Published on December 3, 2010 by Technology Slice
Australian Bid Gets One Vote – Australia’s disappointment in losing out to Qatar for the right to host the 2022 World Cup has turned to devastation with the revelation that the team from Down Under received just one vote from the FIFA executive committee and was the first nation eliminated. It emerged that after Australia [...]
Tags: 2022 World Cup, Aftermath, Australia, Australian Representatives, Bid, Chief Executive, Committee Members, Contingent, Devastation, Disappointment, Ffa, Fifa Executive Committee, First Nation, Japan, Journalists, Rank Outsider, Revelation, Sepp Blatter, South Korea, vote
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Published on November 29, 2010 by Technology Slice
Australia’s World Cup Bid Back On Track – Australia’s World Cup bid appears set for a boost with FIFA expected to allow an Oceania representative to vote in Thursday’s poll (AM Friday AEDT) in Zurich to decide the 2022 hosts. It appeared that Australia had lost a certain vote when Oceania president Reynald Temarii copped [...]
Tags: Acting President, Aedt, Confederation, Corruption Allegations, David Chung, Executive Committee, Fifa, Football Federation Australia, Frank Lowy, Governing Body, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, President David, Reynald, S Poll, South Korea, Sting, Voting Rights, World Cup, Zurich
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Published on November 26, 2010 by Technology Slice
South Korea Changes Rules Of Engagement – The office of South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said that ground forces would be “drastically” reinforced, including those on five frontline islands near the disputed Yellow Sea border. Spending to deal with the North’s “asymmetrical threats” would be a priority and a 2006 plan to cut the size [...]
Tags: Defence Minister, Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Korea War, Lee Myung Bak, Mr Kim, North China, north korea, Paradigm Shift, Premier Wen Jiabao, President Lee, Provocations, Relevant Reports, Rules Of Engagement, Sea Border, Soft Response, South Korea, South Korean President, war games, Warship, Yellow Sea
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Published on August 15, 2010 by Technology Slice
Apple Manager Arrested For Kick Backs – An Apple manager with responsibilities for the company’s contract manufacturing in Asia was arrested Friday and charged with accepting kickbacks. Global supply manager Paul Shin Devine was charged with accepting $1 million in kickbacks from half a dozen Asian suppliers of iPhone and iPod accessories in a federal [...]
Tags: Andrew Ang, Apple Business, Asian Suppliers, Civil Suit, Contract Manufacturing, Favorable Terms, Federal Indictment, Global Supply, Half A Dozen, Indictment Charges, iphone, Ipod Accessories, Jin Li, Jose Mercury News, Kick Backs, Kickbacks, San Jose Mercury, San Jose Mercury News, South Korea, Wall Street Journal
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Published on July 31, 2010 by Technology Slice
World Population To Hit 7 Billion in 2011 – In a sobering assessment of those two trends, William Butz, president of the Population Reference Bureau, said that ”chronically low birth rates in developed countries are beginning to challenge the health and financial security of the elderly”. At the same time, ”developing countries are adding over [...]
Tags: 1 Billion, Australia Canada, Butz, Demographer, Developing Countries, Financial Security, health care, Japan Population, Less Developed Countries, Low Birth Rates, Norway Population, Older Group, Population Data Sheet, Population Of Africa, Population Reference Bureau, recession, Retirement Ages, Russia Population, South Korea, World Population
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