Ghana’s central bank five-year bond oversubscribed
June 8th, 2012 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
Accra, June 8 (IANS) The five-year bond issued by Ghana's central bank Thursday was oversubscribed by 141 percent.The Bank of Ghana went to the market again seeking 200 million Ghana ... Read more...
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Ericsson focuses on patent licensing
January 13th, 2012 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
Stockholm, Jan 13 (IANS) Swedish company Ericsson announced Thursday that it would strengthen focus on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) assets.The company is reorganising its licensing and patent development department to ... Read more...
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Man creates 240-volt booby trap for tenant
November 12th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 12 (IANS) A landlord in Britain has been jailed for four years after he attempted to electrocute his lodger with an elaborate booby-trap following a row with him ... Read more...
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Electronic stores offer free guns
April 8th, 2011 - 7:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Salmon, April 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Satellite subscribers in Montana and Idaho are being offered free guns in a promotion that has drawn criticism from gun-control campaigners.RadioShack and Dish Network came up with ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
New York Times to charge online readers
March 18th, 2011 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar.18 (ANI): The New York Times (NYT) has announced that it will charge frequent users to its website for access to its online content.Initially users in Canada will be charged ... Read more...
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Rachael Finch poses nude to aid charity
December 21st, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 21 (ANI): Former Miss Universe Australia, Rachel Finch, has posed nude for the new issue of Box magazine to aid charity.Finch, the new face of Speedo swimwear, draped in just ... Read more...
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Plenary shores up revenue for Congress mouthpiece
December 20th, 2010 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Congress is using the ongoing plenary here to shore up finances for its mouthpiece Congress Sandesh and also to take its message to different parts of ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Gentlemen’s club in UK to finally welcome female members after 119-yrs
October 28th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 28 (ANI): A gentlemen's club in Britain has finally decided to admit ladies as full members after 119-years.The Caledonian Club had originally been set up as a gentlemen's club in ... Read more...
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1,000 fans a day sign up for World Cup TV service
June 3rd, 2010 - 3:28 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, June 3 (DPA) One thousand football fans a day are taking out subscriptions for a pay-TV service in Hong Kong that holds exclusive rights to screen the World Cup, a ... Read more...
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‘Times’ online to charge surfers one pound for a day, two pounds a week from June
March 26th, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 26(ANI): The News International has announced that customers will be charged to read The Times and The Sunday Times online from June.Customers will have to pay one pound for a ... Read more...
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eHarmony settles suit, will add gay dating site
January 29th, 2010 - 12:42 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The online Internet dating site eHarmony has settled a California lawsuit, in which the gays had said that it discriminated against them. The Internet dating ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
‘Online dating industry to grow by 25 pct in 2010′
January 11th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 11 (ANI): With the increasing popularity of online dating, analysts have predicted that the industry is likely to experience 25 percent growth this year.There are numerous dating sites that enable ... Read more...
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Google proposes micropayments for online news
September 11th, 2009 - 2:46 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Sep 11 (DPA) Google is working on a micropayment system that would allow newspapers to easily charge for online content, the web search giant has revealed in a proposal to ... Read more...
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Over 18,000 cases filed against firms for breaking law
July 27th, 2009 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, , July 27 (IANS) A whopping 18,183 cases were filed against firms violating the Companies Act between Jan 1, 2008, and March 31, 2009, the government said Monday.
Further, a total ... Read more...
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New iPhone application lets you find ‘cannabis’
July 22nd, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): Apple has introduced a new application in their iPhone and iPod Touch that lets you find medical marijuana.Priced at 1.99 dollars, the new application called 'Cannabis' can help ... Read more...
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