Archive for September 2nd, 2008

Coke Sets $2.4 Billion China Deal

Written by on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 in Latest News.

Coca-Cola plans to buy a Chinese maker of juices and nectars for $2.4 billion, the second-largest acquisition in the Atlanta company’s history.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Massive Canada Arctic ice shelf breaks away (Reuters)

Written by on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 in Latest News.

The northern section of Ellesmere island is seen in a 2003 photo from NASA. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters – A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice
shelf in Canada’s northern Arctic broke away last month and the
remaining shelves have shrunk at a “massive and disturbing”
rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the
remote region, scientists said on Tuesday.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Lieberman calls Obama young, untested (AP)

Written by on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 in Latest News.

U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., waves as he tours the podium at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008.  Lieberman is scheduled to speak Tuesday night.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP – Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential pick eight years ago, on Tuesday criticized his former party’s nominee as an untested candidate unwilling to challenge powerful interest groups as both Republican John McCain and one-time Democratic President Clinton have done.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back



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