Penguin Books and Financial Times owner Pearson has predicted a rise in profit this year, after beating forecasts for 2009.
The British group said conditions had been tough in their markets of educational publishing, financial advertising and consumer books – but added that these had begun to ease by the end of the [...]
Aid pledges are pouring into Chile from around the world after the government appealed for international help as the death toll from a devastating earthquake reached 723.
Outgoing president Michelle Bachelet has requested mobile bridges, field hospitals, satellite phones, electrical generators, disaster assessment and co-ordination teams, water purification systems and field kitchens, UN officials [...]
Google has revealed its latest effort to take on Twitter, with the launch of an online status application for Gmail.
Coined Google Buzz, the social networking tool will be added to the popular email service and users will be able to share web links, videos and photos with friends.
Over the coming days, Gmail [...]
Courage to Fight for the Rights to Fly: America’s First Black Flight Attendants
MIAMI (February 03, 2010) – Gailen David, Founder of The Sky Steward, an online resource and forum for travelers, will be featuring some of America’s first black flight attendants on his February 5, 2010 blog radio show from 1 – 2:30 pm [...]
Barack Obama promised to make job creation his top priority as he made his first State of the Union address.
The US president forecast the creation of 1.5 million jobs through the ’stimulus bill’.
“People are out of work. They are hurting. They need our help. And I want a jobs bill on my [...]
Gordon Brown is to hold urgent talks over the future of Northern Ireland devolution amid fears the process could stall in the wake of the Iris Robison affair.
The Prime Minister is meeting his Irish counterpart Brian Cowen at Downing Street to discuss plans to hand policing powers from Westminster to [...]
Forecasters have warned of flash flooding as Britons brace themselves for the latest phase of winter weather chaos.
While the snow flurries were moving north up to Scotland, temperatures were expected to rise across the rest of the UK.
weather presenter Sarah Pennock, warning of heavy rain on Friday, said: “We wouldn’t normally [...]
Joan of Arc was born on January 6, 1412, and this Wednesday is the 598th anniversary of her birthday. MaidOfHeaven.com is celebrating with a special page commemorating her birthday that explains the significance of her birth on January 6th which is the celebration of the Epiphany. As author Ben D. Kennedy of MaidOfHeaven.com explains: “Saint [...]
EU delegates have been working through the night to try to hammer out how much aid the bloc will give to developing nations to tackle global warming.
On the first day of a two-day summit in Brussels EU leaders had wanted to agree a joint offer of about 6bn euros ($9bn; £5.5bn) over three years.
But analysts [...]
US President Barack Obama has outlined a number of proposals aimed at boosting employment, including winding up the $700bn (£425bn) US bank bail-out fund.
Mr Obama said the remaining money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (Tarp) could be used to facilitate lending to small businesses.
Speaking at the Brookings Institution think tank, he also called for [...]