Regulators had long classified a private Swiss energy conglomerate called Vitol as a trader that primarily helped industrial firms that needed oil to run their businesses.
Taking a step that professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-capable iPods to students.
Once upon a time, Sherry Jones was a Montana newspaper reporter who dreamed she could contribute to world peace with a novel about the prophet Muhammad and his feminist leanings. Then she wrote it.
Steve Schmidt will not budge, and Mark Salter is begging.
Things are quiet on the Bayou. Talk about LSU repeating is non-existent. That's because key pieces are gone -- including an expected QB-to-be -- and a stronger than ever SEC, Dennis Dodd says.
Apple's iPhone has been launched by Bharti and Vodaphone in India.
Si Big Trip round-the-world 7 minggu-ku sudah berakhir. Sejak posting terakhir (dari mana ya) kira-kira sebulan lalu, aku tidak menulis ttg kisah2 dari perjalanan ini.
MARTINSVILLE, Va., Aug. 20 -- Sen. Barack Obama lamented the loss of U.S.
John McCain has taken the lead for the first time in the RealClearPolitics Electoral College projection, with a 274 to 264 margin, when tossups are included.
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Seated at a solitary desk in the hall outside a classroom, the slender 13-year-old boy with a smile like a sunrise earnestly does remedial algebra, assisted by a paid tutor.
On the face of it, the notion seems counterintuitive, but to the presidents of some of the nation's most prestigious colleges, it makes a lot of sense: Lowering the legal drinking age might get ...
A small local technology company, citing patent infringement, yesterday asked a U.S.
The University of Virginia has banned signs at all sporting events, effective immediately. The ruling comes after a little problem last season at a Cavaliers football game.
A big hat tip to one of my favorite bloggers, Prescott Perez-Fox for writing an absolutely hilarious post about a new video that’s become quite viral from College Humor where fonts become people.
Ollie Wilson knew in 2001 that LaDainian Tomlinson had the moves, the speed and the mind-set to be special.
Filed under: Industry, ER, House, Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, Reality-FreeI used to be a huge ER fan. Back in the good ol' Dr. Doug Ross days, I wouldn't miss an episode.
A tipster pointed out that NYU has revamped their website.
The travails of Lehman Brothers and the demise of Bear Stearns have me thinking — would these Wall Street firms have ended up in their respective messes if investment banks never been permitted ...
In my post on Tuesday, I wrote about Stanley Kurtz's efforts to access the Annenberg Challenge files housed at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Filed under: Barack Obama, 2008 President, Scandal, MediaThe University of Illinois at Chicago finds itself in the middle of a growing controversy over the records of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, ...
UM chair, 9 others resign over dispute; interim CEO named After months of acrimony and personality clashes at ...
15. Brigham Young Cougars - BYU is the best Non-BCS team and I fully expect them to be playing in a BCS Bowl game in January.
The freshman class at the University of Southern Mississippi is expected to be the largest in the school's history, but USM isn't the only school poised to break its own record.
In honor of the US women’s soccer team gold medal victory over Brazil earlier today: awesomely-named goalie Hope Solo. And because she earned a yellow card: Heather Mitts.
A University of Miami alumni allegedly ran a $30 million scam from campus falsely telling investors his firm was selling iPods in Latin America. ...
More than a few colleges are giving their incoming freshmen iPods or even iPhones.
Microsoft teamed up with HGTV Designer Genevieve Gorder to help provide college students with some tips and tricks for outfitting the ultimate digital dorm room.
Yeah, that happened. Ha ha.
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