Tens of thousands of Ch vez backers rally
Miami Herald – President Hugo Ch vez’s supporters vowed Friday to win a vote on sweeping constitutional changes that would allow their leader to seek reelection indefinitely and grant him new powers to transform Venezuela into a socialist state. Ch vez’s
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US student to remain in Italian jail
Miami Herald – Giuseppe Sereni, lawyer of Patrick Lumumba Diya from Congo, arrives at Perugia’s court, Italy, for a hearing Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. American university student Amanda Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were in court Friday for a
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Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel dies at 69
Miami Herald – Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69. Knievel death was confirmed by his 21-year-old granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for
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Son of Sunni Leader Arrested in Iraq
Philadelphia Inquirer – Al-Dulaimi’s bloc, the Iraqi Accordance Front, accused Shiite-dominated security forces of “creating and marketing this crisis” to undermine U.S. efforts to organize Sunni tribes against al-Qaida. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh acknowledged that
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Chrysler expects to lose a billion
Chicago Sun-Times – Chrysler spokeswoman Lori Pinter said today that Landry was speaking in general terms to a group of marketing and business administration students. She would not say whether the revenue and income numbers he cited were accurate. I m not going
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Name That Tune: But Can You Name the Artist?
Forbes – Leo Burnett Worldwide, comprising the Leo Burnett brand agency and marketing partner Arc Worldwide, is one of the world’s largest agency networks and a subsidiary of Publicis Groupe (http://www.publicisgroupe.com), the world’s fourth-largest
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Investor and Noted Direct Marketing Retailer Ted Deikel Purchases 10
MSN MoneyCentral – CHICAGO, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — uBid.com, one of the leading business-to-consumer and business-to-business online auction companies (http://www.uBid.com) announced today that Ted Deikel, veteran investor and Former Fingerhut CEO, purchased
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Canadian farmer’s murder trial nears end
Miami Herald – A jury received final instructions from a judge before beginning deliberations Friday on a verdict in the gruesome case of a pig farmer accused of being Canada’s worst serial killer. Robert ‘Willie’ Pickton went on trial in January on the first six
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Motorola’s Zander Steps Down Amid Sales, Profit Slump (Update6)
Bloomberg – Marketing skills” and “pizzazz” were Zander’s main contribution, Oppenheimer & Co.’s Lawrence Harris said in an interview. Under Brown, Motorola will accelerate product introductions and focus on cutting costs and improving manufacturing and
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Gold pulls back as oil prices fall
Miami Herald – Gold retreated from $800 on Friday as oil prices pulled back sharply and the dollar gained a little muscle – moves that helped calm investor concerns about inflation. Other energy futures sagged, as did agricultural futures. Silver slipped, while
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