The childhood home of country singer Taylor Swift is up for sale. Swift spent ten years of her childhood in the classic Pennsylvania home, which is currently listed for US$800,000. The house was last sold in 2007 for US$480,000. The owners of the house have cashed in on the star's name by listing the connection to the music star. Fans may pay a little more than current Pennsylvania ...
Mega airline merger in the balance
Six US states and the District of Colombia have decided to try to block the mega-merger of American Airlines and US Airways. A lawsuit has been filed in US District Court in Washington, where the merged company would control 69 percent of flights out of the city. DC has been joined in the suite by Arizona, where US Airways hub is housed, Texas (home of American Airlines),Tennessee, ...
Dubai starting to improve residential figures
Dubai's residential market has been enjoying a tremendous rebound in price. While the IMF has already warned about the pace of the recovery in the property market, residential buildings are showing the first tangible increase in demand since before the financial crisis. Real estate value growth rates are expected to continue, especially in the prestige market. Capital values have ...
High-rise angers Chinese townspeople
Chinese people in some larger towns are calling for a smaller building strategy. With skyscrapers sprouting like weeds in Chinese cities, public dissent has started to build. Chinese newspapers have openly criticized political leaders for approving the tall-tower buildings. The government-run People's Daily recently ran a commentary focusing on the aggressive push into ...
Diamond bearing rock found in India
India might be the world's next shining diamond. According to geologists at the National Geophysical Research Institute in Hyderabad, the country's south-eastern regions may have enough kimberlite for India to become the world's largest diamond producer. In a report, published in its latest issue of the Geological Society of America, it has been revealed that a 200,000 square kilometre ...
France and Germany lead Eurozone out of economic mire
France and Germany are leading the way on the Eurozone road to recovery. An 0.3 percent growth in GDP has been registered in the second quarter in the zone after an 18 month recession. Germany posted growth at 0.7 percent, much stronger than predicted and France was close behind with 0.5 percent growth. Both countries were boosted largely by the manufacturing sector. The European ...
US housing construction projects see uptrend in July
WASHINGTON - The rate of new residential building constructions in the US spurred in July by 5.9 percent from levels in the previous month, partly reversing a sharp drop seen in the June.The figures released Friday by the Commerce Department suggests that housing construction is maintaining its recovery. The Commerce Department said that builders began work last month on houses and apartments ...
Ecuador rainforests to see drilling machines for oil
QUITO, Ecuador President Rafael Correa has given the go ahead for rich countries to begin drilling for oil in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest on Thursday, abandoning an ambitious 2007 plan he proposed to stop oil exploration in a pristine preserve. The collapse of the Yasuni ITT initiative is a major blow for activists who are trying to save one of the world's most biodiverse regions from ...
Swiss bank UBS planning to buyback former toxic assets
GENEVA - Swiss National Bank (SNB) Friday confirmed that a loan it had granted to bail out troubled UBS five years ago has been repaid paving way for the banking giant to buy back once toxic assets worth billions of francs. At the end of 2008, UBS was forced to hand over 38.7 billion francs ($41.5 billion) of its risky securities to the central bank's Stabilisation Fund (StabFund), set up to ...
Robert Heffernan wins in world leading time
Robert Heffernan of Ireland broke the hosts' domination in race walking by winning the men's 50-km title with a world leading time at the 2013 IAAF World Championships on Wednesday. It was the first major title for the 35-year-old Heffernan, the fourth finisher at the London Olympics as he clocked three hours, 37 minutes, 56 seconds to finish the longest race of the World ...
Paris based L'Oreal offers $843mn for Magic Holdings
HONG KONG French cosmetics maker L'Oreal has offered to buy Chinese skincare firm Magic Holdings International for $843million (H$6.5billion; 539milllion pounds; 630 million euros) in cash. Shares of Hong Kong listed Magic surged 21% when trading resumed on Friday. World's biggest cosmetics maker L'Oreal, which has brands such as Garnier and Lancome under it, said it would offer HK$6.3 ...
