Japanese Maple   Originally uploaded by ScruffyNerf.   During the summer of 2007, I consciously decided to limit my outside distractions and focus on finishing school. I was emotionally overwhelmed by school issues and felt like everything in my life revolved around libraries. ... .. more »

Campaign Money Watch, the group that bills itself as a nonpartisan advocate for campaign finance reform, is attacking Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell. The Washington-based group is spending almost $400,000 on the attack, which includes a tough new television ad and website. In filing with the Federal Election Commission, Campaign Money .. more »

Less than two weeks before the election, the Hispanic vote in battleground states seems to be veering in Senator Barack Obama's favor, despite Senator John McCain's Southwest connection... more »

Asian markets are trading deep in the red on Wednesday. Japanese share prices are down more than three per cent after US stocks tumbled on worries about corporate earnings. .. more »

A local station runs a disturbing story about a Ohio resident named Mike Lunsford who has hung an effigy of Barack Obama in his front yard. Lunsford freely admits that he is against Obama because of his race. Watch the video below:Broadcasting platform : YouTubeSource : The Huffington PostDiscovery Date : 18/10/2008 23:19Number of articles : 13.. more »

As oil prices zoomed toward an unheard of \$147 a barrel this summer, it seemed every analyst prediction that oil would approach \$200 was a self-fulfilling prophecy, until suddenly it was not.. more »

The Indian rupee fell by 21 paise to 46.42/43 against the greenback in morning trade on Friday due to month-end dollar demand and sustained capital outflows. .. more »

President George W. Bush's address to the United Staes on Wednesday, as recorded by CQ Transcriptions... more »

P.K. Agarwal, president - research, Bonanza Portfolio, said funds pumped-in by central bankers, globally resulted in a sharp pull back rally in world markets. Supported by global cues, Indian markets opened strong. Nifty gained more strength as the day progressed. It touched a high of 4,262 and closed near the high at 4,245. Banking, IT, Capital .. more »

When Karl Rove is saying your political ads have gone too far, you know you must be doing something dishonest. The former Bush chief strategist, appearing on Fox News Sunday, said that John McCain had stretched the truth in his recent round of attacks against Barack Obama, in the process opening up the Arizonan to a round of effective .. more »

UK-based NRI business conglomerate Hinduja group plans to set up nuclear plants in India once the sector is opened to private players... more »

for India even as Congress chief Sonia Gandhi congratulated him, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee the government for the diplomatic coup.Congress party leader Digvijay Singh also termed this a historic day for India as it ended nearly 40 years of nuclear isolation.The government.. more »

Technical analyst, Vishwas Agarwal while commenting on the market said, ``BSE above 14,786 level is a safety sign for trading but below this some weakness and unclear trend will rule the market.````Falling crude prices and weakening inflation will bring positive signs in the market in coming months,`` Agarwal said.He added, ``At present Nuclear .. more »

Robin Good at MasterNewMedia has posted an interesting web article that outlines difference between a blog post and a professional news article. His article compares a post written by an average blogger with news articles written by professional web publishers. Here are the seven key visual differences (my interpretation of the article with .. more »

Thermax Ltd, a Pune-based boiler and absorption chiller manufacturer has decided to set up a new Rs 500-crore manufacturing plant for large boilers of capacity 100 MW to 800 MW for power plants... more »

Stock market woes for India’s second-richest person Anil Ambani, it seems, are unending, with Reliance Infratel scrapping its estimated Rs 6,000-crore IPO plans for now - amid huge secondary market loss for the group cos.. more »

Guys, in last article 14. Shopping In India : Furniture Made in India - 14 you have read out the history of Indian Furniture. Now I am exploring here the various types of Indian Furniture for your reference. Just have a look.One can also find white metal furniture in the desert state. Metal furniture has come from royal families in India that clad .. more »

UTI Mutual Fund has extended the closing date of n...... .. more »

On secondary mkt, Rel Infra has logged the biggest loss among top 30 blue-chip cos... more »

U.S. stocks end mostly higher, with the major indexes posting mixed results for the week, as Ambac Financial Group Inc. and MBIA Inc. have their credit ratings affirmed, while crude-oil futures finish lower. .. more »