Where Bad News Is No News
Date: 18 March 2010
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Adaobi Nwaubani
Every time Nigeria experiences an episode of violence, the nation seems to go quiet or to have amnesia, while the rest of the world becomes fixated.
18 март 2010 г. беше четвъртък под звездния знак на ♓. Беше 76 ден от годината. Президент на Съединените щати беше Barack Obama.
Ако сте родени на този ден, вие сте на 16 години. Последният ви рожден ден беше на сряда, 18 март 2026 г., преди 78 дни. Следващият ви рожден ден е на четвъртък, 18 март 2027 г., след 286 дни. Живял си за 5 922 дни, или около 142 145 часа, или около 8 528 736 минути, или около 511 724 160 секунди.
Date: 18 March 2010
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Adaobi Nwaubani
Every time Nigeria experiences an episode of violence, the nation seems to go quiet or to have amnesia, while the rest of the world becomes fixated.
Date: 19 March 2010
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is mining arbitration records and advertisements promising “unrealistically high” returns.
Date: 18 March 2010
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Two men were accused of developing the computer programs used in the fraudulent investment-advisory business.
Date: 18 March 2010
By Brian Stelter and Bill Carter
Brian Stelter
ABC News has poached one of CNN’s biggest stars to anchor its Sunday morning public affairs program, “This Week,” beginning in August.
Date: 18 March 2010
By Felicia R. Lee
Felicia Lee
To the joy of millions of young readers and the consternation of untold numbers of foes of the “poop fiction” genre, a spinoff of the Captain Underpants series will be released in August, Scholastic announced on Thursday. “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future,” by Dav Pilkey, is the first in a four-book deal. In the graphic novel, “written” by the fictional characters George Beard and Harold Hutchins, Ook and Gluk are caveboys in Ohio in 500,001 B.C. who battle an evil corporation from the future and wind up in A.D. 2222. “I think fans of Captain Underpants will be very happy with this new book,” Mr. Pilkey said in a written statement. “It has all the action, laffs and ridiculousness that children love, plus all the unapologetic irreverence and questionable potty humor that grumpy curmudgeons love to complain about.” While Captain Underpants will not appear in the first book, he will be in two of the four, Scholastic said. Tracy van Straaten, vice president for publicity at Scholastic, said the first book would have a printing of one million copies, joining 45 million copies in print of Mr. Pilkey’s eight Captain Underpants books, featuring a superhero in briefs and a red cape. First out in 1997, the books became best sellers despite complaints by some parents and educators about their bathroom humor.
Date: 18 March 2010
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
ABC has been seeking a replacement for George Stephanopoulos, who shifted from “This Week” to “Good Morning America.”
Date: 18 March 2010
By Stephanie Clifford
Stephanie Clifford
With the country in a grim mood about corporate America, Hyatt is adding some humor to its marketing in an effort to get companies to hold meetings again.
Date: 19 March 2010
By Richard Pérez-Peña
Richard Pérez-Peña
The Wall Street Journal has reached a tentative contract agreement with its largest employee union.
Date: 19 March 2010
By Don Terry
Don Terry
Black discontent will get its loudest and most public hearing yet on Saturday, in a forum held just a few miles from President Obama’s house in Kenwood, at Chicago State University.
Date: 19 March 2010
Angela Jane Hunter and David Jason Reiter were married Saturday evening at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York. Rabbi Robert S. Widom officiated.