admin | March 21, 2012
It’s the morning of the last day of the year 2011 A.D., but not for many Jews. A.D. stands for Anno Domini, which means “in the year of our Lord” and that intones Jesus. Instead it’s the last day of the year 2011 C.E., which is the more secular-sounding designation of the Common Era.
When I [...]
admin | March 21, 2012
A town’s lone remaining resident speaks to dilemma of “nuclear refugees” Eric Talmadge The Associated Press August 31, 2011
It's been nearly six months since Japan's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.
TOMIOKA, Japan (AP) — Vines creep across Tomioka's empty streets, its prim gardens overgrown with waist-high weeds and meadow flowers. Dead cows [...]
admin | March 21, 2012
America’s got a Darwin problem — and it matters. According to a 2009 Gallup poll taken on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, fewer than 40% of Americans are willing to say that they “believe in evolution.” When another study asked if humans had developed from earlier species of animals, the American public split [...]
admin | February 1, 2012
By Tony Czuczka
(Updates stocks, bund yields in sixth paragraph.)
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel attempted to shut the door on common euro-area bonds as a means to solve the debt crisis, saying that she won’t let financial markets dictate policy.
Joint euro bonds would require European Union treaty changes that would [...]
admin | January 31, 2012
By Scott Hamilton
(Updates with comment from economist in fourth paragraph.)
July 12 (Bloomberg) — U.K. inflation unexpectedly slowed in June for the first time in three months as Bank of England Governor Mervyn King repeated his view that price growth will ease to the bank’s target in two years.
Consumer prices rose 4.2 percent [...]
admin | January 31, 2012
By Chris Dolmetsch and Patricia Hurtado
(Updates with comment from lawyer for 9/11 victims in fourth paragraph.)
July 19 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation contacted the New York City Police Department about an investigation into whether News Corp. employees tried to hack the phones of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a [...]
admin | January 28, 2012
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore-listed crocodile leather tanner Heng Long (HLIL.SI: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) hopes to see 20 percent profit growth this year, helped by demand from regular customers such as Prada that it sees as resilient to an economic downturn.
The firm, which processes raw crocodile and alligator hide into leather for handbags, watches [...]
admin | January 28, 2012
MANILA, Philippines – A certain “fashion scam” has been among the hot topics on social networking sites Twitter and Facebook this week involving famous fashion designer Puey Quiñones.
This was after ABS-CBN’s Trip na Trip host Kat de Castro tweeted 3 days ago a photo of a double-labeled beige suit.
Photo from Kat De Castro’s official [...]
admin | January 28, 2012
BEIJING, – The possible retirement of star NBA centre Yao Ming will not diminish the league’s booming popularity in the world’s most populous nation, the NBA’s top executive in China has said.
Yao’s contract with the Houston Rockets expires on June 30 Tag heuer replica watches, and while the team have said they would like to [...]
admin | January 28, 2012
BARCELONA, Spain – Champions Barcelona will sit top of the Spanish first division for the Christmas break after notching a tenth successive league victory with a resounding 5-1 win over city rivals Espanyol at the Cornella-El Prat stadium on Saturday.
Spanish World Cup winners Pedro Rodriguez and David Villa grabbed two goals apiece with compatriot Xavi [...]