Fair trade?French movie star Gérard Depardieu is threatening to flee France — for either Russia or Belgium — while soccer star David Beckham is coming to France to join the Paris Saint Germain soccer team.Though the moves are unrelated, as far as we know, France is losing one millionaire and gaining another.Mr. Depardieu, in an unusually public fight, broke with France’s Socialist government over...
BlackBerry World is off to a decent start, but it’s missing some big-name apps
Label: TechnologyWhen BlackBerry (RIMM) announced that more than 70,000 BlackBerry 10 applications would be available when its new platform launched, users were ecstatic. That big number was too good to be true, unfortunately, as we and many others noticed in our time spent with the BlackBerry Z10. While the app store includes some big names such as Rovio’s Angry Birds and various titles from Electronic Arts...
Steven Tyler Auditions in Drag for American Idol
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch American Idol By Steve Helling 01/31/2013 at 10:35 PM EST Steven Tyler sings before the AFC Championship NFL football game, Jan, 22, 2012 Elise Amendola/AP Former judge Steven Tyler made a surprise cameo on American Idol Thursday night – dressed as a woman....
Euro gains but shares steady before economic data
Label: BusinessLONDON (Reuters) - The euro hit a fresh 14-month high on Friday as investors returned to the region's riskier asset markets, while shares steadied ahead of a batch of major U.S. and European economic data. The euro hit a high of $1.3634 to the dollar, building on gains of over 3 percent in January, as the European Central Bank prepared to reveal how much more of its three-year emergency...
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IHT Rendezvous: Amid Doubts, Thai Prime Minister Says She's In Control
Label: WorldHONG KONG – The prime minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, is pushing back against a report that her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, is helping run the country while a fugitive from Thailand.The report, by Thomas Fuller of The New York Times, said that Mr. Thaksin advises ministers and civil servants from abroad, using Skype, cellphones, texting and social media. It quoted a senior party official...
Facebook’s mobile ad revenue doubles in fourth quarter
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc doubled its mobile advertising revenue in the fourth quarter, a sign that the No.1 social network is seeing early success in expanding onto handheld devices as more of its users migrate to smartphones and tablets.Investors want to see evidence that CEO Mark Zuckerberg‘s 8-year-old company is delivering on promises to develop a full-fledged mobile advertising...
American Idol Discovers Big Talent in Texas and California
Label: Lifestyle TV Watch American Idol By Jamie Bufalino 01/30/2013 at 11:00 PM EST From left: Randy Jackson, Mariah Carey, Ryan Seacrest, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban Michael Becker/FOX. It's the final week of American Idol's cross-country talent search. And as the judges head...
Sex to burn calories? Authors expose obesity myths
Label: HealthFact or fiction? Sex burns a lot of calories. Snacking or skipping breakfast is bad. School gym classes make a big difference in kids' weight.All are myths or at least presumptions that may not be true, say researchers who reviewed the science behind some widely held obesity beliefs and found it lacking.Their report in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine says dogma and fallacies are detracting...
Asian shares off highs, Fed's stance weighs on dollar
Label: BusinessLONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell for a second straight day and the euro slid on Thursday, as weak German retail sales and poor earnings at its biggest bank added to investors' nerves after a shock fourth quarter contraction in the U.S. economy. Data on Wednesday showed U.S. GDP slipped back 0.1 percent, though the country's central bank, the Federal Reserve, indicated the pullback...
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French Forces Press Mali Campaign, as Relief and Anxiety Meld in Freed Towns
Label: WorldBAMAKO, Mali — French troops took control overnight of the airport at the last major northern Mali town still in rebel hands, news reports said on Wednesday, after routing Islamist militants from two other principal settlements in the vast, desert region where relief and elation has given way to some measure of reprisal and frustration. A French military spokesman in Paris, Col. Thierry Burkhard,...
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