hoopsoracle.com

• By -

Jeff Jones resigns as president of Uber

• Posted on October 9, 2017
• Posted in Uncategorized

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 Jeff Jones, president of ride-sharing company Uber Technologies, announced his resignation on Sunday. Jones was hired last October to helm the company that is known for their ride-sharing application, Uber, which has a reported 40 million monthly users. Recently in Jones’s presidency of Uber, the ride-sharing company was involved in numerous

• By -

Ed Sheeran wins Song of Year Grammy for Thinking Out Loud

• Posted on October 9, 2017
• Posted in Uncategorized

Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Yesterday, UK singer Ed Sheeran won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for his song Thinking Out Loud from his album × ahead of Kendrick Lamar’s Alright; Wiz Khalifa’s, featuring Charlie Puth, See You Again; Little Big Town’s Girl Crush; and Taylor Swift’s Blank Space. Girl Crush won the

• By -

UK shopping centre Afflecks Palace secures its future

• Posted on October 9, 2017
• Posted in Uncategorized

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 Afflecks Palace, the “iconic, alternative shopping centre” in the Northern Quarter of Manchester in England, United Kingdom, was saved from closure this week after long-running rumours that the market may have to “kick out its traders” due to a dispute between the management of the Afflecks Palace brand and the leaseowner

• By -

Bus crash in Victoria, Australia injures twenty, some critical

• Posted on October 9, 2017
• Posted in Uncategorized

Thursday, July 24, 2008 A bus crash in Victoria, Australia has injured at least 20 people, two of whom are listed as critical. One victim is reported to be still trapped in the wreckage. The accident occurred between a bus and a semi-trailer on the Princes Highway in the Traralgon area around 10:50am AEST. The

• By -

Hundreds of SUNY New Paltz students demonstrate, storm administration building

• Posted on October 8, 2017
• Posted in Uncategorized

Saturday, October 22, 2005 New Paltz, New York — More than 350 U.S. students took part in a demonstration Friday outside the SUNY New Paltz Student Union Building where student leaders used a bullhorn from the rooftop to rally the gathering on the concourse below. University police dispersed student leaders from the roof which was

• By -

News briefs:April 29, 2005

• Posted on October 8, 2017
• Posted in Uncategorized

Friday, April 29, 2005 Sgt. Hasan Akbar of the United States army has been sentenced to death for his grenade attack on officers in the days preceding invasion of Iraq. His defense team plans to appeal the case, arguing for life imprisonment. article The new Wynn Las Vegas hotel-casino has opened as the most expensive

• By -

Nine firefighters killed in South Carolina blaze

• Posted on October 8, 2017
• Posted in Uncategorized

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 Nine firefighters were killed on Monday while battling a massive fire at a furniture warehouse in Charleston, South Carolina. Firefighters were called to the scene of a massive blaze at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C. at around 6:30 p.m. EST. At around 7 p.m., nine firefighters were sent inside

• By -

Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces bidders for additional Tramlink vehicles

• Posted on October 7, 2017
• Posted in Uncategorized

Saturday, March 26, 2011 On Thursday, London’s Mayor Boris Johnson announced the shortlist of bidders to supply up to ten further trams to Transport for London (TfL) for use on the city’s Tramlink network in Croydon. The trams will be used to supply additional capacity on the network between Elmers End, central Croydon and Therapia