Archive for June, 2009
Spanish Nationals
… Rubén Plaza . The Liberty Seguros rider captured the Spanish National Champion’s jersey (in the Elite Men’s RR) as he was quicker than his rivals in the climb to the finish line – situated at El Soplao, in the Cantabria region of Northern Spain.
Read More..>>Wimbledon-French Open final repeat up next for Federer (Nine O’Clock)
LONDON – Roger Federer will have happy memories of his last encounter with Swede Robin Soderling at Roland Garros and will be hoping for a similar outcome when he opens the play on Wimbledon’s Centre Court today.
Read More..>>Matthaeus turns down job with Hungary’s FC Fehervar (The Star)
BUDAPEST: German football great Lothar Matthaeus will not become the head coach of Hungarian side FC Feher var after talks between the parties broke down, the club announced on Saturday.
Read More..>>Jackson is the king of media; sales soar after his death (USA Today)
In life, Michael Jackson was the king of pop. In death, he also reigns as the king of on-line retailing and radio airplay.
Read More..>>E-Quipped: Web site design is a phrase with two meanings (Wausau Daily Herald)
Using the word design is somewhat ambiguous in Web site development. Theres the design as it relates to the structure of the information presented and design in terms of look and feel of the site — the graphic presentation of the user interface. This week we focus on the design behind the design — the information architecture — that is the Web site skeleton.
Read More..>>Marketing firm taps Marietta resident for director position (Marietta Daily Journal)
MARIETTA – Ignition Inc., an Atlanta marketing agency behind some of the world’s most ambitious live events, has appointed Marietta resident Thatcher Young as one of the industry’s first sustainability director.
Read More..>>Teacher of the year still excited after two decades on job (The Beach Reporter)
It doesn’t take mass quantities of coffee and energy drinks to get Manhattan Beach Unified School District’s Teacher of the Year Shannon Vaughan excited about her job at Mira Costa High School.
Read More..>>Paris 66 bistro is ‘100 percent French,’ down to the clock (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
For 15 years, Fred Rongier wanted to bring Paris to Pittsburgh in the form of affordable, authentic French cuisine — so much so that he had the name of his future restaurant, “Paris 66.”
Read More..>>Vattenfall May Sell German Utility Stakes This Year, CEO Says (Bloomberg)
‘It could be this year, but we want to do a professional job,’ Josefsson said yesterday in an interview in Berlin. ‘We’re talking to several interested parties.’ He didn’t name the assets, or say how much the minority stakes will fetch.
Read More..>>Retailer Boosts Online Sales with Specialty Emails, Social Media (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
INDIANAPOLIS—-Powell’s Books, one of the nation’s largest booksellers, is boosting online sales with a new email campaign that delivers book recommendations based on customer’s favorite topics.
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