5 Vehicle crash Esterley Tibbetts Highway
On Monday (15) there was a five vehicle crash on the Esterley Tibbetts (ET) Highway close to the National Gallery. A police spokesperson said injuries were not thought to be serious but a further update would be provided later. The ET…
China-based skin-care product supplier seeks TWSE listing
From Focus Taiwan Taipei, April 13 (CNA) Chlitina Holding Ltd., a China-based skin- care product seller, is seeking to launch a primary listing on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), the exchange said Friday. It is the first primary listing application…
Econfin Dublin 2013: What the European Finance Ministers said
Independent Ireland IRISH FINANCE MINISTER MICHAEL NOONAN (ON EXTENSION OF EU LOANS) “The commission paper, which has been available, settled on a seven year extension of maturities… There doesn’t seem to be significant pushback. The best way of putting it…
North Korea marks birthday of Kim Il-sung
BBC North Korea has marked the 101st anniversary of the birth of founding father Kim Il-sung as tensions continue over the country’s nuclear programme. Leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum of his grandfather and his father Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang,…
New report says China secretly executes thousands of people a year
Rebecca Baird-Remba Business Insider China is carrying out thousands of secret executions but refusing to report them, according to a report released this week by Amnesty International. Amnesty believes China executed several thousand people last year — more than all…
IDC: Windows 8 has actually made PCs ‘a less attractive alternative to tablets’
By Brad Reed BGR While Microsoft’s (MSFT) launch of Windows 8 was supposed to be the big change that the company needed to help personal computers keep pace with touch-based devices such as tablets and smartphones, new research from IDC…
Electronic Arts Cuts Jobs At Montreal Studio Less Than Two Weeks After CEO’s Resignation
Catherine Shu Techcrunch Electronic Arts is laying off staffers at its Montreal office in another round of job cuts. The news comes less than two weeks after CEO John Riccitiello resigned, citing the company’s financial underperformance. EA declined to tell…
President Obama Awards Medal of Honor to Father Emil Kapaun
By Colleen Curtis whitehouse blogs Photo: President Barack Obama embraces Ray Kapaun after presenting him with the Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to his uncle, Chaplain (Captain) Emil J. Kapaun, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White…
Foreigners are flooding the Japanese stock market
Sam Ro, Business Insider Japan’s efforts to stimulate the economy with aggressive monetary policy has sent the Japanese stock market surging as investors see it as a way to ride inflation. Below is a chart from Bloomberg BRIEF economist Michael…
Ron Johnson failed at JCPenney because he misplayed the expectations game
Tim Calkins, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, Business Insider Ron Johnson is out at JC Penney. His seventeen month stint at the retail giant will go down in history as one of the great leadership fiascos of the decade….
