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In the first six months of this year itself, Yahoo! has added more than 1,000 employees for its India operations and further 500 people could be added to its headcount through the year, Yahoo! India spokesperson told PTI. Going by this average, the total strength could be between 2,500-2,700 employees by the end of 2008. Earlier this year, Yahoo! had announced that it would globally cut down abou

Palm hopes to keep seeing its Centro smartphones fly off store shelvesPalm Inc. may be stuck in a rut and facing difficult financial times, but it hopes selling 2 million units of the Centro smartphone in 2008 will help turn things around.At least 1 million units have been shipped so far in the United States since the phone's launch in mid-October. The Centro is Palm's fastest selling smartphone

TOKYO - Market expectations for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates three or four times by the end of the year do not seem to match the balance of views within the Fed, the Financial Times... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

In the U.S. the hype continues to build in anticipation of the July on-sale date of the 2009 Nissan GT-R. But in Japan, where the car has been on sale since December 2007, it is the Spec V - on sale this December - that has buyers excited. In North America, be prepared to wait a couple model years for the performance Spec V, which will be lighter, faster, and pricier than the conventional sports

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has until June 30 to make a deal with the studios, but president Alan Rosenberg isn’t expecting much. The feud between the SAG and the AFTRA (Radio and TV) only made things worse. “Our progress has really slowed down ever since AFTRA made its deal,” Rosenberg said. But before the union [...]

Germany coach Joachim Low is viewing today's showdown against Croatia as not only an opportunity for his side to book their spot in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008, but also to continue his own footba read more

France is counting on an attacking Netherlands team to help spark its offense on Friday at the European Championship. France created few chances in Monday’s 0-0 draw against Romania, and blamed it on the fact the deep and compact Romanian defense, thus negating France’s preference for hurting teams with speedy passes and counterattacks. The free-flowing Dutch [...]

Andy Murray expects Roger Federer to bounce back at Wimbledon Andy Murray insists Roger Federer's French Open thrashing against Rafael Nadal won't affect his bid for a sixth Wimbledon title. Federer was swept aside in three sets by Nadal in Paris and will defend his All-England Club title with serious questions being asked about his form for the first time in his career. The Swiss has been

The “Boston Globe” reported Saturday that Boston Celtics All-Star forward Paul Pierce expects to play and start, on Sunday when the “Green Team” hosts the L.A. Lakers in game two of the NBA Finals. Pierce had to be carried off the court midway through the third quarter Thursday night in game one, when he went [...]

Mark Matthews, head of Asia-Pacific equity strategy at Merrill Lynch & Co. in Hong Kong, comments on his outlook for Viet Nam's stocks. The Ho Chi Minh Stock Index extended a record losing streak to 21 days yesterday on concern a widening trade deficit and inflation at a 16-year high will prompt overseas funds to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conten

Japan's former vice finance minister for international affairs expressed concern over a possible new phase of financial turmoil caused by the US subprime crisis. In a recent interview with Jiji press, the former vice finance minister stated that an increase in bad loans linked to subprime mortgages would lead to a series of bankruptcies among US regional banks, noting that this would be 'Chapter 2

Although many are concerned that high credit card debt levels will spark a new consumer debt crisis (read more in this CNBC article), American Express (the largest credit card lender in 2007 by total purchases and cash advances) announced that it expects its earnings per share to grow 4 to 6 percent on the strength [...]

The Hanoi Securities Trading Center (HaSTC) today May 29 still kept decreasing impetus on the stock market by falling another 0.56 points or 0.46% to end at 120.72 pts with the total market trade of 3,060,600 shares worth nearly 75 billion dong. Amongst 137 listed shares on the northern bourse, the stock market... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content,

Microsoft expects its Windows Mobile software to grow by at least 50 percent worldwide in this and the next fiscal years. According to a report by Reuters news service, Eddie Wu, Microsoft's managing director of OEM embedded devices in Asia, projected the software giant will sell 20 million units with Windows Mobile in the fiscal year ending in June. In the last fiscal year, it sold more than 11 m

The Ministry of Transport is expected to license Air Speed Up soon, making it possible for the second private airline in Viet Nam to start domestic flights later this year, according to the Viet Nam Civil Administration of Viet Nam (CAAV). "Air Speed Up will get a license this month if its application is approved by the Government," CAAV's deputy general director Lai Xuan Thanh told the

Billionaire investor George Soros said the "acute phase" of the global credit crisis is over, and the fallout will lead to recessions in the United Kingdom and the United States. "Financial institutions have been severely damaged and we are currently in a situation that will probably, I think almost inevitably, result in a recession certainly in the United States and most likely in England also

INDIANA JONES actor Harrison Ford says he expects his character's famous bullwhip to be turned on him by the critics over his upcoming new movie. Today (Sunday, May 18), the star of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal...

