Stock markets worldwide rise on hopes of US economic recovery

Friday, August 21, 2009 Stock indexes worldwide rose on Friday, after US bank chief Ben Bernanke said that the US economy was starting to recover from the recession. Addressing a conference in Wyoming, the bank chief said that “the prospects for a return to growth in the near term appear good.” He added, however, that “the economic recovery is likely […]

News briefs:May 07, 2010

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Be Prepared For The Worse This Christmas Party Season

Click Here To Know More About: Air Cooled Chillers Be prepared for the worse this Christmas Party season by Ian Pullen The Christmas period is here and with it comes the party season; people celebrating the festivities. For caters and event s organisers it is a busy time, maybe even the busiest, therefore, it is essential that you are prepared […]

Football: Paris Saint-Germain pays world record €222m to sign Neymar

Friday, August 4, 2017 Yesterday, French capital football club Paris Saint-Germain triggered a €222 million (about US$263m, £198m) buyout clause of Brazilian winger Neymar to sign him from FC Barcelona, making him the most expensive footballer of all time by breaking the previous fee record of Paul Pogba’s transfer from Juventus FC to Manchester United. Neymar signed a five year […]

Earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant triggers evacuation

Friday, March 11, 2011 File:Fukushima-1.JPG Japan’s government has declared its first ever “nuclear emergency” after pressure rises in the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, combined with a minor radiation leak, caused a 10 km radius around the plant to be evacuated. An attempt to relieve the pressure inside the containment vessels of the plant has been […]

Polish Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper sacked

Tuesday, July 10, 2007File:Andrzej Lepper.jpg Andrzej Lepper, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, as well as Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, was sacked on Monday over a corruption investigation. Jaros?aw Kaczy?ski, the current Prime Minister, explained the reasons of dismissal in an interview for public television channel TVP1: There are serious reasons to believe they [members […]