• Threatening text messages sent in bulk - inexpensive in India - were the main vehicle of the insidious rumours that have swirled around in the city for the past two days, driving panic into the hearts of the tens of thousands of people from the north-eastern region living there.

    BBC: Social media and the India exodus

  • But with its mix of consumer-friendly PCs, printers and big business servers--in addition to its vastly greater bulk--HP is a better leading indicator than Sun, which specializes in geeky gear used in data centers and by engineers.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • His sheer bulk -- weighing in at 120 kg as against 94 kg for Bolt -- was always going to be a barrier on the track, and he was persuaded to try a new challenge by Germany's national bobsled team coach Gerd Leopold.

    CNN: Better than Bolt? The fastest men on ice

  • In Shanghai, for example, consumers like bulk-size packages, whereas in Beijing there is a distinct preference for smaller-size formats.

    FORBES: Retail

  • We were deeply concerned that if the Soviets could credibly threaten to strike first and destroy our ICBMs with a small number of their own ICBMs carrying multiple warheads -- while retaining the bulk of their strategic forces in reserve -- our allies would doubt our resolve.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • Leaving the warm Virginia sunshine outside and walking into the bulk-buy Costco store in Pentagon City, it's easy to spot the Christmas aisles.

    BBC: Is it too early to be Christmas shopping?

  • Although it left the bulk of Glass-Steagall in place, it ended the affiliation restrictions, freeing up holding companies to own both commercial and investment banks.

    FORBES: Why The Glass-Steagall Myth Persists

  • LONDON The organization responsible for auditing newspaper circulation figures in Britain said that a Wall Street Journal Europe bulk-distribution deal that faced scrutiny in the U.K. last October complied with official reporting standards.

    WSJ: WSJE Circulation Cleared by Panel

  • For a new twist on the low-stress holiday, how about applying the Costco mantra of buying in bulk to gift-giving?

    FORBES: Save Time & Money With These Holiday Gift Purchases

  • Young people should have the choice of staying in the current system or of investing part-and eventually the bulk-of their Social Security levies in their own PRAs.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • The percentage of total cost of coverage paid by premiums varies from a low of 26% in New Mexico to 106% in West Virginia, with the bulk of states clustered in the 50-75% range.

    FORBES: ObamaCare's Fuzzy Math: High Risk Pools Will Cost 8 Times What Is Budgeted

  • Unroll.me (free): This service allows users to unsubscribe from unwanted e-mails in bulk.

    CNN: 50 new tech tools you should know about

  • But it is the largest bulk-minerals-export port in the world.

    NEWYORKER: The Miner��s Daughter

  • Saving 30 to 50pct buying in bulk replenish-able items from toothpaste to soup or whatever I use a lot of is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere.

    FORBES: Where To Invest $100K? Five Billionaires Share Their Ideas

  • Located next to the convention center, the stadium would have doubled the mass and length of the huge bunker against the river already established by that "lump of black coal" -- as essayist Phillip Lopate described its dark bulk in his literary trip around the edges of Manhattan -- cutting off views and access with nearly a mile of hulking wall.

    WSJ: New York Stadium Deals: Good and Bad

  • He said security in Helmand was improving, with Afghan forces now responsible for the bulk of the province - but that the environment in which UK troops operated remained "risky and dangerous including the threat of improvised explosive devices and insurgent attack".

    BBC: Afghanistan roadside bomb kills three British soldiers

  • In his book, Vedder cites Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that Wal-Mart's wages lag the retail-industry average by just a small margin, an expected result given that the bulk of its stores are located in low-income areas.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • The burning of fossil fuels, such as coal for electricity and oil for gasoline, has caused the overwhelming bulk of the man-made increase in carbon in the air, scientists say.

    NPR: Experts: CO2 Record Illustrates 'Scary' Trend

  • The advantage for Chinese buyers is that goods are mailed to a warehouse in Dallas and bulk-shipped to China, saving on postage costs, with 10 to 14 days of delivery time.

    FORBES: Suited-Up Online: Why China's Fashionista Websites Aim High (And Low)

  • And more than 800, 000 gallons of chemical "dispersants" sprayed onto the oil in a frantic attempt to keep the bulk of it offshore pose little-understood risks to organisms in the Gulf's depths, scientists and government officials say.

    WSJ: Gauging Harm to Ecosystem Could Take Years

  • Diana Shipping (NYSE: DSX): A leader in dry bulk shipping with a P-E of 6.59, an operating profit of near 50, and 373 million in cash, and a major beneficiary of the rising Chinese economy.

    FORBES: Four Flavorful Tastes Of Greece To Ride The Rebound

  • The BBC's business correspondent Joe Lynam said Mr Darling would instead propose a longer-term system of bonuses, with the bulk of the money paid in the final two years of a five-year period.

    BBC: Brown urges G20 to keep spending

  • And last year, HTC snapped up non-Chinese divisions of Dopod, aiming to bulk up the marketing and distribution of HTC-branded phones in Australia and Southeast Asia.

    FORBES: Google's Friends And Family Plan

  • The goal of a third MAPS project is to create a best practices document in cooperation with bulk e-mail companies.

    CNN: Next wave of attacks against spammers underway

  • "We think it is great that the bulk of our support comes from in-state, " said Mike DuHaime, Mr. Christie's campaign strategist.

    WSJ: Big Donors Boost Christie

  • The total equates to a little more than 3, 000 cannabis plants - the bulk of which were found in an illicit factory in a disused Wigtownshire hotel.

    BBC: Dumfries and Galloway drug crop value approaches ?1m

  • The wholesalers, such as Hong Kong-based Offshore Incorporations Ltd (OIL), sell companies to legal and accounting firms, banks, corporations and also (often in bulk) to web-based resellers.

    ECONOMIST: Company formation

  • Worse yet, the bulk of the Islamic foreign legion in-country is located in Tuzla and Zenica, population centers in or very near the U.S. 'sector' of Bosnia.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • The bulk of private-sector wealth still lies in the West.

    ECONOMIST: The balance of economic power

  • In January, Craig Williams, executive director of the Chemical Weapons Working Group based in Berea, Kentucky, insisted that the arsenal's stockpile was a prime candidate for neutralisation, a process planned for bulk chemical-agent stockpiles at the sites in Maryland and Indiana.

    ECONOMIST: Pine Bluff prepares for disposal

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