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    The anti-nanny state rant: leave us be please  Nov 23, 2009
    The allure of easy options and a lack of self-restraint do this. And this is something that can't be wished away through tighter legislation. (Business Report, South Africa)

    Business notes  Nov 22, 2009
    She was employed at Panache Salon and Day Spa for two-and-a-half years departing as the head stylist and at Allure for almost two years in Shakopee. Layman was trained at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire, Wis. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)

    Nothing like Lambeau - or a 49ers win there  Nov 22, 2009
    So have the Packers lost some of their allure. Maybe, but consider this: That was the lead headline - not in the sports section, but for the entire paper. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)

    Boras clients high on Red Sox's list  Nov 21, 2009
    A big part of Beltre's allure to the Red Sox would be his defense. Although Lowell has been a superb defender most of his career, his range was reduced in 2009 from the right hip surgery he had after the 2008 season. (MLB.com -- Boston Red Sox)

    Bond Rally Tails Off in Europe as Seven-Month Advance Sends Investors Away  Nov 21, 2009
    Bond Rally Sputters in Europe as Credit Market Loses Its Allure - Bloomberg ... Bond Rally Sputters in Europe as Credit Market Loses Its Allure. (Bloomberg -- Europe)

    Segway Stumbles in Europe  Nov 21, 2009
    Jeroen van Bergeijk 12. 03 00004000 Segway has released its newest model, the Segway Human Transporter p Series. (Yahoo News -- Segway Human Transporter)

    China's Reverse Brain Drain  Nov 20, 2009
    Higher pay helps, but returnees say the main allure is the chance to build a science program from the ground up. While U.S. labs are struggling for funds, China is expanding. (BusinessWeek)

    Privacy Debacle Hall of Fame  Nov 20, 2009
    Earlier this month AOL publicly released a data trove: 500,000 search queries culled from three months of user traffic on its search engine. The company claimed it was trying to help researchers by providing "anonymized" search information, but experts and the public were shocked at how easy it was to figure out who had been searching on what. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Study: Music City Center a viable project  Nov 20, 2009
    Nashville has both the allure and the revenue streams to support a new $585 million downtown convention center. In short, that is the conclusion of a feasibility study presented to the Metro Council on Wednesday. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)

    AOL Peeved by Adware Outbreak  Nov 20, 2009
    Reader's advisory: Wired News has been for a number of stories written by this author. If you have any information about sources cited in this article, please send an e-mail to sourceinfo at wired. (Yahoo News -- Instant Messaging)

    Squaw Valley offers winter sports fun  Nov 20, 2009
    Maybe the allure is all about Squaw's steep alpine faces, its rocky buttresses and untrammeled lines, its big-air-inducing leaps off Eagle's Nest and the nose of Granite Chief. Or maybe, says pro skier and base jumper JT Holmes, it's the visceral rush of the place, nestled just south of Truckee and just west of Lake Tahoe's north shore. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)

    The Anti-ID-Theft Bill That Isn't  Nov 20, 2009
    Commentary by Bruce Schneier. California was the first state to pass a law requiring companies that keep personal data to disclose when that data is lost or stolen. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Palin-Hating 101  Nov 20, 2009
    Her influence and allure are practically unprecedented among failed vice presidential candidates. (Can anyone imagine Lloyd Bentsen, Jack Kemp or Joe Lieberman selling People magazine covers or sitting down for an hour with Oprah. (Townhall.com)

    Peoples Sexiest Man Alive 09 is surprise pick  Nov 19, 2009
    Honored with him for their masculine allure are James Marsden, Eddie Cibrian, Hunter Parrish, John Legend, Justin Bartha, and the male cast members of TV series Glee, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison and Cory Monteith. Other categoriesThis years issue is broken into other playful categories. (MSNBC -- News)

    Nokias netbook ups bar and price  Nov 19, 2009
    "Much of the allure of the netbook for consumers is simply price, and while vendors like Nokia are looking to raise their margins with premium pricing, it's not likely to resonate with the very ... buying market looking for this type of device," said Gartenberg. "Through the years, charging a premium for small computers has never worked in the United States, and that's not likely to change with Nokia's offering.". (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Twilight of Our Youth: It isnt just a tween phenomenon. Women in their 30s and beyond are addicted to Stephenie Meyers vampire saga, too, Sarah Hepola, Salon  Nov 19, 2009
    True, but part of the pleasure of genre fiction is the license it offers to explore the desires we have in spite of ourselves, and urban fantasy seems equally concerned with the erotic allure of masculine power and how women come to terms with it. The teenage narrator of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" may swoon in the arms of her masterful vampire boyfriend without a second thought, but the adult heroines created by Hamilton, Briggs, Harris and dozens of other authors oscillate between resistance... (Harper's Magazine)

