Folk singer Tommy Sands tunes up for Romania fundraiser
Folk singer and songwriter Tommy Sands is giving a special concert at Whitehouse Presbyterian Church tonight to help raise funds for volunteers to build houses for needy people in Romania. Some 20 volunteers from Whitehouse are joining others from across Northern Ireland to build 10 houses in Romania from October 2-9 this year as part […]
U.S. to Nations Offering Oil Aid: Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said that the Coast Guard is evaluating the needs of the cleanup operation and will decide what, if any, aid to accept in the coming days. In a gesture of kinship, 13 nations and the U.N. have offered international assistance in cleaning up the massive oil spill in the Gulf […]
State Department releases who has offered to help clean up the spill
After refusing to tell reporters which countries had offered to help the U.S., the State Department last night sent around an email listing them: Canada, France, Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Korea, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Read the article on Naked Politics
Romania cuts wages, pensions, jobless payments
BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s president announced sweeping cuts to salaries of public sector workers, pensions and unemployment payments Thursday, as the country struggles to revive its ailing economy. Traian Basescu said state sector wages would be cut by one-fourth, and pensions and unemployment payments by around 15 percent. There are about 1.3 million people employed […]
Liberty Global Reports First Quarter 2010 Results
Subscriber & Revenue Growth Gaining Momentum in Western Europe Strong Liquidity Position to Drive Shareholder Value ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Liberty Global, Inc. (“Liberty Global,” “LGI,” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA) (NASDAQ: LBTYB) (NASDAQ: LBTYK), today announces financial and operating results for the first quarter (“Q1”) ended March 31, 2010. Highlights for the quarter compared to the […]
Neandertals ‘Hardly Differed at All’ from Modern Humans
ScienceDaily (May 6, 2010) How much do we, who are alive today, differ from our most recent evolutionary ancestors, the cave-dwelling Neandertals, hominids who lived in Europe and parts of Asia and went extinct about 30,000 years ago? And how much do Neandertals, in turn, have in common with the ape-ancestors from which we […]
La Roumanie baisse les salaires, les retraites et les indemnites chomage
BUCAREST (AP) Le president roumain Traian Basescu a annonce jeudi d’importantes reductions de salaires pour la fonction publique, ainsi qu’une baisse des retraites et des indemnites chomage, alors que le pays tente de relancer son economie. Traian Basescu a precise que les salaires du secteur public seraient reduits de 25%, tandis que les retraites […]
Artist: Albu, a former architect, blends math and architecture in his creations, which are more sculpture than footwear
He uses French leather and encrusts it with jewels, feathers, mirrors, tapping into women’s perennial love affair with high heels. Despite the price tag, Albu says he has received dozens of orders for his new sandals from Romania’s well-heeled. ‘I am creating a constructed chaos,’ he said, describing his extravagant sandals in architectural terms. There […]
Les Europeens se ruent dans les cinemas !
La tirelire des salles obscures europeennes n’a pas connu la crise en 2009 ! Plus de 6,2 milliards d’euros sont tombes dans les caisses des salles de cinema sur le vieux continent (source : Observatoire europeen de l’audiovisuel). Un chiffre d’affaires en hausse de 12 %. Le piratage ne nuit qu’aux editeurs de DVD, pas […]
Chez Bellevret, on licencie d’abord le patron!
Marc Lacoste – Flickr – CC Le directeur du site des Salles-du-Gardon pres d’Ales, Anthony Baril, a ete le premier des 14 employes a etre licencie. Une indiscretion, puis, le PDG de l’entreprise lui ont appris qu’il faisait partie des 9 salaries licencies. La societe qui fabrique des bennes, a connu le chomage partiel en […]
