'Wazzock': British media hammer Romney on Olympic comments

(Charles Dharapak/AP)

LONDON?On day three of his overseas tour, Mitt Romney woke up to unfriendly headlines from the British media, which continue to trash him for telling NBC News that he found preparations for the Olympics here "disconcerting."

"Mitt the Twit," declared The Sun tabloid, condemning Romney as a "wannabe president."

The Independent headlined its take on Romney's trip "Romneyshambles"?accusing him of not only committing a diplomatic gaffe but later "the cardinal sin of U.S. politics, flip-flopping" on his criticism.

The Daily Telegraph suggested Romney's "Olympic gaffe" had overshadowed his trip to London.

Meanwhile, the conservative Daily Mail slammed Romney as "devoid of charm, offensive and a wazzock."

Romney's comments led newscasts on both Sky News and the BBC on Thursday night and early Friday morning, just hours ahead of the Olympic opening ceremonies here.

"Is this guy really prepared to be president?" one Sky News reporter asked in his Thursday night report about Romney's day in London. The reporter trashed the GOP candidate's comments as "just daft."

Romney has repeatedly tried to dial back his criticism, first in a news conference Thursday outside No. 10 Downing Street, where he had met with British Prime Minister David Cameron, who had been publicly critical of Romney's remarks earlier in the day.

[Get more updates from Romney's overseas trip by following @hollybdc on Twitter]

In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan Thursday night, Romney again tried to contain the controversy, telling the CNN host he believes the London games will be successful.

"It's great. It's absolutely fabulous," Romney said of being in London for the games. "You know I'd never been to an Olympics before I was given the Olympic job. I mean I've done the same thing everybody else did. I watched the games on TV. But to actually be here and to experience not just the athletes but also the volunteers who are working hard and excited, and then the whole community comes together. ? It's fabulous."

Citing the "enthusiasm" of the people in London, Romney added, "I think you are going to see terrific games that will be long time in our memories."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/british-media-hammer-romney-olympic-comments-103800909.html

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Ousted China politician's wife charged with murder

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Gu Kailai is the wife of China's former Chongqing Municipality Communist Party Secretary, Bo Xilai.

By NBC News' Edmund Flanagan, Eric Baculinao, Joy Le and wire services

BEIJING -- The wife of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai and a family aide have been charged with the murder of a British businessman, the government said Thursday, pushing ahead a case at the center of a messy political scandal that exposed divisions in the country's leadership.

The official Xinhua News Agency reported that the prosecutor's indictment said Bo's wife, Gu Kailai, had a falling out with Briton Neil Heywood over money and worried that it would threaten her and their son's safety. Gu and the aide, Zhang Xiaojun, are alleged to have poisoned Heywood together, the report said. Heywood's death in November was attributed initially to a heart attack or excessive drinking.


"The facts of the two defendants' crime are clear, and the evidence is irrefutable and substantial. Therefore, the two defendants should be charged with intentional homicide," Xinhua said.

It did not give a date for the trial, but a family lawyer told Reuters it was likely to take place on August 7-8.

Thursday's brief report is the first official news that the case against Gu is proceeding since the announcement three months ago that she and Zhang were being investigated and that Bo was being suspended from the powerful Politburo for unspecified discipline violations. The Xinhua report did not mention Bo's case or a separate party investigation into Bo.

Prosecutors have interrogated Bo and Zhang and have "heard the opinions" of their defense lawyers, Xinhua said.

The scandal has exposed the bare-knuckled infighting that the secretive leadership prefers to hide and affirmed an already skeptical public's dim view about corrupt dealings in the party.

City divided by disgraced Communist leader's legacy

Disappeared from public view
Since Bo was dismissed in March, he and his wife Gu, formerly a powerful lawyer, have disappeared from public view and have not responded publicly to the accusations against them.

The charges were filed in the eastern city of Hefei, Xinhua said Thursday. It did not say when exactly the indictment was issued or when the crime occurred and why the case is being prosecuted in Hefei and not in Chongqing, the city Bo ran as Communist party secretary and where the couple lived.

But according to?Si Weijiang, a prominent lawyer in China who is followed by 170,000 people on his microblog,?Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui Province, was selected due to its political reliability.

Wang Shengjun, who is the chief justice of China's Supreme People?s Court, is from Anhui and the province has, according to Si, built a reputation of being politically reliable and harsh on defendants.

"The case being filed at Hefei, will set Chief Justice Wang's mind at ease," Si wrote Thursday.

