Entries from December 2008

‘Yes Man’ tops collections

December 22nd, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

‘Yes Man’ tops collections

The box office collections were topped by the romantic comedy of Jim Carry, “Yes Man.” The film made total collections of $18.2 million from sale of tickets and Will Smith’s drama “Seven Pounds,” stood at second position with the total collections of $16 million in the initial days of screening.

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Second vigorous winter storm may hit northwest

December 22nd, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

Second vigorous winter storm may hit northwest

The second vigorous storm of the season is passing through the Pacific Northwest and the storm is expected to hit the parts of U.S. that previously reported freezing temperatures and chill conditions on the first official day of winters.

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Blu ray has not won over HD DVD

December 22nd, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Blu ray has not won over HD DVD

Blu –ray players have been expecting that the increasing popularity of the products will remove HD DVD from the markets and the companies like Toshiba announced at the start of the year that it will stop making HD DVD, to encourage production of Blu ray.

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U.S. tech companies demand subsidy in electric car battery industry

December 22nd, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

U.S. tech companies demand subsidy in electric car battery industry

U.S. tech firms joined hands to form an alliance to demand a $2 billion of federal funding to create a center where the domestic lithium batteries will be manufactured and developed that will be used in transportation.

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China announces to cut rates for the fifth time

December 22nd, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

China announces to cut rates for the fifth time

In the last three months this is for the fifth time that the fourth biggest economy of the world, China announced to have cuts in interest rates. The years lending dropped by 0.27 % to 5.31 % and the deposit rates went down to 2.25%.

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Winters storms disrupts life in North

December 22nd, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Winters storms disrupts life in North

In Northern U.S. witnessed chill winds and storms that lowered temperatures below minus 30 and power supply got disrupted in the area to make it difficult for the travelers during the holidays to enjoy vacations.

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Hormone disrupting chemicals should be studied by government

December 22nd, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Hormone disrupting chemicals should be studied by government

The EPA panel suggested that the government should stop studying hormones one by one, that are very commonly found in items and they are extremely damaging. The panel suggested that the government should concentrate on studying the cumulative effect of these harmful chemicals.

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Hamas threatens to carry out suicide attacks on Israel

December 22nd, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Hamas threatens to carry out suicide attacks on Israel

Hamas group threatened that it will make suicide attacks on Israel if Israel launches attacks on Gaza stronghold regions. One of the Hamas leaders said that “it is our right to defend ourselves incase we are attacked in our region and we can use any means to [...]

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Toyota forecasts operating loss

December 22nd, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

Toyota forecasts operating loss

Toyota Motor Company that is the second largest automaker company of the world posted a low sales and operating loss, for the first time in last 71 years. Moody Investor Service may downgrade the credit rating of the company as the reports were released.

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Continental Airlines flight crashes injuring 38

December 22nd, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

Continental Airlines flight crashes injuring 38

38 passengers on board got injured as a Continental Airlines flight 1404 bound for Houston at Denver International Airport. The flight crashed after running 200 yards off runway on Saturday as it caught fire. There were 112 passengers on board and reason for fire was not clear.

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