Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 In his WWDC keynote, Steve Jobs introduced iPhone 4 yesterday. Yesterday, at this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), company CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iPhone 4, along with the new iOS 4 operating system for Apple mobile devices. The announcement was long-awaited but not a very big surprise. In April, the … Read more

Apple unveils iPhone 4, iOS 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010

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Attorney John Wolfe wins 42% against President Obama in Arkansas primary

Thursday, May 24, 2012 Attorney John Wolfe, Jr. of Chattanooga, Tennessee won 68,105 votes for 42 percent of the total in Tuesday’s Arkansas Democratic Party presidential primary. He came in first in 36 counties and finished only 16 points behind President Barack Obama, who won the primary with 95,382 votes for 58 percent. The result … Read more

Attorney John Wolfe wins 42% against President Obama in Arkansas primary

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European Space Agency seeks volunteers for Mars simulation

Thursday, June 28, 2007 The European Space Agency (ESA) is seeking volunteers who would be ready to take a part on three simulated missions to Mars. The anticipated missions will be a joint effort from ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency. Each crew will consist of six persons – two Europeans and four Russians. … Read more

European Space Agency seeks volunteers for Mars simulation

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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 … Read more

Bank of America leads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaints about mortgages

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Second fire in Pakistani office building this year kills one, injures four

Sunday, August 19, 2007 A fire in an office building in Karachi, Pakistan has killed one and injured four. Reports say that the fire was the second at the building, locating near the town’s shipping terminal, in half a year. The building, which is owned by the state-owned Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC), had suffered … Read more

Second fire in Pakistani office building this year kills one, injures four

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Possible end to strike, fines for BC teachers

Jinny Sims — President of the BCTF Friday, October 21, 2005 British Columbia, Canada — The BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the government have both accepted mediator Vince Ready’s recommendations. Premier Gordan Campbell announced in a news conference today that he will accept the plan unconditionally. However, Jinny Sims (head of the BCTF) has said … Read more

Possible end to strike, fines for BC teachers

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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer makes 2005 Budget speech

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 Gordon Brown (file) The United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Honourable Gordon Brown PC MP, in a speech to the British House of Commons today presented his ninth Budget, what is very likely to be his last Budget before the next UK General Election. This opened the parliamentary debate … Read more

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer makes 2005 Budget speech

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University of Wales to close down after 120 years

Saturday, October 22, 2011 120 years after it was founded, the University of Wales (UoW) will shut down. Already comprised of several institutions, two will merge fully while two more will become independent universities. With a charter from 1893 and the Prince of Wales as its chancellor, problems began at UoW last year after concerns … Read more

University of Wales to close down after 120 years

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Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Michael Jackson with his eldest son in 2006. Image: jmerelo. Neverland Valley Ranch, owned by Michael Jackson, is to be sold at auction on March 19, 2008, unless Jackson pays over US$24 million. Financial Title Company, the trustee of his Santa Barbara County, California, home and amusement park, has foreclosed on … Read more

Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch to be auctioned off

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As increase in digital music sales slows, record labels look to new ways to make money

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 U2 perform at the King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels. Mark Mulligan, a music and digital media analyst at Forrester Research, said in an interview that “at a time where we’re asking if digital is a replacement for the CD, as the CD was for vinyl, we should be starting to see a … Read more

As increase in digital music sales slows, record labels look to new ways to make money

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