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Is majoring in liberal arts a waste of money?
Region: United States
An interdisciplinary major might be the best answer to the problem today of finding work with a liberal arts degree. Today, there are more college graduates than there are jobs available that require the type of college degree or major most college graduates have. Why did I ever get a graduate degree in writing poetry, fiction, and plays? The answer is because college then only cost $94 per semester for fulltime cours... more
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SPO distributed cheque worth 1110000+ Football trophy awarded
Region: Pakistan
SPO distributed cheques among different civil societies to kick campaign for decreasing suicide ratio among the women folk. CHITRAL: Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) held a cheuqe distribution ceremony in a local hotel of Chitral. Cheques worth rupees 111000 were distributed among representatives of different civil society organizations. Who were given the task to launch campaign regarding aw... more
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trophy giving ceremoney
Region: Pakistan
SPO distributed cheques among different civil societies to kick campaign for decreasing suicide ratio among the women folk. CHITRAL: Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) held a cheuqe distribution ceremony in a local hotel of Chitral. Cheques worth rupees 111000 were distributed among representatives of different civil society organizations. Who were given the task to launch campaign regarding aw... more
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India Buys Gold, Buries Past Shame
Region: IndiaBurying past shame of 1991, when India had to pledge 67 tons of Gold to Bank of England and Union Bank of Switzerland to raise some $600 million to supplement a poor Foreign Exchange Reserve of $1.2 billion- barely good for three weeks of imports and a default in foreign exchange looming large- India recently purchased 200 tons of gold from IMF at a price of $6.8 billion, a peanut investment compared to present foreign... more
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Successful trial tests of Saffron production in Udhampur in J&K
Region: India
Udhampur(J&K),November 3 (Vijay Kumar) -- Breaking perception and barriers of conducive soil and climatic conditions for saffron cultivation, Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, has in a major revolutionary agricultural break through successfully produced Saffron in the fields of higher reaches of Panchari, Dudu and Basantgarh. Emerging on the agricultural map of the country as third district prominently for cult... more
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Football Final Undecided in Chitral
Region: PakistanDistrict Football Tournament 2009 concluded match ended without any decision due to dispute on last penalty goal. CHITRAL: District Football Tournament 2009 ended at parade ground Chitral. Governor NWFP Owais Ahmad Khan Ghani was chief guest on the final day of the match. The final match was played between Goldoor football team and Oveer Football teams. Both teams score 4 goals until final time. Hence the refry (empi... more
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Taxpayers Lose $2.3 Billion with CIT Bankruptcy
Region: United States
CIT filed for bankruptcy protection [1] on Sunday, and part of its plan to heal itself is wiping out the taxpayers’ $2.33 billion stake [2] in the company. CIT, which specializes in lending to small and midsize businesses, got bailout money last December, a vote of confidence from regulators and the Treasury that CIT could survive and use the money to boost lending. But by the summer [3], the company ... more
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Nigerian Banks Receive $4B Infusion
Region: NigeriaAnalysis by Emeka Chiakwelu strategist@afripol.org Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have infused the total sum of N600 billion naira ($3.96 billion) into the Nigerian banking sector to recapitalize the banks that have been plagued with liquidity crisis and credit crunch caused by excessive lending, profligacy and corruption. The recent audits of the Nigerian banks by the Cen... more
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A Gift To My Children Makes Gift To Readers
Region: United StatesInvestor and adventurer Jim Rogers has written a new book, A Gift To My Children: A Father's Lessons For Life and Living see http://jimrogers-investments.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-book-gift-to-my-children-fathers.html. Addressed to his two young daughters, it contains investment and lifestyle advice suitable for many. (Full disclosure: I met Jim Rogers for the first time in 1981, and have been in touch with ... more
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AKES Head terminated
Region: PakistanCHITRAL: The general manager of Aga Khan Education Service (AKES) Chitral, Mr Zufran Shah, was removed from the post on the charge of misuse of authority and poor performance of the schools in the district, sources in the organization told Chitral Today here. They said a high-level team of the AKES Pakistan had conducted a survey of the schools in the valley and found the standard... more
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