    Florida tourism slips slightly in Q3  Nov 18, 2009
    It is hoped the terminal, which also will be home to sister ship Allure of the Seas, will support an estimated 8,000 jobs and generate $366 million in personal income. Most Read Stories. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)

    Uganda: 'Corruption Worse in Country'  Nov 18, 2009
    Dishonest public servants, the minister said, are not caught partly because detectives investigating them scupper state efforts by falling for the allure of bribe-taking. Anti-corruption activists welcomed the findings that place the neighbouring Rwanda, at ranking 89, as the least corrupt of the five East African countries fast-tracking both an economic union and political federation. (allAfrica.com)

    Netflix Imitators Are Everywhere  Nov 17, 2009
    For Dallas software engineer Adam Sills, entertainment is as close as his mailbox. As a subscriber to Netflix, he's long since given up on Blockbuster, where he used to rack up hefty late fees. (Yahoo News -- Electronic Commerce)

    Fight on between fish protectors, AK mine backers  Nov 17, 2009
    com began publishing fishing photos, no one knew for certain whether the online galleries would hold any allure. Oh, they did. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Taking Hybrid CDs for a Test-Drive  Nov 16, 2009
    Hence, the growing allure of index-linked CDs, now available from a handful of banks across the U.S.. One example: Sovereign Bank, with 750 branch offices across eight East Coast states from New Hampshire to Maryland. (BusinessWeek)

    Old Boston, new ways  Nov 15, 2009
    Presenting the library as an accessible and transparent institution must be balanced against its allure as a tradition-bound Boston redoubt. Trustees have drawn some lines. (Boston Globe)

    TiVo Gets Huge Horsepower Boost  Nov 15, 2009
    See related story: 02. 04 The 250-GB hard drive of DirectTV's HD DVR can store about 30 hours of high-definition programming or 200 hours of standard-definition programming. (Yahoo News -- Digital and Interactive TV)

    Players need protection from protective equipment  Nov 15, 2009
    US college hockey soon will announce creative measures, along with one or two key hires, to offset the allure of the top Canadian junior teams. The best college programs figure they can do a far better job of convincing US, Canadian, and European youngsters to go the college route to the NHL. (Boston Globe)

    Oasis of the Seas arrives amid fanfare  Nov 14, 2009
    Broward County Mayor Stacy Ritter said at the grand opening that she expects the terminal, which in 2010 will also be home to the sister ship Allure of the Seas, to support an estimated 8,000 jobs and generate $356 million in personal income. Among the most unique features on the Oasis is an open-air Central Park. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)

    Gold slips from record as $US picks up pace  Nov 13, 2009
    Gold futures fluctuated between gains and losses as the metals allure as a safe-harbor asset was offset by the rising dollar, which reached the lowest level since August 2008 against a basket of six major currencies yesterday. Investor Marc Faber said bullion will remain above $US1000 an ounce. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    - Our Opinion: The Bell Game never changes 0  Nov 13, 2009
    That Brawley and Central now only play once a year, in the Bell Game, has added to the allure of the event in recent years, as there are fewer preconceived notions as to which squad should win the big contest. Here s our prediction: it should be a heck of a game between talented, passionate well-trained young men playing before a full house of impassioned fans. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)

    Bodley: Cashman not resting on laurels  Nov 12, 2009
    " As late as last December, managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner was warning Cashman that Teixeira didn't fit in the 2009 payroll budget. The allure of premier free agents this offseason such as right-hander John Lackey and outfielders Jason Bay and Matt Holliday may get Cashman's attention. "In the not too distant future, we'll have at least a plan A-B-C-D in place and try to execute to the best of our abilities," Cashman said. Will there be big, bold, expensive moves? "It's premature to... (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)

