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Feb 22 News

• View Writing and Publishing headlines on HDLNS.com

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• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Conglomerate Parent Works on Debt Restructuring

  In an internal memo, the Education Media & Publishing Group--the conglomerate parent of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing--signaled that they have nearly completed a restructuring of the company's debt. Daily Finance has the scoop, reprinting a (read)

• David Remnick to Publish Barack Obama Biography

  On April 9, Alfred A. Knopf will publish The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by New Yorker editor David Remnick. The book will launch with 200,000 hardcover copies and a simultaneous eBook edition. For this new book, Remnick (pictured, v (read)

• In Ain't No Grave , Cash's final songs ring true

  Martyn Atkins American Recordings Johnny Cash's American VI is a collection of songs from the artists last recording session. American VI: Ain't No Grave Johnny Cash American/Lost Highway 3 stars American V: A Hundred Highways, released four years ag (read)

• Hoffman: At nearly 6 feet 9, Amazon Eve stands tall

  She's 6 feet 8 inches in her bare feet, but if she throws on some 6-inch spike heels, she's taller than Shaquille O'Neal. She looks better in a swimsuit. Eve, billed as the World's Tallest Model, was in Houston recently. Heck, she's been everywhere ? (read)

• Interviews with poets up at Fringe

  I had the good fortune to interview two fascinating poets recently, Bryan Roth and Cheryl Dumesnil. Both interviews are up at Fringe magazine (Fringe: the Noun that Verbs Your World). Bryan (look in the Blog section for his two-part interview) addres (read)

• Oops ...

  ... Doubts Raised on Book's Tale of Atom Bomb.This couldn't have been checked beforehand? (read)

• Things no ebook can replace ...

  ... 25 Beautiful Japan-Themed Books. (read)

• Philly book scene ...

  ... Local Area Events. (read)

• 'Holy Grail' comic book sets record price

  A copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold at auction for $US1 million ($1.11 million) / Picture: AP/Comic Connect Corp Source: AP First ever Superman comic for sale Excellent condition, $1m ono Anonymous buyer grabs it in minutes IT (read)

• Book review: Origins of Human Communication

  Extract not available. (read)

• $1.545-Billion Bradley West Project Ground-Breaking Continues Modernization

  LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa was joined today by City Councilmembers Janice Hahn and Bill Rosendahl, airport commissioners and other officials in a ceremony to break ground on a long-awaited major (read)

• AMICAS Responds to Merge Healthcare

  BOSTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMICAS, Inc. (AMCS), a leader in image and information management solutions, today responded to a press release issued earlier today by Merge Healthcare Incorporated (MRGE) ('Merge') regarding Merge's acquisi (read)

• High school roundup: Chargers eyeing first playoff berth

  Clear Springs missed the playoffs by one game in its first varsity season last year and coach Kenny Webb is doing his best to avoid a repeat. I hope the players are hungry after what happen a year ago, and we'll find out during the second half of (read)

• High school roundup: TWJR captures rowing medals

  Several members of The Woodlands Juniors Rowing team recently captured medals for indoor competition. The Woodlands High School junior Tara Dalton won a gold medal in the Women's Junior Event and is now ranked No. 1 in the state and among the top 25 (read)

• Villanova falls in ESPN/USA Today coaches poll; Kansas, Kentucky still rank

  Two losses send Villanova tumbling Comment Email Print Share ESPN.com Gottlieb: Who's In, Who's Out Doug Gottlieb predicts the teams that will be dancing in MarchTags: Men's College Basketball, Connecticut Huskies, St. Louis Billikens, Cincinnati (read)

• US Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy (The West Australian)

  The publisher of Reader's Digest says it has emerged from bankruptcy protection with much less debt and a new board of directors.The Reader's Digest Association Inc was able to exit protection in about six months because it negotiated a prearranged (read)

• Reader's Digest Exits Bankruptcy With Less Debt

  pleasantville, n.y. -- the publisher of reader's digest said monday that it has emerged from bankruptcy protection with much less debt and a new board of directors. the reader's digest association inc. was able to exit chapter 11 protection in about (read)

