on television. It ceased to be shown on Friday after a 26 year long run because of a funding shortfall of several hundred thousand dollars needed to renew the broadcast rights. The PBS show has more than two-dozen Emmy awards,…
Coalition ups ante on Australian school tax rebates
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott has pledged private school relief if the Liberal/National coalition wins the upcoming federal election. The pledge came in response to the Australian Labor Party leader, and current Prime Minister, Julia Gillard proposing a uniform and school equipment tax break expansion. Abbott’s proposal includes an offer of…
How To Get Your Government Housing Grant}
Read An Opinion On: Tendering Process Explained Competitive Tendering How To Get Your Government Housing Grant by Lara Sawyer There are multitudes of agencies with the federal government that have grant programs to assist certain groups of individuals in obtaining funding to pay down on a home, or to secure a government loan for purchasing…
Slovenia adopts euro
Monday, January 1, 2007 File:Bruselj euro slovenia.jpg On January 1 2007, Slovenia officially joined the Eurozone and adopted the euro as its new official currency. At the same time, Slovenian euro coins, which were available as a “starter kit” from December 15, became legal tender everywhere in the Eurozone. A period of dual circulation, when…
Car crash enrages bees
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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