News Severe weather in the forecast
The Paris News Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:10 AM PDT
It was 28 years ago on what started as a beautiful spring day heavy thunderstorms developed, unleashing a devastating and deadly tornado in Paris. Area school trustee elections scheduled School trustee elections for those districts with contested races take place Saturday, May 8. |
Party with a Purpose preludes StarGala
Kingwood Observer Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:37 AM PDT
More than 30 women joined Tracy Stunja and Colene Joiner for wine, cheese and fellowship at a recent Party with a Purpose prelude to the Lone Star College Foundation’s upcoming StarGala “April in Paris†event set for April 24. |
Shanghai set to step onto world stage with Expo
The Borneo Post Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:18 AM PDT
SHANGHAI: Shanghai will raise the curtain in a month on the biggest-ever World Expo â€" where China’s most cosmopolitan city hopes to stake a claim to being in the same league as London, Paris and New York. |
Japanese convert iconic building
Straits Times Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:16 AM PDT
PARIS - JAPANESE architecture firm Sanaa, winners of the prestigious Pritzker prize, will plan the conversion of iconic Parisian department store La Samaritaine to other uses, its owners announced Thursday. The firm, founded by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, is to present plans by the end of the year for converting the art deco building into a complex of shops, flats, offices and a hotel ... |
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-04-02 07:39 Lucien Barriere IPO not before Q4 in tough yr - paper
Interactive Investor Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:13 AM PDT
PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) - French casino and hotel company Groupe Lucien Barriere would list on the stock exchange in September-October at the earliest as it battles a tough year, Les Echos quoted Chairman Dominique Desseigne as saying. French hotel group Accor has said it plans to shed its 49 percent stake in Lucien Barriere this year, most likely through an initial public offering. But there ... |
Jean-Paul Sartre, 74, Dies in Paris
New York Times Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:57 PM PDT
Jean-Paul Sartre, whose existentialist philosophy influenced two generations of writers and thinkers throughout the world, died of edema of the lung yesterday in Paris. He was 74 years old. |
Mayor rakes in trips, toy truck, $150 tie
The San Francisco Examiner Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:32 PM PDT
Mayor Gavin Newsom received nearly $43,000 from various groups to travel to Mexico City, Paris and India last year, according to city documents. Newsom filed his Form 700 â€" the annual reporting of economic interests â€" with 24 pages detailing his earnings, along with gifts, including a toy... |
ETS Reports Record-Breaking GRE(R) Growth in Europe
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:30 PM PDT
PARIS--(Marketwire - 04/02/10) - Educational Testing Service (ETS) today reported that Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test volumes in Europe increased 15 percent in 2009 -- the highest yearly increase for Europe in the programme's history. In addition to record-breaking increases in GRE tests taken in Europe, ETS also saw significant increases in the number of GRE test scores ... |
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