News - Powered by Yahoo NewsUUM appoints MAS chairman as adjunct professor
Malaysia Airlines chairman Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Munir Abdul Majid has been appointed an adjunct professor of the College of Law, Government and International Studies (COLGIS) of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) here.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:14:19 GMT - (The New Straits Times)
A rush to broker peace in Gaza
With the Bush administration signaling a green light to Israeli military action in Gaza and President-elect Obama holding to a "one president at a time" silence, other powers are vying to fill the vacuum left by the absence of more forceful American diplomacy.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT - (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Learning, growing in sports
I had the privilege of working as an adjunct professor of sociology at Carroll Community College. I had never taught at that level although I had been involved in many adult education roles in my various positions in the banking and insurance industries.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:11:20 GMT - (Carroll County Times)
Live-Blogging the House Hearing on Madoff
It?s time for the politicians in Washington to see if they can find the answers to how the disgraced money manager Bernard L. Madoff was able to hide his purported $50 billion Ponzi scheme from the nation?s financial regulators for three decades.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:12:17 GMT - (New York Times)
House Tackles Madoff Scandal
Economy Watch | Hearing will ask regulators how they could have missed a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:00:28 GMT - (Washington Post)
A rush to broker peace in Gaza
Absent more forceful US role, others make frantic bid to halt fighting.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:35:12 GMT - (The Christian Science Monitor)
CDC & FDA: Man shall not live by hand sanitizer alone
Using alcohol-based hand sanitizers and wearing a surgical mask will cut your chance of catching the flu by 50 percent -- as well as make you look like the strange guy in the office. So while the University of Michigan School of Public Health says the sanitizer-mask combo is a good nonpharmaceutical approach to cold and flu prevention, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a ...
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:22:13 GMT - (Orlando Sentinel)
Clarkstown has new finance chief
Clarkstown has a new director of finance in charge of reviewing requests under the town's $130 million budget as well as handling drainage and personnel issues.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:35:04 GMT - (The Journal News)
College Offering Nine Credit Classes In Bella Vista
NorthWest Arkansas Community College is offering nine college-credit classes beginning Jan. 12 to residents in and around Bella Vista.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:34 GMT - (The Morning News)
Local authors keeping busy
Several authors in far West County have been busy with new publications.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:47:04 GMT - (Suburban Journals)