November 9, 2019 Rare 1856 Double Eagle gold coin sells for US$345,000 in California Tuesday, October 5, 2010 An exceptionally rare coin, which had been hidden in a family collection for over a century, sold at Heritage Auction…
November 9, 2019 Market maker Bernard L. Madoff arrested in $50B ‘giant Ponzi scheme’ Correction — January 10, 2009 This article incorrectly states that Mr Madoff attended Hofstra University Law School. His education was actually with Hofstra College, which…
November 9, 2019 Google launches Google Spreadsheets Tuesday, June 6, 2006 Google has launched an online spreadsheet site, in a private beta. The site will allow spreadsheets to be shared between…
November 9, 2019 Nokia appoints Microsoft Business Division Head as chief executive Sunday, September 12, 2010 The Finnish communications corporation Nokia announced that its Head will change on September 21. The previous chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo…
November 5, 2019 Navy helping New Orleans pets Saturday, September 17, 2005 The Spanish word “tortuga” means “turtle.” But in the wake of the New Orleans disaster, the USS Tortuga is helping…
October 30, 2019 French fishermen blockade Channel ports Tuesday, April 14, 2009 French fishing vessels have blockaded the English Channel ports of Calais, Bolougne, and Dunkirk. Not a boat will go in…
October 30, 2019 Space Shuttle Discovery launch scheduled for Tuesday Saturday, July 23, 2005 NASA has announced that the Space Shuttle Discovery is due to blast off on Tuesday 26 July at 10.39 am…
October 18, 2019 Sony refreshes VAIO brand for business and entertainment Thursday, July 31, 2008 From the middle of July, Sony Corporation refreshed their senior laptop brand VAIO from “Video Audio Integrated Operation” to “Visual…
October 18, 2019 Million Dollar Homepage is close to achieving million-dollar goal Friday, December 30, 2005 Alex Tew, a student in England, has almost reached his target of one million dollars on his website: Million Dollar…
October 18, 2019 HMV Canada to finally sell iPods, to avoid fate of Sam’s, Music World Friday, December 7, 2007 Many of record store HMV‘s Canadian locations have started to stock iPod portable music players, in a move to stay…