Manufacturers beating gloom [ Yorkshire Post Today ] Jul 07, 2008  Leading Yorkshire manufacturers last night claimed the sector was buoyant in spite of gloomy statistics which showed a bigger-than-expected decline in manufacturing output. <07/07/2008 11:32:34> Read More ...

Community helps with soldier's wedding [ Westerly Sun ] Jul 07, 2008  WESTERLY — The wedding photo, she in a white gown, he in his Army dress uniform, does not hint of any last-minute, pre-wedding scramble. Read More ...

UK manufacturing output falls in May [ AP via Yahoo! Finance ] Jul 07, 2008  British manufacturing output fell 0.5 percent in May compared to the previous month, the government said Monday. An index of production in the latest three months also dropped. Read More ...

Manufacturing workshop at HCC [ New Haven Register ] Jul 8, 2008  BRIDGEPORT — Manufacturing in the 21st Century will be the focus of a workshop July 17 at Housatonic Community College. Read More ...

Top Ten Best Car Ads Of The 1970s [Top T [ Jalopnik ] Jul 01, 2008  var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Top_Ten_Best_Car_Ads_Of_The_1970s'; We saw the 'I like it going up and down' Mini run away with the vote in the Top Ten Car Ads Of The 60s poll yesterday,... Read More ...

Yacht club princesses vy for title of Qu [ Midland Reporter-Telegram ] Jul 07, 2008  By Kristen Wyatt Associated Press PASADENA, Md. -- It was sunny, about 80 degrees -- fine weather for an afternoon promenade along the Chesapeake Bay wearing a floor-length white gown, long formal gloves and a tiara. Read More ...

New Web Based Business Benefits Inventor [ Centre Daily Times ] Jul 07, 2008  Sciurid Publications for Innovative Products, a comprehensive database of all pertinent information on technologically advanced consumer products, is now available to the public at www.sciurid.com. The Web-based company will benefit inventors, attorneys, product manufacturers, and consumers. Read More ...

German, U.K. Manufacturing Drop as Growt [ Bloomberg.com ] Jul 07, 2008  July 7 -- Manufacturing in Germany and the U.K. declined in May, choked by record commodity prices and slowing economic growth across Europe. Read More ...

Carell's comic talents wasted in stupid [ The Grand Rapids Press ] Jun 20, 2008  I am instinctively inclined to like Steve Carell. His funnyman talent is intrinsic and natural. His timing is impeccable, his delivery understated, his straightfaced persona uniquely his own. Read More ...

Gown and frown [ BBC News ] Jul 06, 2008  Graduate anger at ceremonies' move into marquee Read More ...

Dapper in a tuxedo [ The New Straits Times ] Jun 22, 2008  A black tuxedo suit may be expensive but the investment will pay off as the attire be worn again to formal black-tie events with a change of bow ties. CHEONG PHIN writes. Read More ...

Brides struggle with store closing [ The Charlotte Observer ] Jun 13, 2008  Dozens of brides-to-be continued to reel Friday, just days after a south Charlotte bridal shop closed unexpectedly, leaving customers without their dresses and little hope of getting a refund. Records from the Better Business Bureau, along with interviews and e-mails with brides, their mothers, fathers, fiances or other businesses who did custom work for the shop, show that the business has ... Read More ...

Archroma Technology & Clariant Dye Pr [ PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance ] Jun 10, 2008  The doors to the church sanctuary open and the glowing bride enters, a vision of loveliness in her gorgeous wedding gown. Read More ...

European Economics Preview German Manufa [ Nasdaq ] Jul 8, 2008  - Tuesday, there are a small number of reports lined up for release from major European economies. At 2.00 am ET, the German manufacturing turnover for May is due from Destatis. At the same time, Finnish monthly output indicator for April is expected from the Statistics Finland. Read More ...

Same-sex couples in the spotlight [ The Wenatchee World ] Jun 17, 2008  LOS ANGELES - The gay and lesbian couples who packed a Hollywood auditorium last week had come seeking information about California's new marriage policies. But they also received some unsolicited advice. Read More ...

Marysville's D Street sees boutique bona [ Appeal-Democrat ] Jun 25, 2008  Rosa Zermeno, 27, wanted to own a bridal shop since she was in the third grade, and has had her business plan ready to go since 2001. Samantha Gush, 32, was looking for an office space on D Street late last year and decided — on the spur of the moment — to open a pet store. Read More ...

'Fancy dress' assault on girl, 13 [ BBC News ] Jul 06, 2008  Police seek a man dressed in a red dressing gown after a sex attack on a 13-year-old girl at a fancy dress event. Read More ...

BizTimes Manufacturing Weekly Automotive [ Small Business Times ] Jul 07, 2008  Crimped by the tattered automobile industry, the manufacturing sector in the Midwest continues to struggle, according to the Federal Reserve Bank-Chicago Midwest Manufacturing Index. Read More ...