Government turns to darts to encourage maths ...Times Online: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 01:22 PMFor years debate has raged over whether darts is really a sport. But there is no doubt in the Government?s mind that it is, at least, a branch of applied mathematics.
Obama names government watchdog ...Detroit Free Press: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 11:08 AMWASHINGTON ? President-elect Barack Obama said today that reforming massive government entitlement programs ? such as Social Security and Medicare ? would be "a central part" of his effort to control federal spending.
Update1) ...Tanzania?s Mkapa Urges Congo Government, Rebel Truce Bloomberg: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 06:21 AMJan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo ?s government and rebels fighting in the east of the country should agree a truce to allow those displaced by the conflict to return home, former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa said.
GM says government loans cover worst scenario: report ...Reuters via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 01:40 AMGeneral Motors Corp has adequate government loans pledged to cover the worst-case scenario it outlined in December to Congress and will not need more unless the economy worsens, a Bloomberg report said.
Dollar Rises After GM Says May Not Need More Government Funds ...Bloomberg: 0 views since Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at 01:36 AMJan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar rose for a sixth day against the yen, the longest run of gains in two years, after General Motors Corp. said rescue loans already pledged by the government should ensure the biggest U.S. automaker?s survival.
India Bonds Slide as Government Announces Additional Debt Sales ...Bloomberg: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 11:31 PMJan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- India?s 10-year bonds dropped for a third day after the government said it will increase debt sales. The yield on the 8.24 percent note due April 2018 climbed 42 basis points to 5.73 percent as of 9:11 a.m. in Mumbai, according to the central bank?s trading system.
China to issue 3G licences: government ...AFP via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 11:20 PMChina will issue long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences on Wednesday, a government official said, a move that will see tens of billions of dollars invested in new networks.
Republicans cry foul over Obama's 'big government' plan ...AFP via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 11:00 PMPresident-elect Barack Obama's plan to haul the US economy out of recession entails a hefty expansion of the federal government -- a prospect that has conservative critics aghast.
AMD Foundry Gets U.S. Government OK ...PC World via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 08:10 PMAn arm of the U.S. Treasury Department has approved Advanced Micro Devices' plan to create a new foundry company with major investment from the government of Abu Dhabi.
Oak Ridge Financial to receive government funds ...AP via Yahoo! Finance: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 02:55 PMOak Ridge Financial Services Inc. said Tuesday it received preliminary approval to obtain $7.7 million as part of the government's $700 billion bank investment program.
U.S. government sets infection control goals ...Reuters via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 02:05 PMUrinary infections caused by improper use and placement of catheters are the top cause of infections among hospital patients, but simple measures can prevent them, the U.S. government said on Tuesday.
U.S. government sets infection control goals ...Reuters via Yahoo! News: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 02:05 PMUrinary infections caused by improper use and placement of catheters are the top cause of infections among hospital patients, but simple measures can prevent them, the U.S. government said on Tuesday.
Government bonds extend declines ...CNN Money: 0 views since Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 09:54 AMTreasurys are falling out of favor with investors in the new year. For the third session in a row, prices fell as investors braced for an onslaught of supply coming to market to fund the government's rescue of the U.S. economy.