Wayne Rogers dead: M*A*S*H actor passes away aged 82
Posted onACTOR Wayne Rogers – best known for starring in M*A*S*H as Trapper John McIntyre – has died aged 82, it has been reported. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Top performer of 2015, Re may dip in Jan-Mar
Posted onThe Indian rupee, despite weakening nearly 5% against the dollar, has emerged as one of the best performing currencies in 2015. read more >>> Source : EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.Com
2015 marked a 'symbolic and significant milestone' for Earth in the worst way possible
Posted onThis year marks a “symbolic and significant milestone” for average global temperatures on land, which will reach a whole 1°C higher than temperatures before industrialisation, according to the World Meteorological Organisation. A single degree might not sound like a lot, but the effects of a warming planet can account for many of the extreme weather […]
Publisher Pulls Disputed Chinese Translation of Indian Poet
Posted onA Chinese publisher has recalled the latest Chinese-language translation of a work by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, after it drew sharp criticism in India that it is too vulgar and strays too far from the original text. Zhejiang Literature and Arts Publishing House announced this week that it would pull from shelves all copies of […]
The 6 most common traits amongst the world's billionaires
Posted onThere are only 1,826 billionaires in the world and there are some common traits that majority of them share. According to price comparison website GoCompare, which analysed data from Forbes between 1996 and 2015, there are some major factors that the world’s richest people seem to adhere to. From sharing the same star sign to […]
The 26 happiest, richest, healthiest, and most crime-free countries in the world
Posted onThe Legatum Institute, a think tank based in London, on Monday released its annual global Prosperity Index, a huge survey that ranks what it calls the most prosperous countries in the world. The amount of money a country has is one factor of prosperity, but the Legatum Institute considered more than that in its ranking. […]
Financial detox: Top tricks to pay off debt for good in 2016
Posted onCAREFREE spending over Christmas has given many of us the gruelling task of paying back those bills in the New Year, but a few simple tricks can get you out of the red faster. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
TRACE — Season 2 Ep.8
Posted onUpdated every FridayCopyright ⓒ 2015 RollingStory Inc. — This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. read more >>> Source : HuffingtonPost.Com
PEAK — Season 2 Ep.1
Posted onUpdated on every FridayCopyright ⓒ 2015 RollingStory Inc. — This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. read more >>> Source : HuffingtonPost.Com
VIDEO: Premier League mid-season stats kings
Posted onBBC Sport looks at the Premier League players who are dominating the stats at the halfway point of the 2015-16 Premier League season. read more >>> Source : BBC
More Than A Million People Welcome 2016 In Times Square
Posted onBy Laila Kearney NEW YORK, Jan 1 (Reuters) – More than a million people in New York’s Times Square hailed the arrival of 2016 early Friday with kisses, cheers and a measure of relief as America’s biggest New Year’s Eve celebration unfolded without a hitch under a blanket of unprecedented security. The transition to the […]
'M.A.S.H.' Actor Wayne Rogers Dies At 82
Posted onLOS ANGELES (AP) — Wayne Rogers, whose Trapper John McIntyre alongside Alan Alda’s Hawkeye Pierce brought mischief, martinis and meatball surgery to the masses in the 1970s every week on “M.A.S.H.,” has died. The actor was surrounded by family when he died Thursday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia at age 82, his publicist […]
Vishing and smishing: Social engineering fraud
Posted onThe rise of social engineering fraud read more >>> Source : BBC
Dementia loved ones benefit from visits
Posted onSpending time with loved ones with dementia is important even after they fail to recognise the faces of friends and family, a dementia charity says. read more >>> Source : BBC
Wayne Rogers, Trapper John on TV's 'M*A*S*H', dies at 82
Posted onWayne Rogers, who played wisecracking U.S. Army surgeon “Trapper” John McIntyre in the acclaimed Korean War television series “M*A*S*H” before leaving after three seasons in a contract dispute, died on Thursday. He was 82. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Microsoft failed to warn victims of Chinese email hack: former employees
Posted onSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular – but it decided not to tell the victims, allowing the hackers to continue their campaign, according to former employees […]
US Crude Exports Resume After Four Decades
Posted onThe first export of U.S. crude oil in four decades departed a Texas port Thursday, just weeks after a ban on such exports was lifted. The ship is carrying a cargo of oil from ConocoPhillips’ wells in south Texas that was sold to Swiss trading house Vitol Group. In December, President Barack Obama signed legislation […]
UPDATE 2-INSIGHT-Microsoft failed to warn victims of Chinese email hack–former employees
Posted onSAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular – but it decided not to tell the victims, allowing the hackers to continue their campaign, according to […]
A golden age for British entrepreneurship?
Posted onA golden age for British entrepreneurship? read more >>> Source : BBC
Reasons To Hate "The H8teful Eight"
Posted onMovie Review – Jackie K Cooper “The H8teful Eight” (The Weinstein Company) There are numerous reasons you should hate Quentin Tarantino’s “The H8teful Eight”. The first is it is full of racist characters who use the N-word excessively. The second is it portrays brutality to women. The third is its excessive violence in general, and […]
UPDATE 4-Floods swamp Missouri, Illinois; 9 million people in risk areas
Posted onDec 31 (Reuters) – Towns in Tennessee and southern Illinois prepared on Thursday to cope with potential flooding after rain-swollen rivers washed out hundreds of structures in Missouri, Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma and forced thousands to flee their homes. read more >>> Source : Reuters
A Giant Leap in 2016? Africa Is Narrowing its Techno-Gap
Posted onThough for many of us the year ahead may look pretty dismal, 2016 promises one great breakthrough – a major step toward ending Africa’s particular and hobbling form of the great Digital Divide. Poor connectivity has bedeviled much of the continent’s internet access (or often sheer lack of access) but now a huge improvement is […]
UPDATE 2-Police evacuate two Munich train stations, citing threat of militant attack
Posted onBERLIN, Dec 31 (Reuters) – German police evacuated two train stations in Munich late on Thursday, saying on Twitter they had received a tip regarding a planned militant attack on New Year’s Eve in the Bavarian capital. read more >>> Source : Reuters
VIDEO: Beer boss's pep talk down the pub
Posted onLord Bilimoria, founder of Cobra beer, offers the business advice he wishes he had had when he started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets. read more >>> Source : BBC
Where The Smart Money Is Placing Its 2016 Stock Bets
Posted onIt is pretty clear what worked best for mutual funds in 2015. Several prominent strategists who spoke with IBD expect similar results at best — more likely, slightly worse — in 2016. And they expect to find better investment opportunities outside the U.S. Eighty-nine of 2015’s 100 top-performing U.S. diversified stock funds as of Dec. […]
A Whimsical Look at Fallacies: Appeal to Antiquity – Part 2
Posted onLast time, you suggested that you really can’t blame these antiquity-lovers for their chronic condition. After all, you’re in advertising and are largely responsible for keeping the old ideas alive. I say “advertising” only because that’s the modern term for it, but back in the good old days when we called things by their right […]
Cosby faces big financial threat from civil lawsuits: legal experts
Posted onNEW YORK (Reuters) – Civil lawsuits accusing Bill Cosby of sex abuse and defamation could do major damage to the entertainer’s wealth, regardless of how a criminal prosecution plays out, lawyers who have handled similar cases said on Thursday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
More than TWO THIRDS of people living with dementia feel isolated
Posted onNEW research has highlighted the lonely plight of dementia sufferers. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
City news: FTSE, Sports Direct and CBI
Posted onBROKERS expect the FTSE100 to be weighed down by low commodity prices this year, as well as slowing growth in emerging markets. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express