ADP says US economy lost 742,000 jobs in March

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 According to the payroll services company ADP, United States private sector employers cut 742,000 jobs in in March. The figures were almost 80,000 more than the average analyst prediction of 663,000 losses. This is the largest monthly payroll decline since January 2001, when the ADP began …

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US to sell precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 The Bush administration officially notified Congress Monday of its intention to sell sophisticated precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia. The action, coinciding with President Bush’s visit to Saudi Arabia, is part of a broader U.S. effort to bolster Gulf allies in the face of a more assertive …

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Oracle Rac Failover And Load Balancing

See More About: The Centrinel Oracle RAC – Failover and Load Balancing by hitechwriter Failover Oracle RAC systems provide two methods of failover to provide reliable access to data: Connection failover. If a connection failure occurs at connect time, the application can fail over the connection to another active node …

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Valuable paintings stolen from Greek gallery

Thursday, January 12, 2012 Art thieves in Greece broke into the Athens National Gallery on Monday and stole three valuable works of art. Among them was a painting by famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, dated 1939, called Woman’s Head which was a gift to the Greek people for their resistance …

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US automaker bailout deal fails to pass Senate

Friday, December 12, 2008 A US$14 billion bailout package deal for the “Big Three” United States automakers — Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors — has been rejected in the United States Senate after failing a procedural vote. The bill was rejected after bipartisan discussions on the bailout broke down when …

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Iconic London mural could be restored

Monday, September 20, 2010 One of London’s most well known murals could be restored after years of neglect if plans by a group of community activists gain public support. The Fitzrovia Mural at Whitfield Gardens on London’s Tottenham Court Road was created by two mural artists and commissioned by Camden …

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