Indonesian parliament approves privatising of three major state firms

Saturday, September 20, 2008 The parliament of Indonesia has approved government plans to make an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of shares in three major state-owned firms, privatising them. They are steelmaker Krakatau Steel, Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN) and national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia. The parliament has left the process fully in the hands of the government, and has set the […]

Owner Buyer Rental Lease Options

Get More Information Here: Pine City Properties Submitted by: Dianne Maquilan Acquiring a piece of property could be beyond the reach for some tenants. On the contrary, there is an option that you could give your occupants to make it easy for them to possess a property. If you are thinking about selling your stuff, you can sign a owner-buyer […]

Bolivian president announces legal action over Obama’s ‘crimes against humanity’

 Correction — October 4, 2013 The last paragraph of this article should say “President Maduro” rather than “President Morales”. We apologize for the error.  Saturday, September 21, 2013 The Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Thursday he will file legal charges against the United States President Barack Obama for crimes against humanity. President Morales announced he was preparing litigation after Venezuelan President […]

11-year-old California girl charged for throwing stone in defense

Monday, July 18, 2005 An 11-year-old girl faces serious assault charges in California after casting a stone at a group of boys who were throwing water balloons at her. In April, Maribel Cuevas was apprehended by Fresno, California police and spent five days in a detention center after throwing the object at the group of boys who bombarded her with […]

Emergency Hybrid Response Vehicles

Get More Information Here: Top Pr Agency Sydney By Kerry Ng Quite often when people have not yet shown an overwhelming interest in something, the government will provide a little push to get them started. For example, to get a program rolling, the government buys a million emergency hybrid response vehicles. Now, every city in America gets to participate in […]

Judd Gregg withdraws as US Commerce Secretary nominee

Friday, February 13, 2009 Judd Gregg (R-NH), who was nominated by President Barack Obama as the next United States Secretary of Commerce, withdrew from consideration Thursday, citing “irresolvable conflicts” with Obama over the administration’s proposed stimulus package and the Census. Judd Gregg is a current Senator representing New Hampshire, where he formerly served as Governor. Senator Gregg is also the […]

Russia threatens Wikipedia with 4 million ruble fine for coverage of war in Ukraine

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Saturday, April 2, 2022 On Thursday, the Russian government’s communication agency, Roskomnadzor, threatened to levy a 4 million ruble fine (US$47 thousand) against Wikipedia if it does not remove information about the war in Ukraine from its […]

Mortgage Lead Generation Tactics

Get More Information Here: Mortgage Broker Geelong Mortgage Lead Generation Tactics by Frank Shileds Attracting to leads to your mortgage brokerage is a vital step in growing your business. After all, your business needs customers in order to thrive. Leads are people who are interested in your products and services. The goal of mortgage lead generation is to find those […]

Cloned cattle’s milk and meat seem safe, according to new study

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 A National Academy of Sciences report (.pdf) last year said that while the milk and meat from cloned animals would not likely make anyone sick, more research should be performed. Now, a new US-Japan study published in the April 11 online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that milk and meat […]

Million Dollar Homepage is close to achieving million-dollar goal

Friday, December 30, 2005 Alex Tew, a student in England, has almost reached his target of one million dollars on his website: Million Dollar Homepage. He came up with the idea after jotting down ideas before he went to bed on how to become a millionaire before he went to university. Then he came up with the million-dollar idea: selling […]