Parliament of Berlin approved VW law »
Reuters.com - Germany’s upper house of parliament approved a revised law governing Volkswagen on Friday even though it fails to address a key European Commission objection that shields the carmaker from takeover.
The Bundesrat, or upper house, voted to approve the revised law after the lower house, the Bundestag, had endorsed it on November 13.
The new [...]
Children adoption for gays is forbidden »
Startribune.com - A judge ruled on Tuesday that a Florida law blocking gay people from adopting children is unconstitutional, declaring that there was no reason for sexual orientation to prohibit anyone from adopting.
Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal protection rights for the children and their prospective gay parents, rejecting the [...]
A closer definition for Red book standard audio CD »
1Digital-Media.com - The Red Book is one of the nine Rainbow Books, which provide universally agreed on specifications for all types of media. The Red Book provides the standards for audio CDs, also known as CDDA (or Compact Disc Digital Audio). There are also Yellow, Orange, White, Blue, Beige, Green, Purple, and Scarlet books in [...]
Mumbai’s terror attack targets two ways »
AP.yahoo.com - The terror attacks that rocked India’s financial capital may depress stocks, dampen tourism and slow new investment, but are unlikely to inflict long-term damage on the nation’s economy, analysts and business people said Thursday.
“This is a challenge for the government to maintain law and order in the country,” said Takahira Ogawa, director of [...]
FBI’s anthrax false story »
NYTimes.com - A federal court on Tuesday unsealed documents that shed new light on why F.B.I. anthrax investigators spent years pursuing the wrong man, Steven J. Hatfill, who was exonerated by the government this year and received a $4.6 million settlement.
Search warrant affidavits said that Dr. Hatfill filled prescriptions for the antibiotic Cipro, the preferred [...]
Internet worm making holes in windows »
Cnet.com - A worm dubbed Win32/Conficker.A is making the rounds on Windows machines, exploiting a security hole that Microsoft released a patch for in October, Microsoft said on Wednesday.
The number of attacks have increased over the past couple of days, exploiting a critical vulnerability that was addressed by security update MS08-067.
The malware mostly was spreading [...]
New York entertainment lawyer alert-Prince sued for breach of contract »
New York entertainment attorney alerts lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court. Music artist, Prince, sued for breach of contract entertainment law suit.
Educated New York contract licensing agreement attorney alerts of a recent lawsuit filed in the New York State Supreme Court by perfume manufacturer, Revelations, against the music artist known as Prince and [...]
Profits drop even as HP reports 4Q Revenue strong »
There was a pulling back of annual profits for Hewlett-Packard with a drop in earnings even though the company saw a boost with strong sales in the fourth quarter.
Ability of the company to perform even in a difficult environment is proved by this said HP chairman and CEO Mark Hurd on Monday to a group [...]
Water Aerobics during pregnancy may ease pain during labor »
Expectant mothers are naturally anxious about their labor. They especially worry about the pain they have to endure and what they will need to handle the pain. While pain cannot be avoided during labor, the treatment or pain killer support will depend on each person’s pain bearing capacity. Water aerobics is found to be one [...]
Romer to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers »
Ms Romer is slated to be the new head of the Council of Economic affairs. She is in for a challenging task ahead not only because the state the economy is in but also because of the forceful economic team she will have to handle. She is not known as a confrontational candidate. Obama has [...]
