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Visitors play the online game 'World of Warcraft' at the Games Convention, the fair for interactive entertainment in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.
(photo: AP / Eckehard Schulz)
Gaming gamble for Google
Asia Times
|      Jul 31, 2010 <IT WORLD> | Gaming gamble for Google | By Martin J Young | HUA HIN, Thailand - Google is cooking up new recipes in its digital kitchen, with reports this week about a number of partnerships with online gaming companies. A social gaming platform seems to...
Specialist Neil Gallagher smiles as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. A surprised Wall Street jumped Tuesday at the Federal Reserve's historic decision to further slash interest rates and pledge broad support to reinflate the troubled economy
(photo: AP)
World stocks fall as data takes shine off earnings
Kansas City Star
Richard Drew Specialist Michael Sollitto, right, directs trades at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 40 points after the Fed released its regional survey of the economy, a report known as the "beige book." More...
New surveillance tool developed for Japanese Encephalitis
The Hindu
| Shastry V. Mallady | It helps State health officials in preventing disease outbreak | It is developed by scientists of Indian Council of Medical Research | "A few districts are prone to Japanese Encephalitis" | MADURAI: A new surveillance tool deve...
Japanese user claims Twitter's 20 billionth tweet
NZ Herald
11:26 AM Sunday Aug 1, 2010 Email Print | TOKYO - Twitter's 20 billionth message didn't make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service. | It came at 12:44am Sunday (0344 NZT, Saturday) from user "GGGG...
Japanese user claims Twitter's 20 billionth tweet
Herald Tribune
| TOKYO - Twitter's 20 billionth message didn't make much sense, but it spoke volumes about the rapid global growth of the microblogging service. | It came at 12:44 a.m. Sunday (1544 GMT, 11:44 a.m. EDT Saturday) from user "GGGGGGo-Lets-Go" in Japan,...
Attack sub Missouri commissioned in Connecticut
Philadelphia Daily News
| The Associated Press | GROTON, Conn. - Another attack submarine has joined the Navy. | The USS Missouri, the seventh Virginia-class sub, entered the fleet Saturday after a commissioning ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut...
In this Jan. 13, 2009 photo, people walk out from Sony Corp. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. Sony said Thursday, May 14, 2009, it lost 98.9 billion yen ($1 billion) in the fiscal year through March, its first annual net loss in 14 years, and projected it would lose even more money this year amid a slump in consumer demand for electronics goods
AP / Itsuo Inouye
Comeback Heralded for Japan Giants in Electronics
The New York Times
| TOKYO — Buoyed by a long-awaited turnaround in its television and video game businesses, Sony said Thursday it swung to a net profit of ¥25.7 billion, or $293.9 million...
The German stock index (DAX) display at the Stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany
AP / Bernd Kammerer)
Signs of Recovery Push European Shares Higher
The New York Times
| European stock markets rose Thursday after another batch of positive earnings and further evidence that Europe’s economy is recovering faster than previously expected. | Th...
Brawn GP Formula One driver Jenson Button, right, of Britain speaks to his father John and girlfriend Jessica Michibata in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, March 28, 2009 after he qualified fastest for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
AP / Rob Griffith
Jessica Michibata is back in the pit stop again as she joins Jenson Button at ...
The Daily Mail
| They've only just reconciled after splitting two months ago. | But Japanese lingerie model Jessica Michibata shows her romance with Jenson Button is very much back on track as sh...
Japanese user claims Twitter's 20 billionth tweet
Fresno Bee
| - Associated Press Writer Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/31/2025225/japanese-user-claims-twitters.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | Twitter CEO celebrates dramatic growth in Japan Twitter C...
China setting milestone as economy passes Japan's
The Wichita Eagle
BEIJING - China is set to overtake Japan as the world's second-largest economy in a resurgence that is changing everything from the global balance of military and financial power to how cars are designed. | By some measures it has already moved to se...
US, allies complete Pacific military training
Philadelphia Daily News
| MARK NIESSE | The Associated Press | HONOLULU - Monthlong military drills in the Pacific, which conclude this weekend, were intended only as training exercises to combat terrorism and piracy , and were not meant to send a message to North Korea, th...
Films
Chanel Cosmetics in Dubai UAE
(photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Chanel sends out regal couture under towering lion
Gulf News
| The sparkle, the lights and the glamour lots of glamour continued on the second day of Paris Haute Couture Week. | What sets the haute couture shows apart from the prêt-à-porter presentations is the front-row celebrity factor haute couture shows seem to attract more of them. | At the Chanel show were the likes of Prince, Vanessa Para...
Technology
Panasonic LCD TV - Electronics
(photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Panasonic plans to buy out subsidiaries Sanyo, Panasonic Electric under $9.4B green initiative
Star Tribune
| TOKYO - Panasonic is planning to take 100 percent ownership of its subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works in a move costing up to $9.4 billion to strengthen green businesses such as electric cars and solar panels. | Panasonic Corp., Japan's biggest consumer electronics maker, said in a statement Thursday it will buy shares in th...



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