Toyota shareholders expected to elect 1st non-Japanese to board (The San Francisco Examiner)
LOS ANGELES ( Map , News ) - Jim Press, a soft-spoken executive who has risen to the top ranks of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp., is expected to be approved by shareholders Friday as the first non-Japanese member of the company's board of directors....more...American first-rounders could break 2006 record (USA Today)
A record 10 Americans went in the first round of the 2006 draft, and there appears to be an outside chance of matching or bettering that mark at the NHL draft Friday and Saturday in Columbus, Ohio. At least seven Americans will be taken in the first 30 picks, and four to six others have fair to outside chances of sneaking into the first round. This draft is considered wide open after the first 15 ......more... International map of rheumatoid arthritis (News-Medical-Net)
In the first international map of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spanning Europe and beyond, significant national differences in RA severity can be directly traced to national economics, most notably health expenditure, as exposed by data from the QUEST-RA Study presented at EULAR 2007, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, Barcelona, Spain....more... SeedQuest - Central information website for the global seed industry (SeedQuest)
Unusually wet weather is causing scab, or _Fusarium_ head blight, to show up in south central and eastern Nebraska wheat fields, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) specialists say....more... From REALity to the surreal? (The Electric New Paper)
UP UNTIL now, David Beckham's idea of a tough road trip has been a visit to Ukraine to play Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League. That is going to change very quickly....more... Find It! (The Charlotte Observer)
Do you recognize this map segment? Tell us what state it's in, and you could win a free copy of "1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die," by Patricia Schultz ($19.95, Workman). MAIL IT! Find It!, Travel Section, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308. Or fax your answer to 704-358-5036. Either way, we need your note by Wednesday; include name and ......more... Summer Sizzles on Fox Sports en Espanol with Spanish-Language Coverage of Copa America and U-20 FIFA World Cup 2007 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----Fox Sports en Espanol announced today it will offer Spanish-language television and online coverage of this year's Copa America from Venezuela, as well as exclusive Spanish-language telecasts of 34 matches from the U-20 FIFA World Cup 2007 in Canada....more... A Gis-Based Approach to Watershed Classification for Nebraska Reservoirs1 (RedNova)
By Bulley, Henry N N Merchant, James W; Marx, David B; Holz, John C; Holz, Aris A ABSTRACT: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is charged with establishing standards and criteria for assessing lake water quality....more... FastBooking announces the launch of Only-Recommended-Hotels.com. (Hospitality Net)
FastBooking ? the expert for Internet hotel booking solutions ? is today launching Only-Recommended-Hotels.com, a hotel booking website which brings together a selection of the best rated hotels by internet users....more... |