    SPIEGEL Interview with Umberto Eco, Susanne Beyer and Lothar Gorris, Spiegel Online  Nov 12, 2009
    There is an allure to enumerating how many women Don Giovanni slept with: It was 2,063, at least according to Mozart's librettist, Lorenzo da Ponte. We also have completely practical lists -- the shopping list, the will, the menu -- that are also cultural achievements in their own right. (Harper's Magazine)

    Writing through the rubble  Nov 10, 2009
    In the end, the Mossad didn't bite, but "it attests to the impressive breadth of Chalabi's allure" that a U.S. Defense Department official would try to broker such a deal when his own government wasn't interested. In that same year, conservative legislative aide Stephen Rademaker, heavily influenced by Chalabi, drafted a law to make regime change in Iraq U.S. policy. (Salon)

    Tech Helps Curb Infant Blindness  Nov 10, 2009
    Michael D. O'Neill 06. 06 00004000 Tiny Liam Sikes is held by neonatologist Anna Penn at the Lucile Packard Children. (Yahoo News -- Children's Health)

    Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Conscious, Able To Talk  Nov 10, 2009
    That was the allure of Hitler to the Germans, that he promised to pull Germany out of the economic chaos. Our excuse is to put a stopper into the Islamic genie bottle which has been unleashed upon US. Doing nothing is much worse than what we are currently doing. (FOX61, CT)

    Oil below $79 as storm fears abate  Nov 10, 2009
    0 per cent or more and helped dull the allure of government debt. A bigger-than-expected increase in China's pump prices on Monday suggested that Beijing saw little danger of the inflationary worries that beset price rise decisions as little as a year ago. (India Times)

    New York City Opera revives 'Esther' _ and itself  Nov 9, 2009
    Mezzo-soprano Beth Clayton made the most of Vashti's two scenes, singing with intensity and allure. In twin debuts, tenor Roy Cornelius Smith as Haman and mezzo Margaret Thompson as Zeresh created characters memorable for their wicked glee. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Recession-resistant retail  Nov 9, 2009
    Part of that area s allure is that you have that very affluent customer in that Edina country-club segment, together with the density of Minneapolis and into the Edina area, said Mike Sims, president of -Minnesota. For high-end, specialty retailers going after discretionary spending, there s probably no better market in the trade area than 50th & France. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)

    Q&A: Author Allison Hoover Bartlett on the curious psyche of a rare-book thief  Nov 8, 2009
    adds even more to their allure. BARTLETT: He told me at one point that he kept the books that he had stolen on a separate shelf from the ones that he had not. (Boston Globe)

    Italy's iconic homeware design firms try to tough it out through recession business analysis  Nov 8, 2009
    But the allure of great design and artisanal quality is failing to insulate this narrow valley and home of the Lagostina, Alessi and Bialetti houses from Italy's worst post-war recession. So modern that people often think they are new, the brands have grown through decades with the inhabitants of the valley in the Italian Alps, surviving war, poverty, landslides and avalanches. (Business Report, South Africa)

    Wiesel slams tea partiers  Nov 7, 2009
    " In fact, daytime soap opera never recovered from "Dynasty," period. The failure of daytime to realize that its primetime imitator had ramped up the glamour and melodrama to classic Hollywood proportions is one reason for the slow decline and extinction of soaps over the past 15 years. Joan Collins had a tremendous cultural impact in "Dynasty" which has never been fully acknowledged. She instantly ended the drab, puritanical dress-for-success look that women had donned to enter the professions... (Salon)

    Risky business  Nov 7, 2009
    For some, of course, risk is an allure. Tell them it might be dangerous and they can't wait to try. (BBC News -- UK)

    All the right moves pay off for Yanks  Nov 6, 2009
    Burnett was the next chip that fell into line for the Yankees, and while talks did progress with Atlanta, the allure of sliding in as the No. 2 starter behind Sabathia gave Burnett a comfortable feeling -- a lot like he enjoyed in Toronto, when Roy Halladay shouldered the load and let Burnett slip by. After 244 career starts without one in the postseason, Burnett finally got his taste with the Yankees, following a season that saw him go 13-9 with a 4. (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)

