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Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For July 13 2010
Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For July 13 2010
1: Hooters
Expands Internationally to New
Zealand
Hooters of AmericaHooters of America, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive franchise agreement to open up in major cities throughout New Zealand beginning next year. This exciting new international franchise expansion provides for exclusive ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0509/S00081.htm
2:
Key
unlocks New Zealand day at World Expo
Graham OsborneNew Zealand Prime Minister John Key was on hand to officiate at his country’s national day at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. The highlight of the day was the gifting to China by the Prime Minister of a Maori canoe carving known as a Te Kakano. The ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1007/S00109.htm
3:
Todd
loses High Court stoush over Pohokura
field
BusinesswireJuly 13 (BusinessDesk) - Multi-national oil companies Shell and OMV have prevailed in a High Court action brought against them by Todd Energy, alleging they colluded to limit output from the Pohokura gas field to the detriment of Todd and New Zealand ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00392.htm
4:
Statutory
manager freezes another Hubbard
company
BusinesswireJuly 13 (BusinessDesk) – The government-appointed statutory manager over Timaru millionaire Allan Hubbard and part of his empire has frozen the assets of another investment vehicle, saying it has “added another complexity” to the investigation.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00391.htm
5:
Instant
Photography is Back!
PolaroidFans of the Polaroid brand worldwide were devastated about the death of instant film. Now those fans can rejoice again: Polaroid instant photography is back.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00362.htm
6:
Business
as Usual says Newmont Waihi Gold
Newmont Waihi GoldNewmont Waihi Gold’s joint venture partner Glass Earth Gold has announced its most recent drilling results from their WKP gold-silver prospect located 10 kilometres northeast of Waihi.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00386.htm
7:
For
Six Years Think Tank Has Been Hell-Bent On
War
Jason LeopoldNever before in the history of the United States presidency has a think tank had such an impact on shaping U.S. foreign policy as the Project for the New American Century has on helping President George W. Bush set foreign policy goals for his ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0302/S00204.htm
8:
Letters
being sent to Aorangi Securities
investors
Grant ThorntonLetters are being sent shortly to the more than 400 investors in Aorangi Securities Limited to confirm details of their investments.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00388.htm
9:
Fidel
Castro Speech - July 26, 2005
Cuba GovernmentSpeech given by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, President of the Republic of Cuba, at the official function commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the assault on the “Moncada” and “Carlos Manuel de Cespedes” garrisons in the Karl Marx Theatre, July 26, 2005.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0507/S00453.htm
10:
World’s
Best Ski RacersTo Descend On
Queenstown
Coronet PeakCoronet Peak is once more to become the hub of international race training as it welcomes back the stars of the Vancouver Winter Olympics to its slopes.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00185.htm
11:
Govt
pulls plug on greenhouse gas research
New Zealand National PartyNational's Agriculture spokesman David Carter is slamming a Government decision to cut funding for a greenhouse gas emissions research project at Lincoln University.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0309/S00291.htm
12:
Linden
Leaves Founder Awarded Order Of Merit
Linden LeavesOn April 29 this year, the founder and Managing Director of the New Zealand natural skincare company Linden Leaves, was invested with a New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Business in Wellington.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00387.htm
13:
PC
Waffle In Vacuous Report
New Zealand National PartyThe third TEAC report 'Shaping the Strategy' is full of PC waffle with no real recommendations to help advance New Zealand's tertiary education system, National MP Tony Ryall said today.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0108/S00032.htm
14:
OUSA’s
Clubs Day: Touting for Members
Otago University Students AssociationNew and returning Scarfies will be able to pick and choose from up to 100 clubs to join at OUSA’s Clubs Day tomorrow.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1007/S00048.htm
15:
West
Papua stands up for its rights
Scoop Coverage of West PapuaThe latest report from the West Papua Project at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Sydney University, entitled Get up, stand up: West Papuans stand up for their rights. The report is a rebuttal of the International Crisis Group Report No. ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00246.htm
16:
Advertising
is All About the Product—Yeah
Right!