• High school roundup: Dawson's Wells recognized

  ?Our team and Deer Park lost a bunch of seniors from last season, and Dobie and Rayburn both have several regulars back, and they are considered the teams to beat,? Pearland's fourth-year coach Tom Jones said. ?So it's been really amazing to see how (read)

• Md. mom convicted of killing kids found in freezer

  Extract not available. (read)

• Princeton Releases Kindle Data

  Technological change doesn't happen overnight. At least, at Princeton it doesn't. The Ivy League school released its first set of survey data following the introduction of the Amazon Kindle on campus, the Daily Princetonian reports. Three courses (read)

• California bookstore chain takes road less traveled

  Since emerging from bankruptcy more than a decade ago, San Francisco-based Books Inc. has carefully built a 12-store chain of smaller shops situated away from mall-based competitors. Watching warily as independents and even some large chains have clo (read)

• 'Holy Grail' comic book sets record price

  A copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold at auction for $US1 million ($1.11 million) / Picture: AP/Comic Connect Corp Source: AP First ever Superman comic for sale Excellent condition, $1m ono Anonymous buyer grabs it in minutes IT (read)

• Education Books Account For 39% Of Total Book Industry Sales

  While most of the press on e-readers has been focused on the sexier trade book segment, it's important to note that textbooks are just as big a market, and like trade books has barely started to penetrate the e-book industry. For example, accordin (read)

• What Will It Mean When the eBook Comes First? >

  Doc has been a big fan of eBooks since they first started hitting the scene back in 1998 with the Rocket Ebook (which I still have in my closet of failed technology). The impact of eBooks will go well beyond their current use as a vehicle for Amazon (read)

• The word God refers to self-knowledge

  The word God refers to self-knowledgeAnd shared power inseparableFrom the absolute principle of creation.The word God refers to the all knowingSelf-knowledge of the cosmosThat knows that God is a point of viewWhich excel as the Great Spirit that rush (read)

• India's Reliance ups bid for LyondellBassell to $14.5B

  October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 (read)

• Eriez(R) Announces 5-Star Service(TM) Lift Magnet Certification and Refurbi

  ERIE, Pa., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Eriez 5-Star Service„ now offers a Lift Magnet Certification and Refurbishment Program. 'If you need new magnets, need to have your current magnets repaired, certified or completely rebuilt, Eriez has a soluti (read)

• Film Producer Marlon Campbell Sees Great Times Ahead with 'Good Times' Star

  ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Momma & Me is a new sitcom filming its pilot next month on March 1, 2, and 3rd at EBON/A-Match Studios in Titusville, Florida. The show is being produced by Campbell and promises to deliver a new slant to the (read)

• AdEx Media Announces Plans For Cost Cutting and Restructuring Of Operations

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AdEx Media, Inc. (ADXM) (the 'Company'), a leading performance-driven, online marketing and distribution company, today announced that in connection with current industry-wide pressures by the (read)

• Reader's Digest Association Completes Financial Restructuring

  The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (RDA) announced that it has successfully completed its financial restructuring and has emerged from prearranged Chapter 11 well capitalized, having reduced its debt by 75% and lowered its gross operating leverage (read)

• Mother's Day Remake Delayed

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• Reader's Digest Sheds 75% Of Debt Through Ch. 11

  Extract not available. (read)

• A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE's Christopher Walken Featured In The NY Times

  Academy Award-winner Christopher Walken, currently starring in Martin McDonagh's A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, recently sat down with Patrick Healy of The New York Times to talk about his role in the new play which is currently playing at the Gerald Schoen (read)

• UPDATE 2-Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy

  * Cuts debt by 75 percent * Obtains bankruptcy exit financing of $525 million * New board of directors (Adds details previous and current debt, background on former owner Ripplewood) NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Magazine and website publisher Reader' (read)

• UPDATE 2-Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy

  * Obtains bankruptcy exit financing of $525 million (Adds details previous and current debt, background on former owner Ripplewood) NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Magazine and website publisher Reader's Digest Association Inc emerged from bankruptcy af (read)

