Published on May,19 2012 - by Reuters
... blazes were the first major wildfires in Arizona this year, after a record 2011 fire season in which nearly 2,000 blazes together swallowed more than 1,500 square miles (3,900 square km), according to the National Inter...
Published on May,19 2012 - by Bloomberg
... paid too much. The reduced pay package included $13.6 million in stock awards, a $1.95 million bonus and $975,000 in salary, the Oklahoma City-based company said in an April 20 filing. The cut to board pay was announced...
Published on May,19 2012 - by Reuters
...gainst same-sex marriage are pushing for a referendum on the law in the November general election, but need 56,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot. Not all states must recognize same-sex marriages validated b...
Published on May,19 2012 - by Reuters
...f of the world's sockeye salmon, the EPA study said. Salmon fisheries and related natural resources support 14,000 jobs and have an average annual value of $480 million, the report said. The Bristol Bay region is also fa...
Published on May,19 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...e considered such – and for his unbeaten record to remain intact. Last year Frankel's victories included the 2,000 Guineas by the widest margin in 65 years and the Sussex Stakes by the widest margin for 33 years. Timefor...
Published on May,18 2012 - by Reuters
...rst electoral tie with the flip of a coin. A special election to decide a winner would have cost "north of $10,000," said Darrell Newsom, city manager of Wolfforth, population 3,600, which is southwest of Lubbock in the ...
Published on May,18 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...ces," she said."It's a tool of the one percent to gain more resources and to enrich themselves."An estimated 3,000 people joined the rally and marches Friday.A much larger number is expected Sunday when protesters will m...
Published on May,18 2012 - by Forbes
...e iPhone) to spur iPhone sales ? and deliver the kind of earnings that would support a share price of about $1,000. Says Katy Huberty of Morgan Stanley, ?Today the average China household spends $136 on Apple products, j...
Published on May,18 2012 - by Reuters
...n $12,000 and $15,000. That would represent around a third of the Focus Electric's overall price of around $39,000. (Editing by Andre Grenon) ...
Published on May,18 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...who waged a bloody decades-long campaign for a separate homeland for minority Tamils.The UN estimates some 100,000 people died during Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict between 1972 and 2009.Clinton also "stressed the importanc...