Small business innovation research grant - Somali pirates hijack Thai boat with 28 crew

Somali pirates hijack Thai boat with 28 crew - Forbes Somali pirates hijacked a Thai cargo ship with 28 crew members onboard, the International Maritime Bureau said Friday. Pirates attacked the Thor Star on Tuesday, senior analyst Cyrus Mody said, in the latest of a string of attacks in lawless Somali Source: www.forbes.com Insiders Buy Staar as Lasik Alternate Shows Potential (Update1) - Bloomberg Aug. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Staar Surgical Co. insiders and small business innovation research grant investors are buying stock as they bet the company's $3,081 lens implants to correct nearsightedness will gain on less-costly Lasik treatments, increasing the potential for a takeover. Five Source: www.bloomberg.com Small-business owners' outlook bleak - CNN Money (Fortune Small Business) -- The National Federation of Independent Business' monthly Index of Small Business Optimism fell one point to 88.2 in July, continuing one of the longest strings of recession-level readings in the 22-year history of the Source: money.cnn.com Iraqi hit squads training in Iran, U.S. intel reports say - Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON Iraqi Shiite assassination teams are being trained in at least four locations in Iran by Tehran's elite Quds force and small business innovation research grant Lebanese Hezbollah and small business innovation research grant are planning to return to Iraq in the next few months to kill specific Iraqi officials as Source: www.chron.com Pa. governor seeks disaster area status for fire - Centre Daily CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell asked the U.S. Small Business Administration on Thursday to declare Montgomery County a disaster area following a huge fire that destroyed two upscale apartment buildings and small business innovation research grant damaged two others. The request came Source: www.centredaily.com 1 of 6 Legionnaires' victims in New York town dies - FOX News ELMIRA, N.Y. New York state health officials say six residents of a small-town housing complex for seniors have been stricken with Legionnaires' disease. One of the six has died. The family of 75-year-old Anna Marie Tongate says she died Thursday Source: www.foxnews.com US military: American Marine killed by gunfire near Iraqi city of - Newsday BAGHDAD (AP) _ The U.S. military says an American Marine has been killed during a small-arms fire attack west of Baghdad. A statement issued Friday says the Multi-National Force West Marine was killed the day before during security operations Source: www.newsday.com

Small business innovation research grant - Samsung Expands Lead over Sony in N. American

Samsung Expands Lead over Sony in N. American LCD TV Market - JCN Newswire Los Angeles, Aug 16, 2008 (Jiji Press) - Front-runner Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea expanded its lead over Japan's Sony Corp. 6758> in the liquid crystal display television market in North America in April-June, a U.S. research firm said Source: www.japancorp.net MSU trying to hook grabblers for research project - WREG STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi State University is looking for a few good fish grabblers. Researchers at the university are conducting a study through December. They're trying to understand what motivates people to risk personal injury by Source: www.wreg.com There are ways to get more vacation time - San Francisco Gate Saturday, August 16, 2008 De Graff, national coordinator of Take Back Your Time Day, based his figures on the number of religious holidays peasants took off to eat, drink and small business innovation research grant spend time with their families, and small business innovation research grant found it was about two weeks extra. He Source: www.sfgate.com Guess What? Military Funds Mind-Reading Science - Indy Channel LOS ANGELES -- What are they thinking? That's what the military is trying to find out by studying ways to read people's thoughts. The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who Source: www.theindychannel.com