New Hurdles for News in Belarus
Date: 22 April 2011
By Judy Dempsey
Judy Dempsey
Poland’s Foreign Ministry provides the only independent satellite TV channel for Belarus, as recent crackdowns have placed the news media under increasing pressure.
Replaying Friday, April 22, 2011
The April 22, 2011 was a Friday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 111 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 15 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 59 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, April 22, 2027, in 305 days. You have lived for 5,538 days, or about 132,928 hours, or about 7,975,700 minutes, or about 478,542,000 seconds.
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22nd of April 2011 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on April 22, 2011
Judge Approves Bonus Plan for Executives of the Borders Group
Date: 23 April 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The bankruptcy judge said a revised plan was “in the best interests of the debtors, their estates and creditors.”
Xerox Reports Rise in Profit and Revenue
Date: 22 April 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The company’s earnings beat analysts’ estimates by 2 cents as revenue rose 16 percent.
The Week’s Business News in Pictures
Date: 23 April 2011
Photographs of news and features in business.
Reassuring Deficit News
Date: 22 April 2011
By Floyd Norris
Floyd Norris
A new study from the Congressional Budget Office shows that a lot of the budget deficit will correct itself without Congress doing anything.
A Group of Conflict Photographers Runs Out of Luck
Date: 23 April 2011
By Michael Kamber
Michael Kamber
Reflections on Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, who were killed in Libya on Wednesday, and the small community of photographers who routinely cover war.
BBC, Under Criticism, Struggles to Tighten Its Belt
Date: 23 April 2011
By Sarah Lyall and Eric Pfanner
Sarah Lyall
The BBC, the world’s biggest and oldest public broadcasting company, has effectively sentenced itself to a 16 percent budget cut through 2017.
Black Carbon Testing Finds High Levels
Date: 22 April 2011
By Kari Lydersen
Kari Lydersen
Residents of several Chicago neighborhoods are probably exposed to diesel emissions at levels several times higher than the average for urban areas, testing by the Chicago News Cooperative shows.
From Poland, Satellite TV Tries to Pierce the Belarus Media Muzzle
Date: 23 April 2011
By Judy Dempsey
Judy Dempsey
For 17 hours a day, a team of nearly three dozen Poles and Belarussians broadcast into a country whose media are tightly controlled.
Patronage Hiring Defies Time and Money Spent
Date: 22 April 2011
By James Warren
James Warren
The problem of political hiring in city jobs refuses to disappear, though the suit that barred it was filed 42 years ago. Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel must do something about it.