Editorial Roundup (AP via Yahoo! News) Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: |
No time for mediocrity (Fairplay) He can’t swim and gets seasick even on small boats on calm water, but Congressman Elijah E Cummings tells Fairplay he has embraced the maritime industry as his personal mission. |
Initiative's proposed deck would create some jobs, eliminate others (San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News) Creating new jobs is not a bad thing when the unadjusted unemployment rate in San Diego County rose to 6.4 percent in July -- more than a percentage point below the state average, but 0.4 percent above the national average, according to the San Diego Workforce Partnership. |
Fay-driven rain pours over drought regions (San Diego Union-Tribune) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The remnants of Tropical Storm Fay spread over a wide swath of the South yesterday, bringing heavy rain and wind from Georgia to Louisiana that many hoped would help land parched for months by drought conditions. |
Top stories for the week (The Falmouth Bulletin) Click on the headline for a review of some of the week’s top stories and features you may have missed on WickedLocalCapeCod.com Enjoy! |
Business Briefing (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Buyers could hire most of Alaska Distributors' workers ... Jones Soda CFO resigns; Pyramid's O'Brien taking job ... GM offering employee discounts to public ... Second offshore oil port to be built in Gulf of Mexico ... plus shipping news. |
HEATING UP THE CRAZE FOR TURKISH COFFEE (The Monterey County Herald) Mustafa Arat knows how to sell. He did it for 27 years for Xerox Corp., Pitney-Bowes Inc. and other Fortune 500 companies. Now he's doing it for himself, peddling something that almost every grown-up craves. Only, as Arat figures it, he's providing a more healthful alternative. |
Dingdong Dantes assembles All Stars basketball squad for charity (PEP) The show must go on—with or without Dingdong Dantes. Playing minus the Dyesebel lead star, the All Stars team composed of prominent young celebrities led by JC de Vera, Wendell Ramos, Antonio Aquitania, Marco Alcaraz, and Alfred Vargas came out strong in an exhibition game earlier today, August 20, against Philippine Maritime Institute Admirals at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila. |
FOR A GOOD CAUSE (gazettes.com) Residents of Long Beach help people all year through a variety of activities. Listed below are the results of some projects, as well as more opportunities to reach out to others. |
NOL chief has eyes on big merger prize (Financial Times) The contrasting headquarters buildings of Hapag-Lloyd in Hamburg and Neptune Orient Lines in Singapore illustrate the companies’ differences. |