Monthly Archives: February 2011

Endangered Jerdon”s Courser on Centre”s priority list

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New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) With Jerdon''s Courser, a nocturnal bird from Andhra Pradesh which is one of the 50 rarest birds of the world, facing the threat of extinction, Government has decided to take special steps to protect it.A high-level committee of the Environment Ministry decided to include the Jerdon''s Courser as the 16th species in its Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats'' (IDWH) scheme under which measures are taken for protection of the endangered species.The standing committee Read more [...]

Former Liverpool FC managing director Christian Purslow described club sale as …

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FORMER Liverpool FC managing director Christian Purslow described selling the club to New England Sports Ventures as a “bottom of the barrel” deal, it was revealed in court yesterday. In a sensational email sent just a month before the deal with NESV was completed, Mr Purslow told Anfield board members: He did not believe NESV had the money for a new stadium. Their bid was at the “extreme bottom end” of what was wanted. John Henry’s background as a hedge fund financier Read more [...]

Merrimack’s De Costa out Saturday night vs. UNH; listed as day-to-day

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Merrimack’s leading scorer Stephane De Costa will not play Saturday when the Warriors host New Hampshire in the second game of a home-and-home series. De Costa locked knees with UNH’s Phil DeSimone late in Friday’s 4–2 win over the Wildcats and had to bee helped from the ice. He did not return to the game.According to Merrimack, De Costa is “listed day-to-day with a lower body injury.”De Costa has been a key part of a Merrimack’s best season in program history. The Warriors sit in Read more [...]

Introducing Duffy & Daughters Ltd

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Robert Duffy can think of 30 different occasions on which people have stopped him in a London street. Tourists approach him holding cameras. Americans, he notes, are particularly fond of having their photograph taken with him and his van. Mr Duffy, 47, has not appeared on Big Brother, in a film, or as a colourful character in EastEnders. Instead, it is his van that attracts the attention. Or rather, the company name printed on its side: R Duffy Daughters Ltd. "Since I set up Read more [...]

Egypt’s stock market to remain closed until Wednesday

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Palm Hills Development was among the biggest fallers on the main index when it last traded on January 27. Oriental Weavers Haitam Moneim, investor relations manager at the world's largest machine-woven carpetmaker said on February 6: "In the past week, we closed all our production facilities like all other companies, and we secured our showrooms ... To avoid any delays to clients, we shifted orders from plants in Egypt to plants in the United States and in China." Ezz Steel Read more [...]

Seahawk Drilling Files for Bankruptcy, to Sell Assets

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Seahawk Drilling Inc., which provides drilling services to the oil and natural gas industries, filed for bankruptcy protection with plans to sell its assets to Hercules Offshore Inc. Seahawk will seek court approval for the sale to Hercules, an offshore drilling company, as part of its bankruptcy case, which was filed yesterday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Corpus Christi, Texas. “It is imperative to commence the process approving Read more [...]

NuStar ranks 30th on FORTUNE list

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NuStar Energy L.P. has announced that it ranked No. 30 on the 14th annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, which appeared in the Feb. 7 issue of FORTUNE, and it came in at No. 3 among large companies on the “Best Companies to Work for in Texas” list, which will be published in the February issue of Texas Monthly magazine.Also, for the first time NuStar was listed on the front cover of FORTUNE and featured in an article in the magazine. On the publication’s Read more [...]

Blue chip earthquake blues

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AMANDA CROPP Harcourts Grenadier CEO Rob McCormack, a long-time resident of Fendalton, below. One of Christchurch's poshest suburbs was hard hit in the September 4 earthquake but you'd never know it from media coverage to date. Amanda Cropp reports on efforts to save and restore some of Fendalton's beautiful character homes. FENDALTON RESIDENT Simon Robinson was one of the few serious casualties Read more [...]