Friday, March 25, 2005 A U.S. District Court in Tarrant County, Texas, issued a summary judgment Thursday against Circuit City’s InterTAN Inc., requiring all 950 RadioShack stores in Canada to stop using the RadioShack brand in store signs, packaging, products and advertising after June 30. RadioShack’s Canadian operations were spun off in 1986 to a…
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How Advertising is pervasive in contemporary society? by worldwideadvertising Advertising is a brand promotion measure used by companies, brand owners and organizations to promote their businesses. Advertising is a common tool of promotion. However, it is not restricted to limited realms such as television, billboard, radio etc. There are multiple avenues of advertising. The advertiser…
Mars rover engineers build test sandbox
Sunday, May 8, 2005 Mars rover engineers have built a test bed simulating the condition of the Mars Rover Opportunity, which became stuck in a Martian sand dune on April 26. The test bed uses a combination of materials including play sand for children’s sandboxes, diatomaceous earth for swimming pool filters, and mortar clay powder….
Nokia Inc. announces plans for iPhone rival
Thursday, August 30, 2007 Announced early Wednesday morning at Nokia’s GoEvent, in a plan to expand the company’s revenue, Finland-based company Nokia Inc. is developing a mobile phone similar to its rival iPhone, which will be available in the near future for Nokia customers. The phone is expected to be available by 2008. Most of…
Opening A Small Business}
Opening a Small Business by Terry Kyle 1. Recognize why you want to set up your own small business. It’s like going to the hardware store thinking that you want a drill, when in fact you actually just need a hole. What’s the difference? The difference is that having a laser-focused, crystal-clear outline of what…
How To Make Your Own Carpet Freshener}
Click Here For More Specific Information On: Container Storage Rental Container Brisbane How to Make Your Own Carpet Freshener by D Roth It’s not just homes with kids and pets that benefit from carpet deodorizers. Household odors from cooking, smoking, even using commercial cleaning products seep into our curtains, couches and carpets. If you’ve ever…
46 illegal Afghan immigrants suffocate in truck in Pakistan
Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Correction — Nov 1, 2013 The article below claims each passenger paid 4000 to 8000 USD. Each paid 30,000 Rupees, equivilent at the time to about US$375. The bodies of 46 Afghan illegal immigrants who suffocated to death in a container truck Saturday near Quetta, Pakistan, returned home Tuesday. The Edhi Foundation…
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Click Here For More Specific Information On: Touring Caravan For Sale Australian Off Road Caravans Today’s Flashlights are Going High Tech by Tony King The days of the simple D-cell battery flashlight you keep on hand for when the power goes out are long gone. Today you can find high tech flashlights that are more…
Ireland’s Occupy Dame Street, Occupy Waterford camps cleared
Saturday, March 10, 2012 Occupy protests in two Irish cities have been cleared in the last two days. Dublin’s Occupy Dame Street was cleared by police while the local council cleared the abandoned Occupy Waterford site. The early hours of Thursday saw the Dublin site raided and cleared by Gardai (police). Gardai cited health and…
Dell recalls potentially incendiary laptop batteries
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Dell, the world’s largest manufactuer of home computers, is recalling 4.1 million lithium batteries used in laptop computers because of the risk of their bursting into flame. There have been at least six incidents since December of laptops catching fire because of overheated batteries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission in the…