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Buzz Technologies Inc BZTG Board of Directors have agreed to a name change to The Heffernan Group… There will be changes made to the cusip and stock ticker in the near future and shareholders will be kept aware of those changes. The company’s assets will be for now the entire capital of The Heffernan Group, […]
Continue ReadingJammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mom, was recently sued for file-sharing 24 songs. The jury found her guilty and sentenced her to pay $80,000 per song – that is, $1.92 million in total. The punishment, compared with legal downloading, increased the cost per song by approximately seven million percent… Issue 47 of T-post, the wearable magazine, […]
Continue ReadingMike Baghdady – a 33-year veteran of the NYBOT trading floor and global financial markets – will deliver the keynote speech to Bulltick Capital Markets’ upcoming Miami trading expo on Sunday 9, Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 August… Mike will be trading live while delivering his speech: “The Power of Price Behavior and its Practical […]
Continue ReadingOne of the leaders in mobile entertainment, Binbit, has signed a contract to deliver exclusive B2C content of Playboy brands: Playboy, Venus and Forman. Through this strategic alliance, Binbit will provide to the carrier’s customers with the full catalogue of wallpapers, animations and video clips of Playboy brands. This partnership includes the following countries: Mexico, […]
Continue ReadingAs the 43rd President of the United States prepares to leave office – many have asked the question: how will his legacy be viewed by the world? Of course, prevailing opinion indicates that Bush is the most unpopular President in the history of America, with a record 71% disapproval rating in 2008 (source: CNN/Opinion Research […]
Continue ReadingA new report from The World Bank admits that in 2005 over three billion people live on less that $2.50 a day and about 44% of these people survive on less than $1.25. Complete and total wretchedness can be the only description for the circumstances faced by so many, especially those in urban areas. Simple […]
Continue ReadingThe arrest of Radovan Karadzic, and the recent European and Middle Eastern tour of Presidential candidate Barack Obama may present an opportunity for a dramatic and progressive shift of America’s ‘War on Terror’. After 13 years of running from his crimes, the world’s most wanted man has finally been captured. Serbian police forces made the […]
Continue ReadingThe Union of Reform Judaism announced its opposition to the war in Iraq, but has encouraged its members to reach out and ‘adopt’ US soldiers. Touched by the gifts and letters of support, the soldiers sometimes reach back. Twenty US Army soldiers lived in metal shipping containers fitted with bunk beds in the desert outpost […]
Continue ReadingPublic access TV, long the home of quirky, community-based programming, is struggling in the wake of efforts by cable companies to reduce funding for training and production for citizen producers. Just weeks after Patsy Robles and her 15-year-old daughter stepped into the studio of San Antonio’s Channel 20 during the summer of 2004 they were […]
Continue ReadingAs the Iraq War turns five, anti-war protesters struggle to grab the public’s attention. Travis Murphy protests the war in Iraq every Friday – by making-out with his girlfriend. Since September, the 25-year-old Iraq War veteran and his girlfriend have organized a weekly anti-enlistment “kiss-in” outside of the Marine Recruitment Center in Berkeley, Calif. Murphy, […]
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