“He’s still the one!” Shania Twain is opening up about her surprise engagement to Nestle executive Frederic Thiebaud. The couple’s road to matrimony has been a rocky one. Bear with us, this is kind of confusing. Banjo music may help you to understand. Twain is now engaged to the ex-husband of the woman her own [...]
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INSIDE MOBILE: Mobile Video Conferencing: Surprise! We Can All See You!
Mobile video conferencing is becoming more and more acceptable in most large companies. Here, Knowledge Center mobile and wireless analyst J. Gerry Purdy shares what your company needs to know about mobile video conferencing so that it can take full advantage of the benefits of mobile video conferencing. – You have to love those Apple iPhone FaceTime ads on TV. They set up how mobile video conferencing can be so emotionally appealing: the grandparents get to see the new grandbaby from afar, the husband in the military gets to sweet talk and see his wife while on active duty, and the female shows off h…
Why Free CRM Is Decent Enough Posted By : Denise Freeman
It is never good for a business to be too complacent. It suddenly comes as a surprise to them when they dont get the response they were expecting.
Willie Nelson, Warren Haynes Surprise Fans With Election Calls
?UESTLOVE, WAYNE COYNE, GRACE POTTER, YIM YAMES, AND OTHERS ALSO CALL
FANS
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Willie Nelson, ?uestlove of The Roots, and Wayne Coyne of
the Flaming Lips are among the
dozen musicians involved with the “Pledge to Vote” campaign staged by HeadCount, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes electoral
participation. Each artist recorded reminders that will be sent to fans before Election Day via automated phone calls.
In addition, most artist participants will be making live calls – surprising fans who expect to only hear a pre-
recorded message.
“Let’s get some folks cranked up about this,” said The Grateful Dead‘s Bob Weir, a HeadCount board member who will also be personally calling dozens of
voters. “It’s so important that people, particularly young people, are paying attention and voting so a bunch of
cranky old folks don’t steal their future. Hopefully getting a call from a familiar voice will be motivation.”
Close to 25,000 music enthusiasts have already made a “Pledge to Vote” at concerts or on HeadCount’s website, www.headcount.org, requesting a reminder phone call from
one of their favorite artists and affirming that they will vote in November. The full list of artist choices include:
?uestlove
Adam Gardner (Guster)
Matt Berninger (The National)
Warren Haynes (The Allman Bros., Gov’t Mule)
Marc Brownstein (The Disco Biscuits)
Willie Nelson
Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips)
Grace Potter
Brett Dennen
Bob Weir (Grateful Dead, Furthur)
Jon Fishman (Phish)
Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket)
Fans can still sign up for the calls by visiting www.HeadCount.org/pledge.
New Nokia CEO Elop Makes Surprise Appearance at Nokia World, Shows Love to Developers
Though he was not slated to attend, Nokia’s newly named CEO Stephen Elop makes an appearance at Nokia World 2010 and shows he learned something at Microsoft: Developers matter a lot. – LONDON Taking
a page from his former chief executive’s playbook, newly minted Nokia CEO
Stephen Elop closed out the Nokia World 2010
conference here by chanting quot;Developers, developers, developers! quot;
Elop,
who is still listed as president of Microsoft’s Business Division, is not
sla…
Ezra’s $155.3m rights issue a surprise: Analyst
Ezra Holdings’ (5DN.SG) $155.3 million cash call catches investors off guard as “they still have quite a lot of funds,” says analyst at Singapore brokerage, according to Dow Jones.
Supplier of offshore support vessels proposing 1-for-5 rights issue at $1.18 each, priced at 33.3% discount to last close, yielding $1.67 theoretical ex-rights price. Proceeds will be used to fund new business ventures, capex, vessel acquisitions.
Java Creator Gosling: Oracle`s Android Lawsuit Is No Surprise
While the Oracle lawsuit against Google over Java may have come as a surprise to some, it was not unexpected by others, including Java creator James Gosling. – In what some characterize as a
battle in the making ever since Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, Oracle has
leveled a lawsuit against Google for patent and copyright infringement over the
use of Java in the Android mobile device platform.
Indeed, Sun had its issues with
Android, but did not fil…
DBS has surprise quarterly loss on goodwill charge: Update
The loss of $300 million compares with net income of $552 million a year earlier, the company said in a statement today. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was for a profit of $572.9 million. Excluding the $1.02 billion goodwill charge, DBS’ net income for the second quarter rose 30% to $718 million.