• Reader's Digest Emerges From Chapter 11; Cuts Debt By 75 Percent

  After a series of delays, the Reader's Digest Association has finally emerged from bankruptcy having reduced its debt by 75 percent, the company said. The publisher, which filed for Chapter 11 protection last August, has received $525 million in exit (read)

• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Secures New $650 Million Cash Investment and Reca

  100% of Votes Submitted in Favor of Eliminating Approximately 60% of Company's Debt, Reducing Annual Interest Expense by over 75%, Strengthening Balance Sheet and Substantially Increasing Liquidity Company Launches $100 Million Innovation Fund to Dev (read)

• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  -- were announced by president Galaxy Press, John Goodwin, following a presentation of Mr. Hubbard's literary accomplishments by a representative from his literary agency, Ms. Gunhild Jacobs. 'Hubbard was one of the club's most famous members,' said (read)

• Amazon To Launch Kindle App For Blackberry Users

  Blackberry owners who like to read books while on the go can now access their favourite titles right from their smartphones, thanks to the launch of an Amazon Kindle reader for the RIM platform. Over the weekend the online retailing giant has announc (read)

• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary -- February 19, 1940 -- as a member of The (read)

• Azure Dynamics Add to Canada Post's Green Fleet with Hybrid Electric Techno

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - canada post has ordered five azure balance(tm) hybrid electric vehicles as part of its stated goal to replace aged vehicles over the next five years with more efficient vehic (read)

• Adperio Successfully Fights to Remove Affiliates From 'Amazon Tax' Bill in

  DENVER, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Adperio, led by founder and CEO David Asseoff, fought a successful battle to eliminate references to 'affiliates' from Colorado HB 1193. If passed as originally written, the bill would have devastated an entire industr (read)

• Your Family Constitution A Book Review

  Access large amounts of breaking news and other business information handcrafted to your exacting specifications. Go get it or we'll deliver it to you. Use it to inform, innovate and investigate your world, from the competitor down the block to trend (read)

• Beat the Post

  We were recently asked to deliver an insulting letter. Insulting to us as postal workers, that is, not to our customers. It was an advertising circular from Clifford James (established 1970), announcing their January sale. The insult was a statement (read)

• Joanna Trollope Book review: The Other Family

  Properties of the Week Most Viewed Property Most Wanted Property We are delighted to offer this most unusual opportunity to purchase this striking grade II listed family home contained within a stunning period property of just three residences. 'The (read)

• Religious Reader's Digestism

  Oh lord. Oh lord. I can't stand it. Somebody get me a drink. Recently I saw an interview with General McChrystal, head butcher of the Pentagon's Democracy Implantation Force in Afghanistan. The General was explaining our ongoing victory. Yes, victory (read)

• Reader's Digest Association Completes Financial Restructuring; Emerges as a

  Extract not available. (read)

• New exhibit recalls the Reader's Digest's heyday

  Extract not available. (read)

• Schlumberger/Smith merger: Analysts' reactions

  October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 (read)

• Cox 11 Presents Exclusive Coverage of the Eastern Region Basketball Tournam

  CHESAPEAKE, Va., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- For high school basketball players, families and fans, the Annual Eastern Region Tournament is among the top highlights of the sports calendar in Hampton Roads. The Tournament determines which girls and boys (read)

• Oberthur Technologies Expands Single Source Card Solution to Include DoD Pr

  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oberthur Technologies, a global leader of manufacturing and personalization services, now offers Drop-on-Demand (DoD) printing to provide more options for customers looking for a single vendor to provide card design, (read)

• NAACP Legal Defense Fund Argues Chicago Firefighter Discrimination Case Bef

  LDF defends job applicant rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act NEW YORK, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- John Payton, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) presented oral argument toda (read)

• Pew Says Proposed International Whaling Commission Compromise Fails to Secu

  WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Susan Lieberman, director of international policy for the Pew Environment Group, issued the following statement today in response to recent efforts to resolve the impasse at the International Whaling (read)