Conrad case hearing in Ontario put over till October
TORONTO -- Former head of the Hollinger media empire, Conrad Black's long-standing legal battle with the Ontario Securities Commission will continue in October, but his lawyer says he's considering a request to have the proceedings stayed. The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has alleged that directors and officers of Hollinger Inc. and Hollinger International engaged in "a scheme" to line ...
My focus is not to get injured Bolt
World record-holder Usain bolt has said his focus was not only on winning medals but also on avoiding injuries in preparations for the 2016 Olympics. The Jamaican sprinter completed his 200m world title hat-trick as he took an easy win with a world leading time of 19.66 seconds at the 2013 IAAF World Championships here Saturday, reports Xinhua. The lead was so overwhelming for the Jamaican ...
FIFA happy with Canadas preparations for 2015 World Cup
World football governing body FIFA is confident that the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada will go off without a hitch despite the tournament being played on artificial turf for the first time. A FIFA delegation Saturday concluded a week-long tour of Canada during which they inspected four of the six stadiums being used for the seventh women's World Cup - two of the venues are still under ...
Mo Farah relied on special hot pants to make history at Moscow games
Three-time World Champion Mo Farah's success at the Moscow games is being attributed to special hot pants that kept muscles warm between events. According to The Daily Star, sports scientists at British Athletics have designed the heated shorts to help the nation's stars when they are going for gold. Last summer, Sir Chris Hoy and Team Great Britain cyclists used their own battery-powered hot ...
Mo Farah insists medals beat world records in personal quest
Three-time Word Champion Mo Farah has said that his goal is to be able to collect as many medals in his career as he could and chasing world records was not something he wanted to do. According to the Mirror, the British athlete expressed that it would be nice to run close to world records but medals would mean much more to him. Farah, who will run his first marathon in London next spring, ...
D-Day GIs went on orgies of rape against French women during WW II
London, August 18 (ANI):A new research has revealed that the Normandy invasion during the Second World War was a supercharged erotic adventure for some, who, after fighting their way off the murderous beaches, expected to find free love from a grateful public. The study found that GIs were motivated by explicit stories of how French women had few morals and would be swift to show their ...
Lightning Bolt sprints to gold for third straight 200-metre world title in Moscow
Olympic champion Usain Bolt has reportedly sprinted to his third straight 200-metre world title, winning the gold medal and wrapping up the race in 19.66 seconds in the World Championships in Moscow. According to Stuff.co.nz, Bolt's Jamaican teammate Warren Weir crossed 0.13 seconds later and won the silver, while Curtis Mitchell of the United States took bronze in 20.24 seconds. The report ...
Yahoo appoints Maynard Webb as new chairman
American multinational Internet Corporation Yahoo Inc has appointed veteran technology executive and Silicon Valley investor Maynard Webb as chairman, replacing Fred Amoroso at the company, which is having a tough time with its advertising business. According to The Dawn, Webb, who has served as interim chairman since April and is a former eBay Inc chief operating officer, has been a director ...
LA judge upholds porn star must wear condoms rule as constitutional
An attempt by the adult film industry to overrule a local ordinance mandating use of condoms while filming sex scenes in movies failed on Friday in California. A federal judge has ruled that a Los Angeles County law requiring adult film performers to wear condoms is constitutional, News.com.au reported. Porn producers filed a lawsuit to block the implementation of the Safer Sex in the Adult ...
My kids are my world Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson says his daughters are "incredibly smart" and he has learned so much about the world from them. The "Kick-Ass 2" star has two daughters - Wylda Rae, three, and 18-month-old Romy Hero with wife Sam Taylor-Johnson. He also has two step-children from Sam's previous marriage. "The way I was brought up was to always be encouraged in doing what you love doing and having ...
Narain Karthikeyan zooms to third win in Auto GP
India's Narain Karthikeyan secured his third victory at round six of the Auto GP World Series at the Nurburgring Circuit here Saturday. Having secured his third consecutive pole Friday, Narain managed to capitalise on his advantage at the start, but faced stiff opposition from Italian GP2 driver Kevin Giovesi and his Super Nova teammate Vittorio Ghirelli. But the Indian always seemed to have ...
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