Global exchange: Ventura county supporters (Kurdish Media)

7 September 2008, 3:06 pm

Kevin McKiernan, award-winning filmmaker, journalist, author, screens parts of and leads discussion on his documentary about the Kurdish people at Thousand Oaks Library, September 24, 2008.... read more

State budget still far from done deal (KGO-TV Bay Area)

7 September 2008, 12:02 pm

An angry Senate President scolded Republicans for not ending state budget standoff.... read more

Barbara S. Harris, 80; co-founder of an urban redevelopment training program at USC (Los Angeles Times)

7 September 2008, 12:15 am

After the L.A. riots in 1992, she and others worked with the university to launch a course on revitalizing minority communities. Barbara S. Harris, a property manager who co-founded the Ross Minority Program in Real Estate at USC, which trains students in the redevelopment of minority communities... read more

Court rules against firm backed by former Dragons' Den star (Guardian Unlimited)

5 September 2008, 9:26 am

A company spun out of Oxford's science laboratories with the backing of Richard Farleigh, a former star of the BBC show, should have been paying royalties to another company, a court has ruled. By Simon Bowers... read more

JD Wetherspoon faces falling profits (Guardian Unlimited)

5 September 2008, 8:20 am

JD Wetherspoon has warned it will have to grow comparable sales by 3% by the end of next summer if it is to prevent annual profits from shrinking. By Simon Bowers... read more

Jobless figures hit market (Guardian Unlimited)

5 September 2008, 6:20 am

The slide in stock markets has accelerated after worse than expected US employment figures and a warning from the world's top mobile phone maker Nokia that weaker consumer confidence would hit its market share... read more