Monday, September 21, 2009

“Colm Feore  - Variety” plus 3 more

“Colm Feore  - Variety” plus 3 more

Colm Feore  - Variety

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 06:18 AM PDT

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ABI's 'Man of the Year' award for Varanasi siblings - New Kerala

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:38 AM PDT

Varanasi, Sep 21 : The American Biographical Institute (ABI), one of the major authorities on the biographies of distinguished individuals world-wide, has honoured three siblings of the holy city with 'Man Of The Year' award for the year 2009.

The awardees included Amar Bahadur Singh, Amar Nath Singh and Amar Jyoti Singh, sons of senior administrative officer with the Indian Railways, Rajendra Pratap Singh.

The trio have been awarded for their unique writings on separate fields. While Amar Bahadur has been identified for his contributions in Telecommunication and Journalism arena, Amar Nath and Amar Jyoti have been conferred with the ABI's award for their books on harmony and politics respectively.

--UNI

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Verizon Online Teams Up With Office Depot to Offer Small Businesses ... - PR Newswire

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 07:08 AM PDT

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Verizon Small Business Center is teaming up with Office Depot to offer small businesses an opportunity for significant discounts when purchasing office supplies.

Under the initiative, announced Monday (Sept. 21), businesses that are enrolled in the Verizon Alliance Discount Program can receive discounts of up to 12 percent when purchasing a vast assortment of products from Office Depot, including office supplies, furniture, janitorial and printing products, and more.

To register, businesses need to log on to the Verizon Small Business Center's Web site at http://business.verizon.net/marketplace and click on the "Office Depot Discount Program" link found in the "Alliance Discount Program" section.

"Today, small businesses need all the help they can get, and we're doing our best to assist them," said Monte Beck, Verizon's vice president for small-business products and services. "Over the years, we have improved the Verizon Small Business Center to be the best home page -- the one-stop online resource for small business across the country -- offering tools, news, discounts and even a platform to network with other small businesses."

In addition to the 12 percent discount, customers who order supplies from Office Depot through the Verizon Small Business Center will also receive free next-business-day delivery, in Office Depot's local delivery areas, on qualifying online orders of $50 or more. Verizon Online customers can also request an Office Depot Store Purchasing Card to obtain the same savings when shopping at any of the more than 1,000 Office Depot retail locations located throughout the country.

The Verizon Alliance Discount Program allows Verizon to leverage its relationships with leading companies to bring small businesses savings on key services such as credit card processing, overnight delivery, and now office supplies.

Verizon offers a broad array of solutions to businesses of all sizes. For more information, visit www.verizon.com/business or call 888-649-9500. For news, resources and more tools for Verizon small business customers, visit the Verizon Small Business Center at http://business.verizon.net.

The newly revamped Verizon Small Business Center free Webinars feature key experts offering small businesses tips and insights to run their business more competitively. To register for the next Webinar or to view previous Webinars, go to www.verizon.net/webinars.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) , headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 87 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations provide converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. Wireline also includes Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 235,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of more than $97 billion. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.

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China bestseller sees plots and profit in financial crisis - Reuters

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:40 AM PDT

By Chris Buckley

BEIJING (Reuters) - A disaster worse than the financial crisis will engulf the world, predicts China's latest financial bestseller, and its author is preparing to profit from the turmoil. But that profit will not be in U.S. dollars.

In "Currency Wars 2", Song Hongbing claims a shadowy global elite will introduce a single world currency around 2024, tossing the dollar into the dustbin, condemned by loose-spending Washington policies and the waning dominance of the West.

Song's book, a sequel to his 2007 bestseller, claims this murky establishment of bankers and politicians stood by as markets crashed last year, hoping the trauma would hasten the world's acceptance of a single currency and world government.

"This crisis was bound to occur, but there were people who understood that beforehand and set in place the arrangements," Song told Reuters in an interview in his office, lined with books on finance, Chinese history and biographies of tycoons.

"This crisis was just warming up public opinion for a single global currency ... Another, even bigger crisis will be needed to launch the world currency into reality."

"Currency Wars 2" will not convince many economists. But its popularity is a telling sign of China's contradictory times.

It echoes the mix of disdain, suspicion and awe of the United States that is reflected in Chinese media and official comment.

Song's intricate diagrams and claims of generations of purported conspirators guiding the world's course read like the plot of a thriller novel, and footnotes in his book suggest familiarity with far-right U.S. conspiracy theories.

When Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh this week, he is sure to deliver a sober mix of proposals and admonitions that avoids such heady claims.

Yet China often says the United States has long backed plots seeking to subjugate it, even while Beijing is the world's biggest holder of U.S. treasury debt, which makes up a big chunk of its foreign exchange holdings.

"The popularity of Currency Wars reflects a widespread feeling that China's power isn't properly reflected in the way the global financial system works," said Wang Yong, a professor of international political economy at Peking University.

"A conspiracy theory is always an easy way to explain that imbalance ... It helps make sense of complicated issues."

A U.S. decision to put high duties on Chinese-made tires could stoke the Chinese public anger with Washington that helped make Song's two books bestsellers, he said.

Yet in the looming turmoil, China should be pragmatic and focus on seizing economic opportunities. "There are always opportunities to make money, even during a crisis or depression."

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