On Friday, Verizon Wireless will begin selling the Droid RAZR, a new Motorola phone based on Google’s Android operating system. In multiple ways, it’s an impressive piece of work. The Kevlar-backed RAZR is the thinnest smartphone on the market–yes, thinner than the iPhone 4S–and among the most handsome. Thanks to its dual-core processor and LTE [...]
Having taken a full year to plan, an army of Victoria’s Secret Angels put on one dazzling display during tonight’s (November 9) Fashion Show in New York City. Setting up for one seriously sexy scene, a bevy of the brand’s beauties made their head-turning walk down the runway this evening including Lily Aldridge, Adriana [...]
Chancellor George Osborne has announced an extra £103m of funding for renewable energy in Scotland. The money from the Fossil Fuel Levy was additional to the Scottish government’s budget, but within the UK’s overall spending plans and contingencies. Scotland’s Finance Secretary John Swinney said the funds were “long-awaited” but welcome. Accompanied by Chief Secretary to [...]
Putting her star power to good use, Megan Fox and husband Brian Austin Green stopped by the Veteran’s Home of California on Friday (November 11). Keeping it cute and casual for her visit, the “Friends with Kids” beauty dressed in a black jacket, skinny jeans and maroon high heels for the memorable holiday meeting. Surely [...]
Even as economists see an ominous sign in the double-digit inflation that threatens the country’s macro-economic stability, government high-ups think the situation is still manageable. The rate of inflation touched 12 per cent in October. Leading economists fear that with unbridled growth in inflation, the economy would soon go out of control and a recession-like [...]
England clung on to gain an unexpected and morale-boosting win over world champions Spain at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Stand-in skipper Frank Lampard netted the winner when he stooped to nod home a loose ball three minutes after half-time when Darren Bent’s header struck the inside of a post, reports ESPNsoccernet. Led superbly by man-of-the-match [...]
Argentina missed the chance to go top of the South American qualifying table for the 2014 World Cup on Friday, being held 1-1 at home by Bolivia. The belligerent Bolivians took their first point of the campaign against Alejandro Sabella’s star-studded Argentina which included Barcelona striker Lionel Messi and PSG midfielder Javier Pastore. Argentina are [...]
President Barack Obama, in Hawaii for a weekend economic conference, said Saturday that leaders of nine nations have agreed on the “broad outlines” of a trans-Pacific free trade agreement. The United States has been negotiating with Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Vietnam, Chile and Peru to develop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which officials [...]
Silvio Berlusconis scandal-ridden premiership ended in ignominy as he was forced to hide from a jeering crowd in Rome after handing in his resignation at a late-night meeting with President Giorgio Napolitano. His departure followed a historic vote in parliament that paved the way for a new government tasked with shoring up the ailing economy. [...]
Myanmar’s government is preparing to release prisoners under an amnesty, for the second time in just over a month, “very soon” and more political detainees should be among them, a senior official said on Sunday. Details of the amnesty would become clear within two days, the official at the interior ministry told Reuters, and political [...]