Gustav both a boon and bust (The Clarion-Ledger)
One storm robbed the Mississippi Gulf Coast of a profitable weekend, but others could drive in business.
Highs and lows: Log Cabin struggled and survived (The Log Cabin Democrat)
To a non-newspaper person, the intricacies and complexities of putting out a daily publication and making it profitable is generally not known. Neither is the enormous expense of producing a newspaper and the critical element of timing - day after day.
Price rises push US soy beyond reach of poor (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
With the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken. But until now, the rail-thin scavenger could at least afford soy.
Google Reigns as World's Most Powerful 10-Year-Old (Wired News)
Ten years ago, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc., the internet powerhouse was little more than a pipe dream. But, today, Google draws upon a gargantuan computer network, nearly 20,000 employees and a $150 billion market value to redefine media, marketing and technology.
At 10-year mark, Google a powerful force (The Record)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.
Google reigns as world's most powerful 10-year-old (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. | When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world.