“Poison pills” work to thwart hostile takeovers, but they can also turn shareholders against you. How It Works Most poison-pill agreements are triggered when an outside company or individual — think Carl Icahn, for example — acquires ...
A Cabinet Minister's husband is due in court for charges relating to his "innovative" overseas investment portfolio. The Home Secretary's child is caught smoking dope. Meanwhile, the Labour Party's chief fundraiser, a flashy Jewish former pop impresario, is raking in the cash from willing donors via "chance" meetings over chilled...
Branson plans test of commercial spacecraft Virgin Galactic's 'WhiteKnightTwo', the mothership of 'SpaceShipTwo', will take to the air for the first time in the next 10 days. Sir Richard Branson, pictured here with a model of the revolutionary, all-carbon composite, four-engine jet, hopes to be at...
AMBITION is something that isn't lost on Peter Molyneux. The creator of "Populous" and "Black & White" practically oozes it when he talks about his games. When Molyneux first mentioned the original "Fable" almost six years ago, he said he wanted to create the "greatest role-playing game...
Byline: By SPENCER TILLBROOK Special Correspondent ERIC BAKER is a relatively new member of Huddersfield Chess Club and, although not in the first flush of youth, he is making rapid progress in improving his game. Today's column shows his first competitive victory for the club, with...
CAIRO AFP — Former winners Zamalek of Egypt could feature in the 2009 African Champions League despite failing to qualify for the annual competition. National league winners Al-Ahly and runners-up Ismailia filled the slots reserved for the North African country, but the latter opted for the less prestigious...
The three state tennis tournaments being played this weekend are expected to come down to the very end. With shuffled lineups and new coaches being thrown into the mix, anything is possible when the 4A and 5A teams take to the courts at Liberty Park, and the...
WHITE-HOT trainer John Gosden kept his power packed run going in double style at Newmarket yesterday, but this time he gave punters a pair of nasty knockout blows. Donativum and Tazeez handed "Johnny G" an amazing 883-1 double on his local track, hard on the heels...
OREM -- In what's becoming an annual occurrence, the Lone Peak girls tennis team once again dominated the Region 4 championships by taking four of the five region titles. Whitney White moved up from first doubles last season to tackle the first singles position this year, and...
Knights of Jerusalem David Nicolle Osprey Publishing 443 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016 9781846030802, $25.95 www.ospreypublishing.com KNIGHTS OF JERUSALEM: THE CRUSADING ORDER OF HOSPITALLERS 1100-1565 provides a review of one of the more famous Crusading orders of medieval...
Knights of Jerusalem David Nicolle Osprey Publishing 443 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016 9781846030802, $25.95 www.ospreypublishing.com KNIGHTS OF JERUSALEM: THE CRUSADING ORDER OF HOSPITALLERS 1100-1565 provides a review of one of the more famous Crusading orders of medieval...
THERE IS A black and white ketch hanging on the paneled all in Old Cat's organ loft. It shows the inside of a church, row upon row of pews, with a solitary man holding Common Praise and singing his heart out. I admired the detail and asked Old...
Treasury officials were on the threshold of taking ailing Bradford & Bingley into public ownership last night, prior to selling part of the business to Santander, HSBC, or Barclays. With an official announcement promised for today, the BBC reported that the Treasury will nationalise B&B using the...
LONDON AFP — A consortium of South Africa businessmen were on Sunday reported to be interested in purchasing crisis-ridden Premier League side Newcastle. Newcastle have already been in talks with a group of Nigerian tycoons trying to put together enough funds to meet owner Mike Ashley's 400 million...
Philippe Chevalier, whose last name translates to "Knight," has bestowed French cuisine upon Lafayette with his new eponymous restaurant. The chef-owner is offering upscale, mostly Provencal- inspired dishes in the corner of a Moraga Road strip mall. Good reviews weren't enough to keep predecessors Villagio and the Patio afloat in...
Byline: HARRY RONALD THIS lighthouse tall and shining white, In the distance 'tis like a medieval knight So majestic, this lofty tower stands On an island amidst rocks and shifting sands, And these cruel rocks high and low abound, Where gallant ships and men have run aground. ...
CHRIS STRATFORD, playing Black here against Martin Worrell in the recent Leyland Congress, is unfamiliar with the opening and gets a bad position early on. However, he earns a reprieve when his opponent disobeys one of the most basic principles and fails to castle after developing his pieces....
AAP Sports News Australia09-13-2008RL: Storm aiming to gatecrash Wiki's party By Melissa Woods MELBOURNE, Sept 13 AAP-NZPA - Melbourne prop Brett White says his side plans to crashWarrior Ruben Wiki's farewell party by sending the New Zealand side packing from the NRLfinals. The veteran...
The "buzz" at national industry meetings (i.e., The Executive War College and Washington G-2) has been about labs perceived as a commodity. Many healthcare providers and allied health professionals believe that a lab is a lab is a lab. After all, a complete blood count or a basic metabolic panel...
Increasing interest in Riesling as a possible signature white wine for Ontario, Canada, was the motivation behind the 2008 Riesling Experience conference held at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, on July 17. The idea for the conference came in 2005, after New Zealand's David Jordan gave a lecture at...
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