Tag Archives: corner
Weather: End Of Freezing Spell Finally In Sight
Last month was certainly a cold one with a UK mean temperature of 2.2C, but Spring could be just round the corner. Continue reading
Man Injured As Car Ploughs Into House
An Audi TT crashes into the corner of a home in Lowestoft late at night but the occupants of the building escape unharmed. Continue reading
Tech firms cash in on Yahoo’s telecommute ban
Forget the corner office. In 2013, the most coveted workspace is a worker’s own kitchen table or home office. Continue reading
Algeria terror leader preferred money to death
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Moktar Belmoktar is known abroad as the man who orchestrated the abduction of scores of foreigners last week at a BP-operated plant in the remote, eastern corner of Algeria, in a raid that led to many of their deaths. Continue reading
Lexus unveils car that anticipates road danger
It can spot a potential problem 500 feet away and tell the difference between a red and green light. It can anticipate a corner even before the driver turns the steering wheel Continue reading
Greek banks turning corner, central bank chief tells WSJ
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bank of Greece Governor George Provopoulos has said that Greek banks are well on their way to recovery and the general economy will then follow. Greece’s banks have incurred major losses in Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, and austerity measures to try to reduce Greece’s debt mountain have kept the economy in recession since 2008, with a quarter of the workforce now unemployed. “Greece’s banking system is poised to turn a corner,” Provopoulos wrote in a guest column in the Wall Street Journal, posted on its website on Wednesday. Continue reading
JPMorgan posts record profit on home loans
A recovering housing market helped lift JPMorgan’s profit in the third quarter by more than expected and its CEO said housing “has turned the corner.” Continue reading
Amazon, in switch, will let Kindle users pay to opt out of ads
(Reuters) – Amazon.com, in an apparent switch in its pricing policy, said over the weekend that it will allow purchasers of its new Kindle Fire tablets to pay $15 extra to turn off advertisements that are built into the devices. The change came barely a day after Amazon on Thursday unveiled larger Kindle Fire tablets, priced from $159 to $599, to challenge Apple Inc's dominant iPad on price and additional digital content Continue reading
Fracking causes minor earthquakes, B.C. regulator says
A spate of small earthquakes in B.C.’s remote northeastern corner were caused by a controversial technique used to extract natural gas from shale rock, says a report by the province’s energy regulator. Continue reading
Google Rx to retain women: Longer maternity leave
Many employers end up scratching their heads when women who are seemingly on the fast track to the corner office end up leaving their companies. Google managers decided to use their expertise deciphering data to figure out why it was happening within their ranks. Continue reading
