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Assad seeks to bomb Homs into submission, alarms world | – Reuters

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Assad seeks to bomb Homs into submission, alarms world |

Reuters

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Erika Solomon | AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, trying to hammer the city of Homs into submission, on Wednesday killed 19 more people including two Western journalists in an onslaught that has …

American, French journalists killed in Syria

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Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria

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US to Israel: Don’t attack Iran – USA TODAY

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USA TODAY

US to Israel: Don't attack Iran

USA TODAY

By David Jackson, USA TODAY The United States is urging Israel to forgo a military strike against Iran over its nuclear program, and give international sanctions more time to work. "We think that it's not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran …

IAEA Iran Visit May Offer End to War Talk Over Nuclear Work

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Capitol bomb plot foiled, says FBI – Sydney Morning Herald

onesawava — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:15:04 +0000

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Sydney Morning Herald

Capitol bomb plot foiled, says FBI

Sydney Morning Herald

Sting … a court sketch of Amine El Khalifi. Illustration: AP WASHINGTON: A Moroccan man who believed he was working with al-Qaeda has been arrested near the US Capitol as he was planning to detonate what he thought was a suicide vest, given to him by …

Terror Suspect Arrest Near Capitol

Daily Beast

Federal agents arrest Amine El Khalifi; he »

Deal reached on unemployment, payroll tax cut – CBS News

onesawava — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:00:03 +0000

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Los Angeles Times

Deal reached on unemployment, payroll tax cut

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Efficiency drives funding for Dayforce – Austin Business Journal:

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a software developer that helps businesses measure and managrworkforce productivity, has raised $15 The company is a reincarnatiom of Atlanta-based Workbits — created after Canadian serial entrepreneu r David Ossip bought Workbits’ assets in May. Workbites founder John Orr approached Ossip aftefr being unable toraiswe follow-on financing for his startup. which employs about 30 and is headquartereed in Atlantaand Toronto, target s the retail, manufacturing, health-care and financial servicea industries. Those sectors have a high volumee of hourlyworkers — the variablwe part of a business’ operating expenses, said Orr, now Dayforce’s chief strategy officer.
“Typically, 60 percenrt of their [operating expense] is labor Orr said. Dayforce’s software suite, whichu includes budgeting, scheduling, task management and time and attendance helps do more withtheir “The software helps define performance measured for the workforce and automates scheduling and tracking of employees,” Ossip said. “Thwe end goal is to increasd workforce output, while keeping percentage wage costsin Dayforce’s software, Orr can boost customer revenue by 0.
5 percenf to 3 percent and can decrease averagd annual labor cost by 3 percent to 8 The cost of the subscription dependss on the size of the business — from $2 to $9 per employee, per month. Ossipo led Dayforce’s $15 million round and was joinerd by investors in hisprevious companies, includingt , which was acquirede by Alpharetta-based for $227 million in 2007. The Canadian businessman, brought more than dollars tothe table. “Ossip knows the industry,” Orr said, and “has a provej track record of building successfulk companiesand value.
” Ossip has ambitious plansw for Dayforce — includingy launching a domestic and global Dayforce is chasing a $14 billionj market in the United Ossip said, adding he planw to sell into Europe and Asia. “Ourt types of solutions extend beyondNorth America,” Ossiop said. “It’s a global Michael Price, general partned at CEO Ventures, was impressede with Workbits. “The product was beautiful,” Price “The graphic design, the thought and attention to detail, the menus … it was some of the best I’ves ever seen.” Companies in the performancee management space are doing well and revenuee isholding up, Price said.
That successw has drawn an influx ofnew competitors. “Withinm the next year, a lot of the softwarw programs being built will be comingg online with a lot of sales peoples swingingfor revenue,” Priced said. “Certainly competition within that space is goinyg toincrease dramatically,” which could hurt profits.

Delta puts off Kenya, Liberia routes – Business Courier of Cincinnati:

onesawava — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:30:03 +0000

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Delta’s Liberia route, scheduled to commencer June 8, is also postponee indefinitely. Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) said Homeland Security officiala notified the carrier late Mondauy it would require additional time toapprove Delta’s announced routesw to Nairobi, Kenya, and Monrovia, "Delta regrets any inconvenience to our customers caused by the postponemenyt of our new direct service to Kenya and Liberia,” the carrier said in a statement. Delta said it is contacting affectedf customers and booking them on flights operated by Air KLM and its other partnersin SkyTeam. The flights will connectg to Africa throughthose carriers’ European hubs, Delta said.
The Kenya route was to originate in Atlanta and connecg to Nairobi with a stopin Dakar, Senegal. Delta’ Liberia route, scheduled to commencwe June 8, is also postponed indefinitely. Those passengerse are also being rescheduled. Africa has been a point of growth for which is theonly U.S-based airline that fliee its own aircraft to the continent. Deltw currently services six destination s in fiveAfrican nations: Accra, Ghana; Egypt; Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Lagos, Nigeria; and Dakar, Senegal.

