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 »
Six Minutes into Ceasefire, Airstrike in Gaza Kills 8-Year-Old
Gaza City / Palestinian Territories – A child was killed and 30 people wounded in a strike on a refugee camp in Gaza City on Monday just minutes into an Israeli-declared truce, medics... read more »
MHA seeks more info from CBI on Ishrat fake encounter case
IndiaVision – The Union Home Ministry has sought additional information from CBI in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing case to take a call on the agency’s plea for sanction to... read more »
English Out. Government Gives In on Civil Services Exam (CSAT-II)
IndiaVision – English marks in CSAT-II will not be included for gradation or merit and 2011 candidates may get a second chance to appear for the test next year, the government... read more »
Union Budget 2014-15 : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Full text of speech
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday presented his maiden budget. Here is the text of the full speech. Click here for the full text of speech of Union Finance... read more »
“Bombay Velvet” made Anushka Sharma pile on 35 kilos ...
New Delhi – Much has been written about the interesting and unusual casting of Anurag Kashyap`s `Bombay Velvet`. The film still has some months ahead of its release but the buzz around it... read more »