• New York City Gets Freaked Out! Zombies, Vampires And Freaks Invade The Big

  NEW YORK, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Take the Big Apple, add every horrifying beast, science-fiction freak and fantasy faerie, shake thoroughly and you've got 'Ugly Americans,' a new animated horror-comedy series premiering on COMEDY CENTRAL on March 17 (read)

• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary -- February 19, 1940 -- as a member of The (read)

• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary -- February 19, 1940 -- as a member of The (read)

• Indirect owner of 50% of Kyiv's Siaivo bookstore insists he was not involve

  Extract not available. (read)

• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary -- February 19, 1940 -- as a member of The (read)

• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary -- February 19, 1940 -- as a member of The (read)

• Reader's Digest exhibit recalls the magazine's heyday

  New York Times At one time, everyone at Reader's Digest got Fridays off in May, and a week of paid travel to visit anywhere in the country. There were free garden plots at the magazine's headquarters for those who couldn't grow tomatoes at ho (read)

• The LA Times and Armenian Coverage

  http://www.asbarez.com/77680/the-la-times-and-armenian-coverage/ By Garen Yegparian on Feb 19th, 2010 We were all pleased when the LA Times finally left the dark side by terminating its use of the word 'alleged' every time it referred to the Genocid (read)

• The Wall Street Journal Spotlights UCF Experts

  Please see below for a review of selected print, broadcast and online media coverage for the University of Central Florida. To view a list of news, events and features from around campus, visit the News & Information Web site or UCF Today. Follow (read)

• Reader's Digest Association Completes Financial Restructuring; Emerges as a

  The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. ('RDA') announced today that it has successfully completed its financial restructuring and has emerged from pre-arranged Chapter 11 well capitalized, having reduced its debt by 75 percent and lowered its gross (read)

• UPDATE 1-Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy

  NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Magazine and website publisher Reader's Digest Association Inc has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after cutting it debt by 75 percent, the company said on Monday. Reader's Digest, which filed for protection from credi (read)

• UPDATE 1-Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy

  NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Magazine and website publisher Reader's Digest Association Inc has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after cutting it debt by 75 percent, the company said on Monday. Reader's Digest, which filed for protection from credi (read)

• Into the Widening Gyre: Social Marketing Meets Peak Oil (book review)

  While reading Gerald Zaltman and Lindsay Zaltman's Marketing Metaphoria: What deep metaphors reveal about the minds of consumers, (MM), I recalled a healthcare consultant who told me, 'You really should market peak oil, but you've got to give folks (read)

• Supreme Court: No new trial for killer of Houston policeman

  WASHINGTON ? The Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court decision that gave a new trial to a man convicted of killing a police officer in Texas. The high court ordered the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its decision that Antho (read)

• Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Roof Assembly Reduces Sound Penetration by More Than

  NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia-Pacific Gypsum ' long an innovator in the development and use of fiberglass mat-based gypsum panels ' announced that its assembly for retrofitting lightweight commercial roof decks based on its DensDeck R (read)

• Professional Minor League Umpires Vote Overwhelmingly to Affiliate with OPE

  NEW YORK, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The union representing professional minor league baseball umpires has voted overwhelmingly to affiliate with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO. (Photo: (read)

• Turbine Generator Maintenance (TGM) Appoints New CEO

  CAPE CORAL, Fla., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Turbine Generator Maintenance, Inc. (TGM), an independent provider of inspection, maintenance, and repair services for owners of steam and gas turbines and generators, is pleased to announce the appointment o (read)

• Texas energy = more jobs but less money?

  October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 (read)

• Real Resorts Introduces Its 2010 Commission Booster Program

  CANCUN, Mexico, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Real Resorts popular RRMembers Commission Booster Program is adding new features and programs for 2010 to make it even easier and quicker for agents to earn extra cash incentives. New to the program is the (read)

• Buffalo Retools Its Storage Offering

  AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions, today announced a new suite of software tools (read)

• Census Bureau Facts for Features: Women's History Month: March 2010

  WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Women's History Month's roots go back to March 8, 1857, when women from New York City factories staged a protest over working conditions. International Women's Day was first observed in 1909, bu (read)

• Amid chaos and war ...

