A Test of Blackstreet's Strategy (Washington Post)Executives of Blackstreet Capital Management, a Bethesda private-equity firm, are constantly tossing around pithy investment philosophies. One saying is, "If we can't fix it in 12 to 24 months, we probably can't fix it." (From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:02:07 GMT)
A cycle of life and death (Miami Herald)The Eid al Fitr has come for all Muslims, Sunni and Shiite, in Iraq. The holiday, when Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting when Muslims believe the holy book of the Quran was revealed to the prophet Mohammed, was once again marked with revelry and tragedy.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:48:26 GMT)
Using A Fan Linked To Lower Risk Of SIDS (CBS4 Miami)It's a silent killer many parents fear most. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome kills thousands of babies in the U.S. every year. But now researchers in California are offering parents another way to reduce the risk of SIDS and it's as simple as turning on a fan. (From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:49:01 GMT)
Man named 'Smoot' now a measurement of 5 feet, 7 inches (Sun Newspapers)CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- The father of a measurement known as the "Smoot" returned Saturday to be honored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school where he and his fraternity brothers invented it 50 years ago.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:50:21 GMT)
NASA spacecraft zooms above surface of Mercury (Reuters via Yahoo! News) A car-sized NASA spacecraft zoomed above the surface of Mercury on Monday, viewing rocky terrain never before seen up close on our solar system's sun-baked innermost planet, scientists said.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:20:50 GMT)
EBay cutting 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of work force (AP via Yahoo! News) After a series of changes designed to draw more people to its online marketplace, eBay Inc.'s latest alteration is aimed at its own employees. The auction site operator said Monday it will cut about 1,600 jobs, 10 percent of its work force, in its largest round of dismissals ever.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:19:47 GMT)
Fuld Blames Lehman's Fall on Rumors, `Storm of Fear' (Update2) (Bloomberg)Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Fuld , the chief executive officer of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., said the investment bank was felled by rumors, out-of-date rules and slow reactions by regulators that fueled a ``storm of fear'' on Wall Street.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:44:32 GMT)