TOKYO (AP) — Sony punctuated its recovery by swinging to a profit for the January-March quarter from a loss a year ago on its way to a record performance for the fiscal year as it reduced losses from its PlayStation 3 video game business. Strong sales of flat panel TVs and digital cameras also helped nearly [...]

Sony swings to profit in January-March quarter on way to record year, expects drop this yearSony punctuated its recovery by swinging to a profit for the January-March quarter from a loss a year ago on its way to a record performance for the fiscal year as it reduced losses from its PlayStation 3 video game business.Strong sales of flat panel TVs and digital cameras also helped nearly triple annual

Motorists will be packing the 29th Bangkok International Motor Show in search of the best deals for new cars and trucks.The show, which starts today at Bitec and runs until April 6, will also provide a glimpse of the latest trends in the automotive industry.According to organiser Dr Prachin Eamlumnow, as many as 15,000 vehicles are expected to be sold at the show this year. Sales should be worth a

Thats a big breather for many.Yes, for the first time ever the Reserve Bank Of India(RBI) has come out with its professional forecasters survey very recently. And it supports the long term growth story of the Indian markets in general. Well we have seen the markets falling like a pack of cards since [...]

Despite widespread declarations of the death of DRM in music, the Recording Industry Association of America insists that it's far from dead. At the Digital Hollywood conference taking place in Los Angeles this week, the organization argued that DRM is still used in the large majority of music distribution methods. read more | digg story

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin and former banker Syed Akbar Ali yesterday became the first Internet citizens to be charged with sedition. Raja Petra, 58, was charged in the Sessions Court here with posting a seditious article on his website, Malaysia Today, at www.malaysia-today.net titled "Let's send the Altantuya murderers to hell".The article implicated Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor in the murder of Altantunya Shaariibuu, a Mongolian woman.The offence was alleged to have been committed at his house at No 5, Jalan BRP 5/5, Bukit Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh, on April 25.If convicted, he is liable to be fined RM5,000 or jailed up to three years or both. This is the fourth time Raja Petra ha

CHENNAI: If labour markets worked like stock markets , our advice would have been - get out of electronics & automotive and get into real estate & telecom. This is the essence of a survey conducted by HR consulting firm Hewitt Associates. The 12th annual India salary increase survey found that sectors such as real estate (infrastructure ), energy, retail, telecommunications and banking saw the highest salary increases across levels last year. The average increase in salaries hovered around 16.4%-19 .0%.Of the above areas, the top honours went to the real estate and infrastructure segment , where salaries rose by at least 25.2%. Further, Hewitt projects that this booming segment, flush with money from the public markets over the last year, will grab the top place this year as well.

FOX Business Network’s Ray Hennessey wrote today that Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, said new data on the FDIC‘s so called “troubled bank” list will show an increase over the current 76 banks on the list. However, she added “that is not a big number” and the increase should not [...]

Indonesia's largest coal miner, PT Bumi Resources Tbk, said Monday it expects the coal price to rise to an average of $70 per ton this year from $44 per ton in 2007 amid rising coal demand."This should help boost our earnings this year," said Dileep Srivastava, investor relations official at Bumi.He said Bumi's proven coal reserves rose to 1.4 billion tons in 2007, up 29 percent from about 1.09 billion tons at the end of 2005.Bumi's coal resources, or unproven coal reserves, also increased to 6.73 billion tons at end-2007, up from 6.12 billion tons in 2005.Indonesia News Blog:

From: Bush speaks on the possibility of another 9/11 US President George Bush has said he believes another 9/11 attack on the United States should be considered a strong possibility and warned that such an attack could originate from Pakistan.In an interview with America's ABC TV, Mr Bush said: "If another September 11 style attack is being planned, it probably is being plotted in Pakistan, and not Afghanistan."Bush said if the terrorists were planning such attacks, they would be found out.  