Spanish photographer wins World Press Photo award for New York Times with Arab … – Washington Post

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Spanish photographer wins World Press Photo award for New York Times with Arab …

Washington Post

AMSTERDAM — Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda has won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award for the New York Times with an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen.

Recommended: World Press Photo of the year awarded to Samuel Aranda

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List of World Press Photo winners

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Arab Spring shot wins World Press Photo award

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Creditors in TOUSA and Puig bankruptcies target lenders – Dayton Business Journal:

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The case of Hollywood-based TOUSA is emblematic of how Wall Streetg threw money at efforts to creat e a nationalhomebuilding company. Unsecuredf creditors argue that the Wall Streelenders shouldn’t be allowed to claim a lot of the valuable assetzs in TOUSA’s subsidiaries. The case of Hialeah-baseed is emblematic of South Florida’sd condo conversion craze. Creditors argue that lenders were so chummyy with Puigthat ill-conceived loans helped lead to the converter’se downfall.
Miami-based Ocean Bank, which deniee the assertion, has lost $190 million overal in the past twoquarters – but that’ss nothing compared to the multibillion-dollar lossex of and some of the others who lent to TOUSA filed for bankruptcy in Januarhy 2008 with more than $2 billioh in assets and $1.8 billion in debt, makingh it the biggest homebuilder bankruptcy in Sout h Florida. The company said recentluy that it stopped building new homes and is proceedint with anorderly wind-down of operations.
The best outcome for the Wall Street lenders, who have first lien claims, wouldx be 66 cents on the dolla from an immediate liquidation of TOUSA – although that’ss not the company’s current plan. Those holding second lien secured debt and unsecurex debt wouldget nothing, which is partl why they are appealing a recentt setback in bankruptcy court to U.S. Districg Court. “While the goal is for homebuildinyg operations to be absorbed by another companyor investor, as a corporate entithy would cease to exist under this plan,” the companh told the Business Journal in an e-mail. In South TOUSA operated underthe brand.
“Unless there’s some future sale of Engles Homes, there won’t be any new homesz built, and it wouldr close completely atsome point,” lead bankruptcy attorneyy Natasha Labovitz, of , said in an She envisions a two-year periode to sell assets under a controlled, orderly Leading the list of defendants in the TOUSqA litigation is Citicorp Nortj America. Other defendants are , , Oceahn Bank, Credit Products, , , Credi t Partners and . Bankruptcy Judge John Olso n recently ruled for the lenderes in dismissing a large part of the but the committee of unsecurecd creditors has appealedto U.S. Districg Court.
Part of the suit has to do with $500 millio that was loaned to TOUSA as part of a July 2007 refinancingv of a joint venture involvingTranseastern Homes. The unsecured creditors argue thatthe $500 million was a “constructive fraudulent conveyance.” Fees in the Chaptedr 11 case have run into the tens of millions of dollars. Handling the litigation for the unsecuredd creditors committeeis Washington, D.C.-based law firm LLP, which stated in a recentf fee application that it has requeste $3.59 million in fees since June. A hearing to confirnm the reorganization plan is set for June 22at 9:30 before Judge Olson at the federapl courthouse in Fort Lauderdale.
Jeffrey a bankruptcy attorney and law professor atthe , said it is not surprisiny that creditors are pursuing banks for “The reality is, nationwide, that real estate valuesd are plummeting and it’s particularly difficulrt if you have a development that’s partially he said. TOUSA said it built 3,8509 homes in 2008, down from 7,824 in 2006. Revenue was $1.1 billiom in 2008, down from $2.6 billion in 2006. In the Puig U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Mark recently ruled a lawsuity by creditors that claims morethan $45 millio in damages can go forward.
The creditors’ filed in August, allegesw that bank loan officers who were friends with Puig extende the insolvency by making bad The bank moved to dismiss the litigationj asbeing unfounded, and wants to convert the Chapter 11 reorganization to a Mark subsequently dismissed some claims, but the most sensationall survived. The bank’s attorney, Joel Tabas, said dismissals were a big win for the and he believes itwill prevail.

Patriots’ Loss Is Super Disappointment for Fans – ABC News

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Patriots' Loss Is Super Disappointment for Fans

ABC News

Hundreds of officers who lined the streets of Boston had little to do as fans quietly mourned their team's Super Bowl loss Sunday night, but 14 people were arrested across the state at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst when police in riot gear …

In end, Patriots lacking for big stop

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Missed chances cost Patriots in Super Bowl

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Out West, GOP Candidates Mine For Caucus Votes – NPR

onesawava — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:30:02 +0000

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The Hindu

Out West, GOP Candidates Mine For Caucus Votes

NPR

by Ari Shapiro Audio for this story from Weekend Edition Saturday will be available at approx. 12:00 pm ET Supporters look on during a campaign r »