Steven Sinofsky, the head of Microsoft's Windows division, has left the company with immediate effect.

BBC: Steven Sinofsky

In 2005, a New Jersey law took effect requiring health care professionals or companies to notify the state Division of Consumer Affairs of concerns or misconduct of health care workers who could endanger patients.

CNN: Controversy surrounds health care contract workers

Colonel JOE CURTIN (Spokesman, Pentagon): The division has almost 300 helicopters, cargo, attack and reconnaissance-type aircraft, so it is an extremely capable division that can provide the necessary speed and shock effect that you would need in a large-scale combat operation.

NPR: Ambitious U.S.-Iraqi Air Assault Targets Insurgents

"The very robust expansion of the economy in 2004 will imply slower growth next year, partly attributable to the high base effect, " said Friedrich Wu, director of the MTI's economic division.

BBC: NEWS | Business | Singapore economy in growth spurt

In a trading update for the three months to 30 September, the hotels and betting group said growth in its hotels division and in UK retail betting was offsetting lower profitability in telephone betting and the effect of continuing investment in e-gaming.

BBC: Hilton profits steady

The consumer-protection unit of the state attorney general's office received just two complaints about locksmiths in more than a decade one in 2006, the year before the law took effect, and one in 2008, the year after, according to Tom Bates, who runs the division.

WSJ: A License to Shampoo: Jobs Needing State Approval Rise