Buffett magic fails to work on Wall St.
Aug 25 - Summary of business headlines: Warren Buffett's $5 billion investment in Bank of America fails to derail Wall Street's first down day in four sessions; Apple shares fall slightly after CEO exit. Conway G. Gittens reports.
Buffett bets on Bank of America
Aug 25 - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett takes a play from his financial-crisis playbook by investing $5 billion in Bank of America as others ditch the stock. Conway G. Gittens reports.
Jackson jury not to be sequestered, Frank DiLeo dies
Aug. 25 - The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including Frank DiLeo dies, jury will not be sequestered for Jackson manslaughter case and Sheen's character dies on sitcom. Lindsay Claiborn reports.
Hurricane Irene's girth ensures major U.S. Northeast impact
Aug. 25 - NOAA National Hurricane Director Bill Read says Hurricane Irene will impact all major metropolitan areas along the U.S. Northeast corridor.
Bullard says Fed can support economy, downplays 'twist' plan
Aug. 25 - St. Louis Fed President James Bullard maintains a 2.5 percent GDP growth estimate for the rest of 2011 and says the Fed is prepared to provide liquidity if the economy weakens, but lowering long-term interest rates further would have little effect.
Should we care if Tim Cook is gay?
Aug 25 - Felix Salmon and John Abell discuss Apple's new CEO - Tim Cook - and the media's coverage of his sexual orientation.
Kevin Mitnick tells us about his life as a computer hacker
Anthony De Rosa talks to Kevin Mitnick - once considered the most-wanted computer criminal in the United States.
Mixed fluid returns to its original state
Read more:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/08/born-to-be-viral-how-to-unmix-a-mixed-fluid.html
Aftermath of underwater volcanic eruption
Read more:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/08/first-successful-prediction-of-an-underwater-eruption.html
Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's voice has been absent from the numerous books written about her, John F. Kennedy's presidency, and their life together. Now, in seven never-before-heard interviews conducted in 1964 with Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., this extraordinary woman gives us her story in her own words. This historic document and these tapes have been sealed for half a century, now available to be heard and read for the first time in this deluxe book and 8-cd set. For more information on the Oral
YouTube & @Google Talks present Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper visits Google's NYC office to discuss his new daytime talk show and answer questions from YouTube fans around the world moderated by Steve Grove. This event took place on August 24, 2011, as part of the @Google Talks series.
About Anderson:
As host and Executive Producer of the upcoming nationally syndicated, daily one-hour talk show, "Anderson," Anderson Cooper brings his passionate voice and unique ability as a storyteller to daytime television. Cooper, an Emmy award-winning j
Guide to the Microfilmed Records of the Allegheny County Grand Army Association, Pittsburgh, Pa., 18
The collection consists of seven volumes of meeting minutes of the Allegheny County Grand Army Association from 1898-1940.
Guide to Records of 7/11 Democratic Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.), 1968-1981
This collection contains the records of the 7/11 Democratic Club (Pittsburgh, Pa.) for the years 1968-1981 and includes the Club's constitution, executive committee and general membership meeting minutes, membership lists, financial records, newsletters, candidate questionnaires, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia of club activities. These records provide an overview of the Club's organization and activities during this period.
Guide to the Records of the Allegheny Alliance, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1967-1971
This collection contains the records of the Allegheny Alliance for the years 1967-1971. The Alliance was a political group which grew out of the dissatisfaction with established political parties. Most of these records center around the "start-up" of the organization in 1967 including material concerning the organization's structure, rationale, policy statements, and by-laws.
Guide to the Records of the Society for Hospital Social Work Directors, Southwestern Pennsylvania Ch
The Society for Hospital Social Work Directors, Southwestern Pennsylvania Chapter is a professional organization that began in 1965. The records of the SHSWD include society histories, by-laws, minutes, membership lists, annual reports, and information about workshops and special programs divided into six series that correspond to the society's ongoing donation of records.
Guide to the Microfilmed Records of the Union Veterans Legion, Encampment No. 1, Pittsburgh, PA, 188
The Union Veterans Legions was formed in 1885 and was comprised of soldiers, sailors, Marines of the Union Army, Navy, and Marine Corps who served during the Civil War. The records consist of the charter, rules, regulations, membership roll books, death records, and minute books.
Guide to the Records of the Democratic Party (Allegheny County, Pa.) Seventh Ward Committee (Pittsbu
The material in this collection reflects the activities of the Seventh Ward Committee (Pittsburgh) of the Democratic Party of Allegheny County, Pa. from 1970 to the present. It includes minutes, agendas, calls to meetings, correspondence, informational guides, voters' guides, Democratic Party primary elections, election campaign files, and news clippings.
Guide to the Microfilmed Records of Pine Creek Presbyterian Church, Fox Chapel, Pa., 1863-1957
The records of the Pine Creek Presbyterian Church contain historical materials, minutes of session and meetings, name indexes, and cemetary records, 1863-1957.
Guide to the Records of the Planned Parenthood Center of Pittsburgh, 1923-1980 (bulk 1930-1949, 1974
The Planned Parenthood Center of Pittsburgh was founded in 1930 as the Birth Control League of Allegheny County, an indirect successor to the earlier organizations, The Birth Control League of Western Pennsylvania and the Allegheny County Birth Control League. This collection contains history, by-laws, correspondence, minutes, pamphlets, brochures, and scrapbooks (1930-1949). Correspondence includes communication with the American Birth Control League (New York) and holds one TLS from Margaret S
Guide to the Oral History Collection of Black Sport in Pittsburghca.1980
This collection contains 54 interviews of individuals involved in black baseball clubs in and around Pittsburgh. The interviews were conducted in the early 1980's by Rob Ruck, then a graduate student in the Department of History, University of Pittsburgh.