Within minutes of his election Nov. 4, the calls from foreign governments offering advice to Barack Obama began, his aides say, and have still not stopped... more »

Banks in the financial district of London are racing to retrench as the financial crisis takes its toll and economic growth grinds to a halt, resulting in thousands of jobs being cut... more »

This report at Drudge strikes me as pretty creepy:... ..... more »

According to a study done by SquareTrade, iPhone is twice as reliable as the BlackBerry after one year of ownership. In the study, SquareTrade looked at failure rates of 15,000 devices covered under... ... more »

The dramatic Chinese plan was motivated by growing government alarm at an unexpectedly sharp downturn in the countrys fast-growing economy.. more »

The Oakland Police Department over the weekend defended its investigation into the slaying of Oakland newspaper editor Chauncey Bailey, disputing a report by a group of journalists that the lead detective working on the case ignored important evidence. ... 0.. more »

Lower mkt volumes hurting brokerage biz: Edelweiss Cap.. more »

A chaotic start in Fuji gave Fernando Alonso the chance he was hoping for after winning last years Japan Grand prix. While Kubica took the lead early on, Alonso used the first pit stop to pass Kubica with his decision to take less fuel and from then on, he led the race without ever feeling [...] .. more »

Stockings started out as being a functional accessory, to protect people living in cold climates.. more »

Wasilla, Alaska On September 20 and 21, I attended services at the church Sarah Palin belonged to since she was an adolescent, the Wasilla Assembly... Broadcasting platform : YouTubeSource : The Huffington PostDiscovery Date : 24/09/2008 13:17Number of articles : 32.. more »

Congo's Mount Nyiragongo is central to an effort to transform an area best known as the epicenter of a deadly conflict into a tourist attraction. .. more »

Social media enthusiast Alana Taylor put together a Facebook application that's not only worth installing, it can actually save you time and keep you away from one of the web's most powerful procrastination portals. Get My Tagged Pics does exactly what you might think, pulling together every picture your friends have tagged you in, and offers .. more »

Sir Donald George Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 25 February 2001), often referred to as The Don, was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport.The story that .. more »

Morgan Stanley has booked 65,000 tonnes of Indian jet fuel to Europe for lifting on Sept. 10, traders said on Wednesday.. more »

Mac OS X only: Free iTunes add-on GimmeSomeTune automatically fetches missing album artwork, lyrics, and automatically embeds them in your music library. GimmeSomeTune runs in the background, and in addition to the metadata tools, it also supports scrobbling your music to Last.fm, universal hotkeys, iChat status updates, and even Apple Remote .. more »

Tata Com has been directed by global arbitration tribunal to pay the amount plus interest as damages over a cable dispute 2 years ago. In Pics: Nokia N96, iPhone.. more »

You knew that Lindsay Lohan would drop DJ Samantha Ronson and her fedora for a man as sooner or later. You also knew that man-shark hybrid and 14-time Olympic gold medal-er Michael Phelps would dump America for one or many Hollywood starlets as soon as he got the hell out of China. But no one ev..... more »

FDIC doesn't disclose the names of institutions on its internal list of troubled banks. On average, 13% of banks that make the list fail. Tips for investments.. more »

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This is the week of the geeks, as the Apple iPhone finally was officially launched in India amidst fanfare. Both the official operators for the phone Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar launched the phone at midnight across eight cities... more »