Mothers around the world on Mother’s Day

Sunday, May 10, 2009 Mother’s Day was established on the second Sunday in May by Anna Jarvis after her mother passed away. Former United States President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the inaugural Mother’s Day in 1914. “Miss Jarvis thought Mother’s Day should be a day you spend with your mother, or a day when you do […]

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Five hundred Euro note withdrawn from sale in UK

Thursday, May 13, 2010 Currency exchanges offices in the United Kingdom have today stopped the sale of €500 notes after an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) concluded that up to 90% of the notes were being used by money launderers and other organised criminals. Ian Cruxton, deputy director of SOCA, said that […]

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GOES-12 weather satellite fails during adjustment

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 The weather satellite GOES-12, which provides most of the weather pictures for the United States, became unusable on Tuesday, December 4. The satellite is positioned in geostationary orbit over the Amazon. A normal station-keeping maneuver to adjust its location was not completed as usual and services could not be continued. The […]

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Microsoft to establish its R&D center in Shanghai

Thursday, February 1, 2007 Microsoft Corp. is establishing, in Shanghai, China, a center for research and development. The center will work on the company’s MSN service. It will be Microsoft’s first research and development center of this kind outside the U.S. Microsoft decided to take this step because of several setbacks that occurred in its […]

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