National Security Examined by Top Legal Experts (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Three programs will analyze national security during the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting (January 6-10, 2009) in San Diego.

This week the News reviews the final eight months of 2 (Kelowna Capital News)

This week the News reviews the final eight months of 2008. Council discussed pursuing provincial resort status, which would provide resort-oriented municipalities with new finance, development and business promotion tools, including a hotel room tax to fund tourism activities.

MBK halves expansion PLan (The Nation - Thailand's English news)

MBK Co announced yesterday it would slash its budget for expansion this year in half and focus on potential investments instead. The move is aimed at coping with the economic slowdown, which has affected the company's hotel and tourism businesses. The company's five key interests are shopping centres, hotel and tourism, real-estate development, golf courses and rice. "We'll delay about Bt2 ...

Leaders in Energy Technology, Policy and Innovation Gather This Week in Chicago (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance expects hundreds of energy leaders from throughout the Midwest to attend its seventh annual Midwest Energy Solutions 2009 Conference and Inspiring Efficiency Awards Dinner and Gala at the Intercontinental Chicago Hotel this week.

The foreigners are coming! (Toronto Star)

Homeland Security USA , an ABC reality series about the men and women who police America's borders, has the look and sound of a documentary without the pesky burden of responsibility – it's homage, not reportage. And that's not a surprise, given that the executive producer, Arnold Shapiro, the creator of Rescue 911 and Big Brother , is also the mastermind behind Blow Out , a reality series about ...

Airbiquity Reveals Connected Services Solutions (Centre Daily Times)

Airbiquity ( www.airbiquity.com ), a global leader in wireless connected services, today introduced its new Connected Services platform for portable navigation, embedded telematics and head-unit device manufacturers which, combined with innovative business models, showcases the most flexible, cost-effective and reliable global eco-system of content and services available in North America, ...