  ...Inside Somalia: Where poetry is revered. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.) (read)

• Threatening poetry ...

  ... Louisville man charged with threatening to kill president in poem. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)Testing the limits of the First Amendment, federal prosecutors have charged a Louisville man with threatening to kill the president based on a poem he wrot (read)

• New York's Remington Museum Setting Up Library

  'For the past few weeks, Mrs. Jaunzems has been classifying and labeling books, magazines, exhibit catalogues and professional journals by and about the artist and the period to set up the museum's first reference library.' Read this article.... (read)

• Siren Star Publishing Announces Runway Runaway -- Now Available in Audio Bo

  (Marketwire) Siren Star Publishing announces Bestselling memoir, Runway RunAway (http://runwayrunAway.com) is now out in audio -- narrated by Author Lorelei Shellist herself. From the streets of Los Angeles, as a teenage runaway waitressing at The.. (read)

• The University of Amsterdam Joins the MetaMiner Metabolic Diseases Project

  ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- GeneGo, Inc., the leading systems biology tools company, announced today that the Medical Biochemistry group at the Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam will join the MetaMiner Metabolic Diseases (read)

• 'External relations' at City Hall

  Carville famously was one of the key architects of Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential election victory while his wife, Matalin, was working for the first President George Bush, whom Clinton defeated. Adam Harris was Annise Parker's campaign manager and (read)

• FiberTower Announces Fourth Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and Conference Ca

  SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FiberTower Corporation (FTWR) announced today that it plans to release 2009 fourth quarter results on Thursday, March 4, 2010 after the market closes. In conjunction with the release, FiberTower has (read)

• New Balance Launches the New Balance 365 Project

  BOSTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston-based New Balance announces the launch of New Balance 365, a collection of 365 short films that engages consumers 365 days a year by asking them to think about 'the balance.' Beginning on February 22, one 20 sec (read)

• Owens Corning Commences Secondary Offering of Common Stock by Selling Stock

  TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Owens Corning (OC) today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of common stock pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed today with the Securities and Exchan (read)

• Harbin Electric to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Financial Resul

  HARBIN, China, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Harbin Electric, Inc. ('Harbin Electric' or the 'Company',HRBN), a leading developer and manufacturer of a wide array of electric motors in the People's Republic of China, today announced that the (read)

• Coldwell Banker Survey Identifies Multi-Generational Homes as a Trend in Re

  parsippany, nj -- (marketwire) -- 02/22/10 -- family reunions are taking on a new meaning in the real estate market. according to a recent survey by coldwell banker real estate llc among its network of real estate professionals, in the last 12 months (read)

• 51 Billion Calories and Counting

  Meal Planning Urged to Cut Food Waste, Improve Nutrition From the Ground up SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What America doesn't eat is becoming as concerning as what it does, and meal-planning tools from MealsMatter.org can he (read)

• Minibus Drivers Beware-Is Your Minibus Road Legal?

  Extract not available. (read)

• Symantec 2010 State of Enterprise Security Study Shows Frequent, Effective

  Security is of great concern to global enterprises. Forty-two percent of enterprises rank cyber risk as their top concern, more than natural disasters, terrorism, and traditional crime combined. Reflecting that perception, IT is intently focused on (read)

• Jasper Releases New Formal Verification Proof Kits for LPDDR1, LPDDR2, and

  Extract not available. (read)

• Siren Star Publishing Announces Runway Runaway -- Now Available in Audio Bo

  los angeles, ca -- 02/22/10 -- siren star publishing announces bestselling memoir, runway runaway (http://runwayrunaway.com) is now out in audio -- narrated by author lorelei shellist herself. from the streets of los angeles, as a teenage runaway (read)

• Before I Fall: Lauren Oliver

  It's difficult not to reveal the end of a story, when the end starts at the beginning. Sam is dead. Sam, Lindsay, Ally and Elody were driving home from Kent McFuller's party. Ally and Elody were smoking and the freezing rain was coming in th (read)

• Spartacus: The Shadow Of Death

  October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 (read)

