Friday, 28 December 2012
New
York, Dec 28 : Twenty-seven wooden angels stand in a yard down the
street from the Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Conn.
Deaths from firearms
are set to outstrip car fatalities for the first time,...
Sales soar for kid-themed body armor backpacks
Friday, 28 December 2012
New York, Dec 28 : The Newtown, Conn., mass shooting of 20 schoolchildren seems to have
had an impact in one industry: body armor backpacks. Mother Jones reports that
sales of the backpacks designed...
Woman dies after receiving smoker's lungs in transplant
Friday, 28 December 2012
London, Dec 28: Jennifer Wederell, a 27-year-old British woman with cystic fibrosis,
died of lung cancer after she received the lungs of a heavy smoker in an organ
transplant.
According to BBC News,...
Four banks found guilty of fraud
Friday, 28 December 2012
Milan, Dec 28 : An Italian
judge found four international banks guilty of fraud in a case involving the
sale of derivatives to the city of Milan and ordered the confiscation of 88
million euros, about...
Facebook’s instagram backtracks: “It is not our intention to sell your photos,” says co-founder
Friday, 28 December 2012
London, Dec 28 : Facebook's photosharing site
Instagram backtracked on its new user privacy policy that would have allowed the
site to sell users' photos to advertising agencies.
After a huge outcry...
High frequency trading: Must separate fact from fiction says NYSE COO Leibowitz
Friday, 28 December 2012
Washington, Dec 28 : As 2012 peters out, trading
activity is slow and market volatility low. Yet this state of relative calm
hasn't quieted the anxious chatter about hyper-fast trading by automated...
3 tips to build a strong dividend portfolio
Friday, 28 December 2012
London, Dec 28 :
With dividend tax hikes looming, special dividends being announced, and
government security yields at all time lows, it's easy to forget the basics.
Specifically, how can you create...
Thriving gun industry hammered after sandy hook massacre
Friday, 28 December 2012
New York, Dec 28 : The horrific slaughter of 7 adults and 20 children with an assault
weapon last week has once again focused attention on America's liberal gun
laws.
The Sandy Hook massacre has also...
Gold Will Top $2,000 in 2013: Kilburg
Friday, 28 December 2012
New York, Dec 28 : At the
beginning of 2012 gold bulls had a straight forward thesis: Central banks around
the world will continue to debase their currencies.
The virtually
unfettered money printing...
Open manhole risks commuters
Friday, 28 December 2012
Srinagar, Dec 28 : A deep
uncovered manhole is posing risk to commuters at main Dalgate market here.
A delegation from the area said the manhole was constructed by the UEED
department nearly a month...
Girl fails in Matric, ends life
Friday, 28 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 28 : In a tragic
incident, a teenage girl committed suicide, in Kokernag area of this held
Kashmir district, after she failed in the Matric exams the results of which were
declared.
The...
Hajin villages san basic amenities
Friday, 28 December 2012
Hajin, Dec 28 : Several
villages on the banks of Wular lake and River Jehlum here in Hajin block of this
occupied Kashmir district lack basic amenities.
Various villages in
Hajin block, including...
Sickle cell disease may affect brain function in adults
Friday, 28 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 28 : Sickle cell disease may affect brain function in adults who have few
or mild complications of the inherited blood disease, according to results of
the first study to examine cognitive...
Smallpox vaccine produces reduction in HIV replication
Friday, 28 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 28: Vaccinia immunization, as given to prevent the spread of smallpox,
produces a five-fold reduction in HIV replication in the laboratory.
Researchers writing in the open access journal...
Caffeine may slow Alzheimer's disease
Friday, 28 December 2012
Islamabad, Dec 28 :
Although caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug worldwide, its
potential beneficial effect for maintenance of proper brain functioning has only
recently begun to...
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