Now that Toshibas HD DVD format is dead and the protracted high definition war is well and truly over, Sony Corp. is envisioning big things over short distances for its newly crowned Blu-ray industry standard. Specifically, while speaking at a recent press conference in Taipei, Sony president and Electronics CEO Ryoji Chubachi outlined the companys hopes for the Blu-ray platform regarding short te

"The father of a theoretical subatomic particle dubbed "the God particle" says he's almost sure it will be confirmed in the next year in a race between powerful research equipment in the United States and Europe. British physicist Peter Higgs, who more than 40 years ago postulated the existence of the particle in the makeup of the atom, said his visit to a new accelerator in Geneva last weekend encouraged him that the Higgs boson will soon be seen."[via usa today]

BANGI: Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd expects to exceed its car sales target this year due to the robust domestic economy and the public's increased purchasing power, managing director and chief executive officer Atsushi Fujimoto said. Honda plans to sell 33,000 completely built-up (CBU) and completely knocked-down (CKD) cars in 2008, up 16% from 2007. “Malaysia's economy is very stable. So, we are optimistic that demand for passenger vehicles will remain robust,” Fujimoto said at the launch of the TASCO Honda Bangi Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) Centre here.

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops It’s one thing to put the kibosh on whispers of across-the-board layoffs; it’s another to go and fire twice the amount rumored. Sure enough, a recent report from the AP notes that the California-based chipmaker is expecting to layoff 10-percent of its 16,000-person workforce by Q3 2008. Additionally, the outfit is trimming [...]

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops It’s one thing to put the kibosh on whispers of across-the-board layoffs; it’s another to go and fire twice the amount rumored. Sure enough, a recent report from the AP notes that the California-based chipmaker is expecting to layoff 10-percent of its 16,000-person workforce by Q3 2008. Additionally, the outfit is trimming [...]

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops It’s one thing to put the kibosh on whispers of across-the-board layoffs; it’s another to go and fire twice the amount rumored. Sure enough, a recent report from the AP notes that the California-based chipmaker is expecting to layoff 10-percent of its 16,000-person workforce by Q3 2008. Additionally, the outfit is trimming [...]

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung said he believes that in the future, ASEAN will achieve its target of an equitable, open and globally competitive trade system and better integrate into the world economy. Deputy PM Hung was addressing the 12 th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Finance Ministers’ Meeting, which opened in central Danang city on April 4. The meeting is expected

How could I not love you, Lord? You bent down and listened to me! As long as I have breath, I will praise You. Death had its grip on me and I saw only Trouble and Sorrow. Then I called out to You, remember? I asked You to save me, and You did! You are pure kindness, Lord - So good, so merciful. You protect those like me with childlike faith; I was drowning and You reached down to save me.

Mozilla Corp. Thursday confirmed that it will release the final beta of Firefox 3.0 shortly, and that it expects to deliver the finished browser to users in June. Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 has been code-frozen, said Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla’s vice president of engineering, and is working its way toward release. “That will be the last beta [...]

Jobs report, first-quarter earnings to bring crumbling fundamentals in focus By Nick Godt, MarketWatch Last Update: 12:01 AM ET Mar 29, 2008 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Stocks will continue to test the market’s newfound resilience next week, as investors look to close the first quarter and cast aside jitters from the credit crisis. However, concerns about the U.S. economy are likely [...]

I can bet over anything, you wouldn't have forgotten Avalanche and Halo 2's "Lockout". In compliance with the commendable work done, Microsoft and Bungie expect the release of “Halo 3″ downloadable content on April 15. The game freaks will receive three multi-player maps to add to their delight. Accordingly, they have a lot to offer. So, we are here with the new maps named Ghost Town, Avalanche2, and Blackout. The titles are, in themselves, so very self conveying. Aren't they? The first one i.e. Ghost Town is a battle scratched muddle of slender passageways, while Avalanche2 is a rave review to Sidewinder featuring heaps of vehicles. The final map depicts a moonlit weather station in “the middle of frozen nowhere". Xbox Live gamers can buy the Legendary Map Pack for $10 or

Another great outcome of the Volt Nation event is that we are getting considerable press coverage. This will help spread the word. It is interesting to see how reporters describe our efforts. First up, Katie Merx at the Detroit Free press wrote this article on how the Volt fans are energized. She noted how Bob [...]

