Health care workers to be compensated for Gordon Campbell's contract-breaking...

"More than 7,000 health-care workers will receive an average $9,500 each before Christmas as compensation for being laid off after the B.C. government contracted out their jobs. The payments are part of a $75-million settlement negotiated among the government and health...

China and Iraq Sign Oil Deal

"  BAGHDAD — An Iraqi state-owned oil company, North Oil, has signed a contract with a Chinese state-owned oil corporation, CNPC, that was first negotiated during Saddam Hussein’s regime, an official in...

Los Angeles Traffic Engineers Hacked Traffic Light Computer

Check this out, the Bolsheviks are back.  Trade union members who were Los Angeles traffic engineers hacked the traffic light system to try and cause mayhem for citizens and city during a trade union...

Nuggets, Pistons swap Iverson for Billups, McDyess

"The Detroit Pistons shook the NBA in a big way Monday—landing former MVP Allen Iverson from the Denver Nuggets."I hope this blockbuster trade works out for Allen Iverson, he's nearing the end of a long, illustrious career and I wouldn't want to see him end up as a...

Ecuador - "L'État, c'est moi"

Brazilian companies and government have made several investments on Ecuador and Bolivia and they have been seized by local national government. Petrobras has lost 1.0 Billion in Bolivia and now Ecuador is...

Ganguly may lose BCCI contract

" The new office bearers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India will have a tough task on their hand and one of their first assignments is going to be drawing the new contracts for the players of the Indian...

Janet Jackson Severs Ties With Record Label

Ms. Janet is officially a free agent. After spending more than 20 years caught up in the major record label racket, and after just 14 months with Island Def Jam, Jackson has parted ways with the label and is now free...

Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction

"Financial Weapons Of Mass Destruction photo credit: laffy4k New York Times called the possibility of an AIG liquidation “as close to an extinction-level event as the financial markets have seen since the Great Depression.” We keep hearing that the current...

650 Lockheed Martin engineers face layoffs

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth says around 850 layoffs will begin in April as the Joint Strike Fighter development comes to a close.  "The first 250 cuts are expected in April. The...

Ministers plotting to oust Met police chief Sir Ian Blair, report says

According to reports, UK ministers are planning to request that the Metropolitan Polive commissioner of London to step down, after he has been embroiled in a series of controversies including accusations of institutionalized racism within the department."Ministers, officials...

Virgin Sues '30 Seconds To Mars' For $30 Million

Jared Leto's band 30 Seconds To Mars is being sued by Virgin Records for alleged breach of contract, having failed to deliver three of the five albums expected of them during their time with the label. Althought the...

Boeing Says It Might Exit Tanker Bidding

The saga of the Government getting tanked continues. After several false starts and missteps the bidding was opened up again, now Boeing is asking for more time."Boeing said it may pull out of the competition to win...

Beatles management contract to fetch £250,000 (Thats $500,000+ American $)

Prepare your check books for Sept 4 Now can you imagine what it would be worth if the contract was still in effect ? oh wait a minute....not much because Heather Mills would take half.I imagine this will end up in...

BAE in £2bn MoD ammunition deal

"BAE Systems has signed a 15-year deal with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to supply the UK armed forces with small arms and medium-calibre ammunition. It also includes mortar bombs, tank, artillery and naval gun shells, but not weapons such as guided missiles. The contract...

Stallone down with Soviet vodka

I don't begrudge a man making an easy cool million, but does it cross some invisible line when celebrity step outside the public image they have built for decades to do so ?"MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. actor Sylvester...

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