Archive for: December, 2010

OWN to launch on New Year’s Day

Oprah Winfrey Network

The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) will be launch on New Year’s day, yet cautions the fans that it is not an all Oprah show. The much-awaited 24/7 cable channel will be launch on Saturday noon, following almost three years of preparation. This is today the Discovery Health Channel (DHC), brining a couple of the popular [...]

American Jazz legend dies at 89

Billy Taylor

American jazz legend, Billy Taylor, died at the age of 89 on Tuesday, affirmed by his official website’s posted statement. Taylor is one of the most popular jazz musicians in America on the second half of 20th century. According to Kim Taylor-Thompson’s note included in the statement, her father died in New York because of [...]

Groupon seeks IPO by last part of 2011

Groupon

Groupon is running toward a possible public offering of its common shares by the last part of 2011, according to the New York Times. In addition, Groupon, being one of the fastest-growing seller in terms of online coupon, said that it has been permitted to hoisted over $950 million on Tuesday, in what seemed to [...]

High rates of ER visits may be linked to food allergies

anaphylaxis

Food allergies may be the most significant factor for people that were rushed to the emergency room, signifying the strong link between the two. For Americans who visited the emergency room from 2001 to 2005, the rate was more than a million, and it is due to their allergic reactions in different types of foods. [...]

Crude Oil Futures Gain on Speculation of Lower US Crude Inventories

Crude Oil

Crude oil for future contracts advanced in Asia on speculation of a lower US crude stockpiles, which will be presented Thursday morning. Crude oil futures for February settlement traded at $91.33 a barrel, 21 cents higher from previous session, in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange at 3:10 p.m. Singapore time. The contract [...]

US Aid Worker Freed by Haiti Officials, Reports Say

American aid worker

Reports said Wednesday that Haiti officials freed an American aid worker after being cleared from allegations of kidnapping an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer. According to the report, Paul Waggoner was relieved from the allegation after a judge declined to bring a kidnapping case against the US aid volunteer. Haitian [...]

Blizzard Halts S1 B Post-Christmas Sales

blizzard snowfall

Analysts predicted that the blizzard snowfall lead to $1 billion loss on retailers’ post-Christmas sales. Heavy winter snowfall caused shoppers to be struck over their houses in the holiday weekend. Based on ShopperTrak, the firm that tracked more than 70,000 malls and stores customer’s traffic, it recorded an 11.2 percent decline on holiday shopper’s foot [...]

Skype Introduces Live Video Calls for iPhone, iPad

Skype

Skype, an Internet phone company, introduced live video calls to iPhone and iPad to cash in on popular electronic gadgets. The move of Skype only indicates the aggressive of the company to cash in on popular devices such as the iPhone and iPad. They also aim to build momentum for its imminent public stock offering. [...]

Idaho Lottery Creates New Millionaire

Idaho Lottery

The Idaho Lottery created a new millionaire on their annual $1 million Raffle draw on Wednesday evening. Aside from the $1 million top prize, the lottery also gave $25,000 to four winners, 250 winners of $250, 500 winners of $100 and 1,750 winners of $50. All the prizes were lump-sum cash payments. The results or [...]

Facebook Surpasses Google Popularity

Facebook

A new report from Experian Hitwise stated that Facebook became the most-visited website in America this year, surpassing Google. The report claimed that the word “facebook” was the most searched term in the United States, which accounted for 2.11 percent of all the searched term, for second year in a row. The Experian Hitwise also [...]

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