Yahoo touts its three-year plan Online portal expects to double cash flow, generate $8.8B in revenue; says plan reinforces board's view that software giant's takeover bid is too low. Yahoo says it expects to roughly double operating cash flow over the next three years and generate $8.8 billion in revenue after costs in 2010. Yahoo (YHOO, Fortune 500) says its three-year financial plan support

Petrovietnam Insurance Corp (PVI), Viet Nam's third-largest insurer, said on Wednesday it expected its net profit to rise at least 60% this year to 400 billion dong ($25 million). Hanoi-based PVI also projected its revenues this year would expand 50% to at least 2.4 trillion dong, it said in a statement after a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

MADRID, Spain (AP, March 17): Haile Gebrselassie expects more athletes to follow his lead and drop out of some events at the Beijing Olympics because of the air pollution.The two-time Olympic 10,000-meter champion said Monday he was disappointed about not competing in the marathon, but that there was no way he would run the race at the games in August."My decision not to run (the marathon) in Beijing is definite. Now I have to decide whether to run the 10,000 meters," Gebrselassie told the Efe news agency. "I was in the city in August and I know what the extreme conditions of pollution, heat and humidity are. It's going to be the hardest marathon in history."The IOC's top medical officer, however, said Beijing's air quality is better than expected and that humidity might be a greater threa

In beginning of February the press said that Minnie Driver is probably pregnant, but there was no official announcement from the actress. Last thursday Minnie visited “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and Leno asked her if she`s pregnant. She said she was and the rumors were approved. She also told that she feels sick from [...]

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment If you're all broken up about Pioneer's seeming exit of the plasma business, take heart. Pioneer Executive Vice President Russ Johnston claims Pioneer's plans aren't to abandon Kuro-quality plasma displays in any way. The move to an outside manufacturer (Matsushita, parent company of Panasonic) is designed to cut cost in plasma production, but Pioneer still plans to maintain its premium edge over competitors. "The number-one goal is to make sure we can maintain our differentiation," said Russ, "and specifically our Kuro difference in the marketplace." Apparently Pioneer will be still be responsible for the video circuit and processing, the color filter strategy and other such secret sauce, and the company is confident Matsushita can step up t

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo thinks Formula One is heading for a less exciting season in 2008, compared to the dramas and controversies of last year. With Ferrari having been embroiled in the 2007 spy scandal with McLaren, di Montezemolo told Italian reporters at the Geneva motorshow that his Maranello outfit wanted to win the title again with the same team spirit that had helped them

Toyota Motor Corp. expects to produce 11.3 million of its own brand vehicles by 2012, up about 30 percent from 2007 amid rapid growth in Russia, China and other emerging markets, a report said Wednesday.Toyota forecasts that its annual output, excluding affiliates Daihatsu Motor Co. and Hino Motors Ltd., will continue to grow by 600,000 vehicles a year, the Nikkei business daily reported quoting an unnamed executive.If the goal is met the automaker's global output will have doubled over 10 years from 5.63 million vehicles in 2002.In 2007, Toyota produced 8.53 million of its own brand vehicles worldwide.

Cabela's Incorporated, the World's Foremost Outfitter of hunting, fishing, and outdoor gear, announced preliminary financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 29, 2007, as well as earnings guidance for fiscal 2008.For the fourth quarter, Cabela's expects to report a 13.9% increase in total revenue, including a 3.3% increase in direct business revenue. Total retail store revenue is expected to increase 31.8%, including a 5.9% decline in same store sales. Diluted earnings per share for the fourth quarter are expected to be in the range of $0.83 to $0.85.For full-year 2007, total revenue is expected to increase 13.9% over 2006, with a 3.9% increase in direct business revenue. Total retail store revenue is expected to increase 27.2%, with a 1.2% decline in sa

  Ford Motor Co. expects to complete the sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover nameplates by early next year at the latest, company executives say. Mark Truby, a company spokesman, said Friday that Ford cannot rule out the possibility of a deal for a buyer for the brands before the end of the year. However, Mark Fields, Ford?s president of the Americas, said it was possible the company might not be ready to announce a deal until the early part of next year. "Basically we want to make sure the buyer can uphold the tradition of these brands," Fields told reporters this week. The guessing in Detroit is that Tata Motors, the automotive branch of the diversified Indian manufacturer, and Chase & Company’s One Equity Partners are the leading contenders for Jaguar and Land Rover. The senior adviser at One Equity Partners is former Ford chief executive Jacques Nasser, who spent 3.3 billion dollars to acquire Land Rover from BMW. Ford acquired Jaguar from the British govern

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Citigroup Inc. expects profit from its Taiwan operations to grow in 2008, following its $427 million acquisition of the Bank of Overseas Chinese, an official said... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Search giant Google, having just prevented an epic campaign to distribute viruses, trojans and all manner of nasties via search results for terms such as “christmas gifts” and “hospice” are now asking for the help of the humble user to help them “fill the gaps” in their malware trapping algorithms. Google’s Ian Fette says.. “Currently, we know of hundreds of thousands of websites that attempt to infect people’s computers with malware. Unfortunately, we also know that there are more malware sites out there. This is where we need your help in filling in the gaps. If you come across a site that is hosting malware, we now have an easy way for you to let us know about it.” The answer to this imminent threat according to Google is a new simplified form for reporting sites that contain malware. The form can be found here. The very fact that Google are making this appeal means the coming threat was not squashed entirely by the recen

