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Myanmar junta slams citizens over cyclone reports – Boston Globe

Myanmar junta slams citizens over cyclone reports – Boston Globe
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta attacked “unscrupulous” citizens and foreign media on Friday for presenting a false picture of the devastation left by Cyclone Nargis as experts began mapping the extent of the disaster. The New Light of Myanmar

Religion in the news – Forbes
In the back corner of a nearly deserted campus, the president of Sheldon Jackson College walks the hallways of a dreary dorm to his sparse, temporary offices. Gone are the trappings of his position. Gone, too, are the hustle and bustle of a thriving

Gambling grants bailing out local non-profit organizations – Squamish Chief
Five local non-profit organizations have received $122,650 this year in funding from provincial gaming proceeds, according to the list of 2007-08 human and social services recipients of gaming grants released last week. The Sea to Sky Community

United Way cuts ‘painful’ – Detroit News
OAK PARK — United Way officials declined to say which of its supported agencies would lose funding after board members met Thursday, but one board member said the cuts could be brutal. “It’s going to be very painful,” said Keith Crain, chair of

Kintera Announces New Data Model Customization Tool – MSN MoneyCentral
Kintera Inc. KNTA today announced the addition of custom entities to its Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) product. Custom entities lets administrative users add business objects to the core CRM data model as well as add rules governing

iPhone 2.0 – Ready for business? – Silicon.com

iPhone 2.0 – Ready for business? – Silicon.com
With Apple CEO Steve Jobs set to unveil the hotly anticipated iPhone 2.0 on Monday, rumoured tweaks include 3G, GPS capability and variations on its sleek touchscreen form factor. Yesterday we looked at the predicted new features of the new iPhone in

Local Business News In Brief – Spectrum
HURRICANE – Store-N-Lock, a state-of-the-art storage center at the intersection of state Route 9 and Telegraph Road near Coral Canyon Market, is conducting an open house today. The facility, the 22nd in the Intermountain West, will be open for tours

BUSINESS NEWS: Direct TV Buys Huntington Telemarketer; Verizon – HuntingtonNews.Net
Huntington, WV (HNN) Pending approval of a bankruptcy court, Direct TV has agreed to purchase Performance Response Corporation s Huntington call center. The move will save the jobs of most of the 633 workers whose primary client is Direct TV

PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News – June 3 – Reuters UK

PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News – June 3 – Reuters UK
The China Iron and Steel Association yesterday flagged a deal with Australian miners Rio Tinto (RIO.AX: Quote , Profile , Research ) and BHP Billiton (BHP.AX: Quote , Profile , Research ) on contract iron ore prices. The chairman of the Chinese steel

National Business News – Fox Birmingham
FedEx To Drop Kinko’s Name, Take $891M Charge FedEx said Monday it plans to stop using the Kinko’s name on its copy and office service stores and book an $891 million charge for the quarter that ended Saturday

PRESS DIGEST – New York Times business news – June 3 – Reuters
June 3 (Reuters) – The following were the top stories in the New York Times business pages on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * The ouster of Kennedy Thompson as chief executive of Wachovia Corp

Biz Buzz: GM Truck Sales Slide, Airline Losses Mount, and Other – US News and World Report
With light-truck sales dwindling, General Motors’ share of the U.S. market is just above 20 percent. The company accounted for almost 30 percent of the market in 2000. As Toyota and Honda continue to gain ground, GM saw a decrease in sales of pickup

Business News – North Bay Business Journal
Hansel Toyota received a president s award for outstanding sales and service from Toyota Motor Sales. Novato Toyota also received the award for sales and service. AccountMate of Petaluma moved its office to 1445 Technology Lane #A5 in Petaluma

Column: One Bay seeks 20/20 vision for the year 2050 – St. Petersburg Times

Column: One Bay seeks 20/20 vision for the year 2050 – St. Petersburg Times
Story Tools Group a gaggle of economic development folks from seven Tampa Bay area counties in a room. How many “visions” of our regional future would emerge? As amusing and painful as that exercise would prove, a long-long-range planning effort for

Busineswomen mowing down ‘grass ceiling’ – Newsday
MILWAUKEE – Kim Hodgkinson could sense the skepticism in her teenage caddie’s body language: Oh, great, a woman golfer. As if playing in the pro-am tournament before last year’s PGA Tour stop in Milwaukee wasn’t enough pressure, Hodgkinson also found

IBM Unveils Resources to Help Clients Accelerate Access to Information – HULIQ.com
IBM (NYSE: IBM) introduced new industry workshops, expanded solution centers and business partner resources to help clients plan and execute enterprise-wide information on demand strategies that will allow them to use information to innovate, compete

US adds 4 foreigners, 3 groups to narcotics kingpin list – International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : The Bush administration on Friday named four foreigners and three organizations abroad, including a Kurdish rebel group, to a list of suspected drug traffickers, including those who trade in drugs to help terrorists. They will be

The Saturday List! Our weekend picks – Detroit Free Press
It has been 30 years since Tom Petty broke onto the charts with “Breakdown.” In 2008, this elder statesman of rock remains an important music figure. Petty’s star is flying as high as ever, thanks to the documentary “Runnin’ Down a Dream” and his