Saturday, August 25, 2007 The leading supplier of school uniforms in the United Kingdom, Lancashire-based manufacturer Trutex, has announced it is “seriously considering” including GPS tracking devices in future ranges of its uniform products after conducting an online survey of both parents and children. “As a direct result of the survey, we are now seriously considering incorporating a [tracking] device […]
Australian government to tackle banks on mortgages
Sunday, January 13, 2008 In response to higher than expected mortgage rate increases last week, Australian treasurer Wayne Swan flagged changes to banking regulations to increase competition between lenders on home mortgages. Swan announced yesterday he had sought a Treasury report on the banking sector ahead of talks over the next fortnight on reforms to make it easier for bank […]
Computer Security Issues
More On This Topic: Managed Cyber Security Services Australia Submitted by: Vlajko Ramirez Advances in machine engineering is a double-edged blade. On one transfer, it affords us fast and unproblematic operation to numerous conveniences such as container statements, dearie shopping centers, schoolhouse and welfare records, and much more. On the separate hand, it can also grant the duplicate right to […]
Heating bills, oil price rise predicted
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 USA — A US government report was issued Wednesday predicting the rise of heating bills due to colder temperatures and impacts Hurricanes Rita and Katrina had on the nation’s energy production. Local forecasters predict that most of the US will have a warmer-than-expected winter this year. However, households that heat their homes by gas can expect […]
Doctor robbed, car-jacked and locked in boot while car set alight
Monday, March 19, 2007 A 34 year old obstetrician from Forestville on Sydney’s Northern Beaches has escaped after he was robbed, car-jacked and locked in the boot (trunk) of his BMW, which was set alight. Police say the doctor was locked in the boot while his car was set alight, but was allowed to escape before flames engulfed the vehicle. […]
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran. Dorsa Derakhshani is currently 21 […]
Give Back To Me, My Rosary
More On This Topic: Graphic Design Course Submitted by: Ginar Asombrado First of all this story is about my personal experience. It really happened even you believe it or not. Its kind an epic to think of, but when I start to shut my eyes I knew it, it happened. This occurs when sometime in our campus, I decided to […]
China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter. The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier. Over the whole of 2009 total Chinese exports reached US$1.2 […]
Big Brown victorious in Kentucky Derby, runner-up Eight Belles breaks down
Saturday, May 3, 2008 In a dominating performance, Big Brown triumphed in the 2008 Kentucky Derby. Jockey Kent Desormeaux gave Big Brown a stalking ride, even as he was 4-wide along the backstretch. Once they reached the top of the stretch, Big Brown grabbed the lead and won going away, 4 3/4 lengths away from filly Eight Belles. Desormeaux wins […]
Jerry Brown defeats Meg Whitman in election for California governorship
Thursday, November 4, 2010 On Tuesday night, twenty-seven years after previously completing his second term as governor of California, candidate Jerry Brown has again won the race for the position. Attorney General Jerry Brown, of San Francisco, California, was the lead nominee for the Democratic Party, facing off against the lead nominee of the Republican Party Meg Whitman, of Long […]