Posts Tagged ‘New York’
Oil price rises
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 6, 2009
Oil prices rose back above USD 47 on Monday (Jan 5) as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict raged on and major crude producer Iran said OPEC would hold a special meeting next month. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in February climbed 70 cents to USD 47.61 a barrel in afternoon trade on London’s InterContinental Exchange.
New York’s [...]
Jon Bon Jovi to sing at NYC Hillary Clinton fundraiser
Posted by: karthik007 on: January 5, 2009
The final note of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign may very well be sung by Jon Bon Jovi. The musician is performing at a fundraiser for the former presidential candidate as she tries to close out her campaign debt.
The Jan 15 performance at Manhattan’s Town Hall is being billed as “a final evening in support [...]
Asia & Pacific markets mostly higher
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 31, 2008
Most Asia and Pacific markets were solidly in positive territory Wednesday during limited trading on the final session of a dismal year.
Australia’s All Ordinaries index gained 1.9 percent, while the Shanghai Composite was up just 0.1 percent. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng picked up 1.3 percent and the Straits Times index in Singapore was [...]
Singer Eartha Kitt dies at 81
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 29, 2008
Eartha Kitt, who rose from the Southern cotton fields to captivate audiences around the world with sultry performances as a singer, dancer and actress, died on Thursday at the age of 81.
Kitt died of colon cancer for which she was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York.The cancer was detected about two years [...]
20th anniversary of Lockerbie
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 21, 2008
Events commemorating the bombing of an American airliner over the Scottish town of Lockerbie were due to take place Sunday in both the UK and the U.S. to mark the 20th anniversary of the attack which killed 270 people.
All 259 people on board Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York were killed when [...]
Marilyn Monroe photos to auction
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 13, 2008
Marilyn Monroe photographs, including her iconic, dress-lifting pose over a hot air vent, are due to be auctioned next week in New York.
Christie’s auctioneers describe the collection as the largest to come to market. Other works by celebrated photographers such as Helmut Newton will also be on the bloc at the auction December 16 and [...]
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 12, 2008
Klaatu the spaceman first visited these parts in Robert Wise’s 1951 Cold War classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” when he threatened to blow us all up unless we stopped threatening to do the job for him.
Klaatu wasn’t exactly greeted with open arms back then — he was shot and hounded for his troubles [...]
Violence on Greece
Posted by: karthik007 on: December 11, 2008
Riots erupted for a fifth day and strikes paralysed Greece on Wednesday, as unrest ignited by the police shooting of a teenager was fuelled further by resentment of economic hardship and government scandals.
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis announced financial support for businesses damaged in the riots and main socialist opposition leader George Papandreou appealed for an [...]
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