Scandal sends China's netizens into a feeding frenzy

In another post, Si noted the intense political ramifications of this case.

"This is a political case. No accidents is success. So it [the court] must be a place that can be trusted," he wrote.

But Fang Hong, a Chongqing resident featured in a piece by NBC News in May,?hailed the prosecution move as a "vindication of my criticism" of Bo's rule.

"They tried to destroy the rule of law so as to make it convenient for them to murder people, and now they will get what they deserve," he told NBC News.

"This case is being handled according to the law," he said, adding that "some people with limited understanding wrongly think it is a political striuggle, but it is not. ...?What the law says is what they will get."

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British businessman Neil Heywood, who died in November 2011, was a long-time friend of Bo Xilai and Gu Kailai.

Political ascent stopped
Thursday's announcement comes months before the ruling Communist Party unveils a new top leadership.

Before his ouster, Bo was one of China's most powerful and charismatic politicians. The son of a revolutionary veteran, Bo was seen as a leading candidate for a position in the Politburo Standing Committee, the highest ranks of power, when a younger group of leaders is installed later this year.

Son of sacked Chinese official fights back

On his rise, Bo led high-profile campaigns to bust organized crime and to promote communist culture. In doing so, however, his administration ran roughshod over civil liberties, angered some leaders and alienated others with his publicity seeking.

The removal of Bo has triggered rifts and uncertainty, disrupting the Communist Party's usually secretive and carefully choreographed process of settling on a new central leadership in the run up to its 18th congress.

Left-wing supporters of the charismatic Bo have defended him as the instigator of a much-needed new path for China, and many of them see him as the blameless victim of a plot.

Behind the Wall: Full NBC News coverage from China

The 18th Party Congress, scheduled to be held late this year, will appoint that leadership. President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao will then step down from their government posts at the National People's Congress in early 2013, when Vice President Xi Jinping is likely to succeed Hu as president.

Growing credibility gap
Analysts here agree that the legal steps announced Thursday are part of the authorities' effort to dispose of the case and remove a major distraction before the once-in-a-decade leadership succession later this year.

However, this week has been a week of disruptions that have kept government propaganda officials and censors busy.

Full international news coverage from NBCNews.com

Besides the ongoing saga of Bo, Beijing this past weekend dealt with the worst flooding in nearly six decades. Just as news of Gu?s charges came out, word also broke that the death count from the flooding, which previously had stood at 37, had been bumped up to at least 77.

The news also came on the eve of the 2012 Olympics in London, where China hopes again to top the tables in gold medals.

Still, the government was not taking any chances: the comments section on the official Weibo account of popular Chinese state newspaper, People's Daily, was turned off for the post regarding Gu's murder charges.

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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(Student) Gentletude Design Award 2012 | All Art Competitions


Deadline: 9 November 2012

105 days, 6 hours, 39 minutes and 25 seconds

Contest?s website:http://www.gentletude.com/?page_id=2628
Open too
: International Student at University Level or Graduate (studied? Italy, England, Switzerland, USA, Singapore, Argentina, Japan.)

Fees: -

Prizes:

1 International winner:
? 1,000 Euro per student or team (up to four members)
? Gentletude Award Certificate

2 International runners-up:
? 500 Euro for each
? Gentletude Award Certificate

10 international finalists:
? Gentletude Award Certificate

About:

The Gentletude Design Award is an international award for typhographic design students. The Award is run by the NGO Gentletude, a not-for-profit organization founded by Cristina Milani. The award aims is to encourage a new generation of designers to be creative and consider a term known but often not used: kindness.

Using the alphabet to create a message, students are asked to elaborate on a message inspired by the term ?gentletude? and including the words ?Kindness? and ?Attitudes?.

To Enter and for additional information go to: http://www.gentletude.com/?page_id=2628


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Six Steps to Have an Effective Online Press ... - Business 2 Community

Does your company?s web site work for the press and analysts that visit?

How much time and money does your company spend to promote your web site, your business, your services, technologies and products to the media ? magazines, blogs and industry trades?

It is all wasted if you don?t have an easy to find and easy to use pressroom or press page.

What happens when an editor arrives at your company?s web site and tries to find information? Can they easily find what they need or instead, do they click off, instead visiting one of your competitors to get the info they need?

I have been involved with press and media relations for over 25 years ? wearing both hats, and have seen and experienced far too many sites that did not work and were extremely frustrating.

Your Press Room site should be an important component of your PR, sales and marketing plans.

