Yahoo! snaps up Flickr

Monday, March 21, 2005 Portal and search company Yahoo! has purchased Ludicorp Research and Development Ltd., the private corporation which owns the photo sharing site Flickr. The news was officially disclosed in a Sunday posting to the corporation’s staff blog and is credited to Caterina Fake, Flickr’s vice president of marketing and community. The posting announced the sale, but did […]

How Is The Radio Installed In Ford Cars

Here’s An Opinion On: Cheap Car Dealers Sydney Ford Escape Submitted by: Jack Wylde The Ford manufacturers make it easy for changing the radio in any of the Ford cars. This really is done by making the radios of same specifications so that the size and wiring harness need not be modified. This holds a great advantage to other manufacturers. […]

Employment figures in Brazil up by 2.2% according to IBGE

Thursday, February 14, 2008 According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the 2007 rate of employment in Brazil was 2.2% higher then figures for 2006. According to the IBGE the employment figures are at their highest since 2001. The IBGE reported growth in employment levels for all the 14 regions surveyed, with the highest rates of increase […]

20 percent of Victorians drive on worn tyres

Wednesday, June 7, 2006 A survey released today by the RACV and Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce found that 20 percent of cars in Victoria have at least one worn or unroadworthy tyre. The study looked at 1,000 cars last month and found of those 200 had at least one tyre that had worn. Chief engineer for the RACV, Michael […]

Thousands watch Boobs on Bikes parade in Auckland

Wednesday, August 23, 2006 Thousands of spectators lined Queen St. in central Auckland, New Zealand to watch a parade of around 20 female porn stars riding topless on motorcycles. The girls, wearing studded knee-high leather boots and leather pants, braved a winter chill, nippy wind and objections by some city officials, in a shot at promoting an Auckland Erotica Expo […]

Eurovision ’04 winner Ruslana discusses her paths as singer, spokesmodel, stateswoman and source of inspiration

Monday, March 30, 2009 First becoming famous in her native Ukraine in the 1990s, long-haired self-described “Amazon” Ruslana gained international recognition for winning the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Wild Dances,” inspired by the musical traditions of the Hutsul people of the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains. In the five years since, Ruslana has decided to use her name and […]

TD Financial to acquire Hudson United Bancorp

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Canadian TD Financial Group has come to a deal with the regional U.S. bank, Hudson United Bancorp, to buy Hudson for US$1.9 billion. The new addition will be folding into itsMaine-based TD Banknorth, which is 51% owned by TD Financial. The acquisition will bring in 204 new branches and increase TD’s footprint to New Jersey, New […]