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NASA via BBSNews - 2006-10-14 -- Engineers are rolling up their sleeves in preparation for building a telescope that will find the nearest star-like objects and the brightest galaxies. NASA has approved the start of construction on a new mission called the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which will scan the entire sky in infrared light. .
Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- India's industrial production rose less than expected in August as monsoon rains hampered construction and forced factories to close. Production at factories, utilities and mines rose 9.7 percent from a year earlier from a revised 12.7 percent in July, the Central Statistical Organisation said in a statement in New Delhi. The median estimate of 14 economists in a Bloomberg survey was for a gain of 10.5 percent. Economists expect industrial production to strengthen in September, the end of the monsoon season, buoyed by government spending on infrastructure and record loan growth. India's government counts on industrial production of at least 10 percent to meet its growth targets. ``The slowdown in industrial production in August is a blip caused by floods,'' said N.
The event will benefit Robersonville Rescue & EMS. Tickets are available at 119 S. Main St., Robersonville. For more information, call 795-4117. Alzheimer's memory walk planned The Alzheimer's memory walk is planned Saturday at the Greenville Town Common. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., and the walk begins at 10 a.m. Individuals can walk and/or form a team, and local businesses can participate through donations. To register and for more information, call 353-2400. Ayden center dedication planned A dedication ceremony to name the Ayden Community Center auditorium the "Doug Mitchell Memorial Theatre" will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Ayden Theatre Workshop and the "Friends of Doug" will dedicate the auditorium in memory of Samuel Douglas Mitchell who died in April 2005.
Foreclosure activity has shown a dramatic increase in San Diego and Riverside counties, far outpacing most of California and the rest of the nation, according to a foreclosure tracking firm, RealtyTrac.The large disparity is probably because of the cooling real estate market in what is one of the most expensive regions of the country, according to one local economist. San Diego County had 4,069 properties in some stage of foreclosure for the quarter that ended in September, compared with 970 properties for the same quarter in 2005, an increase of 319 percent. Riverside had 4,403 such properties for the most recent quarter, versus 1,297 for the same quarter in 2005, an increase of 239 percent. .
When Peter Morton opened the Hard Rock Hotel in 1995, he created a sex-and-rock-'n'-roll atmosphere that helped transform Las Vegas from a town of dated lounge acts and fanny-packed tourists to a celebrity hangout for the hip and beautiful. The iconic property was a marketing milestone but only marginally profitable - breaking even on expensive rock acts and cashing in as much on top-shelf alcohol as on slot machines. Strip casinos with bigger pockets adopted the strategy for themselves and are now spending millions on swank nightclubs and other late-night venues to capture an audience the Hard Rock previously had to itself. And now, the one-time vanguard property is at a crossroads: Should it be maintained as a gracefully aging brand, or be dramatically upgraded? The decision won't be made by Morton.
About 60 remaining unauthorised shrines in the city due to face the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)s hammer may just get some reprieve. The civic body is mulling over making a provision in the Development Control rule, 1991 to allow construction of shrines on private and public layout and also provide them with free Floor Space Index (FSI). Currently, there is no provision in the civic law which allows construction of shrines on public or private land. The issue was discussed in the civic house on Friday in the wake of the angry protests during the demolition of a Sai Baba temple in Andheri just a few days ago. Already ,following the Bombay High Courts order, the civic body demolished 1000 unauthorised shrines in the city in the last two months.
Lafayette home health company buys Florida business: LHC Group has acquired Lifeline Home Health Care's Florida operations for an undisclosed amount. The move gives Lafayette-based LHC access to a market of 1.46 million people, with about 25% over the age of 65. This is the second major purchase of a Lifeline asset this year; earlier LHC bought out Lifeline's Kentucky operations. National housing market getting softer: Housing starts dropped 6% in August, reports the U.S. Commerce Department, twice as fast as expected. This is the lowest point for housing starts in three years. The sluggish pace of homebuilding, along with a slight increase in prices for finished goods, increases the chances the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates unchanged at its meeting Wednesday. Those Enron and WorldCom guys got their start somewhere: Fifty-six percent of business students surveyed admitted to cheating at least once during the last academic year, compared to 47% of graduate students in non-business programs, according to a report set for publication in the Academy of Management Learning & Education.
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