French workers use threats in compensation demand

Friday, July 17, 2009Following similar threats by workers at New Fabris and Nortel, workers at JLG in Tonneins, France, threatened to blow up several platform cranes. The JLG factory announced in April 2009 that it will fire 53 of its 163 workers by the end of 2009, while the remaining 110 jobs will not be secure over the next 2 […]

News briefs:July 14, 2010

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Local Tupperware Distributor A Dying Breed?

Read More About: Best Kitchen Showroom Sydney By Anna Hart This morning, I accessed the Tupperware home web site, and searched for a local Tupperware distributor. I typed in my zip code, the only required element, and searched within 5 miles of our beautiful small town. Nothing. I tried again, enlarging my search to 10 miles. Nothing. I was sure […]

Amsterdam pet shop owner creates beer for dogs

Thursday, January 25, 2007  Correction — February 8, 2007 Terrie Berenden’s pet shop is located in the town of Zelhem, not Amsterdam as stated in the article & title. Zelhem is approximately 135 km (85 miles) from Amsterdam  A woman in The Netherlands who uses her dogs to hunt in Austria has decided to give her dogs a new kind of […]

Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate

Saturday, April 17, 2010 Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time to discuss his campaign with Wikinews in an interview. Schriner previously ran for president in 2000, 2004, and 2008, but failed to gain much traction in the races. He announced his candidacy for the 2012 race immediately following the 2008 […]

Vcpvcd510 Vmware Certified Professional 5 Iaas Exam

Read More About: Richard Light Vcpvcd510 Vmware Certified Professional 5 – Iaas Exam by Bela Cates VMware VCPVCD510 is also known as Certified Professional 5 – IaaS Exam. In current scenario IT certification has its own importance. Every employee want to get this certification to distinguish him form others. This certification has its own worth in this industry. This is […]

SpaceX scrubs Falcon I rocket launch

Monday, November 28, 2005 SpaceX called off the much-delayed inaugural launch of their new Falcon 1 rocket on Saturday from Kwajalein’s Omelek Island launch site. The intent was to launch the U.S. Air Force Academy’s FalconSat 2 satellite, which will monitor plasma interactions with the Earth’s upper atmosphere and magnetosphere. The launch was delayed, then finally cancelled after an oxygen […]

Australians unite against whaling in Southern Ocean

Wednesday, January 18, 2006File:Greenpeace Vessels Esperanza and Arctic Sun.jpg Anti-whaling protesters have joined forces across Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the U.S.A calling for an end to the killing of whales for meat by Japan. Greenpeace organised the international day of action as it continued its efforts to disrupt the hunting of minke whales by the Japanese whaling fleet […]

Free Software Foundation announces release of gNewSense version 1.0

Thursday, November 2, 2006 The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has announced today the release of the first version of gNewSense, a new GNU/Linux distribution based on both Ubuntu and Debian. The goal of the newly created distribution is to offer an operating system which is 100% proprietary software free. Generally, GNU/Linux distributions comes with proprietary software such as kernel drivers […]