Archive for September, 2011
Hilco Donates More Than 500 Bookcases to Chicago Public Schools
“It was an opportunity too good to pass-up,” says Jeff Hecktman, Hilco Chairman and CEO. NORTHBROOK, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Libraries need books and books need bookcases. On the heels of a donation of books to Chicago Public Schools (“CPS”), Northbrook-based Hilco Trading, LLC, today announced it has donated 520 bookcases to the nation’s third largest public school [...]
Business travel: Boeing’s 787 aims to raise bar in comfort
By Peter Myers LONDON | Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:36am EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Dressed in specially designed All Nippon Airways livery, with a big, bold, blue “787″ splashed at its fore, Boeing Co’s Dreamliner will fly from its Seattle birthplace to Tokyo on Tuesday, and, just over a month later, begin active service for [...]
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Analysis: Pope disappoints hopes of Catholics and Protestants
By Tom Heneghan BERLIN | Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:54am EDT BERLIN (Reuters) – Pope Benedict’s visit to his German homeland was bound to provoke harsh words from his critics. The surprise of the event was how bluntly he took his own Church to task and disappointed Protestants ready to work with him. Despite his [...]
App helps travelers speak in foreign languages
By Natasha Baker BANGKOK | Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:10am EDT BANGKOK (Reuters) – Communicating with local people in a foreign country can pose difficulties, whether it is asking for direction or making a special request at a restaurant. But Vocre, a new iPhone app released by translation company myLanguage, aims to ease those problems [...]