    Verizon turns up hype for Droid  Nov 5, 2009
    It's uncertain whether the early TV ads and other hype will generate interest and crowds on Friday, or whether the Android operating system, with its open source allure might have drawn some crowds anyway. Llamas said he expects some crowds for sales of the Droid on Friday. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Dollar recovers from retail shock  Nov 4, 2009
    Analysts said the Aussie owed much of its buoyancy to its yield allure. Even without a rate rise in December, Australian rates are well above most developed economies at 3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    How Ayn Rand Became an American Icon  Nov 3, 2009
    The perverse allure of a damaged woman. Johann Hari | Nov. 2, 2009. (Slate)

    Livable downtown can boost tourism  Nov 3, 2009
    Multiple U.S. cities have figured out the allure of a livable downtown and that connection with visitors. White points to a couple of examples. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)

    Oregon tries to tap into growing solar power demand  Nov 3, 2009
    With its skilled work force, network of suppliers, access to university researchers, and generous subsidies, Oregon exudes a powerful allure for these companies. "As we look around the U.S. and ask the question, who has the best incentives for starting solar factories, Oregon always comes out at the top," said Roger Little, CEO of Spire Solar, the Massachusetts company that is working with Uni-Chem to set up U.S. solar production. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)

    Anvils Fall from Sky (No Cartoon Coyotes)  Nov 3, 2009
    "And I think that's the allure.". "The men get very excited about it," Cookie said. (CBS News)

    Out of GW and into the blogging world  Nov 3, 2009
    Perelman studied psychology and art therapy at GW. She worked in the art therapy field for a while, but said her job's allure eventually ran its course. After starting a personal blog, Perelman said she decided to give a food blog a chance three years ago, selling advertisement space for income. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)

    Miss Gaymecock pageant reaches outside organization  Nov 2, 2009
    Only Gulledge, who s stage name is Aubrey Allure, broke the mold. With the help of the pageant s co-host Vivian Lynn De Maples, Gulledge lip-synced a scene from the movie Gypsy. (Gamecock Online, SC)

    Segway Stumbles in Europe  Nov 2, 2009
    Jeroen van Bergeijk 12. 03 Segway has released its newest model, the Segway Human Transporter p Series. (Yahoo News -- Segway Human Transporter)

    Huge blast kills at least 20 in Pakistan  Nov 2, 2009
    The growing violence in the country prompted the U.N. on Monday to , complicating international efforts to counter the allure of Islamic extremism by improving people's lives. NBC News reported that the attack involved a suicide bomber on a motorcycle. (MSNBC -- International)

    Bombing kills 30 in Pakistan  Nov 2, 2009
    The bloodshed, some of which has targeted aid workers, has imperiled Western goals of reducing extremism's allure by improving Pakistan's economy. Monday's explosion in , a garrison city just a few miles (kilometers) from , left bodies on the ground outside the bank and in a nearby hotel parking lot, witness Zahid Dara said. (USA Today -- News)

    The Anti-ID-Theft Bill That Isn't  Nov 1, 2009
    Commentary by Bruce Schneier. California was the first state to pass a law requiring companies that keep personal data to disclose when that data is lost or stolen. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    The tweet cheat sheet  Nov 1, 2009
    The popular social media service Twitter is a bit like golf or oysters: To understand the allure, you have to try it. And then you may need to try it again. (Boston Globe)

    Polar bear tourism is growing on Alaska's North Slope  Nov 1, 2009
    ALLURE OF THE WHITE BEAR. It's not hard to understand the allure of these giant white bears. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Privacy Debacle Hall of Fame  Nov 1, 2009
    Earlier this month AOL publicly released a data trove: 500,000 search queries culled from three months of user traffic on its search engine. The company claimed it was trying to help researchers by providing "anonymized" search information, but experts and the public were shocked at how easy it was to figure out who had been searching on what. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    AOL Peeved by Adware Outbreak  Oct 31, 2009
    Reader's advisory: Wired News has been for a number of stories written by this author. If you have any information about sources cited in this article, please send an e-mail to sourceinfo at wired. (Yahoo News -- Instant Messaging)

    Leak lays bare US Congress ethics probes...  Oct 31, 2009
    The Pentagon budget panel had such an allure for Kaptur who represents a Toledo-anchored Rust Belt district that in 2005 she gave up her party's top seat on the agriculture subcommittee to claim a rare open seat on Murtha's subcommittee. She would have become one of a dozen Appropriations subcommittee chairmen had she stayed put. (The Drudge Report)

