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OAP fails exams - for 38th year

An Indian pensioner has failed his high school exams for the 38th consecutive time - but vows to keep on trying.

Priceline.com Reports Financial Results for 2nd Quarter 2008

Gross travel bookings increase 71% year over year; International gross travel bookings grow 80%, Domestic gross travel bookings grow 59% NORWALK, Conn.--(Business Wire)-- Priceline.com Incorporated(R) (Nasdaq: PCLN) today reported its financial results for the 2nd quarter 2008. Gross travel bookings for the 2nd quarter, which refers to the total dollar value, inclusive of all taxes and fees, of all travel services purchased by consumers, rose 70.9% year-over-year to $2.1 billion. Priceline.com had GAAP revenues in the 2nd quarter of $514.0 million, a 44.4% increase over a year ago. The Company's international operations contributed revenues in the 2nd quarter of $164.5 million, an 82.0% increase versus a year ago. GAAP gross profit for the 2nd quarter was $253.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

Cassini's Primary Mission Ends, Two-Year Extension Begins

wooferhound points out recent news that the Cassini probe has completed its original four-year mission and is beginning a two-year extended mission, which was authorized earlier this year. Cassini's first mission brought us a treasure trove of information about Saturn and its various moons. The new mission will target two of those moons in particular for further study: Titan and Enceladus. Quoting: "The spacecraft is extremely healthy and carries 12 instruments powered by three radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Data from Cassini's nominal and extended missions could lay the groundwork for possible future missions to Saturn, Titan or Enceladus. [The two moons] are primary targets in the two-year extended mission, dubbed the Cassini Equinox Mission.

PGP Corporation Records Largest Single Quarter in Company's History; Achieves 24th Successive Quarter of Year Over Year Growth

PGP Corporation Records Largest Single Quarter in Company's History; Achieves 24th Successive Quarter of Year Over Year Growth

The area given to Small Press has not changed. With regard to Artists Alley this ...

The area given to Small Press has not changed. With regard to Artists Alley this year we are able to accommodate 210 artists, up 43 artists from last year when we had 167 spaces. And I should point out that the 167 was up 20 people from the year previous where we accommodated 147. And I will state emphatically that no publisher, or any exhibitor, for that matter, has been asked to reduce their booth size to make way for Hollywood. Or any other exhibitor. Each year the floor changes in configuration. Some exhibitors hope to expand their space, some exhibitors reduce their space and still others elect not to return for any number of reasons. This is true this year as well. When additional space becomes available, we try to accommodate requests of long time exhibitors while still keeping the floor dynamic by welcoming new exhibitors.

Priceline.com Bookings Up 70 Percent

Priceline.com reported that its gross travel bookings for the 2nd quarter, which refers to the total dollar value, inclusive of all taxes and fees, of all travel services purchased by consumers, rose 70.9 percent year-over-year to $2.1 billion. Priceline.com had GAAP revenues in the 2nd quarter of $514.0 million, a 44.4 percent increase over a year ago. The company's international operations contributed revenues in the 2nd quarter of $164.5 million, an 82.0 percent increase versus a year ago. GAAP gross profit for the 2nd quarter was $253.7 million, a 61.4 percent increase from the prior year. Priceline.com had GAAP net income for the 2nd quarter of $54.1 million or $1.08 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $34.6 million or $0.

Phoenix Lander, GLAST Give NASA a Good Year

The year 2008 has turned out to be a great year for NASA -- one of the best in its 40-plus year history. And the past couple of weeks have been especially impressive. Let's take a look at what NASA has accomplished.

The Year of 2007 Witnessed a Healthy Growth in Online Travel Booking Market in China, and the Market Size Amounted To CNY2.55 Billion, Up 65.4% Year-On-Year

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The Year of 2007 Witnessed a Healthy Growth in Online Travel Booking Market in China, and the Market Size Amounted To CNY2.55 Billion, Up 65.4% Year-On-Year

DUBLIN, Ireland - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ec2d77/china_online_touri) has announced the addition of the China Online Tourism Industry and Listed Tourism Companies, 2007-2008

The Year of 2007 Witnessed a Healthy Growth in Online Travel Booking Market in China, and the Market Size Amounted To CNY2.55 Billion, Up 65.4% Year-On-Year

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Hadrian exhibition: Historic year for British Museum as 6m make it favourite UK cultural attraction

The British Museum has had its most successful year since it started counting visitors - and probably since its foundation in 1753. In the financial year 2007-08, a record 6 million people came through the doors, including 35,000 who visited on a single day to celebrate the Chinese new year.

Canadian Solar signs 10-year supply deal with LDK

Canadian Solar Inc. said Monday it signed a a ten-year supply contract with solar wafer maker LDK Solar Co., strengthening a two-year-old tie between the companies as LDK ramps up production later this year.

