Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 29th 2010 | no comments
Texas Rangers didn’t score and Giants made one step further in the playoffs. Edgar Renteira hit a home run, along with three RBIs as San Francisco went 2-0 ahead of Rangers at the AT&T Park in the best-of-seven. Matt Cain also pitched 7 2/3 innings [...]
Posted in: Technology by Iohana Georgescu | October 29th 2010 | no comments
As the holiday season draws near, some companies are expected to lower the prices on their products to make them more appealing for customers. One company who won’t take this approach, it seems, is Nintendo. Recently, the company’s president mentioned that [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | October 29th 2010 | no comments
A number of investors in recent weeks have begun to believe that the markets have managed to overcome the powerful effect that the debt crisis in the euro area would have had on them, writes the Financial Times.
With the perception of [...]
Posted in: Lifestyle by Oana Szakacs | October 29th 2010 | no comments
Actress Lisa Blount, best known for her role in the 1982 movie “An Officer and a Gentleman,” was found dead in her home in Little Rock, Arkansas on Wednesday. She was 53 years old.
However, the Pulaski County Coroner's office said according to [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 28th 2010 | no comments
This summer he would declare that he won’t leave the club anyway. And he meant it. Wesley Sneijder signed a two-year extension to the original contract with the Champions League defending champions, Internazionale Milano. The announcement [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 28th 2010 | no comments
FIFA postponed the discussions regarding World Cup bids on Friday. The international football body will analyze the recent allegations and scandals that occur among the main candidates for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup. However, [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | October 28th 2010 | no comments
The first Commercial Bank of China, ICBC, has made its third quarter results statement, according to which the Group registered a net profit of $ 6.37 billion, meaning an increase of more [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | October 28th 2010 | no comments
The Spanish bank Banco Santander S.A. announced on Thursday its Q3 profit results which showed a decline in the company’s revenues, due to the impact of one-off provisions as a result of a change in the Bank of Spain's regulations on provisions. [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 28th 2010 | no comments
The Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the head of Egyptian intelligence Omar Suleiman traveled to the Palestinian Authority Headquarters in Ramallah in an attempt to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiation table.
After meeting with Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority, the Egyptian officials said that no breakthrough has [...]
Posted in: Business by Andra Marinescu | October 28th 2010 | no comments
AstraZeneca's operating profit in the first nine months fell 1% to 9.1 billion dollars, but revenues were up 3% to 24.6 billion dollars, said the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical group.
Profit before tax increased [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 28th 2010 | no comments
New York Giants defensive Mathias Kiwanuka will miss the rest of the season because of a herniated disk in his neck. Even more than that, the player might end his career, as well. At first, the defensive end looked confident [...]
Posted in: World News by Mihai-Silviu Chirila | October 28th 2010 | no comments
A man claiming to be Osama Bin Laden recorded a tape on which he threatens France to get the troops out of Afghanistan and to stop oppressing Muslim people back home.
According to French Foreign Minister, the tape has been checked and seems to be authentic.
Bin Laden makes remarks concerning the French law that prohibits the use of burqa in the public space in France, and says that [...]
Posted in: Entertainment by Roxana Ostafe | October 28th 2010 | no comments
There’s sad news for everyone who knew James MacArthur. Yes, yes, he’s the one who became famous in the 1970s as Danny "Danno" Williams in the iconic TV series, [...]
Posted in: Entertainment by Roxana Ostafe | October 28th 2010 | one comment
Now that she is trying to kick her coke habit, Lindsay Lohan seems to have some big troubles, not being able to pay her bills. For that, two parts stepped up and said they would [...]
Posted in: Entertainment by Roxana Ostafe | October 28th 2010 | no comments
After the whole insane couch-jumping stunts and the glimpses into his religious beliefs, Tom Cruise had a hard time getting back to his feet and start working seriously again. Well, not [...]
Posted in: Technology by Iohana Georgescu | October 28th 2010 | no comments
Wherever you choose to look there’s probably something about how teenagers spend a lot of time texting. As far as I can remember, when we were kids, my friends used to text a lot as well. It didn’t occur to me, when I thought [...]
Posted in: Entertainment by Roxana Ostafe | October 28th 2010 | no comments
A gentleman by nature, David Beckham doesn’t kiss and tell. Not even when it comes to talking to his own son. Truth is Beckham doesn’t like to talk about sex.
The hot soccer [...]
Posted in: Sports by Tudor Daniel | October 28th 2010 | no comments
Pepe Reina is not for sale. Liverpool manager claimed the player won’t go anywhere despite several clubs, including Manchester United, showed interest in the Spanish keeper. Roy Hodgson looks decided to keep the Spaniard at [...]