• C-motech to Display Its Dual-Mode USB Modem 'U-301' at MWC 2010

  SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- C-motech (www.cmotech.com) displayed its dual-mode USB modem 'U-301' supporting both 3G CDMA and mobile WiMax during Mobile World Congress 2010. 'U-301' is a dual-mode USB modem that supports both 3G technology C (read)

• Hammerson - Full-Year Results Interview With CEO

  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Real estate group Hammerson said it had posted 'resilient' full-year results despite volatile markets in 2009. In an interview on broadcaster http://www.cantos.com, CEO David Atkins underlines his commitment to maintain the (read)

• Historic downtown building can find no love

  No one showed up at last week's auction to sell the historic Hogan-Allnoch building, which is now likely to become a parking lot. It was at least third time that's happened, said Robert Gaskins, general manager for Harris County's Right of Way (read)

• Free program has kids on move to healthier lifestyle

  Rebecca Velazquez has become a healthier cook and more discriminating shopper. Soda is no longer welcome in her house, and colorful salads have become a staple at dinner. She prepared green enchiladas for her family of five last Thursday. Instead of (read)

• E.J. Dionne: Critical week looms for health care

  This week will determine the shape of American politics for the next three years. No, that's not one of those journalistic exaggerations intended to catch your attention, although I hope it did. It's an accurate description of the stakes at the healt (read)

• SmarTrend's Trend Spotter Sees Continued Upward Momentum on Shares of Barne

  SmarTrend identified an Uptrend for Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) on February 11, 2010 at $20.44. In approximately 1 week, Barnes & Noble has returned 6.1% as of today's recent price of $21.68. Barnes & Noble is currently above its 50-day mo (read)

• Book review: 'The Bell Ringers' by Henry Porter

  Every step you take / I'll be watching you ... The refrain from the stalker's love song, 'Every Breath You Take,' by the Police, might serve as the epigram for this gripping new British thriller. The book tells of the dangers of an overreaching prime (read)

Feb 22 News

• View Writing and Publishing headlines on HDLNS.com

  HDLNS.com is the easiest to use aggregated content RSS Reader on the net. No need to sign up, nothing to remember. Just browse and read. (read)

• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Conglomerate Parent Works on Debt Restructuring

  In an internal memo, the Education Media & Publishing Group--the conglomerate parent of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing--signaled that they have nearly completed a restructuring of the company's debt. Daily Finance has the scoop, reprinting a (read)

• David Remnick to Publish Barack Obama Biography

  On April 9, Alfred A. Knopf will publish The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama by New Yorker editor David Remnick. The book will launch with 200,000 hardcover copies and a simultaneous eBook edition. For this new book, Remnick (pictured, v (read)

• In Ain't No Grave , Cash's final songs ring true

  Martyn Atkins American Recordings Johnny Cash's American VI is a collection of songs from the artists last recording session. American VI: Ain't No Grave Johnny Cash American/Lost Highway 3 stars American V: A Hundred Highways, released four years ag (read)

• Hoffman: At nearly 6 feet 9, Amazon Eve stands tall

  She's 6 feet 8 inches in her bare feet, but if she throws on some 6-inch spike heels, she's taller than Shaquille O'Neal. She looks better in a swimsuit. Eve, billed as the World's Tallest Model, was in Houston recently. Heck, she's been everywhere ? (read)

• Interviews with poets up at Fringe

  I had the good fortune to interview two fascinating poets recently, Bryan Roth and Cheryl Dumesnil. Both interviews are up at Fringe magazine (Fringe: the Noun that Verbs Your World). Bryan (look in the Blog section for his two-part interview) addres (read)

• Oops ...

  ... Doubts Raised on Book's Tale of Atom Bomb.This couldn't have been checked beforehand? (read)

• Things no ebook can replace ...

  ... 25 Beautiful Japan-Themed Books. (read)

• Philly book scene ...

