NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, the first to achieve orbit around Mercury, is providing scientists new information about the planet. The data show widespread flood volcanism similar to Earth, clearer views of Mercury’s surface, the first measurements of its elemental composition, and details about charged particles near the planet. MESSENGER, or the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, [...]
Sep 30 2011 | Posted in
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Based on the preferences of over 160,000 career seekers, with a business or engineering background from the world’s 12 largest economies, Universum releases the global talent attraction index: “The World’s Most Attractive Employers 2011″. The index, split in the business category – preferences from business career seekers – and engineering category – preferences from engineering [...]
Sep 30 2011 | Posted in
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Having first met 14 years ago, AEK Athens take on Sturm Graz again in UEFA Europa League Group L, in what will be the visitors’ 50th game in the competition. The sides met in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup second round, with Dumitru Dumitriu’s AEK getting the better of Ivica Osim’s Sturm, winning 2-0 [...]
Sep 29 2011 | Posted in
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Romney and Ron Paul would beat Obama in the general election match-up The Republicans are continuing their marathon to the finish line that is the first caucus with debates and straw polls. And, as might be expected in such a marathon, the leaders will change as the race moves towards that line. Among Republicans, over [...]
Sep 28 2011 | Posted in
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CSKA Moskva’s first home game in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League reunites them with familiar opponents in FC Internazionale Milano. The clubs met in the quarter-finals two seasons ago having also crossed paths in the 2007/08 group stage, the Italian team coming out on top in all four games. While the Russian side fought back [...]
Sep 27 2011 | Posted in
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Hawaiian Airlines launched the Great Hawaiian Winter Getaway Sale, offering significant savings on nonstop roundtrip travel to or from Hawaii and its 10 mainland cities in North America (see below). “By acting quickly, travelers from the West Coast can save money and escape to the warmth of Hawaii, while Hawaii residents can make that special [...]
Sep 26 2011 | Posted in
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Sirius XM Radio announced that it will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with performances, interviews and specials with many of today’s hottest Latin artists hosted by the “Queen of Latin Pop,” Gloria Estefan, now through Saturday, October 15 on SiriusXM’s Caliente, channel 150. In addition to hosting the month of programming, Estefan’s most recent Las Vegas [...]
Sep 25 2011 | Posted in
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After a spirited speech to Congress and presenting his jobs bill President Obama starts the fall with the same approval ratings he had at the end of the summer. This month, exactly the same as in August, just one-third of Americans (32%) give the president positive ratings on the overall job he is doing while [...]
Sep 23 2011 | Posted in
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The latest Harris Poll measuring how the public perceives twenty-two of the nation’s largest industries shows massive changes over the last two years. The biggest changes since 2009, when the survey was last conducted, are a huge improvement in the number of people who think that the automobile industry is doing a good job of [...]
Sep 22 2011 | Posted in
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Despite the struggling economy and high unemployment rates, consumers plan to stuff their holiday stockings a little fuller this year. According to ShopperTrak national retail sales, when compared to the same period last year, will rise 3.0 percent during November and December, while foot traffic will decrease 2.2 percent. Holiday sales and traffic historically account [...]
Sep 21 2011 | Posted in
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