In spite of the government initiated curbs on payments of bank bonuses, it is learned that billions of pounds are to be given away as bonuses in 2011. According to Robert Peston, BBC business editor, the best thing the coalition can hope is a declaration from the bankers volunteer to give lesser bonuses without the [...]
A pauper former radio announcer with a magic voice is rediscovered by an Ohio reporter and he is having a great comeback. A reporter of Columbus Dispatch newspaper posted a video on YouTube, of a former radio announcer, who is now on roads begging for a living. The video has paved way to his come [...]
The first ever pipe line between Russia and China began working. The pipe line has the distinction of connecting the largest producer of crude oil on the globe i.e. Russia and the largest user of the same i.e. China. This effectively puts an end to the earlier method of transporting oil to China from Russia [...]
Two-day outage for the net phone giant caused due to the overloaded server and bug in the software of Skype. The net phone giant – Skype, through a post in its blog detailed about the causes of the crash of its service for two days just before the Christmas day. Overloaded server and the bug [...]
Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, has visited the eastern region of Queensland which has been severely hit by flood. She commended the community spirit of the flood-hit region. The Premier visited Bundaberg, the most flood-hit area and talked with the people. Then she flew to Rockhampton. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh reported that, the floods [...]
The most popular quality color film is at last ceasing its colorful existence in media world. The final roll of the film is scheduled to be developed in Kansas City on Thursday. The well appreciated Kodachrome film is facing extinction as its sales plummeted because of the competition from digital cameras. The makers of the [...]
It is reported that a Swedish man was found guilty by a Polish judge for conceiving a plan to steal the sign at the entrance of Auschwitz with words, ‘Arbeit macht frei’. The man was sentenced for two years and eight months. The Swede, Anders Hoegstorem was an ex-neo-Nazi leader. He entered into a plea [...]
Bobby Farrell was the front man and the only member of the 1970s era disco band passed away in his sleep. He was 61 years of age. His agent, John Seine informed that Farrell died in a hotel room of a Russian city, St Petersburg. He was performing there. He added that the singer’s cause [...]
Brendan Barber, the general secretary of TUC forecasted that the coming year will be a ‘horrible’ year with increasing ‘cuts’ referring to the predicted reduction in various vital statistics that denote society’s economic and general well being. The union leader gave a new year message to his colleagues in which he professed that there will [...]
A Buckingham Palace communique says that the Queen is ‘delighted’ with the new born as the child is going to be the first great grandchild to her majesty. Autumn, wife of Peter Phillips, the eldest grandson of the Queen gave birth to a baby girl. The baby is the first great grandchild for the Queen. [...]