Your Press Room is open and working for you 24/7. Editors and writers often work late at night, on the weekends and holidays when your PR and marketing teams are not available. Your web site and its pressroom have to be able to provide all the info needed.


So what are the Top Six Steps to Have an Effective Online Press Room?

Make Your Press Room Easy to Find ? It seems obvious but many company?s hide their news and press release. Even worse, some companies don?t even post the news releases at all. I don?t get it.

If you want to get covered by the industry press, it is essential to make your info easy to find. Good web site designs are easy to navigate. Don?t hide your press page or Press Room. If possible, put a link to it from the front page ? labeling it as News, Press or even Press Room. Many companies hide it one layer down under the company info or ?more about us? tabs. That?s not as good but is Ok.

You don?t want to hide the Press Room info four or five clicks away. Make sure it is listed on your web site map. In addition, for good SEO results, make the page name and file name logical.

Don?t use odd symbols, letters and numbers in the file name or page title. Use a filename and a page title that makes sense like www.yourdomain.com/pressroom and ?Press Information? or ?Our News?!

Your web site designer or website management software may give you grief but a simple, descriptive title and file name is always best.

Press Release Index ? Obviously you want to include links to your press releases and announcements. However, make sure the list is up to date. I have worked for companies where the last three or four months of press releases had not yet been posted. Leave the dates on the releases so that a visiting writer has an idea of how fresh your news is.

Don?t require an editor to fill out a contact form to retrieve your press releases. Not only does an editor not have the time for that, they will probably just give you a fake name and phone number anyhow.

I have heard marketing folk justify not posting the releases because they don?t want the competition having access to their press releases. If you have distributed the press releases and got some coverage, (which is the whole point of PR!), those releases and info should be available on the web anyhow.

Don?t post your press releases only as locked PDFs. Editors and writers need to be to easily cut and past from your press releases, data sheets and other online documents. Post them as straight text on the web page. You can provide a pdf download as well but don?t force editors to download a pdf before they can read it. They have to be able to read it online.

In the same vein, do not convert your text content into jpgs and images. Instead, make it easy for the press to access and ?borrow? your content in order to promote your products and services. Not only does it make it easier for writers, it also makes your site a lot more search friendly, which means better search results. Plus text is easily searchable while images are not.

Finally, you may have heard of the ?Long Tail? as applied to products.

This applies to press releases as well. Unless there is a compelling reason to remove them, keep all your old press releases up on your site and available via a press release archive. Also, as another reason to keep those old releases online, the more press releases ? the more valuable content on your web site ? the better SEO you will get for your site.

And, if you have changed PR companies or PR contacts over the years, make sure that the PR contact information on the old press releases is current.

PR Contacts

You HAVE to have PR contact info. It should be easily found on your Press Room page. If you operate in various regions, i.e. ? US, EMEA, APAC, then list the press contacts for each area. If possible, list local phone numbers for each region. If your organization is very large with many divisions and product areas, you may want to have a separate PR contact page to make it easy for a writer to find the appropriate contact.

This is important. Make sure that there is someone available to answer the emails or to pick up the phone for the press contact. A quick response to an inquiry is essential.

I have seen tech companies that list a press contact email or phone number which goes to a digital box somewhere that only gets checked once every other week or so. For good PR, you need to be responsive. If an editor or writer calls, you should be able to get back to them within 24 hours or less.

And, if the editor asks for some info or a document that is NOT readily available, respond back, confirm that you got the inquiry and tell them that you are working on it. Don?t leave them wondering if anyone is at home. This is especially important for companies that use a pr@domain.com address on their web site.

As part of the contact area, and maybe on other pages as well, provide a RSS link and News Links so that the editors can sign up and get automatic updates to the press room and/or to recent press releases. Also provide a Public Relations List contact form to enable editors, writers, analysts to easily sign up to receive updates and new press releases.

The Quality Claims Management press release is simple and clean ? makes it easy to find recent press releases

A good example is the Quality Claims Management web site at http://www.qualityclaims.com. Simple in design, the link to the News & Resources page is on the top of their home page. The press page includes a list of recent press releases as well as links to various news articles, videos and regulatory updates. Especially effective is the Links for Editors button that provides short background, the press contact, executive bios, and downloadable photos and logos.

Photos, Images and Video

Editors and writers love photos and images.

Why do so many tech web sites make it so difficult to find and download product images and charts to use in an article?

If your press releases are product oriented, include a small thumbnail that links to a choice of product images of various sizes and angles. Have small gifs or jpgs for web and blog use. Have a large 300 dpi image for print purposes. If you have copyright worries, embed a small logo in the image.

