Friday, 4 January 2013
New York, Jan 4 : The 2012 holiday season may have been the worst for retailers since
the 2008 financial crisis, with sales growth far below expectations, forcing
many to offer massive post-Christmas...
NY newspaper's handgun permit map draws criticism
Friday, 4 January 2013
New York, Jan 4: A newspaper's publication of the names and addresses of handgun
permit holders in two New York counties has sparked online discussions — and a
healthy dose of outrage.
The Journal...
Hundreds of flights canceled as storm pounds eastern US
Friday, 4 January 2013
Washington, Jan 4 : A powerful winter storm forced the cancellation of about 200 U.S.
flights, snarling holiday travel as heavy snow and high winds pummeled the
northeastern United States.
The National...
Oklahoma City house fire kills mother, 4 children
Friday, 4 January 2013
Oklahoma City, Jan 4 : A fire that ripped through a home in Oklahoma City before dawn
killed a woman and her four children and left one man in critical condition with
serious burns, authorities said.
Firefighters...
Ailing whale washes ashore at New York City beach
Friday, 4 January 2013
New York, Jan 4: An ailing, endangered finback whale has been found washed ashore in
a coastal enclave of Queens that was hard hit by Superstorm
Sandy.
Emergency workers and marine biologists responded...
BMW's vehicle sales reach 1.8 million in 2012: CFO
Friday, 4 January 2013
Frankfurt, Jan 4 : BMW, the world's largest premium carmaker, has sold about 1.8
million vehicles in 2012, its chief financial officer told a German
newspaper.
"One of our goals was to increase vehicle...
Cowboys' Brent indicted in crash killing teammate
Friday, 4 January 2013
Dallas, Jan 4 : A grand jury in Texas has formally indicted Dallas Cowboys nose
tackle Josh Brent on one count of intoxication manslaughter.
Brent is
charged in connection with a Dec. 8 crash that...
Toyota seeks to settle acceleration case for $1.1 billion
Friday, 4 January 2013
Detroit, Jan 4 : Toyota Motor Corp has agreed to spend $1.1 billion to settle
sweeping U.S. class-action litigation over claims that millions of its vehicles
accelerate unintentionally, as the Japanese...
Ford to invest $773 million across southeast Michigan
Friday, 4 January 2013
New York, Jan 4 : Ford Motor Co (NYS:F) plans to invest more than $773 million on new
equipment and capacity expansions across six manufacturing facilities in
southeast Michigan in the United...
Home prices rose in ninth straight month: S&P
Friday, 4 January 2013
New York, Jan 4 : Single-family home prices rose in October for nine months in a row,
reinforcing the view the domestic real estate market is improving and should
bolster the economy in 2013,...
US retailers scramble after lackluster holiday sales
Friday, 4 January 2013
New York, Jan 4 : The 2012 holiday season may have been the worst for retailers since
the 2008 financial crisis, with sales growth far below expectations, forcing
many to offer massive post-Christmas...
Shahabad residents demand bridge
Friday, 4 January 2013
Shahabad, Jan 4 : Residents of
Shahabad in this frontier district are up in arms against the government for
failing to construct a bridge over Warnow Nallah as five persons have drowned in
the Nallah...
Rajaratnam agrees to pay $1.5 million disgorgement in SEC case
Friday, 4 January 2013
New York,
Jan 4 : U.S. hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam has agreed to pay
disgorgement of about $1.5 million in a civil lawsuit filed by the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and to waive his right...
IHK records 53% increase in places of worship
Friday, 4 January 2013
Jammu, Jan 4: A
53 per cent rise has been seen in the number of places of worship in held Jammu
and Kashmir in last one decade, according to figures released by state's
Directorate of Census Operations.
As...
Speed breakers on Kakapora-Newa Road
Friday, 4 January 2013
Srinagar, Jan 4 : The
state’s R&B department has constructed 27 speed breakers on a road measuring
less than 3 kilometres on Kakapora-Newa Road.
According to a delegation
from the area, the department’s...
How the brain cell works: A dive into its inner network
Friday, 4 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 4: University of Miami (UM) biology professor Akira Chiba is leading a
multidisciplinary team to develop the first systematic survey of protein
interactions within brain cells.
The team...
Self-regulation of the immune system suppresses defense against cancer
Friday, 4 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan 4 : Regulatory T cells (Tregs), which are
part of the body's immune system, downregulate the activity of other immune
cells, thus preventing the development of autoimmune diseases or...
Global view of how HIV/AIDS hijacks cells during infection
Friday, 4 January 2013
Islamabad, Jan
4 : Gladstone Institutes scientist Nevan Krogan, PhD, has identified
how HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- hijacks the body's own defenses to
promote infection. This discovery could...
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