    World's Largest Cruise Ship Sets Sail  Oct 31, 2009
    STX Finland is building a sister ship - Allure of the Seas - for Royal Caribbean which is due to be launched in 2011. MMIX The Associated Press. (CBS News)

    Treble Cove store a source for motorcycle, Western wear (10/29/09)  Oct 30, 2009
    Ma said the allure of riding his Honda Helix motorcycle is the feel of freedom on the open road, though he doesn t ride as much as he used to. When asked why he didn t ride a Harley Davidson, he joked that the bikes were too big for him. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)

    Pop Music's 5 Best Halloween Songs  Oct 30, 2009
    The song's tone is more akin to a Disney conception of shocking, but this doesn't distract from its allure. Ghoulish Honorable Mentions. (KERO 23, CA)

    Fla. growers send plants to sea  Oct 28, 2009
    As they prepare for the ship's arrival, nurseries and project managers are already hoping to secure future business with Royal Caribbean, including Oasis' sister vessel, Allure of the Seas, set to sail from Port Everglades late next year. "If you think you're going to survive doing what you were doing five years ago, you're going to be out of business," Churchill said. (Honolulu Advertiser)

    Mattingly Talking to Dodgers About His Future  Oct 28, 2009
    "Every club needs an ace and we're not unlike any club. We might have one or two in the making [referring to Clayton Kershaw and Chad Billingsley]. But the likelihood of an ace becoming available by trade is very slim. And this [free-agent] class doesn't have that type of allure to it.". Torre added: "Clayton Kershaw has not been lobbying for it, but the way he pitched, he's not afraid of it. Billingsley, even with a rough second half, he has the personality and ability to be a No. 1. [Hiroki]... (NY Mets, TheInsiders.com)

    Netflix Imitators Are Everywhere  Oct 28, 2009
    For Dallas software engineer Adam Sills, entertainment is as close as his mailbox. As a subscriber to Netflix, he's long since given up on Blockbuster, where he used to rack up hefty late fees. (Yahoo News -- Electronic Commerce)

    Oasis of the Seas larger than expected  Oct 28, 2009
    The Oasis and its sister ship, Allure of the Seas, which is coming in 2010, are expected to have a major economic impact in South Florida, supporting 3,800 jobs, generating $172 million in personal income, and producing more than $463 million in total business revenue and local purchases, according to a study done for Port Everglades. reports that pop star Rihanna will promote her new album in a Nov. 19 concert aboard Oasis. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)

    Be careful with baby's social security number  Oct 27, 2009
    And on the other: the allure of expensive gifts, including this year's must-haves, a $300 toy electronic triceratops and the latest Guitar Hero video game costing up to $200. So is there a way to satisfy those wish lists and your own giving impulses without sliding into a deep, dark hole of debt. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)

    TiVo Gets Huge Horsepower Boost  Oct 24, 2009
    See related story: 02. 04 The 250-GB hard drive of DirectTV's HD DVR can store about 30 hours of high-definition programming or 200 hours of standard-definition programming. (Yahoo News -- Digital and Interactive TV)

    Phra Pradaeng Bangkok, Thailand's...  Oct 24, 2009
    Very few people make the trip to Phra Pradaeng which adds to its allure as a quiet place for people looking for a relaxing afternoon. Although Bangkok is cited as a concrete jungle, Phra Pradaeng provides ample evidence that an exquisite natural setting can easily be found nearby. (Suite101.com)

    Three Key Pieces Worn Three Ways  Oct 23, 2009
    How to Style Three Key Fashion Pieces Three Different Ways: Checklist: teenvogue. Preview the current issue of Teen Vogue. (Teen Vogue)

    Twins reveal how to look younger  Oct 23, 2009
    More stories from Allure. More surprising, divorced women were judged to look an average of 1. (MSNBC -- Health)

    Slanguage Dictionary  Oct 23, 2009
    passion pit -- drive-in theater, so called owing to their privacy factor and romantic allure for teenagers; "The pic is playing at two passion pits in Miami." (See also: ozoner). payola -- bribery or under-the-table payments; "The proliferation of payola rocked the music industry in the 1950s.". (Variety)

