Every single rat must be eradicated for the programme to be a success, said project leader Prof Tony Martin from the University of Dundee, who spoke to BBC News before setting off.
All through the recent election campaign, the new media outsmarted the old media when it came to setting the news agenda.
Investors on Wednesday also reacted to news that Google is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook.
Suminder Sodhi, who is not related to the victim, said just the day before the shootings, the two friends were working on setting up a news conference to discuss the Sikh community's reaction to the terrorism attacks -- and to allay public fears that Sikhs have no connection to bin Laden.
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Its projects range from setting up a foreign-news department at the country's state television to training police officers.
But setting a limit on a news outfit's market share would mean constraining the growth of an expanding media group if its competitors were doing badly.
But as Jake Tapper of ABC News, among others, noted, Schmidt was setting a new standard for press-politician relations.
That is why unions across Japan reeled at the news in January that Toyota's trend-setting union had made the unprecedented move of giving up (very early in the game, too) pay-scale increases this year.
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One interesting piece of news is that Saverin is active in Jumio and is setting up a new company to take sales into the Asian market.
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That quality also made it easy for Apple to bump the software over to Intel's (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) processors last year--setting the stage for Apple to offer software allowing users to run both Windows and its own operating system on their machines.
Ahuja began his career as an international manager setting up Indian operations for both LG Electronics and News Corporation.
The good news, you can do much of your homework without ever setting foot on a plane--and it is not only cost-effective but also wise to do so.
Stanway points out that Wal-Mart has no experience running call centers, and says that Home Depot (nyse: HD - news - people ) would likely have an easier time setting up such a business.
They had each entered record-setting pumpkins at events in New York, according to news accounts and Debra Sundstrom's obituary.
More typically, the news on this front swirls around global corporations and the record-setting fines (and criminal penalties) levied against companies that fall afoul of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which prohibits bribery of foreign officials.
On Thursday, a group of media companies including CBS (nyse: CBS - news - people ), NBC and Disney joined Viacom in setting out a list of demands outlining how their content could be fairly used online.
The Arabic news network al-Jazeera said a gang stormed its Cairo offices, setting them on fire and damaging equipment.
Nor is it about setting up banks of televisions tuned to different channels to rewrite the news.
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It contains news, business, sport and analysis but its speciality is the agenda-setting forensic interviewing of public figures by John Humphrys and his fellow presenters.
In its other pro-business ruling this week, the court decided on Monday that Credit Suisse (nyse: CS - news - people ) and other investment banks weren't guilty of setting stock prices during the dot-com bubble, as some investors had alleged.
Almost two years later, that probe is nearing completion, government and company officials said, setting the stage for settlement negotiations between the U.S. and News Corp.
Abbott Laboratories (nyse: ABT - news - people ) of the U.S. took note and proposed setting up a joint venture to produce the stuff.
This latest bit of news will no doubt create additional factors to throw into the mix when it comes to setting fare prices.
Still, news of the economy made us wonder about all those reports of robust spending on Black Friday and record-setting online sales during last week's Cyber Monday.
The president fought back to win the second debate last week in New York, according to polls and pundits, setting up Monday night's showdown at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, moderated by CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Bob Schieffer.
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