  ... Local Area Events. (read)

• 'Holy Grail' comic book sets record price

  A copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold at auction for $US1 million ($1.11 million) / Picture: AP/Comic Connect Corp Source: AP First ever Superman comic for sale Excellent condition, $1m ono Anonymous buyer grabs it in minutes IT (read)

• Book review: Origins of Human Communication

  Extract not available. (read)

• $1.545-Billion Bradley West Project Ground-Breaking Continues Modernization

  LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa was joined today by City Councilmembers Janice Hahn and Bill Rosendahl, airport commissioners and other officials in a ceremony to break ground on a long-awaited major (read)

• AMICAS Responds to Merge Healthcare

  BOSTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMICAS, Inc. (AMCS), a leader in image and information management solutions, today responded to a press release issued earlier today by Merge Healthcare Incorporated (MRGE) ('Merge') regarding Merge's acquisi (read)

• High school roundup: Chargers eyeing first playoff berth

  Clear Springs missed the playoffs by one game in its first varsity season last year and coach Kenny Webb is doing his best to avoid a repeat. I hope the players are hungry after what happen a year ago, and we'll find out during the second half of (read)

• High school roundup: TWJR captures rowing medals

  Several members of The Woodlands Juniors Rowing team recently captured medals for indoor competition. The Woodlands High School junior Tara Dalton won a gold medal in the Women's Junior Event and is now ranked No. 1 in the state and among the top 25 (read)

• Villanova falls in ESPN/USA Today coaches poll; Kansas, Kentucky still rank

  Two losses send Villanova tumbling Comment Email Print Share ESPN.com Gottlieb: Who's In, Who's Out Doug Gottlieb predicts the teams that will be dancing in MarchTags: Men's College Basketball, Connecticut Huskies, St. Louis Billikens, Cincinnati (read)

• US Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy (The West Australian)

  The publisher of Reader's Digest says it has emerged from bankruptcy protection with much less debt and a new board of directors.The Reader's Digest Association Inc was able to exit protection in about six months because it negotiated a prearranged (read)

• Reader's Digest Exits Bankruptcy With Less Debt

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• Mother's Day Remake Delayed

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• Reader's Digest Sheds 75% Of Debt Through Ch. 11

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• UPDATE 2-Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy

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• UPDATE 2-Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy

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• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

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• Reader's Digest Association Completes Financial Restructuring; Emerges as a

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• New exhibit recalls the Reader's Digest's heyday

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• Schlumberger/Smith merger: Analysts' reactions

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• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary -- February 19, 1940 -- as a member of The (read)

• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary -- February 19, 1940 -- as a member of The (read)

• Indirect owner of 50% of Kyiv's Siaivo bookstore insists he was not involve

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• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary -- February 19, 1940 -- as a member of The (read)

• Famed Author and Accomplished Explorers Club Member L. Ron Hubbard Honored

  Author and explorer L. Ron Hubbard was honored Thursday night at the Explorers Club headquarters before a packed hall with guests from New York's publishing industry, in celebration of his 70th anniversary -- February 19, 1940 -- as a member of The (read)

• Reader's Digest exhibit recalls the magazine's heyday

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• Reader's Digest Association Completes Financial Restructuring; Emerges as a

  The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. ('RDA') announced today that it has successfully completed its financial restructuring and has emerged from pre-arranged Chapter 11 well capitalized, having reduced its debt by 75 percent and lowered its gross (read)

• UPDATE 1-Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy

  NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Magazine and website publisher Reader's Digest Association Inc has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after cutting it debt by 75 percent, the company said on Monday. Reader's Digest, which filed for protection from credi (read)

• UPDATE 1-Reader's Digest emerges from bankruptcy

  NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Magazine and website publisher Reader's Digest Association Inc has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after cutting it debt by 75 percent, the company said on Monday. Reader's Digest, which filed for protection from credi (read)

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• Georgia-Pacific Gypsum Roof Assembly Reduces Sound Penetration by More Than

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• Amid chaos and war ...

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• Threatening poetry ...

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• Siren Star Publishing Announces Runway Runaway -- Now Available in Audio Bo

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• Jasper Releases New Formal Verification Proof Kits for LPDDR1, LPDDR2, and

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• Siren Star Publishing Announces Runway Runaway -- Now Available in Audio Bo

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