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

Public Notices (Columbia Star)

4 September 2008, 10:12 am

NOTICE In compliance with the Public Inspection Requirement for a Private Charitable Foundation, and as required for the filing of I.R.S. Form 990-PF, The Dade Foundation of whom, Malcolm G. Dade, Jr. is the Trustee, Hereby give notice that its annual Return for the tax year 2004 is available for in... read more

List of coalition deaths (The Charlotte Observer)

3 September 2008, 6:21 am

As of Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, at least 4,152 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,375 died as a result of hostile action, according to t... read more