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Brian Taylor on the new storms of the new year (BBC News)
Brian Taylor blogs ANAND PRAKASH (Business Standard India)
A few good people who decided to quit good jobs for better ideas. Eight years ago, Anand Prakash, an economics graduate from Delhi University, created a sample card for Rs 100. "It was immediately rejected," laughs the businessman whose turnover this year is slated to be Rs 75 lakh. Attorneys: Bankruptcy on rise (Bowling Green Daily News)
As the recession continues to plague bank accounts nationwide, local attorneys said bankruptcy filings increased in 2008. Nigeria: Finbank Rolls Out Four Consumer Products (AllAfrica.com)
Finbank Plc has announced the launch of four consumer products to empower its customers to live out their dream live style. The products include: FinBank Rent Assistance Product, FinBank Laptop Acquisition Scheme, FinBank Hajj/Umra Account and FinBank Bureau de Change Customers Product. END OF THE YEAR: State Supreme Court Says Same-Sex Couples Have Constitutional Right to Marry...Lee Edmon Becomes ... (Metropolitan News-Enterprise)
1- Jean M. Lawler, who became the first female partner at Murchison & Cumming, LLP in 1993, took over as managing partner of the firm. 3-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reappointed Michael Hersek as state public defender....Two denials of parole to a former motorcycle club member by then-Gov. From Wyoming to Broadway, 2008 was a year of change (Forest Lake Times)
It was a year of change, progress and the loss of a number of key community members who served the... Local businesses fare well this holiday season (Clinton Herald)
CLINTON - During the current economic tough times, worries surfaced nationwide concerning the retail holiday shopping season. Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald)
ROANOKE RAPIDS - As morning dawned on the usually busy day after Christmas, Hess Wilco station on the corner of West 10th Street and Zoo Road was not so busy. Ertugral and Michel reprieve (News 24 South Africa)
The two coaches most likely to face the festive season bullet appear to have been given a reprieve, and are back at work. Barnegat downtown shops concerned post office will take business with it when it moves (Press of Atlantic City)
BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP - A few people walked through the biting cold Tuesday afternoon to mail some last-minute Christmas cards at the Barnegat Post Office, which has been in the historic downtown area for as long as most residents can remember.
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