    Camille Paglia  Oct 23, 2009
    She dressed to kill -- and women followed suit, reclaiming their sexuality and female allure with flamboyant colors, fabrics, jewelry and high heels. Donna Mills in "Knots Landing" went one step further: As the cut-throat businesswoman Abby Ewing, she was no campy vamp in the glittery Euro-flash Collins style but a subtly purring American blonde whose wide, liquid eyes entranced and paralyzed her victims. (Salon)

    Halloween a time to uphold traditions  Oct 23, 2009
    (We also hope the weather gives us a break - Halloween costumes lose some of their allure if they're soaked with rain. For as long as we can remember, some of society's sickies have put a negative stamp on Halloween. (Fairfield Minuteman, CT)

    Cond Nast Slashes Traveler, Architectural Digest, Allure  Oct 22, 2009
    Cond; Nast Slashes Traveler, Architectural Digest, Allure. Cond Nast Slashes Traveler, Architectural Digest, Allure ... More cuts came to S.I. Newhouse Jr.'s Cond; Nast today, with staffers laid off at Cond; Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest and Allure. (New York Post -- News)

    Ax swings at Cond  Oct 22, 2009
    Yesterday, cuts came to Cond; Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest and Allure ... Allure cut about five people Tuesday, three from the editorial side and two on the business side ... Former Allure publisher Nancy Berger Cardone, the publisher of now-defunct Gourmet rumored to be headed to any number of publishing jobs, including her former post at Allure, has instead left 4 Times Square with only a severance package. (New York Post -- Business)

    Tech Helps Curb Infant Blindness  Oct 22, 2009
    Michael D. O'Neill 06. 06 Tiny Liam Sikes is held by neonatologist Anna Penn at the Lucile Packard Children. (Yahoo News -- Children's Health)

    World must use GM crops, says UK science academy  Oct 21, 2009
    13 million) to 100 million pounds annually in research to boost innovation in a sector which had lost allure following food over-supply in Europe, the report said. A combination of changing diets, growing population, demand for farmland for biofuels and high energy prices have stoked food prices and renewed interest in agriculture. (Scientific American)

    Marcial: Jos. A Bank Is Dressed for Success  Oct 21, 2009
    A. Bank is sought after not only as a sartorial mainstay but also for the allure of its shares, which have soared from a 52-week low of 15 a share on Nov. 21, 2008, to 46 on Oct. 20. The last time it traded this high was in 2007. (BusinessWeek)

    Caltrain fatality identified as Gunn junior William Dickens, 16  Oct 21, 2009
    Foam rubber "cow catchers" on the front of trains that would sweep the track, reducing the chance of death to the level where this method will lose its allure. Unobtrusive wireless cameras along the tracks in the areas where the suicides have taken place that can be monitored by the train engineers. (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    A nast-y week for newhouse scribes  Oct 21, 2009
    1 percent), Allure (down 31 ... 1 percent), Allure (down 31. (New York Post -- Business)

    Stock questions? Ask Matt  Oct 20, 2009
    The indicator's allure is partly its simplicity. The 200-day moving average is calculated by taking the stock market's price the past 200 days and deriving a simple average. (USA Today -- Money)

    Holliston softball player headed to Cuba to play  Oct 19, 2009
    The opportunity to participate, even on a small scale, in communication between the two countries adds to the allure of the trip, Gray said. "I think it's a wonderful thing. Being able to compete internationally at this age is fabulous," he said. (Holliston Tab, MA)

    Segway Stumbles in Europe  Oct 18, 2009
    Jeroen van Bergeijk 12. 03 Segway has released its newest model, the Segway Human Transporter p Series. (Yahoo News -- Segway Human Transporter)

    US dollar weakness likely to persist next week  Oct 17, 2009
    The U.S. currency got a break from weak third-quarter results from General Electric and Bank of America, boosting the dollar's safe-haven allure. But that about wraps up the bulk of the key reporting U.S. companies for the week and overall, analysts say earnings news have been favorable. (India Times)

    The Anti-ID-Theft Bill That Isn't  Oct 17, 2009
    Commentary by Bruce Schneier. Bruce Schneier 00004000 04. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)

    Iceland looks to serve the world  Oct 17, 2009
    Even where speed is not an issue however, the allure of Iceland is not for everyone. Companies will have to overcome their natural server-hugging tendencies, and some may harbour security fears of storing their data remotely. (BBC News -- Europe)

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