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A recent study shows no amount of airbags, electronic stability control or roll cages can defeat the laws of physics.

Employment: Thirty years in the making, a pliable labour market could help the UK shed recession more quickly than its peers. Yet as job losses grow, the model is under pressure

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 13, 2009) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE services OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. ANY FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RESTRICTION MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF UNITED STATES SECURITIES LAW.Sierra Geothermal Power Corp. (SGP) (TSX VENTURE:SRA) today announced the release of its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2008.'I am pleased to report that although the past year has been very challenging, we have made good progress toward achieving our mission of building SGP into a leading independent producer of geothermal power,' said Gary R. Thompson, President, CEO. 'However, problems in the credit markets and the deteriorating global economic conditions increased the cost of obtaining capital and limited the availability of funds. As a result, we have and continue to be extremely prudent with our existing cash resources. We are conducting minimal exploration and advancing permitting work on o

Two candidates who ran for president of the state employees' union have filed complaints claiming they were denied access to a list of voting delegates.

The U.S. tax code is so complex that almost no one can file a tax return without making a mistake, according to New York University Law School Professor Deborah Schenk. On the eve of the April 15 tax deadline, Schenk gives Robert Siegel examples of common mistakes.

RALEIGH, N.C. » The number of U.S. businesses and individuals declaring bankruptcy is rising with a vengeance amid the recession, despite a three-year-old federal law that made it much tougher for Americans to escape their debts, an Associated Press analysis found.

WARNING: NEW Continuing Tax Law Changes Cause Higher Rick with IRS! With over 300 tax law changes, are you absolutely 100% sure you don't have mistakes on your tax return? Mistakes that could mean you sent more money to Uncle Sam then you should have...mistakes that may make you a target for a nasty IRS audit! Are you absolutely sure?

Under pressure from lawmakers including members of his own party, Pakistan's president signed a regulation that puts a northwest valley under Islamic law to achieve peace with Taliban militants.

In a hearing closely watched by both sides of the Heller Ehrman bankruptcy, 10 former Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison partners and their new firms argued Monday they were in their rights to continue to work with their clients. A suit filed by the Brobeck trustee claims the former partners stole business from the defunct firm. A ruling in the case will send a message on the potential risks of hiring partners of dissolved and dissolving firms. In the past six months alone, three Am Law 100 firms have dissolved.

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - April 13, 2009) - The law firm of Milberg LLP is investigatingpossible illegal conduct arising from facts alleged in a class actioncomplaint filed in the United States District Court for the District ofColorado against Level 3 Communications, Inc. ('Level 3' or the 'Company')(NASDAQ: LVLT) and certain fiduciaries of the Level 3 Communications, Inc.401K Plan (the 'Plan').Specifically, Milberg is investigating whether certain fiduciaries of thePlan may have violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974('ERISA'). Violations may have occurred in at least two ways: (1) bycontinuing to offer Level 3 common stock as a Plan investment when it wasimprudent to do so, and (2) by maintaining the Plan's investment in Level 3stock in the Plan when it was imprudent to do so.