Alcoa earnings inch up despite lower aluminum prices
The company said last night that net income for the quarter ending June 30 was $140m, up from $138m the same time last year. Sales for the three month period rose 1% to $5.90 billion. Alcoa cited higher profits from its global rolled products business, which provides sheet and plates for the... read more »
South Korea shares fall on China worries, won steady as Bank of Korea holds...
Seoul shares slipped below the key 2,000-point level on Thursday morning as China’s market turmoil continued drive nervous investors out of riskier assets. Market reaction was largely muted after the Bank of Korea kept its policy interest rate steady at a record low of 1.50 per cent, as... read more »
Jeff Goldblum, 62, first baby with 32-yr-old wife
American actor Jeff Goldblum has welcomed his first child with 30 years younger dancer wife Emilie Livingston. The ‘Jurassic Park’ actor told his fans on Facebook that he and his wife were excited to share the new of the birth of their baby boy, Charlie Ocean Goldblum, who was born on... read more »
This is how Kapoors ringed Neetu Kapoor’s 57th b’day
Bollywood veteran actress Neetu Kapoor is turning a year old today and his family including actor Rishi Kapoor, son Ranbir Kapoor and grand-daughter Samara. Rishi Kapoor took to Twitter to wish her beloved wife and shared a picture of her blowing candles with their daughter Ridhima’s little... read more »
Sensex snaps 8-day rally, ends lower by 75 points on Greece woes
the benchmark BSE Sensex today slipped by 75 points to 27,729.67 as market sentiment took a hit in last half hour on news that the creditors have rejected Greece’s new... read more »
‘Raees’ releasing on scheduled date of Eid 2016: Producer
We had announced in February that we will be releasing our film on EID 2016 and we are on schedule to release it as planned #RaeesOnEid2016,” Ritesh tweeted. He along with Farhan... read more »
Normal flight operations resume at airport
Normal flight operations have resumed at St. John’s International Airport Earlier story:After the airport authority was notified of a bomb threat on Air Canada flight 143, which was... read more »
Obamacare survives major court challenge
The fate of Mr Obama’s most important domestic policy achievement was in the hands of America’s nine Supreme Court justices after conservatives sued and claimed the healthcare... read more »
Facebook to now help spot malware on computers
Social networking giant Facebook has partnered security software firm Kasperky to help its users detect and clean malware from their computers. ‘Malware’ is an umbrella term used to refer to... read more »
