Sunday, February 13, 2011 With a fourth-quarter investment earnings of $3.9 Billion CAD, largely driven by stock market rises, the Canada Pension Plan’s (CPP) assets rose to $140.1 Billion reported the CPP Investment Board on Thursday. Rate of return for the quarter netted three percent, bringing the first nine months of the fiscal year to 8.3%. The fund’s broad exposure […]
Juno spacecraft bound for Jupiter
Saturday, August 6, 2011 On Friday at 12:25 a.m. EDT, NASA’s newest spacecraft, Juno, launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its way to Jupiter. Juno will engage in an analysis of the planet from an orbit around it. Researchers hope that the spacecraft and its myriad of instruments will shed light on the origins of Jupiter. Furthermore, being […]
Hang Christmas Lights For A Merry Christmas Season
Click Here To Find Out More About: Industrial Relations Policies In Australia By Sean Goudelocks Ushering the Christmas season would mean bringing out Christmas decorations to create a thematic holiday look that both employees and clients alike would appreciate. For small work places, the owner directs Christmas decor installation. For bigger offices, the HR (Human Resources) Department or Marketing departments […]
Ft. Wayne, Indiana burn center treats Afghan child
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 Doctors at the regional burn center at St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana are treating a patient flown in from war-torn Afghanistan. U.S. Army’s 113th Battalion, which is made up of Indiana National Guardsman, discovered five-year-old Zia after a propane explosion in suburban Kabul] earlier this year destroyed homes and killed six of the boy’s […]
Australia to send 200 more troops to Afghanistan
Wednesday, February 1, 2006 Australia’s Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, says the Federal government will contribute another 200 troops to assist the Dutch military in a former Taliban stronghold. Australia also pledges $150 million in aid for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. “We have 190 at the moment, special forces, we’ve got another 110 going there to provide additional support for them […]
Wikinews interviews Democratic candidate for the Texas 6th congressional district special election Daryl Eddings, Sr’s campaign manager
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Wikinews extended invitations by e-mail on March 23 to multiple candidates running in the Texas’ 6th congressional district special election of May 1 to fill a vacancy left upon the death of Republican congressman Ron Wright. Of them, the office of Democrat Daryl Eddings, Sr. agreed to answer some questions by phone March 30 about their […]
A Brief Introduction To Technical Trading
Click Here To Find Out More About: Hai Ha Money Transfer Review Submitted by: Sean Goudeloc Many people aspire to get some cash out from the stock market. Even though it is difficult, many have found Forex to be an excellent gateway to become rich and to achieve their long-term goals. And to make sure that they will get something […]
OpenSync Interview – syncing on the free desktop
Friday, May 19, 2006 This interview intends to provide some insight into OpenSync, an upcoming free unified data synchronization solution for free software desktops such as KDE, commonly used as part of the GNU/Linux operating system. Hi Cornelius, Armin and Tobias. As you are now getting close to version 1.0 of OpenSync, which is expected to become the new synchronisation […]
In depth: Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal controversy
Friday, May 26, 2006 Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, October 2, 2006 “Court date “as […]
Tim Curry, TV premiere screenings, cosplay feature at Fan Expo Canada
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Toronto pop culture convention Fan Expo Canada has wrapped for another year. It ran from Thursday to Sunday. Major panels included Tim Curry and the cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show, Beauty and the Beast voices Robby Benson and Paige O’Hara, actors Kathleen Turner, Richard Dreyfuss, Anthony Daniels, Felicia Day, and child leads from Stranger Things. […]