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SAINT-NOM-LA-BRETECHE, France (AP) -Continental Europe picked up 3 1/2 out of five points in Friday's fourball matches to reduce Britain and Ireland's lead to one point in the Vivendi Seve Trophy.
Read More »Continental Europe out to end Vivendi losing run
PARIS (AP) -Continental Europe will seek to end the domination of Britain & Ireland in the Vivendi Seve Trophy when both teams square off this week on the golf course of Saint-Nom-la-Breteche.
Read More »Scotland’s Crowning Salute
Ever since the realm of Queen Victoria, Chivas Regal has held a Royal Warrant. So it was only fitting that Chivas would honor the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, with a special commemorative whisky, Chivas Regal Royal Salute 21-year-old, inspired by Britain’s 21-cannon maritime homage and ...
Read More »Google TV Aiming For Mainstream Success In The U.K.
Google 's Eric Schmidt was visiting the other side of the Atlantic this weekend, and during his speaking engagements he waxed lyrical about Google TV. Very lyrical. He pronounced, "Virtually all the television manufacturers on their very high end will eventually adopt Google TV." He also suggested a five-year timetable and then revealed that Google TV will be getting its British debut in about six months.
Read More »Wikileaks’ Own Dangerous Leak, BBC’s Olympic TV Experiments, Samsung Reveals iMessage Rival, Apple Again Halts Samsung Sales
This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day. Wikileaks Leaks
Read More »Bottling The Past: Using Nostalgia To Connect With Customers
From gin to geriatric care, companies are invoking the Good Ol' Days to foster a connection with their customers--even if the product is only a decade old. The first time I encountered Hendrick's Gin was in the exclusive George V Hotel in Paris.
Read More »Top 10 South Asian Entrepreneurs
From IT services to industrial supply, these are the top small businesses run by CEOs of South Asian heritage. I.T. Source Los Angeles No
Read More »Wildlife Responds Fast to Climate Change
By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Plants and animals are responding up to three times faster to climate change than previously estimated, as wildlife shifts to cooler altitudes and latitudes, researchers said on Thursday. Scientists have reported this decade on individual species that moved toward the poles or uphill as their traditional habitats shifted due to global warming, but this study analyzed data on over 2,000 species to get a more comprehensive picture
Read More »If No One Wants Them, Where Do We Resettle The World’s Refugees?
The droughts in Somalia are creating the latest refugee crisis. At the same time, Western countries are clamping down on asylum claims.
Read More »Britain Says 400,000 Somali Children at Risk of Death
* Britain warns famine might kill 400,000 children * Britain is expected to pledge extra cash to fight drought [More]
Read More »Shell North Sea Pipeline Leak Reduced to a Trickle
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's worst oil spill for over a decade appeared to be entering its final stages, as the leak from Royal Dutch Shell's faulty North Sea pipeline slowed to a trickle. [More]
Read More »Plutonium Fuel Supplier Shuts Down in Wake of Fukushima Disaster
By Edwin Cartlidge of Nature magazine The Fukushima nuclear disaster, already casting a long shadow over the nuclear industry, has claimed another victim.
Read More »Marketing the Hot Dog
The advent of Connecticut creating an official Hot Dog Trail to encourage tubular-meat tourism begs the question: Does the all-American meal need a boost?
Read More »Mickelson to change approach to break British duck
INVERNESS, Scotland (AP) -Phil Mickelson is banking on a change in strategy on and around the greens to break his tournament drought in Britain over the next two weeks.
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