Airbnb Raises Massive $112 Million Funding Round

Airbnb Raises Massive $112 Million Funding Round


Airbnb Raises Massive $112 Million Funding Round

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:06 PM PDT

Airbnb has raised $112 million in new venture financing led by Andreessen Horowitz. DST Global and G


VIDEO: Anders Breivik due to appear in court

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:25 PM PDT

The man blamed for Friday's twin terror attacks in Norway is due to make his first appearance in court.


New US envoy to Afghanistan: No rush for the exits (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:56 PM PDT

A US military vehicle enhanced to resist mine explosions is seen on patrol close to the Pakistan border. US government funds earmarked ostensibly to promote business in Afghanistan have landed in Taliban hands under a $2.16 billion transportation contract, The Washington Post has reported.(AFP/File/Ted Aljibe)AP - The new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan says the United States is not rushing to leave the country and cautions that what happens in the months ahead will have far-reaching consequences across the globe.



Australia and Malaysia sign 'refugee' deal

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:52 PM PDT

Human Rights Watch slams agreement to send 800 asylum seekers in Australia to Malaysia in exchange for 4,000 refugees.


It's Official: Airbnb Joins The Billion Dollar Valuation Club

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:51 PM PDT

Apartment sharing startup Airbnb is getting one serious upgrade. The startup closed $112 million in


How To Have A More Positive Relationship With Your Aging Parent

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:43 PM PDT

There a numerous difficulties around aging parents that deal with money. Here are 4 basic ways to m


VIDEO: Anders Breivik due to appear in court

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:25 PM PDT

The man blamed for Friday's twin terror attacks in Norway is due to make his first appearance in court.


Catholic Health Australia regrets adoption policy (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:53 PM PDT

AP - Roman Catholic Church health providers have apologized for forcing unmarried Australian mothers to give up their babies for adoption and are urging state governments to accept financial responsibility for the once widespread practice.


Venezuela's Chavez will run for re-election in 2012

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:30 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will seek another six-year term in an election next year despite recent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, he told a state newspaper in an interview published late on Sunday.


VIDEO: UN to hold emergency drought talks

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:16 PM PDT

As the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation is preparing to host emergency talks on the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa, the Red Cross says it has managed to deliver food aid in Somalia to an area controlled by the Islamist group Al-Shabaab.


VIDEO: UN to hold emergency drought talks

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:16 PM PDT

As the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation is preparing to host emergency talks on the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa, the Red Cross says it has managed to deliver food aid in Somalia to an area controlled by the Islamist group Al-Shabaab.


SINA Corp Monetizes China's Twitter

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:55 PM PDT

China's microblogging site, weibo.com.cn, develops virtual currency.


Strauss-Kahn accuser speaks publicly

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:39 PM PDT

Maid who accused former IMF chief of attempted rape tells the US media he appeared as a "crazy man" and attacked her.


A Cuban housing market? Gov't is lifting a taboo (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:00 PM PDT

In this July 14, 2011 photo, Claudia Martinez, who is pregnant, and her husband Marvin Cabrera speak with neighbors at the entrance of their home in Havana. Fifty years after Fidel Castro's revolution froze property transactions, a severe housing crisis has stubbornly resisted repeated government attempts to fix the problem. But President Raul Castro has pledged to legalize the purchase and sale of homes by the end 2011, bringing the informal market out of the shadows. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Each morning before the sun rises too high, Cubans gather at a shaded corner in central Havana, mingling as though at a cocktail party. icebreaker is always the same: "What are you offering?"



Malaysia, Australia sign refugee exchange pact (AP)

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 10:47 PM PDT

Malaysian Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, left, and Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen pose after exchanging signed documents during a signing ceremony to swap refugees between the two countries, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, July 25, 2011. Malaysia and Australia have sealed a pact to swap refugees in a contentious new strategy aimed at deterring asylum seekers from undertaking perilous boat journeys to Australia. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)AP - Malaysia and Australia sealed a pact Monday to swap refugees in a contentious new strategy aimed at deterring asylum seekers from undertaking perilous boat journeys to Australia.



Just Three Plastic Surgeries Later, a Miss Brasil 2011 Victory

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:34 PM PDT

Twenty-five year old Brazilian girl Priscila Machado says that beauty wasn?t the only thing th


India Banks Prepare for Another Rate Hike

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:10 PM PDT

India readies another round of rate hikes.


Oprah Selects Novel By Kenyan Author

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:09 PM PDT

O, The Oprah Magazine has selected 'One Day I Will Write About This Place,' a memoir by award-winnin


VIDEO: New York's first same sex weddings

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:35 PM PDT

Hundreds of gay couples marry in New York after it became the sixth and most populous US state to legalise same-sex weddings.


Could a Faster SWAT Response Have Prevented the Killings in Norway?

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:01 PM PDT

? Could better law enforcement have prevented the shooting at the youth camp in Norway this wee


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