STI may slip; DBS in focus on surprise 2Q loss
Mild decline by US stocks overnight may mean cautious start for Singapore shares, according to Dow Jones.
STI’s recent attempts to clear 3,000 may be prolonged as index heavyweight DBS (D05.SG) may weigh given bank’s surprise 2Q10 $300 million loss due to $1.02 billion goodwill impairment charge taken for HK business; shares closed down 0.1% at $14.50.
DBS posts surprise quarterly loss in 2Q on goodwill charge
DBS Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s biggest bank, reported an unexpected second-quarter loss as it booked a one-time goodwill impairment charge at its Hong Kong unit and lending margins narrowed.
The loss of $300 million compares with net income of $552 million a year earlier, the company said in a statement today. That missed the $572.9 million average of eight profit estimates from analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The quarter’s goodwill cost totalled $1.02 billion.
DBS posts Q2 loss after surprise HK goodwill charge
DBS Group (DBSM.SI), Southeast Asia’s biggest bank, posted a surprise quarterly loss after it took a $1.02 billion goodwill charge for its Hong Kong operations.
DBS Group (DBSM.SI), Southeast Asia’s biggest bank, said, however, that the outlook remained healthy.
“Notwithstanding the goodwill impairment, we remain structurally bullish on prospects for Hong Kong and China, which are integral to the Asia growth story,” CEO Piyush Gupta said in a statement.
Apple’s Likely iPhone WWDC Debut Lacks Element of Surprise
Apple will likely debut the next generation of the iPhone at its 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference June 7. Possible details of the device have already leaked to the public, thanks to a high-profile breakdown of a "lost" prototype by tech blog Gizmodo, as well as a later leak on a Vietnamese online forum. Those leaks, combined with increased competition from rivals such as Googles Android smartphone operating system, suggest that Apple may need an additional announcement or other game-changer at the WWDC if it wants to maintain its perception as the strongest competitor in the smartphone space. – When Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes the stage
at the companys 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference in San
Francisco June 7, the general expectation is that
hell unveil the next-generation iPhone. Unlike previous Apple releases,
however, some element of surprise has likely been lost, thanks to leaks…
Newhoma Music Fest: Sex Mob Grayson, Surprise Me, Outformation
FIRST ANNUAL FESTIVAL INCLUDES MUSIC, HIKING, YOGA, AND MORE
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The first annual Newhoma Music and Mountain Festival is a three day event offering music, hiking, yoga,
great food and tasty beverages in Florissant, Colorado the weekend of August 20-22, 2010.
Musical acts scheduled to perform include Surprise Me Mr. Davis, Grayson Capps & the Stumpknockers, Sex Mob, Outformation, Paper Bird, Oakhurst, Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, and
more.
All information regarding tickets, complete lineup, event schedule, camping, meal plans, and hiking is available at
the Newhoma Festival website.
Albanian reaction to elections “no surpriseâ€
State and Local Self-Administration Minister Milan Marković says he’s not surprised by the reaction of Kosovo Albanians to the local elections in the north. He told B92 on Monday that the international community needs to change its approach for solving Kosovo’s status question, because the current way of solving issues has been shown to be unsuccessful.
Thai surprise at Cannes Film Festival
The winners at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival included French directors and a Spanish actor, Deutsche Welle reports. But the biggest surprise of the night was the film that took home the top Palme d’Or prize.
How Will Smith‘s wife makes their sex life interesting
Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed that she sends husband Will Smith saucy sexy pictures to keep the romance alive in their marriage.
The actress, who has been married to the actor for 12 years, says the couple keep their relationship strong with a healthy sex life.
“Keep it spontaneous. I surprise him. He’’s a thinker. He’’s always [...]
SharePoint 2010 Offers More for Both IT and Users
Microsoft’s SharePoint Server 2010 offers easier upgrading and better management tools; administrators and users will both find much to like about the company’s third try at a comprehensive collaboration platform.
– They say that nothings new under the sun, and ordinarily, I
agree with that sentiment. But in this line of work, one is occasionally
treated to a surprise, and Microsofts SharePoint Server 2010 qualifies as one
of the more pleasant surprises of this year.
The surprise isnt a matter of features o…





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