Optimists Club Calls It Quits
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QUAKERTOWN, Pa. - It's a glum day for optimists. After 24 years of community service, the Quakertown Optimists Club is calling it quits. They're holding their last meeting on Thursday, citing declining interest. "I feel sad," club president Bernard Kensky said.
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Blackburn Rovers coach Graeme Souness told his players he is quitting the Premiership soccer club, fueling speculation that he&#39;s set to join Newcastle United, Sky Sports reported, without saying where it got the information.
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The name of Court TV is getting disbarred.
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Company will exit the flat panel TV market.
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Labour's membership has slumped to a new low, with more than 20,000 disillusioned supporters deserting the party in the past 18 months, it emerged today.
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The UK's investment watchdog shuts down a property investment firm that took Â£10m from 180 customers.
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Williams Cos. announced Thursday that it is abandoning efforts to sell its energy trading business, the once high-flying unit whose collapse nearly led to the company&#39;s insolvency.
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Souness resigned from Blackburn Rovers yesterday after informing his players of the decision on the morning before training. Souness said: &quot;I&#39;m sad to be leaving but I&#39;m excited.
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Novo Nordisk discontinues development of the troubled diabetes treatment.
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Business tycoon Steve Morgan has scrapped his Â£70 million bid to take control of Liverpool Football Club. His lawyer said in a statement: &quot;Steve has lost patience with the board using his offer as a stop-gap while they look for a better one.
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Media Lab Europe, a high-tech research center founded by the Irish government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced Friday that it is closing because it's run out of money.
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Plans for a London building designed by Zaha Hadid have been dropped as a result of the credit crunch that began with the subprime mortgage collapse.
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The frontman of one Australia most successful entertainers, children's group The Wiggles, quit on Thursday to battle a rare illness.
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In a seeming sad state of affairs, there has been an announcement from Joyce Park (formerly of Friendster) of her termination from said company - The reason given was blogging.
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Hong Myung-bo will retire after finishing this MLS season with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
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BROCKTON, Mass. - Police have shut down what they said was an illegal gambling club, an establishment frequented mostly by senior citizens looking for a place to try their luck on video poker and card games.
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Media Lab Europe, a high-tech research center founded by the Irish government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced on Friday it is closing because it's run out of money.