Archive for November, 2008
MANILA, Philippines—More than a year after his break-up with Rachelle Ann Go, singer-actor Christian Bautista says he’s still unattached, but happy.
India’s automakers rev up for run at U.S. car market (The Toledo Blade)
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
First of three parts MUMBAI, India — Yet another challenge is facing the U.S. auto industry. And this time, it isn’t coming from Japan, South Korea, or Germany — or the meltdown of the economy. In the next few years, Indian automakers and parts suppliers, long outcasts because of lackluster innovation and stagnant technology, have ambitious plans to sell cars to American consumers and peddle ...
A cultural lesson, courtesy of Hittites (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Published: Sunday, November 30, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 12:14 a.m. There are no more Hittites. This utter lack of Hittites sprang to mind last week when Bob Jones University apologized for a policy that, up until 2000, forbid interracial dating.
Pat Steger: Muffie’s Diary (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Dear Diary: Today I have a lot to be thankful for, especially December. So far I have invitations for every night except Dec. 13 (I have a lunch invitation that day) and Dec. 24 (there's still time). Thanks, too, for the Divine New Man I met three weeks ago...
In news, half-price mansions, new crackdown in Spain and Asian funds hoard cash
Sunday, November 30th, 2008
In news, half-price mansions, new crackdown in Spain and Asian funds hoard cash Posted by Kevin Brass in Asia real estate, UK real estate, Spain real estate, General Leave a Comment Headlines from the world of property: U.S.: Sand castles—half-price mansions From Malibu to Manhattan, would-be buyers of $5 million-and-up properties are pulling out of pending deals, sending prices plummeting. From Barron’s. Spanish authorities get tough on illegal properties in Andalusia The Spanish authori
