US adds 173,000 jobs in August; unemployment rate drops to seven year low

Monday, September 7, 2015 The US economy added 173,000 jobs in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday. The unemployment rate fell from 5.3 to 5.1 percent, the lowest since April 2008. Although August job gains were lower than most economists forecast, job growth numbers for June and …

Google Taiwan: Building knowledge sharing center-stage with innovations

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 Last Tuesday in Taipei, Google Taiwan held an annual summary press conference named “Collective Intelligence & Innovation” (In Chinese: ?????????). With many products had already been presented to the public like wikis, blogs, and photo albums in the Web 2.0 era, Google served to provide lots …

Thousands take part in protests across US against government’s financial policy

Sunday, March 1, 2009 Last Friday, thousands of people, in a total of more than thirty US cities, took part in a protest against the economic policy of the US government. The event, which was inspired by the Boston Tea Party, took place due to comments made by CNBC presenter …

Turkey men’s wheelchair basketball team practices ahead of 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 London, England — Yesterday, with less than a day before the start of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the Turkey men’s national wheelchair basketball team practiced at the Basketball Arena in London’s Olympic Park. Turkey’s campaign starts on Thursday in a game against the United States men’s …