WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Transportation Security Administration is acknowledging that the new pat-downs are more invasive than what travelers were used to in the past.
TSA administrator John Pistole says he has received the new pat-down, as has his boss, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
Some travelers complain that the …
MANY ENTREPRENEURIAL TYPES BELIEVE that bad situations often create opportunities for growth. If that's true, then there are certainly plenty of opportunities on Wall Street these days. Amidst the conflict of interest scandals and a dismal market comes a new kid on the block--Soleil Securities, a recently formed brokerage group created by industry veterans in response to the Street's call for independent research and the need for independent sales and trading services.
Soleil plans to provide these services by forging partnerships and arrangements with existing independent research boutiques, acting as a catalyst for the formation of new boutiques and providing …
Byline: Siraj Wahab & Samir Al-Saadi
JEDDAH: Russia renewed its commitment to stronger ties with the Muslim world, vowing respect for religious values and a stronger voice for Islamic nations on the global stage at a forum with Muslim leaders here yesterday.
President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiyev took a friendly dig at all those who have a habit of blaming Muslims for everything that goes wrong in the world.
"Thank God, Islam is not being blamed for the global financial crisis," Shaimiyev said, speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the fourth meeting of the Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision Group at the Jeddah Conference Palace.
He said Russia has become a natural partner of the Muslim …
Byline: ELLEN GOODMAN
BOSTON -- It's not that I envy the corporate titans. It's just that I have a small failure of imagination.
Every time I try to envision myself as Disney CEO Michael Eisner, I get stuck at the same place. There I am in front of the mirror saying to myself, ``Let's see, I earned $575 million last year. Yeah, that seems about right. I'm worth that.'' I'm pleased that he doesn't suffer from low self-esteem, but how does he get his mind around those numbers? For that matter, go figure the worth of Sanford I. Weill, the head of Citigroup that runs those nifty ads on the Golf Channel saying, ``How Money Works Now.'' This is how money works …
Eva Skierska first pursued art as a career by painting reproductions of religious icons and selling them. The Polish-born artist didn't see much value in icons, thinking that they lacked dimension and expression, but she needed to make a living after losing both of her parents to cancer.
As time went on, however, she began to see her iconic images in a new light. "An icon is a story told in a simple way," said Skierska, who immigrated to Toronto, where she now lives and works, in 1985. "The image forms the …
Here comes a new Windows operating system from Microsoft Corp. Long delayed, it's the first in several years, so the company plans an enormous marketing campaign to tout the software as a way to get more out of computers.
But Microsoft's legion of detractors roll their eyes, calling the new Windows a weak imitator of other operating systems. Meanwhile, technology analysts wonder whether Microsoft's dominance is nearing an end, since programs coming over the Internet are emerging as a more powerful force in computing than software tied to individual desktops.
Ah, those were the days. Who can forget the release of Windows 95?
That's right: While the description …
(ADPnews) - Jun 28, 2011 - The index of consumer prices in Germany (CPI) rose by 2.3% year-on-year in June 2011, according to preliminary estimates of the Destatis statistics bureau, published today.
In a monthly comparison, consumer prices …
