News briefs:August 2, 2010
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5 Tips To Becoming A Successful Insurance Agent
See More About: Behaviour Change Projects Behaviour Change Campaign By Kenneth Echie Waiting on the phone to ring and writing a good insurance package for your clients isn’t enough in today’s world of competing insurance companies. With just a few tips, you can easily rake in six figures with a …
CanadaVOTES: Liberal Dr. Eric Hoskins running in Haldimand—Norfolk
On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. Liberal candidate Dr. Eric Hoskins is standing for election in the riding of Haldimand—Norfolk. Wikinews contacted Dr. Eric Hoskins, to talk about the issues facing Canadians, and what they and their party would do to …
Montreal lab questions ethics of recent EPO doping claims against Lance Armstrong
Friday, August 26, 2005 Dr. Christiane Ayotte is Doping Control director at Canada’s Institut National de la Recherché Scientifique, which is a World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) certified lab. Dr. Ayotte said on Tuesday (Aug. 23) that three ethically critical, and important, scientific questions were raised by a four-page doping allegation …
Ban on YouTube spreads to Google services in Turkey
Monday, June 7, 2010 Access to search engine Google has been limited and most of Google’s online services cannot be accessed in Turkey. The access limitation happened due to the blocking of an IP set that belongs to Google. These IP addresses were shared between YouTube and other Google services. …
Cut Your Energy Bills Today
See More About: Energy Savings For Small Business Best Energy Audit For Small Business Australia byadmin Keeping warm in the winter can be a challenge, especially when you’re faced with high heating bills. Most people use space heaters and other direct contact heating to keep them warm while running their …
British TV presenter Rico Daniels tells Wikinews about being ‘The Salvager’
Saturday, March 14, 2009 Rico Daniels is a British TV presenter living in France who is known for his two television series — The Salvager — whilst he still lived in the UK and then Le Salvager after he moved to France. Rico has been in a variety of jobs …
Firing of Michael Jackson spokeswoman disputed
Saturday, June 11, 2005 Wrangling between musician Michael Jackson‘s legal and public relation teams may have yielded its first casualty. Jackson’s official website, www.mjjsource.com, reports that Jackson’s MJJ Productions has terminated spokeswoman Raymone Bain and public relations firm Davis, Bain, and Associates. On Wednesday, Bain held a press conference amidst …
Chinese Shipping Business, Agency, Shipping Forwarder Comparison And Choice
See More About: Buy New Shipping Storage For Sale Melbourne Buy New Shipping Container Submitted by: Christophervc Bird Services as the following are rather typical for most Chinese shipping companies and forwarders that managing international shipments: airfreight (air cargo), LCL/FCL container shipping from China (Shenzhen, Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Zhongshan, …
Britain thinks Africans are barbaric, claims South African President
Friday, March 5, 2010 Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, claimed Britain believed Africa is “barbaric”, hours before a state visit to Queen Elizabeth II. These claims were made after the Daily Mail described him as a “sex-obsessed bigot and vile buffoon.” Zuma accused Britons of considering themselves to be …