You may also want to create and maintain a standalone image library that includes company logos, company execs and managers, graphics and charts, in addition to product shots. Most tech editors prefer standalone shots of the product ? without a person holding it or using it.

Video is also becoming very important. If you are using video in your PR and marketing mix, post a small thumbnail with a good description with a link to the video. You can simply link to your video posted at YouTube or you can create and use a customized player that preserves your company?s look and feel.

Your video library can include webinars, podcasts, product demonstrations and b-roll, presentations and management speeches, and even commercials for your product. The writer might want to watch a commercial or a how to install it video. You never know.

Despite big budgets, many big companies often have poor news and press pages. However, the Microsoft site is exceptionally well designed and maintained. Notice the list on the right side ? Press Contacts, Press Releases, facts about Microsoft, Image gallery, etc. Everything a reporter could want.

Background Information about Your Company and Products

Your press room should also include links to white papers, company backgrounders and corporate information, organizational history, profiles of company leaders and management, a list of upcoming shows where the company will be exhibiting or is available for interviews, etc. If appropriate, include other technical documents, product descriptions, data sheets, etc. If you wish writers to try out, review and then write about your products and services, make it easy for them to find that info. Also include relevant user and reviewer guides for easy download.

If you want to position yourself as THE thought leader in your industry, your company should create and post articles, blogs, short columns, etc. about the latest trends, developments and standards that impact your industry sector. If you are in a highly technical space, you may want to create and post your own wiki or a definition of terms important to your industry.

Think how powerful it is when an editor cites your company as THE source for info about particular technology, product line or industry initiative?

You can also include a listing of various industry and standards organizations that your company belongs to, as well as awards and recognition

Press Clips and Press Coverage Page

As a PR professional and as a writer, I really like to see an archive of recent press coverage. As a PR pro, this vindicates the work done and demonstrates that the editorial community is picking up on the news.

These press coverage lists can also be very useful to sales guys in the field to use as marketing collateral. ?Check it out, XYZ Magazine is saying wonderful things about our company and solutions.? This helps the sales process. Your sales team will love you.

For writers and editors, the list of press coverage demonstrates that other members of the community recognize the value of your company and its products and technologies. The press coverage page should include news articles written by third party editors and journalists, press release coverage, as well as white papers and articles that have been written by company representatives and then posted in important trade magazines.

You don?t need to list every online publication that posted a copy a copy of your press release. Instead, spotlight the publications and writers that have written something over and above what was said in the original release.

When you post a press release to one of the wire services, it often gets picked up and posted by a number of sites, blogs and tweeters who simply copy it. You do not need to list each one of them. List the original wire URL and maybe one or two BIG NEWS sites that picked it up as well. Please do not copy a Google news search results list of press release pick ups to your online press room.

Make It All Work For You

By creating an easy to access and easy to use online press room, your business will be able to more effectively leverage the work done by your PR and media relations group, as well as provide a modern outward looking face to the press. Don?t have a mystery site that ignores the needs of the world?s journalists.

Keep the press room updated ? just don?t post the releases and press coverage and walk away. Make sure new press successes are added, new product information is uploaded and maybe most importantly, make sure that all editorial inquiries are handled promptly.

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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer to kick off campaign | Cancer ...


Posted: Friday, July 27, 2012 1:15 am


Making Strides Against Breast Cancer to kick off campaign

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The American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Crawfordsville is underway.

Volunteers and participants will gather at noon Wednesday at the Crawfordsville District Public Library for a kick off lunch to launch their fundraising efforts for the year.

To make a reservation for the kick-off lunch, call American Cancer Society Staff Partner Jill Voliva at 366-2945 or by email at jill.voliva@cancer.org.

At the kick off, breast cancer survivors and community members in Crawfordsville will unite to share their stories and celebrate the American Cancer Society?s 4th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event.

In 2011, approximately 4,760 cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in Indiana alone. One of every two women newly diagnosed with breast cancer turns to the American Cancer Society for help and support. The dollars raised at the event fund groundbreaking research to find, prevent, treat and cure breast cancer; ensure access to mammograms for women who need them; and provide free resources and support to the one in two newly diagnosed women who turn to the Society for help and support, including transportation and lodging during treatment.

?The progress we?re making because of Making Strides supporters is nothing short of remarkable,? said Dee Meagher, event chairperson. ?But now is not the time to rest. We have a lot of work to do to eliminate this disease. Finding a cure for breast cancer begins with those who participate in the walk and raise money for the cause.?

