Mushy, bland center is poor destination - St. Petersburg Times

Mushy, bland center is poor destination - St. Petersburg Times
Story Tools WASHINGTON — The Obama administration keeps having to learn that bland centrism is not pragmatic, it's not helpful in resolving a big crisis, and it certainly doesn't buy you any love. Oddly, this week's good news for the president

Ponting's men go in to bat for fire survivors - Age
AUSTRALIA'S cricket captain is a tough character, but Ricky Ponting was visibly moved as he stood on the dry sporting oval at Whittlesea and recounted the story of a woman who has not seen her son since the bushfires. Ponting and his players spent

UPDATE 4-Disney results miss estimates, shares fall - Reuters
LOS ANGELES, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co ( DIS.N ) reported a sharply lower-than-expected quarterly profit as the global downturn hurt its TV advertising, DVD sales and theme parks, and its shares fell more than 7 percent. The performance by

Socceroos scrape through after a scare - Age
AUSTRALIA remains on course for a second successive World Cup appearance after the Socceroos were outplayed and out-thought but somehow hung on to grind out an unlikely scoreless draw against arch-rival Japan at the International Stadium last night

GM in talks with China's SAIC to raise cash-sources - Forbes
DETROIT, Feb 12 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp has been in talks with China's SAIC Motor Corp about the possible sale of a share of GM's stake in their joint venture or other assets as the U.S. automaker races to raise cash, two sources familiar