Indonesia grounds Adam Air; may be permanently shut down in three months

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 This B737-400 is roughly comparable to the aircraft involved in all the accidents and incidents mentioned in this story. Indonesia has suspended the operating license of PT Adam Skyconnection Airlines, who trade as Adam Air, over safety concerns. The airline has recently suffered safety problems and financial difficulty. Formed in 2003, Adam Air hit financial crisis on Monday when two major shareholders, investment companies who control 50% of the airline, announcedContinue reading

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Add To Special Event Decorating With Custom Table Covers

Click Here To Find Out More About: Spell Clothes Online byadmin There are many different events, functions and activities that include the use of tables either for guests or attendees to sit at or for displays and promotional tables. By choosing custom table covers for your next special event you can easily dress up any type of table to create a very unique look. Not all companies are about to make custom table covers, especiallyContinue reading

Final Harry Potter book goes on sale

Saturday, July 21, 2007 The queue coming out the Whitcoulls, Northlands Mall, Christchurch, New Zealand store. Image: Gabriel Pollard.. Low turnout at a German bookshop. Image: Rnt20.. Stacked boxes of the embargoed Harry Potter book open. Image: Gabriel Pollard.. People of all ages turned out to buy their copy of the latest and last book. Image: Gabriel Pollard.. The final Harry Potter book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has gone onContinue reading

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Apple executive Steve Jobs resigns

Thursday, August 25, 2011 Steve Jobs displaying the Apple iPadImage: Matt Buchanan. Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, has chosen to step down from his post as CEO of the company. The former Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook will be succeeding Jobs as CEO. Jobs resigned in a letter to Apple’s board of directors stating, “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations asContinue reading

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US House of Representatives rejects resolution to order troop withdrawal from Syria

Saturday, March 11, 2023 Gaetz’ official 2020 portrait. Image: Ike Hayman. On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives voted 321–103 against a resolution that would require the president to withdraw the roughly 900 US troops stationed in Syria. Republican Representative Matt Gaetz introduced the resolution on February 21. Gaetz stated: “I do not believe what stands between a caliphate and not a caliphate are the 900 Americans who have been sent to this hellscape withContinue reading

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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 trillion, above Germany’s forecast $1.17 trillion. Huang Guohua, a statistics official with the customs administration,Continue reading

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Harvard University officials update Agassiz Neighborhood Council about local construction in Cambridge, Massachusetts

A crane lowers a clamshell bucket into a trench at the construction site of Harvard’s Northwest Science Building. Thursday, April 28, 2005 Cambridge, Massachusetts —Harvard University planners met with the Agassiz Neighborhood Council to update the community about Harvard’s construction and expansion plans in the neighborhood on April 26, The Harvard Crimson reported today. The two major topics discussed were the Northwest Science Building, which is currently under construction on Oxford Street, and the expansionContinue reading

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Bank of America leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about mortgages

Thursday, October 3, 2013 A review this week by Wikinews of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) complaints about mortgages in the United States shows Bank of America leads all lending institutions in complaints. Since mortgages complaints were recorded in December 2011, 77,622 total have been added to CFPB’s database. 29.2% of these complaints involved Bank of America, with the second most received by Wells Fargo, accounting for 15.5% of all complaints. JPMorgan Chase rankedContinue reading

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Tornado touches down in New York City

Thursday, August 9, 2007 Fallen tree after the tornado.Image: Jay Gorman. During heavy rainstorms that flooded rail lines and subways, a tornado touched down in New York City, the National Weather Service reports. It sustained winds around 111 mph to 135 mph, causing damage to buildings and vehicles. Starting from the Bay Ridge area, the tornado continued for two miles through Brooklyn. At least one person was killed. The roof of a Nissan dealership hadContinue reading

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Queues start to form for UK iPhone launch tomorrow

Thursday, November 8, 2007 The London Apple store Image: Marc Cluet. The iPhone Queues have started to form today outside the London Apple store for the launch of the iPhone. The phone launches tomorrow at 6.02 p.m. UTC exclusively onto the O2 network amid controversy. The iPhone was launched five months ago in the United States and is set to launch in the United Kingdom and Germany tomorrow. Many people have braved the poor weatherContinue reading

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