Saudis boycott Danish dairy produce

Friday, January 27, 2006 On January 26, 2006, a massive boycott of dairy produce from Arla Foods started in Saudi Arabia over what is perceived as a Danish attack on Muslim values. The Saudi ambassador to Denmark has been recalled…

Oldest surviving US WWI veteran dies

Saturday, December 22, 2007 J. Russell Coffey, the oldest surviving United States veteran of First World War (WWI), has died. He was 109. Coffey’s death was announced by the Smith-Crates Funeral Home in North Baltimore, Ohio. According to the United…

Feverfew compound gets at leukemia roots

Wednesday, February 23, 2005A compound in the common daisy-like plant feverfew kills human leukemia stem cells and could form the basis for newer, more effective drugs for the disease. American researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New…

NYSE to merge with Archipelago; NASDAQ to buy Instinet

Sunday, April 24, 2005 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced last Wednesday that it has agreed definitively to merge with Chicago-based Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx) and form a new publicly traded, for-profit company known as NYSE Group. This announcement was followed…

Challenges Of Manual Forex Trading

More On This Topic: Forex Currency Major And Minor Pairs List Submitted by: Winsor AGA Hoang It takes twelve years of discipline to come a doctor, eight years of schooling to become a lawyer and five years of extensive training…

Technology giant Microsoft completes acquisition of GitHub

Monday, October 29, 2018 On Friday, US-based technology giant Microsoft confirmed acquisition of software code hosting and version controlling website GitHub. The announcement was made by Microsoft via their official blog, which also mentioned Nat Friedman was to become new…

Why Confined Spaces Are Dangerous

More On This Topic: Ash Aryal byAlma Abell In certain workplaces, there are areas that are extremely unsafe due to multiple factors, such as gas, lack of oxygen, or dangerous liquids. Oftentimes, they’re poorly lit or have no lights, so…