Anon.Most of us are well familiar with the “Yeah Right” billboard campaign that has been used to advertise Tui Beer. We can recall such slogans as “I’ve got something in my eye”, “I’d rather have a quiet one tonight”, and “I’ve been studying all summer”.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0303/S00244.htm
17:
Christchurch
Mayor Appalled At Police Attack
Christchurch City CouncilChristchurch Mayor Bob Parker today expressed extreme concern at this morning’s incident in which two police officers were shot at and injured and a police dog killed.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1007/S00153.htm
18:
Lower
Hutt Lab Comes Out Top Of The World
GNS ScienceLower Hutt Lab Comes Out Top Of The World Scientist Uwe Morgenstern prepares equipment to determine the age of a batch of water samples. The laboratory he manages produces the most accurate water dating measurements in the world.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0712/S00043.htm
19:
MARKET
CLOSE: NZ stocks fall; Wrightson, NZS
drop
BusinesswireMARKET CLOSE: NZ stocks fall as U.S. earnings season gets underway; PGW, NZS fall
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00390.htm
20:
Secretary
White Briefing on Homeland Security
US Department of DefenceWhite: Good morning, everyone. My name is Tom White. I'm the Secretary of the Army. But I'm here today in my capacity as executive agent for the department for Secretary Rumsfeld in homeland security.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0110/S00197.htm
21:
Global
jobs crisis threatens stability, UN
warns
United NationsCiting a growing employment crisis that threatens democracies around the globe, the head of the United Nations labour agency urged leaders gathering today at the World Economic Forum to act and counter a crisis that has left 192 million people without ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0601/S00393.htm
22:
Show
Of Treasures Mark Diamond Jubilee
University of AucklandA rich sequence of images captures the flavour of Elam School of Fine Arts in an exhibition celebrating the 60 years since the School joined The University of Auckland, which opens this week.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00179.htm
23:
Statement
on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons
Russian FederationSTATEMENT by the delegation of the Russian Federation at the second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0305/S00099.htm
24:
Images:
Air Force Orion on Standby for
Rendezvous
New Zealand Defence ForceAn Air Force Orion is on standby to help a stricken yacht rendezvous with a merchant ship within the next 24 hours. The yacht Scot Free has a ripped sails, has run out of diesel and is without its GPS.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0506/S00128.htm
25:
NZ
food prices post largest annual drop since
1957
BusinesswireNZ food prices post largest annual decline since 1957 on fruit, vegetables, meat and groceries
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1007/S00378.htm
26:
Cosmic
Quest: A History of Astronomy
Royal Astronomical SocietyFREE Public Lecture Saturday July 17 - 7.00pm Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Epsom Girls Grammar, Epsom
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1007/S00023.htm
27:
Wiri
will cost more than $300 million
Green PartyGreen Party MP David Clendon is ready to bet a night behind bars that the private prison at Wiri will cost more to build than the $300 million claimed by the Minister of Corrections.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1007/S00199.htm
28:
Are
You The Next Karate Kid?
Choi Kwang DoBrowns Bay Martial Arts School Choi Kwang Do is pleased to announce that five North Shore children/teens recently passed their Black Belt Grading.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00181.htm
29:
Terrorists
Trying to Destroy Mideast Peace
Process
US State DepartmentWashington -- The White House and State Department said June 12 that the Islamic militant group Hamas and other like-minded groups opposed to an Israeli state are trying to stop the U.S.-led Middle East peace process.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0306/S00191.htm
Asian Human Rights CommissionAvinash Pandey The Kashmir valley in India has witnessed more than 15 deaths in June alone, all of them caused by Indian security forces firing upon the protesting crowds. These crowds were comprised largely of teenagers pelting stones at the security ...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1007/S00242.htm
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