VIDEO: Reviving the Olympic fire in Greece |
- VIDEO: Reviving the Olympic fire in Greece
- VIDEO: Happy to be back: Arnie at premiere
- Mongolia gets new PM, ends weeks of uncertainty
- Nearly seven decades later, Northeast Asia still haunted by war
- Surge in Tibetan self-immolations challenges Chinese rule-rights group
- Breaking Bad 'Dead Freight' Recap: On Harmless Monsters And Rotten Luck
- Beware IRS Reporting Of Foreign Gifts Too
- VIDEO: Two killed in Texas shooting
- VIDEO: Veteran Cosmopolitan editor dies
- VIDEO: Two killed in Texas shooting
- VIDEO: Veteran Cosmopolitan editor dies
- Helen Gurley Brown and the Failure of Do-Me Feminism
- Why Absolutely Everyone Needs To Be Software Literate
- Nearly seven decades later, Northeast Asia still haunted by war
- Testing the DRAM Profit Myth
- Bill Gates Thinks About Poop - And You Should Too
- No tsunami fears from east Russia earthquake
- ARM Holdings: Evercore Sets Overweight Rating, $32 Target
- Ecuador hopes to decide on Assange asylum this week
- Surge in Tibetan self-immolations challenges Chinese rule-rights group
| VIDEO: Reviving the Olympic fire in Greece Posted: 13 Aug 2012 11:09 PM PDT Greece was the birthplace of the Olympics, but the country's performance in London fell far short of expectations.
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| VIDEO: Happy to be back: Arnie at premiere Posted: 13 Aug 2012 07:08 PM PDT Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren talk about continuing to play ''tough guys'' as they meet fans and speak to reporters on the red carpet at the London premiere of The Expendables 2.
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| Mongolia gets new PM, ends weeks of uncertainty Posted: 13 Aug 2012 11:09 PM PDT ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Norov Altanhuyag of the Democratic Party (DP) was confirmed as Mongolia's new prime minister on Friday, ending weeks of political uncertainty after the party failed to win enough seats in a June election to form a government on its own.    
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| Nearly seven decades later, Northeast Asia still haunted by war Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:24 PM PDT
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| Surge in Tibetan self-immolations challenges Chinese rule-rights group Posted: 13 Aug 2012 09:43 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - As many as five Tibetans set themselves ablaze in China in the past week to protest Chinese rule over Tibet, a U.S. broadcaster said, a surge highlighted by a rights group as a sustained campaign against Beijing's grip on religious freedom. Two self-immolations on Monday in the Aba prefecture, a mountainous and mainly ethnic Tibetan part of Sichuan province, were followed by at least one clash between police and ethnic Tibetans that left one protester dead, Radio Free Asia said. ...
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| Breaking Bad 'Dead Freight' Recap: On Harmless Monsters And Rotten Luck Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:58 PM PDT Spoilers to follow for Breaking Bad through Season 5 Episode 5. I only watch a handful of shows on actual TV. Most of the time we stream shows on HBO GO or one of the various other subscription services - Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, etc. Sunday nights have been my big TV [...]
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| Beware IRS Reporting Of Foreign Gifts Too Posted: 13 Aug 2012 03:34 PM PDT Photo credit: Wikipedia With the sharp eyes of the IRS abroad and looming FATCA compliance, foreign bank accounts are less secret than they used to be. Income from Abroad is Taxable and you must report your foreign bank accounts. It's harder to claim ignorance of these rules than in the past. [...]
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| VIDEO: Two killed in Texas shooting Posted: 13 Aug 2012 07:10 PM PDT A gunman has shot and killed a police officer and a civilian near a university in the US state of Texas.
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| VIDEO: Veteran Cosmopolitan editor dies Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:25 PM PDT Helen Gurley Brown, the veteran editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and author of Sex and the Single Girl, has died at the age of 90.
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| VIDEO: Two killed in Texas shooting Posted: 13 Aug 2012 07:10 PM PDT A gunman has shot and killed a police officer and a civilian near a university in the US state of Texas.
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| VIDEO: Veteran Cosmopolitan editor dies Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:25 PM PDT Helen Gurley Brown, the veteran editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and author of Sex and the Single Girl, has died at the age of 90.
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| Helen Gurley Brown and the Failure of Do-Me Feminism Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:31 PM PDT The patron saint of do-me feminism died yesterday. Let's pause for a moment to revisit the legacy of Helen Gurley Brown. Helen Gurley Brown (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan, first came to her never-ending public prominence with the publication of Sex and the Single Girl in 1962. The [...]
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| Why Absolutely Everyone Needs To Be Software Literate Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:28 PM PDT Guest post written by Penny Herscher Penny Herscher is president and CEO of FirstRain, an analytics software company. Penny Herscher The average American teenager spends six hours a day texting, 90 minutes a day on Facebook, and more than three hours a day watching TV on the computer - and every interface they [...]
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| Nearly seven decades later, Northeast Asia still haunted by war Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:48 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitter memories and current rivalries are straining Japan's ties with China and South Korea nearly seven decades after Tokyo's defeat in World War Two, raising the risk of ruptures as all three nations head for leadership changes.   
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| Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:20 PM PDT It is widely known that over its history the profits of the DRAM market balance its losses - no money is ever made in this market. This bit of industry wisdom is commonly held, but is it true? I decided to find out for myself rather than to take it for [...]
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| Bill Gates Thinks About Poop - And You Should Too Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:16 PM PDT On Tuesday and Wednesday, engineers, philanthropists, media and more from around the world will gather at the the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle for the "Reinvent the Toilet Fair," a $3 million project funded in grants by the Foundation that will showcase revolutionary new toilets that don't need [...]
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| No tsunami fears from east Russia earthquake Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:10 PM PDT No immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami generated by 7.3 magnitude earthquake some 160km off coast.
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| ARM Holdings: Evercore Sets Overweight Rating, $32 Target Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:32 PM PDT Evercore Group analyst Patrick Wang late Monday launched coverage of the microprocessor IP licensing company ARM Holdings with an Overweight rating and a $32 price target. The stock closed Monday at $26.89. "We believe ARM is a core technology holding as it provides the foundation that the leading chip innovators use for [...]
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| Ecuador hopes to decide on Assange asylum this week Posted: 13 Aug 2012 08:51 PM PDT
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| Surge in Tibetan self-immolations challenges Chinese rule-rights group Posted: 13 Aug 2012 09:43 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - As many as five Tibetans set themselves ablaze in China in the past week to protest Chinese rule over Tibet, a U.S. broadcaster said, a surge highlighted by a rights group as a sustained campaign against Beijing's grip on religious freedom.   
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