Entries from January 2009

New team negotiating SAG deal

January 28th, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

New team negotiating SAG deal

A new team has been formed to negotiate the SAG deal with the studios and the new contract of Hollywood films is expected to come soon. The union leadership was changed with the dismissal of Doug Allen, who was blamed of paralyzing Hollywood actors union.

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Ice storm hits areas from Southern Plains to East Coast

January 28th, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Ice storm hits areas from Southern Plains to East Coast

A major storm hit the region from Southern Plains to East Coast and the storm caused deaths of almost 19 in the region. The region blacked out as the tree limbs snapped on the power lines cutting power supply to almost 165,000 homes and many [...]

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Engineering group find faults in infrastructure

January 28th, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Engineering group find faults in infrastructure

The engineering groups in U.S. carried out an investigation of the various infrastructures in the country and after viewing the various airports, schools, roads and dams, the American Society of Civil Engineer gave a grade D to the constructions.

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Electric vehicles to come in market in a year

January 28th, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Electric vehicles to come in market in a year

Most of the companies that have been working to deliver their electric vehicle will bring the products in a year’s time and a growing number of automakers in various countries like Europe, Japan, and the U.S. consider that the next age of vehicle will be of [...]

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Yahoo earnings rise by 6.7%

January 28th, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Yahoo earnings rise by 6.7%

The earnings made by internet Search Company Yahoo climbed in the fourth quarter and the company indicated increase in earning by almost 6.7% and the earnings were more than estimates made by the analysts. The company made a profit because of the rising domestic sales and reduction in costs from job [...]

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World market gains on the third day of the week

January 28th, 2009 by Ankit | No Comments »

World market gains on the third day of the week

The world market was up on Wednesday as some of the top companies declared positive trends in earnings and profits. The indexes went up as the assurance came for the Federal Reserve to have new actions towards credit crisis and a two days policy meeting will [...]

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Civilians trapped in crossfire in Sri Lanka

January 28th, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Civilians trapped in crossfire in Sri Lanka

The Red Cross society informed about the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka as about 250,000 civilians have been trapped in the crossfire between the government troops and the rebel group.

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Israeli troops vows to make counterattack

January 28th, 2009 by Ankit | No Comments »

Israeli troops vows to make counterattack

A Palestinian soldier was killed yesterday as a bomb attack was made from across the Palestinian borders and the Israeli troops pledged to respond harshly against any kind of attacks made from across the borders.

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U.S. military files found in used mp3 player

January 28th, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

U.S. military files found in used mp3 player

The information about U.S. military can be gained by buying a $9 used mp3 player as a New Zealand’s 29 year old man, Chris Ogle got the device and he synced the player on his machine to find a list of names of military personnel who are serving [...]

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U.S. to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a base for terrorism

January 28th, 2009 by Ankit | No Comments »

U.S. to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a base for terrorism

U.S. Defence secretary Robert Gates informed about the increased concern of the organization over the presence of terrorism in Afghanistan and Taliban and he said the troops will try to prevent Afghanistan from becoming the base for militancy.

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