Mattel gets $NZ144m in Bratz case TVNZ Aug 27, 2008 11:26 AM | A California jury awarded Mattel Inc $100 million ($NZ144 million) in damages in the copyright infringement case it brought against MGA Entertainment Inc over the Bratz doll franchise - far short of the billions sought by Mattel. The issue of whether MGA ca...
Obama, McCain trade barbs on Iraq, economy The Press Democrat | "John McCain, let's face it, he's got a compelling biography, he's a P.O.W.," Obama told a town-hall gathering in Martinsville, a town of 15,000 near the border with North Carolina, an area where collapsed furniture and textile industries have left high unemployment. | Obama praised McCain's servi...
Peace Mom v. Guardian of Power The People's Voice | Credit both titles to the book authors. Cindy Sheehan as a mother, peace activist, and now candidate to succeed Nancy Pelosi in California's Eighth Congressional District. Pelosi as both "guardian" and possessor of what Davids Cromwell and Edwards ...
Obama, McCain trade barbs on Iraq, economy The Press Democrat | "John McCain, let's face it, he's got a compelling biography, he's a P.O.W.," Obama told a town-hall gathering in Martinsville, a town of 15,000 near the border with North Carolina, an area where collapsed furniture and textile industries have left...
Price of gas falls again, nears $4 a gallon San Diego RIVERSIDE - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire dropped for the 40th consecutive day Saturday, having fallen 59.8 cents since hitting a record high nearly eight weeks ago, according to the Oil Price Infor...
Japan's MUFG seeks rest of UnionBanCal for $3 bln The Guardian (Adds UnionBanCal response in paragraph 3, detail on offer in paragraphs 11-13) By David Dolan TOKYO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc, Japan's largest bank, said it would bid $3 billion to buy the remaining 35 percent of Califor...
Oceano merchant loses flooding fight The Tribune San Luis Obispo Bill Bookout sued five organizations alleging that they were at fault for over $100,000 in damage | By Dawn White | ...
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Cuil searches for a Google-slaying formula Irish Times In this section » | Beijing's final countdownNot model behaviourFighting for a place in spaceNo space in store for artParents name in haste but children repent at leisureThe Cuil s...
You can still use a frosty beer mug The News Tribune BEND, Ore. - Tucked in a corner at the Deschutes Brewery, barrels that once aged fine wines and whiskeys are nurturing beverages that are challenging drinkers to think of beer more...
America for sale: Boost or bust for US economy? The Times of India | SAN FRANCISCO: It was a perfect American scene: a couple of buddies happily knocking back beers while watching a base...
Beers With More Alcohol, Flavor Gain Market Share CBS News Tucked in a corner at the Deschutes Brewery, barrels that once aged fine wines and whiskeys are nurturing beverages that are challenging drinkers to think of beer more like wine. |...
Farmers & Merchants posts record $6M income The Business Review | earned a record $6 million in the second quarter, or $7.50 a share, an increase of 7.5 percent over the previous year’s quarter. | In the first half, the Lodi-based bank earned $11.7 million, or $14.71 a share, an increase of 7.2 percent from...
Cuil searches for a Google-slaying formula Irish Times In this section » | Beijing's final countdownNot model behaviourFighting for a place in spaceNo space in store for artParents name in haste but children repent at leisureThe Cuil search results for 'Barack Obama' | Cuil has become the latest search e...
You can still use a frosty beer mug The News Tribune BEND, Ore. - Tucked in a corner at the Deschutes Brewery, barrels that once aged fine wines and whiskeys are nurturing beverages that are challenging drinkers to think of beer more like wine. | High-alcohol brews such as Black Butte XX and The Abyss,...
Eaten up The Guardian | Raj Patel's book Stuffed and Starved predicted the current global food crisis - spiralling food prices, starvation and obesity. Ed Pilkington meets the soothsayer of agro-economics and talks about what will happen when all the food finally runs out...
America for sale: Boost or bust for US economy? The Times of India | SAN FRANCISCO: It was a perfect American scene: a couple of buddies happily knocking back beers while watching a baseball game on a balmy summer's evening. Except for the fact that the be...
