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Brian Ludvigsen Joins Schneider Optics as Manager of Sales and Marketing, Home Cinema (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) Former ISCO USA Inc. president strengthens Schneider's position in home cinema. News in brief (West Salem Coulee News) Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper. 2009 International CES Exhibitor Profiles; Worlds Largest Consumer Technology Tradeshow Returns to Las Vegas, January ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LAS VEGAS----The 2009 International CES takes place January 8 - 11, 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center and the Sands Expo and Convention Center/The Venetian in Las Vegas. Movers and Shakers of '08 (Jewish Ledger) Once again, as the year comes to a close, it is time for us to honor our "Movers and Shakers" - people in the Connecticut Jewish community who turned up a lot in the pages of the Jewish Ledger and who made a difference through their hard work, generosity or commitment to the community over the past year. Their News (Yemen Times Online) Travelport GDS, one of the world's leading global distribution system (GDS) providers operating both the Galileo and Worldspan brands, announced that it has signed an agreement with Universal Travel, to distribute the Galileo GDS in Yemen from January, 2009. The partnership follows Travelport's recent announcement of a multi-million dollar (US) investment in the Middle East, to set up a new, ... Will Work for Praise: The Web's Free-Labor Economy (E-Commerce Times) It's dawn at a Los Angeles apartment overlooking the Hollywood Hills. Laura Sweet, a graphic designer in her early 40s, sits at a computer and begins to surf the Net. She searches intently, unearthing such bizarre treasures for sale as necklaces for trees and tattoo-covered pigs. As usual, she posts them on a shopping site called "ThisNext.com." People on the move (Denver Post) AMERICAN COLLEGE OF COMMERCIAL FINANCE ATTORNEYS: Elected Keith Block, a co-founder of Block Markus & Williams LLC, to serve as the first regent from the Rocky Mountain region. Madoff Investors Suicide Leaves Questions (The Hendersonville Times-News) Relatives said Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet who committed suicide in the wake of the Madoff scandal felt personally responsible losing his clients money. All News... Medway at Large - Reporters' Notebook (The Kent Messenger) Writing this remotedly from from home up northish in the hood. Didn't have time to update today but just wanted to write a few lines to keep up appearances before this blog returns with a proper regular flourish in the New Year. The Nation: Baby born on trans-Atlantic plane flight (The Monterey County Herald) BOSTON Baby born on trans-Atlantic plane flight There were 124 passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 when it left the Netherlands. There were 125 when it landed in Boston.
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