Year: 2009

Motorsports by JT2016

Long Beach Grand Prix 2009 [video]

California by JT2016

California State Unemployment Rate Highest Since 1941

San Francisco Chronicle Saturday, April 18, 2009 BY TOM ABATE Chronicle Staff Writer The state unemployment rate soared to 11.2 percent in March, the highest since before World War II, leaving a record 2.1 million Californians out of work, according to a report issued Friday. Employment Development Department spokeswoman Patti Roberts said the March figure […]

Pentagon by JT20162016

US Looks to Hackers to Protect Cyber Networks

(AP) WASHINGTON D.C. By LOLITA C. BALDOR Apr 18 Wanted: Computer Hackers Buffeted by millions of digital scans and attacks each day, federal authorities are looking for hackers – not to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation’s networks. General Dynamics Information Technology put out an ad last month on behalf of […]

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Actors Union Reaches Deal With Producers of Television and Film

SAG, producers reach tentative deal By David B. Wilkerson, MarketWatch April 17, 2009 CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — The Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said Friday that they’ve reached a tentative agreement on a new deal covering TV programs and movies. Details of the deal will not be disclosed, the […]

Banks by JT2016

Canadian Banks Avoided Mortgage Meltdown

CBS News Bankers Eschewed Subprime Loans, Mortgage Securities; The Result — No Bank Failures Two more U.S. banks were taken over by the government overnight. And while a number of this country’s biggest banks reported improving conditions this week, some of their accounting methods have been questioned. One place where none of this banking drama […]