Since 1993, 8 million walkers have raised more than $460 million through Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. In 2011 alone, one million walkers across the country collected $60 million to save lives from breast cancer. This year, at 10 a.m. Oct. 27 at Wabash College, Crawfordsville residents will unite to honor and celebrate those impacted by breast cancer and raise money to save lives. The American Cancer Society encourages everyone to participate in this inspiring event to honor breast cancer survivors, raise awareness about the disease and help save lives.

The Society invests more in breast cancer research than in any other cancer type and has played a role in nearly every major breast cancer research breakthrough in recent history. For instance, society-funded research has led to the discovery of lifesaving breast cancer treatments, including Tamoxifen and Herceptin. In addition, the money raised through Making Strides Against Breast Cancer allows the American Cancer Society to ensure all women to have access to mammograms and treatments ? regardless of income ? and makes it possible to provide free programs and services that improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their families.

The Society is doing the most to help people with breast cancer today in every community and is working tirelessly to find cures to end the disease tomorrow, and is the only organization available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For more information about Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Crawfordsville, contact Voliva at 366-2945 or visit www.MakingStridesWalk.org/crawfordsvillein.

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How To Profit With Zeek Rewards | Internet and Email Marketing News

Zeek Rewards reps.: Are you committed to developing a gigantic business? If you are, dig into this article now.

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- Get the members of the list to know, like and trust you, and then market to them

It?s also important to establish a relationship with your prospects and stay tuned into their needs. This is an element that?s key but few actually do. Those that fail in their online activities never establish strong rapport with their audience. The way to get prospects to feel they know, like and trust you is to be very frequent in your communications Your content establishes you as the authority, and be sure to include a call to action at the end of *every* piece of content.

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A large number of network marketing product lines have multiple tiers. A typical setup looks like this:

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- You are poisoning your mindset by believing you don?t have what it takes (money, skill etc.) to play at the top. Because of this, you won?t have the drive and follow-through necessary to succeed.

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Indian Tribes Draft Online Gaming Bill

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After days of speculation, the Senate Indian Affairs Committee has revealed their initial draft of a bill that would make online Indian gaming legal in the United States.? Entitled the Tribal Online Gaming Act of 2012, the 49-page bill has not been officially introduced into the Senate but rather is currently a discussion draft.

The bill early on points out how that Indian gaming provides 40 percent of all gaming in the US and that any legalization of online poker at the federal level must have positive economic benefits to the tribes.? The act is intended to legalize tribal gaming only and is not a total federal solution.

One interesting note is that the bill names the Secretary of Commerce as the one that will be in charge of overseeing and regulating tribal gaming and an Office of Tribal Online Gaming will be setup to help with regulation.

Section 6 of the bill deals with the issuing of tribal gaming licenses. ?Per the bill, the Secretary of Commerce will be able to issue licenses to individual tribes, consortium of tribes, and partnerships between consortium?s or tribes and non-tribal entities.? Any tribe that has not opted out can apply for a license and the tribes can only offer games within the United States and to people located within the US.

The bill also addresses they typical matters you would expect of any online gaming bill such as defining who services can be offered to and penalties that tribes can receive should they act improperly after being licensed.? Those penalties range from fines up to license revocation.? In addition, the bill also spells out that the revenues from online gaming may not be tax and the revenues may only be used for tribal government functions.

This bill will not supersede or replace any agreements that tribes currently have and it will not prevent them from making future compacts with states.? Applications fees were not revealed in the bill but it was stated that the Secretary of Commerce will determine those fees.? In addition, a revenue sharing clause has been created in the bill that will see 1% of revenues by tribes deposited into an account with the Department of Treasury and on October 1st of each year, that money will be distributed to tribes that choose to opt-out of the bill.

As stated earlier, this bill is currently in discussion draft phase only.? It will likely go through multiple revisions before a final bill is submitted or voted upon, but it is definitely a great first step for tribes in their quest for fair access to online gaming in the United States.

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Source: http://www.legalpokersites.com/blog/indian-tribes-draft-online-gaming-bill/

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Limo vehicle financing expert Don Coolbaugh of Advantage Funding is offering operators an affordable way to get Lincoln MKT Town Car sedans and stretch limousines.

Limo vehicle financing expert Don Coolbaugh of Advantage Funding is offering operators an affordable way to get Lincoln MKT Town Car sedans and stretch limousines.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. ? Advantage Funding announced recently that it has established a walk-away lease program for the 2013 Lincoln MKT limousine and sedan.? The goal of Advantage?s program is to provide operators with a low cost low risk option to lease the MKT.

