Beware Jackie Chan's seal of approval Star Tribune | Judging from billboards and TV commercials in China, film star Jackie Chan has never met a product he won't endorse. Travel the country, and you'll see the Hong Kong native's handsome visage hawking electric bikes, anti-virus software, even frozen dumplings. | But although the Chan name has transl...
Singapore Airlines gets new chief executive m&c | Singapore - Singapore Airlines Ltd on Friday named Goh Choon Phong, executive vice president for marketing and the regions as well as chairman of its subsidiary Silk Air, as its new chief executive. | Goh, 47, would formally take up the new position on January 1 and replace Chew Choon Seng when he...
New Bollywood film-makers shift focus to rural India The Times Of India MUMBAI: The grit and grime of rural India, its people and problems are all finding their way into the glamorous world of mainstream Bollywood films. | Made on smaller budgets than an average Bollywood film and shorn of big stars, some movies are expl...
9 Killed in New Zealand Skydiving Plane Crash The New York Times | Filed at 2:38 a.m. ET | WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said. | T...
SKorean Foreign Minister in Scandal Offers to Quit The New York Times | Filed at 2:07 a.m. ET | SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has offered to resign amid accusations of nepotism, an official said Saturday. | Yu made his offer to President Lee Myung-bak after he came under fire wh...
On the alleged perversions of the NIV, part 15d, "The NIV "TAKETH AWAY" 64,576 words!" The Examiner | Dr. D. James, faculty member and President of The Lay School here in Clinton, Tennessee, in his ongoing presentation before The Lay School faculty, said concerning Terry Watkins’ online article entitled, “New International Per-Version”, “Wa...
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Gates Lands in Afghanistan The New York Times | KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President Hamid Karz...
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom The New York Times | FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial r...
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain The New York Times | LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain to reduce c...
Musical road to tradition China Daily 2010-09-04 07:36:25.0Wang ZhengxuMusical road to tradition11011501Op-Ed Contributors2@webnews/enpproperty--> | China should hold UK-style promenade concerts to celebrate culture, raise happiness levels and bind the social fabric | For eight weeks of ...
Scene Stealer Indian Express | Emmy Award winner Archie Panjabi feels television, as compared to films, made her a better actor | While the media across the US, UK and India celebrate her Emmy win, Archie Panjabi like her character Kalinda Sharma in the CBS show The Good Wife ...
Bomber's Blog - The War On News (video) Scoop Saturday, 4 September 2010, 11:55 am | Article: Bomber's Blog | Bomber's Blog - The War On News | Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury delivers his weekly current affairs expose, the war on news! The show broadcasts weekly on Triangle/Stratos TV and on Scoop. Bo...
Don’t cheat in love: Salman The Times Of India Guess who's talking about pyaar, ishq aur dhoka! Well, it's none other than Salman Khan! | Sallubhai sends out a 'don't cheat' message on satellite television. It's on the show Emotional Atyachaar 2 on UTV Bindass tonight (Saturday) at 7 pm. Salman's inspecting the case of Sudhiksha, who suspects her boyfriend isn't loyal to her. After hearing the ...
Luxury brands seek to expand in Dubai Gulf News | With their home markets still comatose following the recession, Europe's luxury brands are not missing any opportunity to expand in the Gulf, particularly in Dubai. | In fact, these luxury brands have been most active in the local retail sector, accounting for over 23 per cent of new store openings in the last year, states CB Richard Ellis' lates...
