Trinamool Congress chief and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday lost her cool with a woman journalist who posed an uncomfortable question, sternly telling her not to be a “mouthpiece” of the West Bengal’s ruling Marxists. The journalist asked Banerjee to comment on the Left parties’ allegation that the railways was splurging money in advertisements. An [...]
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Mamata loses cool, shouts at journalist
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Rahman loses out on Golden Globe to ‘The Social Network’
January 17th, 2011 |
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Indian music maestro A.R. Rahman could not get second time lucky. He lost out on the trophy for the best original score – motion picture for Danny Boyle’s “127 Hours” at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross who won it for “The Social Network”. Rahman, the double Oscar-award wining [...]
Zsa Zsa Gabor Loses Leg
January 15th, 2011 |
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Glam Flags are flying half-staff all over the world this holiday week after legendary screen dame Zsa Zsa Gabor lost most of her right leg to amputation this week, despite doctors’ feverish efforts to save the limb. In July, Gabor broke her hip and had replacement surgery, causing the star to be admitted to the [...]
Noble Group loses more traders – market sources
January 14th, 2011 |
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At least two more traders have left Singapore-listed Noble Group (NOBG.SI) from its London energy desk this year, oil trading sources said on Friday.
Noble did not respond to a request for comment.
Serbian dinar loses more ground
January 4th, 2011 |
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The Serbian dinar (RSD) lost 0.49 percent of its value against the euro on Monday, with the official middle exchange rate at RSD 106.0156. The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) announced that on December 31, it sold EUR 40mn at the interbank foreign exchange market.
Serbian currency loses more value
December 21st, 2010 |
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The Serbian dinar lost 94 paras of its value gainst the euro on Tuesday. The official middle exchange rate is now RSD 106,5390 for one euroe, announced the National Bank of Serbia (NBS).
SingTel Optus loses bid to halt Vodafone mobile-phone campaign
December 21st, 2010 |
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Singapore Telecommunications’s Australian unit, previously ruled to have misled customers with its data-service advertisements, lost a bid in Sydney federal court to stop Vodafone Group Plc. from publicising its “infinite” mobile-phone plans.
Australia Federal Court Judge John Nicholas today denied SingTel Optus Pty Ltd.’s request for a temporary injunction barring Vodafone from advertising the plans, which offer unmetered calls to fixed-line and mobile-phone numbers for A$45 ($59) a month.
Dec. 20, 1996: Science Loses Its Most Visible Public Champion
December 20th, 2010 |
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1996: Carl Sagan dies.
Calling Carl Sagan a scientist is a little like calling the Beatles a rock band. Sagan was certainly a scientist (an astronomer, biologist and astrophysicist, to be precise). But he was also science’s most visible public advocate, a secular humanist, a fervent believer in extraterrestrial life, a teacher, an author, a television [...]
Ponting may be axed as captain if Australia loses Ashes
December 16th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has said he may have to step down as Australian skipper if the Ashes series is lost. Defeat in Perth, would force Ponting and selectors to face the question of his captaincy head-on, but it is doubtful the selectors would replace Ponting as skipper mid-way through the series even if England goes 2-0 [...]
Ex-ABBA member loses bankruptcy dispute with Buddhist monk
November 27th, 2010 |
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Ex-member of Swedish pop group ABBA, Anni-Frid Reuss, has been unsuccessful in reclaiming back 4.5 million pounds she claims to have lent to a Buddhist temple. Reuss, 65, was pitted against her former Buddhist teacher, when she brought a bankruptcy order against the company that owned the Yangtorp Qiqong Resort, near Hornby. But a court [...]
Will Ferrell loses $18M lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase
November 20th, 2010 |
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Outrageous comedian Will Ferrell reportedly lost an 18-million-dollar lawsuit against Wall Street bank JPMorgan Chase. According to Forbes.com, he now has to pay 600,000 dollars to bank in penalties and legal costs, reports the New York Daily News. Ferrell – along with ‘Seinfeld’ creator Larry David – reportedly filed an arbitration claim two years ago [...]
Diandra Douglas Loses Bid For Michael Douglas’ “Wall Street 2″ Earnings
November 16th, 2010 |
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In a legal victory for cancer-stricken actor Michael Dougals, a New York judge has dismissed Diandra Luker-Douglas’ bid to get her hands on half of her ex-husband’s earnings from the fall box office drama Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps. After 23 years of marriage, the former couple divorced in 2000. At the time, they [...]
Michael Douglas’s ex wife loses Wall Street cash bid
November 16th, 2010 |
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Michael Douglas’s ex-wife’s claims for half the amount the star is earning from ‘Wall Street’ sequel went in vain when a judge threw out her bid. Diandra Douglas, 52, claimed she was entitled to benefit from ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ under the terms of their divorce settlement ten years ago. However, Manhattan Supreme Court [...]
McAfee Loses Finjan Patent Infringement Appeal, Owes Damages
November 5th, 2010 |
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Federal judges deny McAfees appeal to overturn the verdict in the patent infringement lawsuit with Finjan which would require it to pay more than $13 million in damages. – A federal appeals court has rejected McAfees appeal to
overturn the verdict in Finjan Softwares patent infringement suit.
On Nov. 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit in Washington upheld the finding that Secure Computings Webwasher
security line infringed on Finjans se…
A Look at Steve Jobs – What Happens to the Apple When It Loses Its Core? Part 3 Posted By : PSmith
October 1st, 2010 |
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Regarding public perception of a company’s stake-holders, Microsoft certainly appears to be addressing the hard problems with the right corporate sensitivities.
Microsoft Loses Three to the Competition
September 24th, 2010 |
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Microsoft has recently lost a few key engineers and marketers to social networking and gaming companies. While turnover is expected, Microsoft lost three solid citizens of its empire. –
Microsoft
has recently lost a few key engineers and marketers to newer search, social
networking and gaming companies.
Chris
Wilson and Douglas Purdy were Microsoft architects who have left Microsoft to
head to Google and Facebook, respectively. And Anand Iyer, a former senior
product manage…
STI loses 0.1% to 2,919.37 at closing
August 18th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s Straits Times Index lost 0.1% to 2,919.37 at the close. Two stocks fell for each that rose on the 30-member gauge.
Shares on the measure trade at an average 14.1 times estimated earnings, compared with about 17.4 times at the beginning of the year, according to Bloomberg data. The following shares were among the most active in the market.
Google Chrome Loses Market Share to IE, Safari
August 2nd, 2010 |
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Google’s Chrome Web browser lost market share in July for the first time in several months, according to Net Applications. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple’s Safari both siphone market share from Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. – Google’s Chrome Web browser lost
market share for the first time ever thanks to upticks in July for both Microsoft
Internet Explorer and Apple Safari.
Chrome had steadily grown over the last several months, topping 7.24 percent through June, but through July the young Web browser had
slipped a…
Nvidia Loses to Rambus in Latest Patent Suit
July 27th, 2010 |
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The ITC rules against Nvidia in a patent-infringement suit begun by Rambus in 2008. Nvidia still has the option to license the Rambus IP, and assures its customers, which include makers of desktops and notebooks such as Hewlett-Packard and Asus, that it will still fulfill chip orders. – Graphics chip maker Nvidia infringed on three patents held by Rambus,
according to the U.S. International Trade Commission, which July 26 ruled that
certain products containing the Nvidia chips may not be imported.
The ITC ruling pertains to Nvidia’s GeForce, Quadro, nForce, Tesla and Tegra
chi…