Entries from December 2008

Cruise opts not to attend son’s film premier

December 18th, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

Cruise opts not to attend son’s film premier

Tom Cruise is busy promoting his own film “Valkyrie” and hence he did not have time to participate in the premier function of his son 13-year-old Connor’s first film in Los Angeles on December 16.

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SAG will announce nominations on December 18

December 18th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

SAG will announce nominations on December 18

Screen Actors Guild will not be making the award ceremony a grand celebration but it is preparing to announce the nominations on dec 18.The members of the biggest union of Hollywood is in fact planning whether to strike or not to strike against studios during the award functions over [...]

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Common holiday myths

December 18th, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

Common holiday myths

Holiday seasons are to relax but there are many age old myths about holidays like “you should wear a hat as you loose heat from head “,” cut down late night meals” and “keep kids away from sweets.” British Medical Journal informed that that many of these myths are not true.

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Yahoo Inc has announced to cut personnel data

December 18th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Yahoo Inc has announced to cut personnel data

Yahoo will have the shortest retention policy of just three months and the company has decided that it will not keep the personal data of users gathered from web surfing for more than three months.

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Oil lowers below $40 a barrel

December 18th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Oil lowers below $40 a barrel

Crude oil has reached a new low of the last four years because the demand for fuel has dropped. The lowering in price has happened after OPEC decides to cut production of at least 1 million barrel a day.

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Chrysler will shut production for a month

December 18th, 2008 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Chrysler will shut production for a month

Chrysler LLC announced that the company will be shutting production in North American unit for a month starting from December 19.The motor companies General Motors and Chryslers announced to cut expenses and these companies are waiting to get the news of loan sanctions from the government.

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China preparing to send naval help to fight pirates

December 18th, 2008 by Ankit | No Comments »

China preparing to send naval help to fight pirates

China has planned to send a naval flee to fight pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Somali. Recently a Chinese ship was hijacked by pirates, and the international forces rescued the ship.

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Talks with Pakistan stalled over Mumbai attacks

December 18th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Talks with Pakistan stalled over Mumbai attacks

Indian government said that peace talks with Pakistan will be renewed only after Pakistan hands over the accused attackers of Mumbai bomb attacks to India. The two countries was into a condition to get into a war ,two years back and Pakistan has been claiming that it is ready [...]

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Ken Salazar will head Department of Interior

December 18th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Ken Salazar will head Department of Interior

On Wednesday the name of Ken Salazar was announced for heading the Department of Interior during the rule of President elect Barack Obama. Ken Salazar is known to be a lawyer, who is also a business man and a farmer.

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Asian stocks rise for gains made by financial companies

December 18th, 2008 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Asian stocks rise for gains made by financial companies

Energy and oil rates were at a lowest level in the last four years and financial companies like Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. and Mitsui Fudosan Co. showed a rise in prices by more than 6% in Tokyo market.

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