11 Things: David Yow
San Francisco Gate
Thursday, October 15, 2009 As the vocalist of noise-punk cult favorite the Jesus Lizard, David Yow spent a good portion of the '90s hurtling himself into churning mosh pits and taking off his clothes. His energetic and sometimes shocking st...
Receiver sues Stanford employees for $11 million
Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The receiver overseeing the assets of accused swindler Allen Stanford has sued two former Stanford Capital Management employees, seeking the return of $11 million in investor funds, court documents showed. The lawsui...
New Attack in Pakistan Targets Police Station
New York Times
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Suicide bombers attacked a police station that was holding a number of high-profile militants for interrogation in Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 11 people in the latest of a series of bold attacks against securit...
SD leases 11,000 acres for oil and gas development
CNBC
PIERRE, S.D. - The South Dakota Office of School and Public Lands finished its final oil, gas and mineral lease auction for 2009 last week and says 11,283 acres were leased in 2009. In a release, the office says those new leases, paired wit...
Blinded by Optimism—from 9/11 to Subprime
BusinessWeek
In 2000, Barbara Ehrenreich was "optimistic to the point of delusion" when it came to First World health care. Then she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was during this emotional nadir that she slammed into the positivity police, the cr...
Singapore’s Export Decline Matches Smallest Drop in 11 Months
Bloomberg
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s exports fell less than expected in September, matching the smallest drop in almost a year, as a recovery in the global economy improved demand for pharmaceutical and other goods. Non-oil domestic exports f...
U.N.: 11.6 million Africans made homeless by conflict
CNN
(CNN) -- About 11.6 million Africans have been forced from their homes by wars and other conflicts, according to the United Nations. Next week in Uganda, leaders from across the continent will converge to tackle the issue. Somali women at a...
China Green Agriculture, Inc. to Present at the 10th Annual Global ...
MSN Money
Ms. Ying Yang, Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at 11:10 am ET on Saturday, October 17th, 2009. Ms. Yang will be accompanied by Mr. Tao Li, Chairman and CEO, and Mr. Jonnie Wang, Secretary of the Board. Management will discu...
US construction to see 11 pct rise in 2010-WSJ
Reuters
Oct 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. construction industry should see modest gains in 2010, with the building of single-family houses, apartment buildings, highways and bridges on the rise, offsetting drops in commercial and manufacturing property, ...
Top 15 cable programs for Oct. 5-11
MSN Money
(AP) - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by The Nielsen Co. for the week of Oct. 5-11. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: 1. NFL Football: Green Bay vs. Minnesota (Monday, 8:30 p.m.), ESPN, 15.13 milli...
Receiver sues 2 former Stanford employees for more than $11 million
Los Angeles Times
DALLAS (AP) — The receiver overseeing R. Allen Stanford's businesses announced Thursday that he is suing two former employees of the Texas financier's capital management firm for more than $11 million. In papers filed in federal court in Da...
For Anne Frank’s Tree, 11 New Places to Bloom
New York Times
Through saplings descended from the majestic horse chestnut tree that gave her so much pleasure in her bleak hideout, Anne Frank will soon have her story joined with that of the Little Rock Nine — the black students who integrated an Arkans...
Double bombing kills 11 at Pakistan police station
Forbes
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Three suicide attackers, including a woman, attacked a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing 11 people Friday while army airstrikes killed a dozen suspected militants in a Taliban stronghold ahead of an expe...
Pakistan Car Bomber Kills 11; Seventh Attack in Week (Update1)
Bloomberg
Oct. 16 (Bloomberg) -- A suicide car bomber killed 11 people in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar, the seventh attack in a week as jihadists escalate a campaign against security forces. Eight civilians and three policeman were among ...
