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ISE sheds 42 pts 
Daily Times - May 09 5:23 PM
ISLAMABAD: Trading at Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) remained bearish on Tuesday as the ISE 10 Index lost 42.05 points and closed at 3373.22 points. Mohammad Qamar Siddique of Escorts Investment Bank said the rumours about the increase in interest rates by the commercial banks had some negativeSave to My Web

LSE loses 15 pts 
Daily Times - 0 minute ago
LAHORE: Selling pressure crippled the index again and it failed to maintain a days earlier positive trend amid dwindling trading activity in leading stocks. The LSE 25-share index Thursday closed 15.07 points, or 0.28 percent down, at 5,294.78 points. Market opened on a depressing note and negativeSave to My Web

Mango output to decline 10-15% this season 
Daily Times - 2 minutes ago
By Tanveer Ahmed KARACHI: The countrys mango production is estimated to fall by 10-15 percent this season compared with the production the previous season. The decline is to be caused mainly by a 20 percent decline in crop size in Punjab, which produces 65 percent of the totalSave to My Web

Work From Home Moms Releases New eBook to Stay at Home Moms 
[Press Release] PR Web - May 11 12:37 AM
Work from Home Moms has created an ebook titled “Internet Marketing for Stay At Home Moms.” The ebook is a guidebook for moms who want to start a business from home. (PRWEB May 11, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/RW1wdC1GYWx1LVN1bW0tRmFsdS1IYWxmLVplcm8=Save to My Web

China eyes 6-8% fuel price rise after March hike 
Daily Times - May 10 5:07 PM
SINGAPORE/BEIJING: China may raise retail fuel prices in coming weeks for the second time since March, to help refiners offset $70-a-barrel crude costs, but must weigh the social impact of the move, industry officials said on Wednesday. A proposal by state refiners for a 6-to-8 percent increaseSave to My Web

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What’s up with blogging, and why should you care? - TechUpdate - ZDNet
What’s up with blogging, and why should you care? - Dan Farber - Tech Update … What’s all the fuss about blogging? It looks and smells mostly like writing, self-expression … Many blogging advocates believe that blogs are the most significant democratizing force …

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Austin Chronicle - Austin has the well-deserved reputation as a city that fosters creative expression of all kinds: musical, literary, theatrical, culinary, and artistic. It only makes sense that in a city with such a wealth of creative energy, genres would tend to

Andy Oram Reports
American Reporter - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Internet was the great non-commercial success story of our time. Commissioned by the government, built on open-source software, promulgated initially through research and academic facilities - the Internet was the crowning

Hominy & Hash
American Reporter - ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA. — In 2003 the most often looked-up word in the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary was “democracy.” Well, I can see that. Some might want to know what that really means. We already know we are a democracy, thus, we have a

Bush’s new pen pal
Slate - The blogosphere is gurgling about the Iranian president’s letter to Bush and Saudi Arabia’s plan to issue tourist visas to non-Muslims. Bloggers are also concerned about dental care in Britain. Bush’s new pen pal: Temperamental Iranian President

Travelblogging India Contest
WebProNews - If you live in India and you’re a blogger, there’s a contest running where you can win an opportunity to travel India and blog your experiences. To enter OK, Tata, Bye Bye , as the contest is called, you register on the event website. Then, if you

Collaboration May 9, 2006
ZDNet Blogs - Last week I spoke to TJ Kang, CEO of ThinkFree - which is “I think we are better [than OpenOffice.org] - especially with the spreadsheet and presentation” billing itself as the “World’s Best Web Based Office Suite”. We spoke about how ThinkFree