Nearly 50,000 IT Jobs Lost In Past Year

snydeq writes "Employment statistics from the US Department of Labor show what most IT people have already realized: IT jobs are getting harder to come by. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 13,000 jobs in the information industry were cut in July, bringing the total to 44,000 year over year. An additional 5,000 jobs were lost in telecom this past month. The statistics reinforce a recent survey of top CIOs who indicated that they will be reducing their IT staff over the coming year. According to a staffing research firm, some jobs have gone to outsourcers, while other jobs are simply going away, either due to cost-oriented automation efforts or due to increasing the remaining staff's workload."

PS3 sales double year-on-year

Sony has announced its Q1 financial year 2008 results, which includes sales figures for its three gaming platforms for the three-month period ended June 30.

Filing S corporation status too late

I started a business this year and elected S corporation status too late. The IRS told me this year I will be taxed as a C corporation, but next year they will accept the S corporation status. I am expecting to have a loss of about $10,000 to $15,000 this year.

Amazon Earnings Call, Third Quarter 2005

Revenue grew 27% to $1.86 billion or 28% excluding the $7 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates. Worldwide unit growth was 28%. Third-party units, representing Marketplace and Merchandise units sold by Amazon sites, were 30% of total units, up from 28%. Gross profit grew 30% to $463 million. Marketing was $42 million, or 2.3% of sales, flat as a percentage of sales year-over-year.

2008 Underhanded C Contest Officially Open

Xcott Craver writes "The 2008 Underhanded C Contest has just opened. Every year, contestants are asked to write a simple, innocent, readable C program that appears to perform an innocent task — but implements some non-obvious evil behavior. This year's challenge: redact blocks from an image, but do it so that the excised pixels can somehow be retrieved. We also have listed the winners of last year's contest, which was to write a simple encryption utility that mysteriously and undetectably fails between 1 percent and 0.1 percent of the time. The winning entry is truly impressive." We discussed the first of these contests in 2005.

GFK ASIA REPORTS H1 TOTAL ASIA RETAIL SPEND ON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS REACHES US$ 11.5 BILLION

SINGAPORE, Aug. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Gfk Asia Releases 2008 Mid Year Pan Asian Retail CE Summary Showing Healthy Growth In Consumer Electronics Demand Across Asia Despite Reports Of A Gloomy Global Economic Climate GfK Asia releases its 2008 Mid Year Pan Asia Consumer Electronics Data Summary, highlighting the trends in the region's growing consumer electronics sector and showing a retail spend of approximately US$ 11.5 Billion dollars in the first half of 2008, which is an increase of 13% year on year. The report includes data from 13 countries* overall, covering the following products: television; DVD player recorder, and DVD portable; audio home system and home theatre system; camcorder; MP3 digital portable audio player and MP4 digital portable video player; car navigation; and, headphones.

Tandy Leather retail business is fairly solid in July

Tandy Leather Factory Inc reported that sales for the month of July were $4.2 million compared to $4.3 million in July 2007, down 2%. Year to date sales are down 3% at $31.4 million in the current year from $32.3 million last year. Tandy's UK store, which opened in mid-February, reported July sales of $89,000 and $326,000 year-to-date.

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. Reports July Sales Down 2% Against July 2007

FORT WORTH, Texas (Business Wire) -- Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX: TLF) reported today that sales for the month of July were $4.2 million compared to $4.3 million in July 2007, down 2%. Year to date sales are down 3% at $31.4 million in the current year from $32.3 million last year. Tandy's UK store, which opened in mid-February, reported July sales of $89,000 and $326,000 year-to-date.

Is It Test Prep... Or Is It A Copyright Violation?

The standardized testing business is a big business -- though many are extremely critical of it. However, given how many universities rely on standardized tests for admissions, it's difficult to overstate how important some of these tests can be. And, because of that, there's a huge ecosystem of test preparation built around all of these tests, trying to help applicants prepare for the exams. These usually involve practice exams, often with questions from older exams. However, what if you got questions that were appearing on current exams? Given how many people take these tests, would it really be that surprising that someone would tell others about some of the questions they received on the test? In the long run, it probably wouldn't make a huge difference in testing results since it's unlikely anyone would see all the questions they cou

Priceline and Visa: Two Stocks To Buy Now

The recent market correction has left many investors shell-shocked and bottom pickiing value seekers in the red. From financials to tech to energy, the fate of stocks like Citi (C), Exxon (XOM), Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) have left investors scratching their heads. How is it that the world's most powerful name in banking has fallen by 67% in a year for their mortgage exposure? How is Exxon at 52-week lows even as oil is still up 100% over the last year? Why are oil refiners like Valero (VLO) and Tesoro (TS) down over 50% each even as gas prices at the pump are up 30% over last year? Why is Apple down 15% this year despite selling a million 3G iPhones within 3 days of launch last month and gaining market share in PC sales? And Google, how does it drop 35% despite generating $1.

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