Neue Zeiten ziehen im Weißen Haus ein. Das kann man auch an der Medienarbeit ablesen - natürlich auch online.

Die Zukunft des Standorts Deutschland für die Informationstechnologie (IT) steht im Zentrum des 3. Deutschen IT-Gipfeltreffens der Bundesregierung. Auch an dieser Branche geht die Wirtschaftskrise nicht spurlos vorbei.

Was früher ein Luxus-Urlaub war, können sich heute viele leisten: Die Kreuzfahrt-Branche boomt. Darüber freuen sich nicht nur die Kreuzfahrtunternehmen. Auch die Städte mit großen Häfen verdienen an den Touristen.

The price of oil rose by a dollar yesterday as a direct result of the Sirius Star capture. But the danger of these modern-day brigands goes far beyond a jump in oil prices.

Swift Current, Sask., will host the 2010 world women s curling championship.

W środę 19 listopada na ławce trenerskiej koszykarskiej drużyny Bank BPS Basket Kwidzyn zadebiutuje znany słoweński szkoleniowiec Andriej Urlep. Zatrudnienie tak doświadczonego trenera ma być dla ekipy, która zajmuje obecnie ostatnie miejsce tabeli Polskiej Ligi Koszykówki, szansą na poprawienie sportowych wyników.

Asian countries lend each other a financial handOn the sidelines of the G20 summit, China, Japan and South Korea on November 14th said they would expedite a joint effort among Asian countries to help each other weather the global financial storm. Their decision to bolster the existing regional currency-swap arrangement was, like the G20 communique itself, only an agreement in principle lacking the nitty-gritty details. But the renewed push for the so-called Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) by three of Asia s biggest economies means that this brainchild of the regional financial crisis of 1997-98 may at last live up to its promise.Reeling from a sinking currency and shrinking foreign-exchange reserves, South Korea reached out to China and Japan for concerted action. In Washington, Seoul obtained Beijing s and Tokyo s consent to consider bigger limits for bilateral currency swaps among them. (The current amount between South Korea and Japan is US$13bn, and between South Korea and China is US$3bn.) And the three countries pledged to expand similar co-operation with the ten members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). ...

Burlington, Vt. is among the best in exercise and among the lowest in obesity, diabetes and other measures of ill health, according to a recent report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin will be retired next year, and may already have run his last race.

Skip Glen Howard hit a successful runback with last rock in the ninth end for his third consecutive Masters of Curling championship on Sunday in Waterloo, Ont.

Glenn Howard will try to win his third consecutive Masters of Curling title when he faces off against Kevin Koe in the finals of the Grand Slam event in Waterloo, Ont.

Edmonton s Kevin Koe stole two in the eighth and final end to come from behind and beat Thomas Ulsrud of Norway in a Saturday morning tie-breaker at the $100,000 Masters of Curling in Waterloo, Ont.

Edmonton skips Kevin Martin and Randy Ferbey completed round-robin play with 5-0 records to earn berths in the quarter-finals at the Masters of Curling in Waterloo, Ont.

Edmonton skips Kevin Martin and Randy Ferbey, and Brad Gushue of St. John s, N.L., each won their afternoon matches Friday to clinch a berth in the quarter-finals at the Masters of Curling in Waterloo, Ont.

Norwegian skip Thomas Ulsrud continued his strong start at the Masters of Curling, defeating Bob Ursel of Kelowna, B.C., 9-4 in seven ends Friday in Waterloo, Ont.

Kevin Martin and Randy Ferbey of Edmonton, and Brad Gushue of St. John s, N.L., sit atop the leaderboard with perfect 3-0 records following the opening five draws of the Masters of Curling in Waterloo, Ont.

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Two-time defending champion Glenn Howard upped his record to 2-0 at the Masters of Curling by drubbing Kerry Burtnyk 7-2 in five ends on Thursday afternoon in Waterloo, Ont.

Brad Gushue of St. John s started the Masters of Curling in style with a 7-2 rout of Winnipeg s Reid Carruthers on Thursday in Waterloo, Ont.

Veteran Canadian skip Glenn Howard defeated American Craig Brown 8-2 in the opening draw of the Masters of Curling event in Waterloo, Ont., Wednesday night.