Advantage created the program in response to requests from limousine operators, said said Donald J. Coolbaugh, Advantage Funding?s vice president of sales. ?Many good operators have come to us and said they cannot afford the high finance payments of the new MKT and MKT limousine. Our walk-away lease puts payments in their price range and complements current payments the industry has become accustomed to.?? ?

Leasing, as opposed to financing, allows the operator to use the vehicle for a certain period of time and only pay for a portion of its cost. ?That?s why the payments are going to be much lower than finance payments,? Coolbaugh said.?? ?

The Advantage Funding walk-away lease also offers the option to prepay the lease without penalty and to purchase the vehicle at the end of the lease term. Provided an operator has a good payment history, Advantage will offer end of term financing to qualified buyers. ?

As with any lease, the Advantage Funding walk-away lease has certain usage and mileage restrictions. Interested operators should contact Coolbaugh at (866) 392-1300 ext. 375 to discuss this program in more detail.

If an operator is reluctant to purchase a new MKT limousine because of its cost, the Advantage Funding walk-away MKT limousine and sedan lease offers a short term commitment with an affordable monthly payment.

Advantage Funding is a non-captive finance and leasing company to the U.S. ground transportation industry.? It is a subsidiary of Marubeni America Corp., the multibillion multinational general Japanese trading company.

Source: Advantage Funding

Source: http://www.lctmag.com/vehicles/news/41497/operators-get-low-cost-lincoln-mkt-financing-option

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Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, ?Dow Jones reported, the British government earlier this week analysis pointed out that Greece declared bankrupt on the 20th of next month at the earliest.

According to the British ?Daily Telegraph? reported that, Greece needs less than a month, amounting to billions of euros of government bonds refinancing and need international assistance to repay the debt, but the new sum of assistance payments issuing period, the Greek situation precarious.

cut debt determination to show Samaras, Greek Prime Minister announced on the 25th will be sold to the continuous loss of state-owned ATE Bank, and appointed the banker Amy Rees Chairman of the Privatization Agency to take over the sale because of dissatisfaction with government assets at last week?s resignation of Mitropoulos.

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Two charged in Sudan protest 'terrorist' case

Two alleged anti-regime activists in Sudan face up to 10 years in prison after a judge charged them Wednesday in a terrorism-linked conspiracy over Arab Spring-style discontent sparked by inflation.

Rudwan Daud, a resident of the United States, and Ahmed Ali each face several accusations but the most serious is involvement with a terrorist or criminal organisation, their lawyer Khaled Awad said outside the court.

Journalists were not allowed to enter the hearing room, an AFP reporter said.

The lawyer said Daud and Ali could be jailed for between five and 10 years if convicted on the most serious charge.

Daud is an activist with Girifna ("We are fed up"), a non-violent youth movement which, like its counterparts in Syria and elsewhere, has used Twitter and other social media to spread its anti-government message and support street protests.

The US State Department said Daud has legal residency in the US but is not a citizen.

On June 16 at the University of Khartoum, students began protesting against high food prices, beginning the longest-running public challenge to the 23-year regime of President Omar al-Bashir.

After Bashir announced austerity measures, including tax hikes and an end to cheap fuel, scattered demonstrations calling for the government's downfall spread around the capital and to other parts of Sudan.

Girifna said on its website that Daud was arrested at his house on July 3 after helping to organise a protest in his Khartoum-area neighbourhood.

A police officer testified that Daud and Ali were plotting violence against the state because they were found with written statements against the regime, old tyres and a bottle of fuel.

Burning tyres is a tactic of some protesters.

Ten other people, including Daud's father and brother, were freed for lack of evidence on Wednesday, lawyer Awad said.

Daud and Ali are to return to court on Sunday when the defence calls evidence.

Daud was escorted from court by more than 10 armed policemen but raised his cuffed hands to give a victory sign and nodded his head to acknowledge waiting supporters, an AFP journalist said.

Scores of peaceful protesters have been arrested in the demonstrations which have been repeatedly dispersed with excessive force, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said in a joint statement on July 11.

Many detainees were released after hours or days, but others have been held for longer and "several have reported harsh treatment, including beatings and sleep-deprivation," the watchdogs said.

A senior official in the ruling National Congress Party described the protests as ridiculously small, linked to opposition political parties and amounting to nothing like the Arab Spring revolts that began in December 2010 against authoritarian rulers in North Africa and the Middle East.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/two-charged-sudan-protest-terrorist-case-182538377.html

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