Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Singapore, Feb 6: Fraser and Neave Ltd's (F99.SI) independent financial adviser JP Morgan said Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi's new offer of S$9.55 ($7.74) per share for the Singapore property...
Italy central bank approves Monte Paschi bailout request
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Rome, Feb 6 : Italy's central bank gave its approval to a request by scandal hit
bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena for 3.9 billion euros ($5.3 billion) of state
loans, the latest step in the battle to...
Why the Gozi virus should never have spread so far
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
New York, Feb 6 : People love to have a sense of closure, but don’t kid yourself: the
FBI’s arrest this week of three men in connection with a computer virus called
Gozi that stole money from thousands...
2 siblings found dead
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Kulgam, Feb 6 : Two septuagenarian siblings died under mysterious circumstances here in held Kashmir last night, police said. Abdul Aziz Dar, 72, and Muhammad Abdullah Dar, 75, of Wanpora died mysteriously...
New LPG policy pushes up petrol sales in IHK
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Srinagar, Feb 6 ::
Sale of petrol in occupied Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed surge after the
recent LPG policy came into effect which did disincentivize the use of gas in
the vehicles.According to...
Health alarm in IHK
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Srinagar, Feb 6 : What could spark a
major health concern, around 300 persons have tested positive for Hepatitis C
virus in Takiya Magam village of held Kashmir’s Islamabad (Anantnag)
district.Public...
Coffee consumption reduces fibrosis risk in those with fatty liver disease
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Islamabad, Feb 6: Caffeine consumption has long been associated with decreased risk of liver disease and reduced fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease.Now, newly published research confirms...
DNA test that identifies down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomy 18 and trisomy 13
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Islamabad, Feb 6 : A newly available DNA-based
prenatal blood test that can identify a pregnancy with Down syndrome can also
identify two additional chromosome abnormalities: trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome)...
Untangling the mysteries of Alzheimer's
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Islamabad, Feb 6 : One
of the most distinctive signs of the development of Alzheimer's disease is a
change in the behavior of a protein that neuroscientists call tau.In
normal brains, tau is present...
Lawsuit: Kabul embassy guards told to lie about long hours
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Kabul, Feb 5 : The company responsible for providing security at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan has at times directed guards to underreport the number of hours they worked to avoid revealing that...
New threat seen in Afghan pullout
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Puzeh, Feb 5: Afghan rural
areas will be at greater risk of falling to the Taliban if the U.S. accedes to
Kabul's demands to speed up the withdrawal of special-operations teams working
with Afghan...
Afghanistan's colossal intelligence failure
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Kabul, Feb 5:
Close observers of Afghanistan are not likely to be surprised by recent
allegations contained in a United Nations report that the Afghan National
Security Directorate, the CIA's leading...
Charges won't be filed against 49ers' Crabtree
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
San Francisco, Feb 5 : Criminal charges won't be filed against 49ers wide receiver Michael
Crabtree after an alleged sexual assault in a hotel after the team's playoff
victory over the Green Bay...
3rd-grader takes loaded gun to Detroit-area school
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Inkster, Feb 5 : Authorities say a third-grade student brought a loaded handgun to
his Detroit-area school but was stopped before he walked through the
doors.School district spokeswoman Val Hughes says...
Brazil: bar codes on sidewalks give tourist info
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Rio De Janeiro, Feb 5 : Rio de Janeiro is mixing technology with tradition to provide
tourists information about the city by embedding bar codes into the black and
white mosaic sidewalks that are a...
Actor Burt Reynolds reportedly in intensive care with flu
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Los Angeles,
Feb 5 : American actor Burt Reynolds is battling the flu in the
intensive care unit of a Florida hospital, CNN reported.The "Smokey and
the Bandit" actor arrived at the unnamed hospital...
Tattoo artist living his dream with the help of Colin Kaepernick as his canvas
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Washington, Feb 5 : There were mornings as a young child
that Nes Andrion yearned for the mother who he says left him behind in the
Philippines at the tender age of 8 months old and times his stomach...
Survival odds grim for native plants fighting invaders
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
London, Feb 5 : Invasive species are winning in the battle for survival against some
native plants in a California reserve, according to a new study.The
research has troubling implications for plant...
UBS Chairman proposes industry-wide settlement over Libor
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Davos, Feb 5: UBS Chairman Axel Weber raised the possibility of an industry-wide settlement for the rest of the banks involved in the Libor rate fixing scandal at a meeting of top bankers in Davos, sources...
Analysis: Lengthy 787 probe, fixing problem, may cost Boeing dear
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Seattle, Feb 5 : The slow progress of investigations into
battery problems on Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner jets suggest the new plane could
be grounded for months, raising fears that the financial hit...
Credit Suisse could owe $2 billion in National Century fraud: judge
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
New
York, Feb 5 : Credit Suisse Group Inc faces a potential $2 billion of
exposure over fraud that occurred a decade ago at National Century Financial
Enterprises, a result of a federal judge's determination...
Why the Gozi virus should never have spread so far
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
New York, Feb 5 : People love to have a sense of closure, but don’t kid yourself: the
FBI’s arrest this week of three men in connection with a computer virus called
Gozi that stole money from thousands...
Canadian police allege ex-SNC executive paid bribes to Gaddafi son
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Toronto, Feb 5 : A son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar
Gaddafi allegedly received 120 million euros ($162 million) in bribes for giving
major contracts in Libya to SNC-Lavalin Inc, Canada's biggest...
US Air, AMR deal could come in next two weeks
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
New York, Feb 5: US Airways Group Inc and American Airlines parent AMR Corp are in
the final stages of negotiating a merger, with the final price and management
structure still to be resolved, four...
House partially gutted
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Srinagar, Feb 5 : A house was partially
gutted in Sonwar area here.A police spokesman said fire broke out due to
short circuit in the three storied house of Bilal Ahmad Rather son of Ghulam
Ahmad resident...
Masjid roof collapses,25 injured
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Ganderbal, Feb 5: At least 25
persons were injured two of them critically when a wooden roof of Masjid
collapsed at Sayed Basti here in held Kashmir. Witnesses said incident
took place when devotees...
34,000 Panchs in IHK to get insurance cover
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Srinagar, Feb 5 : The occupied Jammu and Kashmir is going to be the first state to
provide insurance cover to the Panchayat representatives. Sources said
that four insurance companies are vying...
Genetic breakthrough for brain cancer in children
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Islamabad, Feb 5: An international research team led by the Research Institute of the
McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) has made a major genetic breakthrough
that could change the way pediatric...
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