Opinions and analyses

Borderlines of tolerance

City of love- that was the atmosphere in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, when dozens of homosexual pairs married. Nice- but hopefully enough, at least for some time.
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America is showing its real face

Mortgage for new breasts, buttock, liposuction... During the recession there is no money for these vanities. US plastic surgeons are claiming the drop in surgical but also nonsurgical procedures.
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Double standard?

Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer was pleaded guilty to careless driving. The cocaine and drunk driving charges were withdrawn, so he walked away with a $500 fine and no criminal record.
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Canadian- not a white man soon

Statistics Canada forecasts that in twenty years about one-third of Canada's population will be a visible minority. By 2031 there should be up to 14.4 million people coming from minority groups.
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Iraq's political challenges

A new Iraqi government that will probably take the shape of a great coalition must be supported by the Kurds.
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Business as usual

If a customer is disappointed by the product delivered by a private business, he will not use the services of this business in the future. This should be also the case of US government and Blackwater.
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Keeping promises by cutting jobs

The government will be cutting jobs from agencies, boards and commissions. 245 jobs will be lost and according to Treasury Board President Stockwell Day, this should save Ottawa more than $1.2 million.
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Melt down prejudice and win the HIV/AIDS battle

HIV/AIDS is DC's Katrina, the number of HIV/ AIDS infection in D.C. is comparable to Uganda or some parts of Kenya, DC's HIV/Aids rate at 3%, or about 15,100 adults is higher than in West Africa.
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Health care or other services?

A new poll finds that the majority of Canadians feel that governments will not be able to continue to afford the current health care system while continuing to provide other services.
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The EMF's birth will be painful

If the European Commission, along with France and Germany, persuades the other European Union members to set up the European Monetary Fund (EMF), this decision will not be based upon economical but political necessity.
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General News

SoftLayer® Adds IPsec for Secure, Robust Remote Access

SoftLayer Technologies®, a global provider of on-demand data center hosting and cloud services, has announced the addition of Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) to its best-in-class portal allowing customers to securely connect to their infrastructure environment through a Virtual Private Network (VPN). IPsec provides a framework of protocols for protecting transmissions over an IP network. This allows...
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First American Equipment Finance Announces Increased Services to VARs, OEMs and their Customers

First American Equipment Finance has expanded its longtime commitment to technology finance by adding a Vendor Finance business headquartered in Chicago. First American Vendor Finance works with manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and Value-Added Resellers (VARs) to provide financing tools to meet the unique needs of their end-user customers. “Embedding First American’s financial solutions into...
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BIO-Europe Spring® 2010 Puts the ‘Spring’ into Biotech Partnering

Over 1700 delegates from 1,061 companies gather for the fourth annual BIO-Europe Spring® partnering conference, held in Barcelona, Spain, March 8–10 at the International Convention Centre of Barcelona (CCIB). The event offered a compelling demonstration that the introduction of BIO-Europe Spring in 2007 created the right event at the right moment to satisfy a growing need for a large and productive...
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Commodity

Wavelink Recognizes Top Partners for 2009

Wavelink Corporation today announced its 2009 Partners of the Year in each of three global geographic regions. The three partners recognized for this year......
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Consolidated Selects ClearAccess® to Deliver the Connected Home

Consolidated Communications, the 13th largest telecom provider in the U.S., has selected the ClearAccess solution for its managed residential broadband......
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Equity

Artificial Lift Company Strengthens Its Leadership Team with Recent Promotion

The Artificial Lift Company Ltd. (ALC), a leading artificial lift service company, has strengthened its leadership team with the promotion of Peter Moulsdale......
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Time Warner Cable Ranks No. 23 on the 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® List

Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC) today has been named to the 2010 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list for its demonstrated use of measurable......
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Foreign Exchange

State Street Wins Top Honors at Global Pensions Awards

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that it......
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AAA: Bill to Increase Speed Limit to 70 MPH Jeopardizes Lives of Roadway Users

AAA opposes Senate Bill 3668, which would increase the speed limit on Illinois highways outside the Chicago metro area to 70 mph for both cars and trucks.......
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