Time To Cash In On The Xbox
The News Review:
- Time To Cash In On The Xbox
- Mom’s in the House, With Kids at Home
- COMMENT: Beckham has support to make MLS work
- Today’s Letters: Great family living in that ‘huge house’
- Moreau Dashes French Hopes at Tour
- Nigeria: Entrepreneur With Eye On History
- Assembly ministers go quiet on holiday selections
Time To Cash In On The Xbox
Forbes – Jul 19, 2007
Nevertheless, Microsoft’s moment may finally have arrived, thanks to the latest edition of its home-grown hit, “Halo 3. ” The Xbox-only game, due for release at the end of September, is expected to tip the Xbox effort into the black for the fiscal year that began July 1. The title is the closest thing Microsoft has to the iPhone: a product with an enormous following of fanatical customers. As a result, investors will be watching Microsoft’s results for any hint that it will slash the price of its console to keep ahead of a $100 price cut by Sony (nyse:.
Mom’s in the House, With Kids at Home
Washington Post – Jul 19, 2007
Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark. ), whose twin boys are 11. "I’m not professing that my colleagues with grown children are any less compassionate. They’re just not going through it. "Often, motherhood colors the legislation they propose. Wasserman Schultz has introduced a bill to improve swimming pool safety, because accidental drownings account for the second-highest number of injury-related deaths of children under 14.
COMMENT: Beckham has support to make MLS work
Colorado Springs Gazette – Jul 19, 2007
Midfielder Dwayne De Rosario danced through the Celtic defense all night, and Shalrie Joseph played a tough, at times borderline brutish, brand of defense. Landon Donovan, the longtime face of the MLS, ranks as Beckham’s most important sidekick in the quest to sell soccer to the masses. Donovan, unlike Angel, De Rosario or Joseph, is a home-grown American product. He’s blazing fast and, when he’s in the mood, towers as a world-class attacker. He was in his motivated mode Thursday, which was nice to see, partially because it’s so rare. He’ll soon join with Beckham as Los Angeles Galaxy teammates. Together, they could become a fantastic duo.
Today’s Letters: Great family living in that ‘huge house’
St. Petersburg Times – Jul 19, 2007
I encourage the residents of Aripeka to open their doors to their new neighbors. They will be delightfully surprised to find four well-behaved young adults with two caring parents, and two very proud grandparents. Bring them over a plate of cookies, a fresh catch or some home-grown vegetables and you'll not be disappointed. DeLuca, DMD, Spring Hill Re: Support troops with kind acts July 17, letterWhat a show of troop support What a beautiful thought Tony and Anne Cuomo acted upon when they saw a young soldier eating alone at Tampa International Airport and asked if they could pay for his dinner. It brought tears to my eyes. Many of us continue on our merry way and take for granted what all the military has done and is doing for us.
Moreau Dashes French Hopes at Tour
Bay News 9 – Jul 19, 2007
Count Christophe Moreau among the former and Robert Hunter among the latter. Moreau had made the French believe that they might get a new home-grown winner at the Tour de France. But that hope was dealt a serious setback in Thursday’s 11th stage, when Moreau was dropped behind by a pack that was speeding like a runaway train and led by stage winner Robert Hunter of South Africa. Overall leader Michael Rasmussen of Denmark kept up with the pack and his advantage didn’t change against his main rivals _ except Moreau, who dropped to 14th place from sixth and whose deficit nearly doubled, to 6 minutes, 38 seconds. “I think he definitely lost his chance of winning the Tour today,” Rasmussen said of Moreau, almost gleeful over having one less challenger. Hunter became the first South African to win a stage at the Tour, winning Thursday’s sprint finish after the 113.
Nigeria: Entrepreneur With Eye On History
AllAfrica.com – Jul 19, 2007
He has at the least, an unblemished 20 years plus record of posting only profits and more, the pioneering of multiple business processes, products and innovations in Nigeria to show for it. Few other Nigerian or indeed African entrepreneurs can match his records. Seated at his water-front office complex at Edo House, Victoria Island, Odonghanro is a reporters delight. When serious issues of innovative entrepreneurship are tabled, the least attention is paid to how rich any body, the least of all, the entrepreneur is. Being rich or not is not a matter of any interest, save for starters and amateurs. Big name players like Richard Branson (of Virgin Atlantic), are in the game as scientists and poets are in theirs too… With 8 years of democracy and the irreversible opening and privatization of the economy, a number of things will happen. Some of those will be the steady and increasing influx of foreign direct investors, who will seek residences in Nigeria; expatriate expertise and the diaspora Nigerians who will also be returning home, ready for suitable condominiums. And to this, the increasing bulge of new home-grown Nigerians who will plug into these new opportunities and become rich and middle class themselves. For all these profile of new players with a taste for international best practices, and benchmarks and products, there will come a need for condominium and accommodations to match. It is this near future that Odonghanro articulates and is helping to pull off today. Fair Bond group with captive interest in only prime locations is setting up international style and serviced condominiums, duplexes and whole estates to match the future of Nigeria as an international business destination for these emergent players. Already sprawling and extensive properties have been acquired in select areas of Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki, for new or re-developments.
Assembly ministers go quiet on holiday selections
Belfast Telegraph – Jul 19, 2007
The fact that veteran Labour politician Margaret Beckett invariably opted for caravan breaks with her husband endeared her to many. Tony Blair, on the other hand, received some stick for using the luxury homes of Cliff Richard and the Bee Gee’s Robin Gibb. Disclosure of Ministers’ holiday plans can also raise legitimate questions about the extent to which they should be supporting the home-grown tourism industry. Northern Ireland’s Tourism Minister Nigel Dodds was one of those who declined to give any details of his intentions. More articles in Politics.