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Kings Poor Peoples Campaign

In 1968, King and the SCLC organized the “Poor People’s Campaign� to address issues of economic justice. The campaign culminated in a march on Washington, D.C. demanding economic aid to the poorest communities of the United States. King traveled the country to assemble “a multiracial army of the poor� that would march on Washington to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience at the Capitol until Congress created a bill of rights for poor Americans.[90][91]

Analyst: In Poor Economy, Retailers React, Big Publishers Gain, Smaller Ones Lose

Analyst: In Poor Economy, Retailers React, Big Publishers Gain, Smaller Ones Lose [10.27.08] Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian observes some impact from the global economic downturn on video game retail, and explains how the situation could benefit large publishers, challenge small ones -- and even lengthen the current console lifecycle.

Standard & Poor's assigns eBay an 'A-' debt rating

The rating agency Standard & Poor's assigned an "A-" debt rating to online auctioneer eBay Inc. on Monday, citing the company's well-established Internet brand as well as strong cash flow and liquidity.

Kenya probes team's poor showing

Kenya on Tuesday named a panel to probe the national cricket team's poor performance in recent months in a bid to improve standards, a top official said.

Delay in establishing GNU hurting the poor

BULAWAYO — The delay in coming up with a government of national unity that can steer the country back to economic recovery is costing the poor dearly as they are the ones suffering the brunt of the economic chaos.

Greek PM Says Banks Package Will Pay For Poor, Public Works

ATHENS -(Dow Jones)- Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said Friday that the government will use money it earns from a recently announced bank liquidity package to help support the poor and pay for public works projects.

Pakistan Mobile Communications Rtg Lowered To 'B-' On Sovereign Action; Outlook Negative

SINGAPORE: Nov. 14, 2008. (PCP) Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it lowered its long-term corporate credit rating on Pakistan Mobile Communications Ltd. (Mobilink) to 'B-' from 'B'. The outlook on the rating remains negative. At the same time, Standard & Poor's lowered its issue rating on Mobilink's senior unsecured notes to 'B-' from 'B'.

Enrich Your Customer Data Diet to Raise Your Customer IQ

CRM professionals constantly tell me that poor customer data integration and management is one of the biggest barriers to getting value from their CRM initiatives. In a recent Forrester survey of over 1,000 North American and European decision-makers, 44% said that data management was a “critical� or “important� priority for 2008. A constant diet of poor quality data is a sure way starve your CRM applications and dim your customer intelligence.

Corporation Bank looking to increase presence

Mangalore, Nov. 23 Making Corporation Bank a pan-India bank by increasing its presence in the States where there is poor representation and taking the financial inclusion programme to the urban poor are on the agenda of Mr J.M. Garg, Chairman and Managing Director of the bank.

Satyam lays off 100 techies, says it's just routine

HYDERABAD: IT major Satyam has laid off close to 100 employees from its various branches in Hyderabad this week. The employees were given a two-hour notice to resign or face termination. Reasons for showing them the door included “behavioural issues’’, “poor performance’’ in an assessment test, a “delay in filling appraisal forms’’ and even “poor dressing’’ at work.

Initial US PGP, CGP November CP nominations down 20-30 cents/lb

Initial US PGP and CGP contract nominations for November were reportedly down 20-30 cents/lb, sources said Friday. One major producer reported one seller nominating down 20 cents/lb and one buyer nominating down 30 cents/lb. Poor demand throughout the whole supply chain was said to be the main reason for the steep decreases. Historically, the market has never seen anything like this, according to one market source. "Manufacturing is down, the Christmas season is expected to be slow," said one source. If the November propylene contracts settled down 30 cents/lb, the new PGP contract price would be 30 cents/lb and the new CGP contract price would be 28.5 cents/lb. Meanwhile, the aggressive price decline was reflective of bearish spot prices, which had dropped over 10 cents/lb in the last week on the back of long supply and poor demand which

Building an OpenBSD Gateway - Part 1

""But why OpenBSD?" Truth be told, there are many operating systems you could use as a gateway. Most will do the job and most can be 'hardened' to provide very secure installs - provided you know what you're doing. With OpenBSD, however, you don't need to be an expert in computer security to have a hardened install. The base install is already hardened. The OpenBSD developers spend a lot of time auditing code. Hardware design errors aside, most security 'vulnerabilities' come down to poor software design or poor software implementation, ie. bugs. A security bug is just a software bug that can be exploited to have unintended consequences.

Poor phone service to be exposed

HOUR-LONG phone queues, multiple transfers, hollow promises of people getting back to you … and the automated voice telling you your call is important. Soaring complaints over customer service from telecommunications companies have prompted the Federal Government to crack down on the self-regulated sector.

Poor phone service to be exposed

Australian Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, Deirdre O'Donnell, expressed concern about the number of customer complaints relating to telcos on 20 November 2008. O'Donnell said her office would provide monthly report cards for the sector from January 2009.

Poor phone service to be exposed

HOUR-LONG phone queues, multiple transfers, hollow promises of people getting back to you … and the automated voice telling you your call is important. Soaring complaints over customer service from telecommunications companies have prompted the Federal Government to crack down on the self-regulated sector.

Poor MP3 habits damaging to hearing: survey

HAMILTON -- Some young adults are damaging their ears by listening to digital music players too loud and for extended periods of time, a Hearing Foundation of Canada survey has found.

Poor(er) people buy iPhones, drive 3G growth

Each day the GearDaily Newsletter covers the latest from the last week in a specific category. Monday is "Computing, Small Office and Home Office", Tuesday is "On the Move", Wednesday is "Digital Cameras, Video and Imaging", Thursday is "Mobile Phones and Communications" and Friday is "Home Entertainment".

Poor(er) people buy iPhones, drive 3G growth

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Poor(er) people buy iPhones, drive 3G growth

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Poor(er) people buy iPhones, drive 3G growth

I'm not surprised. Although after last night I'm not sure why anybody would buy one. I thought I heard The...

Poor town wins big

Rome - Inhabitants of a deprived Sicilian suburb sang and danced through the night outside a cafe where the winning ticket for a €100-million (about R1,3-billion) lottery was bought.

Are Poor Households Ditching Broadband for iPhones?

Lower-income households are turning in force to Apple Inc.'s iPhone and may be doing so to save the cost of a separate broadband connection and music devices, according to the media measurement firm comScore Inc.

Poor(er) people buy iPhones, drive 3G growth

I'm not surprised. Although after last night I'm not sure why anybody would buy one. I thought I heard The...

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