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Hi, everyone. “Moriarty” here with some Rumblings From The Lab…
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tanveer1979 writes “Barely 3 months after it commenced India operations, Apple has decided to pull out its software operations from Bangalore. The employees will be given a severance package which is equal to two months’ pay. The sales and marketing operations will remain on (these consist of around 30 people) but the software and support will be completely pulled out.” From the article: “Apple had set itself a hiring target of 600 by the year-end. After a gala induction ceremony on April 17, the operations team went to Transworks for training. Some of the managers were about to leave for the US for further training when they were asked to stay put.”
A new Ohio Poll showed President Bush’s approval rating in Ohio at 35 percent, the lowest of any president in the poll’s history. [Cincinnati Enquirer]
by TChris
Wen Ho Lee lost his liberty (in solitary confinement) for nine months, but he’s more concerned about his loss of reputation. Lee sued the Departments of Energy and Justice for violating his right to privacy “by leaking information that he was under investigation as a spy for China.” The government is paying Lee $895,000 to cover his legal fees and associated taxes.
Lee subpoenaed five reporters to prove the source of the leaks. The reporters refused to disclose their sources, resulting in contempt findings, fines and jail sentences. The five media entities (AP, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and ABC) are sweetening the settlement with another $750,000, essentially buying the freedom (and silence) of their reporters by ending the lawsuit.
Pollster: Iraq war will hurt GOP in fall elections
June 2, 2006
MACKINAC ISLAND The war in Iraq has become so unpopular that it could cost Republicans control of Congress, statehouses and governor races around the country, national pollster John Zogby said Friday.
He said 70% of voters believe the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction, adding, “I have never seen a number like that since I’ve been polling.”
He said 68% of voters believe the war in Iraq wasn’t worth the loss of American lives. He added, “Americans want their wars to be won, they want it won quickly and their troops home and out of harms way.”
Zogby offered a sweeping view of the political landscape to the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac policy conference, which wrapped up Friday afternoon.
Zogby, considered one of the country’s top pollsters, said Gov. Jennifer Granholm faces a difficult re-election campaign, but could benefit from a national Democratic landslide.
“It’s not a good time to be governor anywhere,” he said. “But Republicans are swimming upstream, they have a hell of a lot of work to do in what could be a big Democratic year.”
But he cautioned: “The Democrats have no program on any issue, they have nothing to say that matters to anyone in the United States today.”
Zogby said his boldest prediction is that Hurricane Katrina, which demolished much of the Gulf Coast in 2005, could be more of a defining moment for the U.S. than the 9-11 terrorist attacks because the storm showed that neither big federal government nor federalism greater state powers can cope with large-scale disasters.
In other observations, Zogby said:
Iraq is the top issue for U.S. voters, immigration is second most important.
The economy is third most important nationally. Although economic indicators are generally good, working Americans worry about gas prices and about losing their health care coverage and pensions.
The unpopularity of the Iraq war has cost President George W. Bush and Republicans their grip on the issue of terrorism as “their ace in the hole.”
Bush is so unpopular he can’t help Republican candidates get elected this year. “I don’t think you’ll see him in Macomb County,” he said.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani and U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, are the only national Republicans who can transcend their party’s growing unpopularity.
Torch columnist James Caldwell is joined by Torch specialist Mike Roe to discuss the June 2 edition of WWE Smackdown. They discuss the hot opening match between Angle and Rey, Paul Heymanâs commentary, the new vision for ECW, who could answer Heymanâs four, six, and eight-sided ring challenge, a current UFC fighter who could be part of ECW, why the finish to the opening match worked, the future of the Smackdown brand, where the pieces may fall with wrestlers coming and going weekly, Matt Hardy winning but not really winning, Mark Henryâs killer gimmick, Piper being Piper…
A Dallas win tonight could set up a Finals matchup between two of the most media-friendly guys in the league: Shaquille O’Neal and Mark Cuban. I believe it would be the first appearance in the NBA…
AP - Monty Coles was 3,000 feet in the air when he discovered a stowaway peeking out at him from the plane’s instrument panel: a 4 1/2-foot snake. [Yahoo! News]