Search giant Google, having just prevented an epic campaign to distribute viruses, trojans and all manner of nasties via search results for terms such as “christmas gifts” and “hospice” are now asking for the help of the humble user to help them “fill the gaps” in their malware trapping algorithms. Google’s Ian Fette says.. “Currently, we know of hundreds of thousands of websites that attempt to infect people’s computers with malware. Unfortunately, we also know that there are more malware sites out there. This is where we need your help in filling in the gaps. If you come across a site that is hosting malware, we now have an easy way for you to let us know about it.” The answer to this imminent threat according to Google is a new simplified form for reporting sites that contain malware. The form can be found here. The very fact that Google are making this appeal means the coming threat was not squashed entirely by the recent

Internet monitoring equipment maker Blue Coat Systems said Tuesday it expects fiscal third-quarter earnings to beat market expectations because of greater market penetration of its wide area network products. Excluding stock-based compensation, amortization and depreciation, it expects earnings per share between 31 cents and 35 cents per share on revenue of $78 million to $81 million. Analysts, on average, are expecting earnings of 26 cents a share on revenue of $74.2 million. Chief Executive Brian NeSmith said the profit increase sho

England, ahem, compete in a friendly this evening that is genuinely pointless and meaningless. Austria have merit as an opponent but whoever is responsible for scheduling a game on the Friday before the final qualifying game of Euro2008 is the best proof that National Football Associations really do not have a clue about football. What possible benefit can McClaren get out of this game? If he has to play anyone because of withdrawals or minor injuries, it will be someone who has already tasted international football. Even if they have not, one match does not give any indication whatsoever of ability at this level, football’s history is littered with good players who have frozen on their debuts but gone onto to do well and vice versa. Like the friendly fixtures in August, the manager would benefit more from holding a week long training camp and not pushing the players too hard prior to important matches. The problem is that Wednesday’s clash with Croatia is likely to be the last imp

The company that auctioned nearly 300 foreclosed homes in Boston this past weekend expects to return in the spring to sell more troubled properties.more stories like thisReal Estate Disposition Corp. said only a few of the homes it put on the block at the Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center failed to sell. The two-day auction attracted almost 4,000 registered bidders. The firm declined to disclose details on individual sales.

Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post reports that Jonathan Vilma had a conference call with the media yesterday. “I like my teammates, I like playing here, I like the organization.” “I hate that we’re losing. As a competitor you hate losing, so the only thing I hate now is losing. Everything else, that’s all fictional. “I expect to be back. I hope to back. I’m excited about playing in 2008.” …I don’t…

The Energy Information Adminstration branch of the US government released its forecast for the rest... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Carphone Warehouse’s “head of wireless UK” Darren Gardner has suggested that they’ll shift ten thousand iPhones from their stores on launch day. Given that they have approximately 800 shops nationwide, that would mean each would have to sell twelve… Read the entire original post via

“It is highly probable that as many as one million tourists will visit Bansko this winter,” tour-operators forecast. There are 15 000 hotel beds in the resort now, and there will be twice as many as soon as hotels and apartment buildings that are currently under construction are completed. “I see no problem accomodating all the guests of the resort. I guarantee there will be neither water supply restrictions nor outages. We’ve set aside 25 million levs (1 Euro = 1.95 levs) of municipal money to develop the infrastructure,” Bansko Mayor Alexander Kravarov said. Since the beginning of the construction boom in Bansko the investments in local hotels and apartment buildings has already exceeded one billion Euros.

Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump tells Billboard he still thinks the band's platinum 'Infinity on High' still has life left in it. "I don't really feel like we're done with this one yet," Stump tells Gary Graff. "I feel like it's still in its cycl

49ers RB Frank Gore expects to play this Sunday despite a sprained ankle. Gore was limited in practice for the second straight day, mostly confining his workouts to individual drills. “It was all right, and it’ll get better day by day,” said Gore, who has just 394 yards rushing after leading the NFC last year. “We’ll just wrap it up, and I’ll try to go out there and play on it.” Reported by Associated Press, ESPN

“Brass Knuckles” is Nelly’s fifth studio album that is set to drop November 13, 2007. This time around Nelly is clicking up with Pimp C, Sean P, Chuck D, Snoop Dogg, Babyface, T.I., and possibly even Bruce Springsteen. He even wants to get Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson on a track with Janet rapping a 16 and Mariah singing on the hook. Production, as of right now is being handled by Jermaine Dupri, Bryan Michael Cox, Neff-U, Pharrell, and others. The album is said to be more mature than past Nelly records, the setting being more political and socially conscious. Recently he spoke on the Don Imus situation saying that the punishment the “shock jock” was given was nothing more than a slap on the wrist. Share This

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX - News) today reported in its interim update for the third quarter 2007 that net income is expected to be significantly below the record $5.4 billion earned in the second quarter 2007.The lower projected earnings are mainly the result of a sharp decline in refined-product margins for the downstream business and the impact of nonrecurring items. In the second quarter, nonrecurring items included a benefit of $680 million from the company's sale of its common stock investment in Dynegy Inc. Third quarter results are expected to include an approximate $260 million gain on the sale of the company's marketing assets in the Benelux countries. Nonrecurring net charges in the third quarter are projected to be approximately $700 million. These charges include asset impairments, environmental remediation provisions, income tax adjustments, asset retirement obligations, and severance provisions. ;

Where were they with this 4 years ago when we first started extending the length of tours of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan? ~RJH MyWay News article link  Gates Expects to Approve Army Expansion By ROBERT BURNSWASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he's inclined to approve an Army proposal to spend nearly $3 billion extra over the next four years to accelerate an expansion of its force. Army Secretary Pete Geren said speeding up the growth of the force, stretched thin by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, would mean recruiting faster and increasing the number of soldiers who re-enlist. "I'm probably going to recommend they go ahead and give it a try," Gates told reporters at a Pentagon news conference. Appearing with Gates was Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who is retiring on Monday after 40 years in the Marine Corps. The defense secretary cautioned that he would not accept any accelerated expansion of the Army that would

Nissan, one of the top Japanese car makers, has taken a futuristic all-electric mini car to the recently concluded Frankfurt Motor Show as it hopes that it will appeal to the future drivers. The Japanese car maker said that the Mixim, with a hatchback design, rakish styling, and gull-wing doors should attract gamers and other young people who spend more of their time on computers than thinking about cars. The Mixim is also a way to show that electric cars do not have to be boring. The MIxim has an unusual setting as it has a 3+1 seating arrangement and so this svelte coupe puts the driver right up in the front of a cabin that’s fronted by a wrap-around windscreen, which aims to reflect the shape of a helmet visor. The dashboard and controls are also designed to be familiar to gamers. Nissan has also equipped this electric car with some of its Nissan parts like its newly-developed “Super Motor” electric generator/motor rated at 82 horsepower to make its performance more appealing

BMW technical director Willy Rampf is expecting the team to end the European part of the season particularly strongly as it continues to push the development of its F1.07 car. The surprise package of the season has virtually wrapped up third place ahead of reigning world champions Renault in the constructors’ championship, with the Anglo-French squad currently 41 points adrift in the standings. Yet Rampf says the team is still focused on finishing well in 2007 and has pinpointed the next two more…

Further consolidation among offshore oil and gas drillers is inevitable because companies will seek to achieve the scale needed to cope with rising equipment and labor costs and meet rising demand for rigs, Pride International Inc. Chief Executive Officer Louis Raspino said.``I've always believed that consolidation is a good thing because it's a very fragmented industry,'' Raspino said today in a telephone interview. ``Scale is really important, especially in the market for deepwater, where the customers you're dealing with tend to be very large customers.''Raspino's comments come a month after Houston-based Transocean Inc., the world's largest offshore driller, agreed to buy its biggest competitor, GlobalSantaFe Corp., for $17 billion. Raspino said Pride is open to becoming part of what he expects will be a consolidation trend.``There are going to be consolidation opportunities as I think that the benefits of scale are beginning to be recognized,'' Raspino said.Pride's sha

Further consolidation among offshore oil and gas drillers is inevitable because companies will seek to achieve the scale needed to cope with rising equipment and labor costs and meet rising demand for rigs, Pride International Inc. Chief Executive Officer Louis Raspino said.``I've always believed that consolidation is a good thing because it's a very fragmented industry,'' Raspino said today in a telephone interview. ``Scale is really important, especially in the market for deepwater, where the customers you're dealing with tend to be very large customers.''Raspino's comments come a month after Houston-based Transocean Inc., the world's largest offshore driller, agreed to buy its biggest competitor, GlobalSantaFe Corp., for $17 billion. Raspino said Pride is open to becoming part of what he expects will be a consolidation trend.``There are going to be consolidation opportunities as I think that the benefits of scale are beginning to be recognized,'' Raspino said.Pride's sha

