Entries from October 2008

Europe stocks shows positive trends

October 29th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Europe stocks shows positive trends

The European stock markets showed a positive trend on the opening weekday that depicted that the efforts put in by European central bank in market has helped market to regain from a low.

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New York faces budget deficit

October 29th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

New York faces budget deficit

The governor of New York David Paterson informed that the state is facing one of the biggest deficit of about $12.5-billion that will be seen in fiscal 2010 which is double the amount projected two months back.

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Temperature in mid-60’s in Rock River Valley

October 29th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Temperature in mid-60’s in Rock River Valley

After a week of warning from weather department of freezing in Rock River Valley, National Weather Service informed that sun will be seen in morning and temperatures can be as high at mid 60s in the day time.

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Earthquake in Pakistan kills 160

October 29th, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

Earthquake in Pakistan kills 160

The earthquake in southwest Pakistan killed 160 and as per the reports from Islamabad the death toll rates are expected to increase further. Pakistan’s military is sending teams to the villages located close to the epicenter of earthquake in Baluchistan Province.

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Obama ahead by 50% to 41%

October 29th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Obama ahead by 50% to 41%

As per polls, Obama is ahead of McCain by 50% to 41% .Voters trust Obama for handling financial crisis and health care and amongst the voters who have already voted, Obama leads by 57% to 34%.

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“High School Musical” tops U.S. box office

October 27th, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

“High School Musical” tops U.S. box office

The weekly movies releases in Hollywood had unusual results as the Disney romantic musical,”High School Musical”, got a high collection of $42 million in the weekend and the horror movie “Saw” stood on second position with a high collection of $30.5 million.

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Depression can result in preterm babies

October 27th, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

Depression can result in preterm babies

Depression during pregnancy can cause pre tern delivery of babies and healthy babies are linked to happy moms. About 791 moms were researched by scientists at Kaiser Permanente’s and they found that 41% of mothers were in depression during pregnancy.

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Medicare is not benefiting for long term care

October 27th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Medicare is not benefiting for long term care

Most of the people who take up Medicare expect that the health provisions provided by the policy will cover their long term needs but this is not true as to get a long term medical care, people should go for through long term care insurance.

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Washington dry season ends with rains

October 27th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Washington dry season ends with rains

The first rains of the season were low measuring 0.04 inches on October 1 and yesterday early morning rains measuring .84 inches fell on Washington and the long dry season ended as the skies got covered with gray clouds.

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Nikkei hits a 26 year low

October 27th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Nikkei hits a 26 year low

Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 indexes hit one of the lowest values in last 26 years on Monday and the shares of banks and exporters were down. Nikkei lost about 486.18 points to reach 7162.90 that is one of the lowest levels since October 1982.

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