Date: Sat, 10. January 2009 01:28:34

Reuters - The U.S. military has sought to hire a merchant ship to deliver ammunition to Israel this month, tender documents show, but the Pentagon said the shipment was not linked to the conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Date: Tue, 12. August 2008 13:05:00

Winsted Holdings, a merchant banking and venture capital group, has acquired Byers Food Company, a producer of natural organic food products.

Date: Wed, 1. April 2009 10:33:11

AP - Mary Sue Merchant died of natural causes in a tightly locked house on 25 acres in this small community, with only a dog for company. Now her small town is reflecting on why no one noticed for 18 months.

Date: Thu, 2. February 2012 04:52:59

A treasure hunter said Wednesday he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum bars now worth more than $3 billion.

Date: Tue, 5. August 2008 03:05:54

narramissic writes "The Global Internet Freedom Consortium (GIFC) offers a set of free tools that can be used to circumvent Chinese Internet censorship. The group claims approximately 1 million people in China use its tools to access the Internet. And, says Tao Wang, director of operations for GIFC, 'it's a very good time remind Western reporters that there are such tools.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Thu, 12. May 2011 08:04:24

Valve has announced the beta release of a set of authoring tools for Portal 2, allowing users to create their own puzzles and challenges in the name of science. "The Portal 2 Authoring Tools include versions of the same tools we used to make Portal 2. They'll allow you to create your own singleplayer and co-op maps, new character skins, 3D models, sound effects, and music." The tools are available for free to anyone who owns the PC version of the game. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Tue, 10. June 2008 15:04:05

jexrand recommends an interview with John De Goes in which he argues: "The tools market is dead. Open source killed it." The software developer turned president of N-BRAIN explains the effect that open source has had on the developer tools market, and how this forced the company to release the personal edition of UNA free of charge. According to De Goes, selling a source-code editor, even a very good one, is all but impossible in the post-open source era, especially given that, "Some developers would rather quit their job than be forced to use a new editor or IDE." N-BRAIN's decision is but one in a string of similar announcements from tools companies announcing the free release of their previously commercial development tools.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Thu, 16. April 2009 20:18:20

Aden/Sanaa - Traffic is busy in the Gulf of Aden these days. The waterway, between the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa, is used by merchant ships having to pass through the Suez Canal.

Date: Sat, 11. October 2008 03:23:51

(AHN) - NATO announced Thursday it will deploy seven military ships to the waters off Somalia to escort U.N. ships delivering food aid and protect merchant vessels against pirates. - Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:08:14 GMT

Date: Thu, 5. August 2010 22:20:58

Playbill - The fall Broadway engagement of iThe Merchant of Venice/i starring Al Pacino is currently available in a pre-sale to American Express cardholders through Aug. 20. Tickets for the general public go on sale Aug. 21.