**** Just curious as to what RCR/Jeff Burton will run for a logo/sponsor.  I don't think AT&T really wants to go back to Cingular.  They have almost completly phased out Cingular, except that there are some comercials still out there about the two merging.  Any ideas??? ******     NASCAR expects the AT&T logos to be removed from the No. 31 Richard Childress Racing car for the Nextel Cup events this weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway.   The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a mandate Tuesday that its decision to be followed that NASCAR is not legally required to allow the AT&T logos on the Jeff Burton car, NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said Tuesday night.   Court documents indicate that AT&T plans to ask the district court to consider another injunction under the premise that NASCAR's actions indicated that a logo change was permissible and therefore it's an injustice that they cannot.

A multinational oil consortium led by Italy's Eni will soon start talks with the Kazakh government on the future development of the giant Kashagan oil field, Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni said Saturday.Kazakhstan has said it wants a bigger share of revenues from the world's biggest oil-field discovery in 30 years in compensation for delays in pumping the first oil from the Caspian Sea wells and threatened to strip Eni of its role as project operator."We are getting ready for challenging, but serene talks," Scaroni told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in the Italian holiday resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo. "Our relations with the Kazakh authorities are and have always been excellent and we do not have particular worries."Scaroni said the talks with the Kazakh government were delayed by parliamentary elections in the country and that he would go there before the end of August. He reiterated that Eni was ready to resolve all problems.Kashagan's start-up has been delayed from an origina

A multinational oil consortium led by Italy's Eni will soon start talks with the Kazakh government on the future development of the giant Kashagan oil field, Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni said Saturday.Kazakhstan has said it wants a bigger share of revenues from the world's biggest oil-field discovery in 30 years in compensation for delays in pumping the first oil from the Caspian Sea wells and threatened to strip Eni of its role as project operator."We are getting ready for challenging, but serene talks," Scaroni told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in the Italian holiday resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo. "Our relations with the Kazakh authorities are and have always been excellent and we do not have particular worries."Scaroni said the talks with the Kazakh government were delayed by parliamentary elections in the country and that he would go there before the end of August. He reiterated that Eni was ready to resolve all problems.Kashagan's start-up has been delayed from an origina

Dawn French in ‘The Vicar of Dibley’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w5mavA-g-o Comedienne Dawn French has spoken of her firm belief that she will die young. The Vicar of Dibley star said she was “resigned” to the idea that she will die young. She also revealed that she intends to move to Cornwall next month because she wants to spend the rest of her life there. (more…) Share This

``Repairs are ongoing and we expect to resume sour crude processing in the fourth quarter of 2007 and to restore the refinery to its full flexibility and crude capacity in the first half of 2008,''. Alaska, BP, Gazprom, Gulf of Mexico, Kovykta, OAO Gazprom, Shell

  One season after being on the hot seat as far as coaches go in the NFL, Titans head coach Jeff Fisher is now looking to get a new deal to say with the Titans long-term.  Fisher is in the final year of his contract, but sources say that he thinks he and the team are going to be able without much haggling to get a new deal in place. “I expect it to get done,” Fisher said in Thursday’s edition of The Tennessean. “I would say the same thing I’ve been saying: negotiations are progressing. Nobody’s put a timetable on anything and we’re just moving forward. I don’t anticipate any problems and I fully expect to be here.”  Of course if there is any issues with getting Fisher signed, there will be plenty of teams out there that would love to have him as their coach.  The short list includes the usual suspects of teams whose coaches likely won’t be around in 2008 - Cleveland’s Romeo Crennel, Tom Coughlin in New York with the

George Harrison, Senior VP of marketing at Nintendo, said in a recent interview about the Wii that: “There is no guarantee that we are not going to have ‘out-of-stocks’ this holiday season. If you see one, buy it. Don’t hesitate. Don’t assume that you can come back later and find one.” Don’t confuse this with a cheap promotion, the $250 Wii with free sports games and fun motion sensing controller sells itself. Last Holiday season it was almost impossible to find a Wii, as gamers of all ages or relatives looking for the hot Holiday gift, lined up hours (before opening times) outside any retail outlet that was rumored to have consoles available. Ken Toyoda, a Nintendo Japan spokesperson, confirmed the shortage statements saying: “Judging from the current situation, the region is probably expecting a shortage of the machines. The situation in the Japanese market is not yet clear, but there probably won’t be a shortage like last year.&r

McDonald's Corp. said Monday it expects to post its second quarterly loss in more than 50 years because of a hefty one-time charge on the sale of some Latin American operations. But the world's...

MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Ronny Thompson cited Ball State’s internal investigation into alleged violations of NCAA rules in his resignation as basketball coach, and the school anticipates he might take legal action against it, athletic director Tom Collins said Friday. Thompson resigned after a single 9-22 season as the Cardinals’ coach in a letter Thursday to university president Jo Ann Gora. Thompson and his staff broke NCAA rules last summer and in May by attending voluntary offseason team more…

Source: Inman NewsMedian existing-home price expected to fall 1.4% this year. Existing-home sales are expected to drop 5.7 percent this year, with the median existing-home price falling 1.4 percent to $218,800, the National Association of Realtors reported today in its latest forecast. And new single-family sales are expected to drop 17.7 percent this year after an 18.1 percent drop in 2006, with the median price of new homes dropping 2.6 percent this year to $240,100. The forecast anticipates six consecutive quarters of year-over-year existing-home median-price declines to end in the first quarter of 2008, with median existing-home prices growing 1.8 percent for the full year in 2008 compared to 2007. New-home prices are expected to rise 2.2 percent in 2008. The numbers represent a slight adjustment from the association's last forecast in June, which projected a 4.6 percent decline in existing-home sales and an 18.2 percent decline in new single-family home sales this year compared

Whether we want it or not, technological advancements change our life, and we often forecast how upcoming discoveries would affect it. Just like voice recognition would make typing obsolete or a digital workplace would eliminate the need for paper. The rumors of totally paperless office future have been around for quite a long time, however, it doesn’t seem like such thing is coming any soon. In its “Future of Printing Survey”, OKI Printing Solutions interviewed 700 IT professionals nationwide, and discovered that they expect printing same amount or even more in the future, because they find it an important part of their job. Here are the highlights of the survey: 90% of respondents consider their business printer to be indispensable or important, while only 1% consider their business printer to be not at all important 78% of respondents expect to print about the same amount or more often in the future as they do today 78% of respondents still prefer to review printed documents,

Whether we want it or not, technological advancements change our life, and we often forecast how upcoming discoveries would affect it. Just like voice recognition would make typing obsolete or a digital workplace would eliminate the need for paper. The rumors of totally paperless office future have been around for quite ...

The German sportswear giant, Adidas reported by Forbes wants to increase their football-related products sales in 2008 when Austria and Switzerland are to jointly host the European Championship. “In the Germany 2006 World Cup we had revenues of 1.2 bln eur from the sale of football-related products,” said Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer. “To make same revenues Adidas will try to dominating sports goods brand at the tournament”, added Hainer. (more…)

Samsung's overall business in the Middle East and Africa is expected to surge 23 per cent in 2007 to $3.2 billion from $2.6 billion in 2006, says company official. "Audio visual sales turnover is expected to touch $750 million, a growth of over 49 per cent compared to $505 million in 2006. The major contributor to the growth will be Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) TVs," says Kwang Hyun Lee, general

Mumbai: India's hot property sector should draw in more overseas inflows this year and help to achieve a 2007-08 target for total foreign direct investment (FDI) of $30 billion, a senior government official said yesterday.

Watching the bond market is usually a fairly good predictor of which way the benchmark overnight rate wind blows. Everyone is speculating about an upcoming cut but I still don’t look for it at the next meeting, if at all this year. But, pressure is building toward a cut. Here are the historical facts - When the [...]

Further investigations into Chilli’s forebears have revealed another interesting bit of history but a disturbing ancestor. There is a famous scence depicted in the long-lost etching by Goya. A young peasant man is seen crying tears of remorse before the outstretched accusing finger of the Grand Inquisitor. The peasant had repented before the glory of the church. It is now clear, however, that there was more to that outstretched finger than meets the eye. For at the end of that finger was the infamous Chile del Fuego de la Verdad (the Chili of the Fire of Truth.) It seems that the Grand Inquisitor had rubbed his finger in the torn flesh of a fresh chilli and poked the heritic in the eyes. He gave him chili eyes. That’s why he was crying. And that’s why he repented. It was this chilli that single-handedly, or more correctly single-fingeredly, cleansed the whole of Seville of heretics in the year 1502. With that chili finger the Grand Inquisitor of the Inquis