How do you follow the purchase of an island in Hawaii?If you're Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison, you buy an airline so...
Feb
27
Race for L.A. city controller heats up
Label: World A previously low-profile race for Los Angeles city controller has begun to heat up as opponents of City Councilman Dennis Zine...
Greek man charged in NY Dali theft pleads guilty
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — A Greek man has admitted to stealing a Salvador Dali painting from a New York City gallery, only to return it in the mail.Phivos Istavrioglou pleaded guilty on Tuesday following his arrest in the theft of a work titled "Cartel de Don Juan Tenorio."Prosecutors say the fashion industry publicist walked into the Manhattan gallery in June, put the painting valued at about $150,000 in a...
Global Health: After Measles Success, Rwanda to Get Rubella Vaccine
Label: HealthRwanda has been so successful at fighting measles that next month it will be the first country to get donor support to move to the next stage — fighting rubella too. On March 11, it will hold a nationwide three-day vaccination campaign with a combined measles-rubella vaccine, hoping to reach nearly five million children up to age 14. It will then integrate the dual vaccine into its national...
Deficit hawks' 'generational theft' argument is a sham
Label: Business Here's a phrase you can expect to be hearing a lot in the national debate over fiscal policy, as we move past the "sequester," which is the crisis du jour, and toward the budget cliff/government shutdown deadline looming at the end of March:"Generational theft."The core idea the term expresses is that we're spending so much more on our seniors than...
Singer Morrissey says no to Kimmel, 'Duck Dynasty'
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — The TV series "Duck Dynasty" is coming between Morrissey and Jimmy Kimmel.The singer and animal rights activist says he canceled his appearance Tuesday on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" because "Duck Dynasty" cast members will be on the talk show.Morrissey says he can't perform on a show with what he called people who "amount to animal serial killers."A&E's "Duck Dynasty" reality...
Horse Meat in European Beef Raises Questions on U.S. Exposure
Label: HealthThe alarm in Europe over the discovery of horse meat in beef products escalated again Monday, when the Swedish furniture giant Ikea withdrew an estimated 1,670 pounds of meatballs from sale in 14 European countries. Ikea acted after authorities in the Czech Republic detected horse meat in its meatballs. The company said it had made the decision even though its tests two weeks ago did not...
Oscars may pave way for more movies aimed at grown-ups
Label: Business The big winners at this year's Academy Awards: adult moviegoers.For years, the studios have fixated on young men in their teens...
Feb
25
Oscars 2013: An 'Argo' night at Academy Awards
Label: World For the second straight year, the movie business fell for itself."Argo" — in which a Hollywood producer and makeup artist help...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Copyright © Lifting News. All rights reserved.
Design 
And Business Directories
