Yen under pressure, Asian stocks drift up

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The yen plumbed a 2-1/2 year low against the dollar on Monday, grabbing the Asian spotlight amid subdued trading for the region's stock markets, with Japan's central bank in focus as it faced unrelenting political pressure to deliver bold stimulus. The euro also notched up handsome gains against the dollar and the yen, helped by waning expectations of any further monetary...

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IHT Rendezvous: Breathing in Beijing: Coping With China's Smog

BEIJING — With Beijing’s air pollution soaring to seemingly new, awful records this weekend, the classic parenting dilemma of “What shall we do with the kids?” had a grimly obvious answer: Slap on the antipollution face masks and go shopping for another air purifier.That’s what we did on Saturday, as the Air Quality Index run by the United States Embassy in Beijing, which uses standards set by the...

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Oracle Corp to fix Java security flaw “shortly”

BOSTON (Reuters) – Oracle Corp said it is preparing an update to address a flaw in its widely used Java software after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security urged computer users to disable the program in web browsers because criminal hackers are exploiting a security bug to attack PCs.“A fix will be available shortly,” the company said in a statement released late on Friday.Company officials could...

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Miss New York Mallory Hytes Hagan Wins Miss America

01/12/2013 at 11:45 PM EST Miss American 2013 Mallory Hytes Hagan CraigSjodin/ABC The crown is headed to the Big Apple!Brooklyn, N.Y., native Mallory Hytes Hagan was crowned Miss America in Las Vegas on Saturday. Miss New York, 23, beat out Miss South Carolina...

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Q&A: Scramble for vaccine as flu season heats up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Missed flu-shot day at the office last fall? And all those "get vaccinated" ads? A scramble for shots is under way as late-comers seek protection from a miserable flu strain already spreading through much of the country.Federal health officials said Friday that there is still some flu vaccine available and it's not too late to benefit from it. But people may have to call around to...

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Wall Street Week Ahead: Attention turns to financial earnings

NEW YORK (Reuters) - After over a month of watching Capitol Hill and Pennsylvania Avenue, Wall Street can get back to what it knows best: Wall Street. The first full week of earnings season is dominated by the financial sector - big investment banks and commercial banks - just as retail investors, free from the "fiscal cliff" worries, have started to get back into the markets. ...

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IHT Rendezvous: The Golden Globes Get Some Respect

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — It is awfully easy to make fun of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The group’s 84 voting members, givers of the Golden Globe Awards, insist, for instance, that they are impartial journalists. Yet they mostly write for obscure publications like Ogoniok, a Russian magazine, and they allow studios to court them aggressively. Tubs of Italian food, spread out at...

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The Raspberry Pi mini-computer has sold more than 1 million units

Title Post: The Raspberry Pi mini-computer has sold more than 1 million unitsUrl Post: http://www.news.fluser.com/the-raspberry-pi-mini-computer-has-sold-more-than-1-million-units/Link To Post : The Raspberry Pi mini-computer has sold more than 1 million unitsRating: 100%based on 99998 ratings.5 user reviews.Author: Fluser SeoLinkThanks for visiting the blog, If any criticism and suggestions please...

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Britney & Jason's Love Story in 6 Sweet Shots

From a snuggle in the surf to a surprise engagement, see the former couple's most romantic moments Credit: Kevin Mazur/Wireimage Updated: Friday Jan 11, 2013 | 07:00 AM EST By: Cara Lynn Shultz Subscribe Now ...

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Flu season puts businesses and employees in a bind

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half the 70 employees at a Ford dealership in Clarksville, Ind., have been out sick at some point in the past month. It didn't have to be that way, the boss says."If people had stayed home in the first place, a lot of times that spread wouldn't have happened," says Marty Book, a vice president at Carriage Ford. "But people really want to get out and do their jobs, and sometimes...

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