Archive for May, 2010

Euro Marks Slim Improvement as Chinese Leader Comments on Sovereign Debts

doclix_pid = 16680; doclix_cid = 4380; doclix_w = 350; doclix_h = 290; Amidst the prowling crisis of most European nations, Euro defended itself from yet another downfall as it remained unchanged this Monday. Nonetheless, stock still remains flat. Chinese Head of government Wen Jiabao warned the traders (in the country) that large-scale economic development is [...]

Facebook Ban Lifted In Pakistan

Facebook, the popular social networking site has been allowed access in Pakistan. Facebook was banned by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) acting upon orders given by the Lahore High Court (LHC) on May 17, 2010. The ban was to last till May 31, 2010, after which facebook is now accessible again. The reason for facebook’s [...]

Brazil Markets Up as Real Peaks

With Holidays in the United States and economic downfall in UK and other European countries, Brazil has managed to pull up its stocks on Monday. Commodity-related shares are the primary key players for this sudden surge upwards of the country’s stock market. Bovespa picked up 0.84 percent leap after experiencing a hard fall last April [...]

WHO To Regulate Tobacco Ads That Lure Women

On its preliminaries for the yearly World No Tobacco Day on May 31, the World Health Organization convened on Friday to present the alarming result of surveys where numbers of female smokers are increasing in most parts of the world. The U.N. health body relates this trend to rampant cigarette advertisements that projects smoking as [...]

Memorial Day: Remembering American War Heroes

Friday Harbor’s Memorial Day Parade will commence at 10:30 a.m. today. This is considered a national holiday. Thus, banks, government agencies and offices, libraries and schools are all closed. This is quite an emotional feat for all Americans as they commemorate those heroes who died in the battlefield for the country. This year’s guest speaker [...]

Rene Angelil and Celine Dion Expecting Twins

Celine Dion and husband Rene Angelil announced that Celine’s pregnant and they’re expecting twins. The 42-year-old singer Celine Dion and her husband René Angelil have a 9-year-old son Rene Charles and after his birth the couple went through various rounds of in-vitro fertilization for making Dion pregnant again but it was never successful. Celine even [...]

Celine Dion Pregnant with Twins!

Suffering a tragic miscarriage last year, singer -songwriter Celine Dion is 14 weeks pregnant with twins, as announced by Dion’s publicist on 30 May 2010. Dion stated that the gender is still unknown and she is planning to find out in June 2010. After the miscarriage late last year, Dion turned to acupuncture to improve [...]

Asus, MSI Challenge Apple iPad

With sudden rise to the charts, Apple iPad will now meet competition through new technologies under the flagship of Asus and MSI. Asus answer to Apple’s iPad is the new Asus Eee Pads. Seems like pads are everywhere now, huh. This gadget comes into models: 12-inch (EP121) and a very handy 10-inch version. Some features [...]

Apple sold more than 33000 iPads per day

Like it or not, the truth is that the iPad is a hit, Apple announced that it sold 2 million devices taking into account only sales made in Germany, Australia, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and United Kingdom. The Apple fans flocked to stores in Europe and Asia when the iPad was released outside [...]

Justin Bieber “Never Say Never” Video Premiere

It didn’t take long for Justin Bieber’s fans to figure out the next video premiere. Justin will be releasing not just one, but three music video in the past few weeks. Justin had been promoting the premiere of his “Somebody To Love” video and assured his fans that this would not be the last to [...]