| Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX)
Sept. 06--With Texas Tech facing a fourth down, ball at its own 34-yard line and leading by 15 points in the fourth quarter, Jonathan LaCour was ready to go. Chinstrap snapped. Deep snapper in his sight. Punt coverage team huddled around him.The Tech punter was stunned just like everyone else when the Red Raidersopted to go for fourth-and-1 in their own territory...
| AllAfrica.com
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) has lauded the decision of the federal government to allow the private sector run the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), describing the decision as a step in the right direction."The administration's effort at involving the private sector in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity will surely make the desired difference as PHCN, the state run monopoly had proved incapable of guaranteeing steady power supply to Nigerians, despite the huge sums of money government has sunk into the electricity project," the association said...
| AllAfrica.com
Lagos, Sep 06, 2010 (Leadership/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) --
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) has lauded the decision of the federal government to allow the private sector run the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), describing the decision as a step in the right direction."The administration's effort at involving the private sector in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity will surely make the desired difference as PHCN, the state run monopoly had proved incapable of guaranteeing steady power supply to Nigerians, despite the huge sums of money government has sunk into the electricity project," the association said...
| ArabianBusiness.com (United Arab Emirates)
A $1.6bn deal has been struck between three partners to build a huge entertainment and retail complex in Doha.The UAE's Al Futtaim – builder of Dubai Festival City – has teamed up with Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) and Qatar's Aqar Real Estate to build the country's largest multipurpose complex, housing a full retail centre, entertainment park and two hotels...
| Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Sept. 06--For people who are said to love automobiles, Los Angeles residents sure put a lot of dents in them.An insurance company's annual "Best Drivers Report" shows this center of car culture also is one of the nation's collision capitals, with drivers in the L.A. area crashing about twice as often as motorists in the United States' safest cities...
| Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
Sept. 06--Employer-based health insurance remains "the leading source of health insurance" in the U.S., covering about 159 million nonelderly people, according to a 2009 study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust.But it's also showing signs of stress. Clark County is no exception. The county posted a July jobless rate of just more than 13 percent, the highest in Washington...
