Smartphones drive record Samsung profit Canada Dot Com | SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $4.7 billion quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend $22 billion this year to boost production of chips and flat screens to pull further ahead of smaller rivals. | The South Korean firm, the world's ...
Barcelona's Lionel Messi admits anguish over accusations of lack of passion for Argentina Goal The 24-year-old forward, who has spent half of his life living in Spain, insists that he loves his country and gives his all every time he lines up for the national team | Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Real Madrid £10.62 Draw £110.00 Zaragoza £260.00 Bet: ...
Manila shoots down report about new American military bases Gulf News | Manila: The United States has no plans to establish permanent military bases in the Philippines, the presidential palace said in response to a report suggesting that an agreement to do so had been reached. | "We are not planning to allow the U...
Taste for meat poses new threat Gulf News | Bangkok: A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species. | Wildlife officials told The Associated Press that they were ale...
New $5m research centre to investigate cells and cancer invasion Gulf News | Mumbai: In a development that will facilitate its research on understanding cells and cancer invasion, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, has launched the Wadhwani Research Centre in Biosciences and Bioengineering (WRCBB) on its Pow...
The rise of the megacity Gulf News | Beijing: Amid a clutter of 24-hour arc lights, gigantic cranes and dumper trucks, a behemoth is rising out of a field of churned mud on the outskirts of Chengdu in south-west China. Commuters skirt its vast perimeter fence on their way to the new m...
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Twitter to begin restricting user content in some countries The Times Of India SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter announced on Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel th...
‘PH still has room for growth’ Sun Star | DESPITE global uncertainty, emerging economies like the Philippines still has room for growth this year. | Cebu, one of the country’s thriving local economies, should bank on i...
Will India's poor remain hungry? Al Jazeera | - As India's proposed new Food Security Act hovers in political limbo, the nation remains hungry. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made headlines in early January when he labelled t...
Pakistani family wants justice in CIA killing Khaleej Times ISLAMABAD ' One year after a CIA contractor shot to death two Pakistanis, relatives of the victims are living off generous compensation they received in a deal that led authorities to free the American. | But the family of the man killed by an U.S. v...
Bad run puts Team India on slow ad pitch The Times Of India Bad run puts Team India on slow ad pitch | Email this articlePrint this articleTweetThe author has posted comments on this articleSamidha Sharma, TNN | Jan 28, 2012, 12.13AM IST | MUMBAI: Brands which have been putting big bucks in cricket advertisin...
Think long term on Indian realty Gulf News | The non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the UAE and Gulf who purchased property back home in December have already benefitted in the short term after the Indian rupee touched a new low last month and has since gained 6.4 per cent. This does not mean inv...
'Big Brother' concerns over Google changes Al Jazeera | An announcement from Google that it is revising how it uses data from users of its services has some worried that the Internet giant is violating its users' privacy. | The California-based internet giant said in an blog post that the changes were designed to improve the user experience across various Google products, which range from web se...
Asia may not be such easy pickings for Apple The Guardian By Harichandan Arakali and Farah Master BANGALORE/HONG KONG, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia. The iconic maker of the iPhone, iPad and iPod has barely scratched the surface of the region, home to arou...
