YouTube might soon invest some cash in Vevo, according to a new report.Google's video site could invest $50 million in Vevo, a joint venture established by Universal Music and Sony Music Entertainment, Bloomberg is reporting today, citing people who claim to have knowledge of their negotiations. In return for the $50 million, YouTube would acquire less than 10 percent of the company, indicating Vevo...
Boy Scouts push back decision on allowing gay members
Labels: Health IRVING, Texas The Boy Scouts of America's national executive board has delayed a decision on whether to lift its longstanding ban on gay scouts and leaders. BSA said Wednesday the organization will take action on the resolution at its national meeting in May. The organization said last week it was considering a shift of its policy, which has led officials to remove gay leaders and scouts. That...
Hostage Taker Waged Firefight With SWAT Agents
Labels: Business Jimmy Lee Dykes, the man who held a 5-year-old boy hostage for nearly a week in an underground bunker in Alabama, had two homemade explosive devices on his property and engaged in a firefight with SWAT agents before they stormed the bunker and killed him, according to the FBI.One explosive device was found inside the bunker and another was located in the PVC pipe negotiators...
Feb
05
Iran's Ahmadinejad in Egypt on historic visit
Labels: WorldCAIRO (Reuters) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Egypt on Tuesday on the first trip by an Iranian president since the 1979 revolution, underlining a thaw in relations since Egyptians elected an Islamist head of state. President Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood politician elected in June, kissed Ahmadinejad as he disembarked from his plane at Cairo airport. The leaders walked down...
China women look for financial security in marriage
Labels: Technology SHANGHAI: Financial security in marriage ranks high among women in China.That's according to the latest Chinese marriage report which shows that nearly 80 per cent of Chinese women look for partners who earn twice what they do.And more than half of them want full access to their future husbands' salary.Xizhiyuan match-making company has been in business for 13 years. They have noticed...
Microsoft offers online help to Office 2013 users
Labels: LifestyleMicrosoft's Quick Start Guide for Word 2013.(Credit:Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET)Office 2013 users who need a helping hand can find one through Microsoft's Quick Start Guides.Now available online, the nine guides offer advice on using each of the applications in Office 2013, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, OneNote, Project, Visio, and Publisher.Each guide comes packaged as...
Buyout firm Silver Lake purchases Dell for $24.4B
Labels: Health ROUND ROCK, Tex. Slumping personal computer maker Dell is bowing out of the stock market in a $24.4 billion buyout that represents the largest deal of its kind since the Great Recession dried up the financing for such risky maneuvers. The complex agreement announced Tuesday will allow Dell's management to attempt a company turnaround away from the glare and financial pressures of Wall Street. Dell...
Boy Rescued in Ala. Standoff 'Laughing, Joking'
Labels: Business The 5-year-old boy held hostage in a nearly week-long standoff in Alabama is in good spirits and apparently unharmed after being reunited with his family at a hospital, according to his family and law enforcement officials.The boy, identified only as Ethan, was rescued by the FBI Monday afternoon after they rushed the underground bunker where suspect Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, was...
Feb
04
Russia eyes crackdown on duty-free booze after brawls on flights
Labels: WorldMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia may soon crack down to stop boozy flights after a spate of brawls involving drunken passengers. State television on Monday broadcast amateur footage of several drink-soaked punch-ups after a plane made a forced landing in Uzbekistan on the way to Thailand on Sunday because a Russian had attacked other passengers. The footage included shots of a man...
WP's Lee Li Lian holds first Meet-the-People session
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: Ms Lee Li Lian of the Workers' Party headed straight to her Meet-the-People session after Monday's Parliament sitting.The session was held at Blk 135 Rivervale Street.About 30 residents were in the queue to speak to Ms Lee about housing and parking issues.The Workers' Party's (WP) Secretary-General Low Thia Khiang also turned up.Ms Lee was sworn in as the Member of Parliament...
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