Universal expects significant income from EMI asset sales
BRUSSELS, Sept 21 | Fri Sep 21, 2012
September 21, 2012
Universal expects significant income from EMI asset sales
Grumbles over maps as Apple's iPhone 5 hits stores
Grumbles over maps as Apple's iPhone 5 hits stores
By Jane Wardell and Tim KellySYDNEY/TOKYO | Fri Sep 21, 2012
The new phone went on sale across Asia and Australia with mobile carriers reporting record demand that looked likely to stretch Apple's supply capacity.
Embassies close in fear of more protests
Embassies close in fear of more protests
By the CNN Wire Staff
Fri September 21, 2012
Demonstrations have raged for days as many in the Muslim world are angry about the U.S.-made Prophet Mohammed mocking film and the French cartoon. And some believe Friday prayers, a time of protest recently in the Middle East and North Africa, could add fuel to the fire.
The Four Rules of Time-Travel Movies
The Four Rules of Time-Travel Movies
By STEVE KNOPPERSeptember 20, 2012
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Mr. Willis's character is explaining one of the ironclad rules of time-travel movies: Don't get too bogged down with scientific details. "Time travel doesn't make sense," says "Looper" director Rian Johnson. "All you can do is construct a system for it."
September 20, 2012
Nike sets $8 billion share buyback program
Nike sets $8 billion share buyback program
Sept. 20, 2012By Greg Morcroft
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Nike Inc. NKE +1.37% said on Thursday that its board has approved a new $8 billion share buyback plan over the next four years. The plan will follow the company's current $5 billion repurchase plan that will wrap up at the end of the 2013 second quarter. Nike said that it has bought back $10 billion of its shares in the last 10 years.
Yogurt Linked to Lower BP
Yogurt Linked to Lower BP
By Crystal Phend, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage TodayPublished: September 19, 2012
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
Yogurt may help prevent hypertension as part of a healthy diet, an observational study suggested.
People who ate at least the equivalent of one serving every three days were 31% less likely to develop high blood pressure than those who ate no yogurt at all, Huifen Wang, PhD, of Tufts University in Boston, and colleagues found.
Shakira is pregnant "first child "
Shakira is pregnant by footballer boyfriend Gerard Pique
By Emma BrantNewsbeat reporter, 20 September 2012
Shakira is expecting her first child with her footballer boyfriend, Gerard Pique, who plays for FC Barcelona.
The Grammy award-winning Colombian singer confirmed the news on her website: "Gerard and I are very happy awaiting the arrival of our first baby".
The 35-year-old star also revealed she is going to cut down her work schedule.
'"We have decided to give priority to this unique moment and postpone promotional activities".
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Atlanta disputes travel magazine’s ‘dirtiest’ ranking
By Christopher SewardSept. 19, 2012
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sure Atlanta is big and vibrant, but it’s also dirty and unsafe, according to a national magazine’s survey of travelers.
So dirty is the city, Travel & Leisure ranks Atlanta as the fifth filthiest among 35 major metro areas, following New York (1), New Orleans (2), Baltimore (3) and Los Angeles (4).
Travel & Leisure’s 2012 America’s Favorite Cities report said Atlanta “moved up a full four spots” in the ranking of dirtiest cities from the previous year, partly because of its nightlife. The magazine said big cities that bustle with nightclubs attract plenty of young partiers who may not care much about the trash they leave behind.
“Studies have consistently found that youths and young adults are the most prone, or willing, to litter,” Steve Spacek, author of the “American State Litter Scorecard,” told the magazine. The group ranked Georgia as the seventh most littering state, tied with Illinois and Oklahoma.
A city spokeswoman took issue with the article.
Wrong Wrong Wrong
What Mitt Romney Got Wrong About the 47 Percent
Posted by: Joshua Green on September 20, 2012 
It cements the impression of Romney as someone who cares only for the rich. It shows a contempt for others who had previously existed only in Democratic attack ads. It writes off half the nation. And it diminishes and undermines the substantial tradition of conservatives who do care about helping the less-fortunate. In this way, Romney’s self-revelation illuminates a troubling shift within the Republican Party that he has now come to embody.
September 19, 2012
The Forbes 400: The Richest People in America
The Forbes 400: The Richest People in America
By Luisa Kroll and Kerry A. Dolan | Forbes Sep 19, 2012
Forbes launched its definitive ranking of the nation’s superrich in 1982. Back then the price of admission into this most exclusive of clubs was a mere $75 million of net worth. Even after adjusting for inflation, this year’s entry fee ($1.1 billion) is roughly ten times what it was thirty years ago. There were just 13 billionaires at the time and the total worth of the 400 club was a mere $93 billion. Today the combined net worth of the 400 richest Americans is $1.7 trillion, up from $1.5 trillion a year ago. The average net worth of a Forbes 400 member is a staggering $4.2 billion, up from $3.8 billion, and the highest in at least a decade, as two-thirds of the individuals added to their fortunes in the past year.
Jeremy Lin begins workouts
Jeremy Lin begins workouts
Associated Press September 18, 2012
The 6-foot-3 point guard, who became an international phenomenon during one dazzling month with the Knicks last season, went through his first workout with the Houston Rockets on Tuesday.
Naturally, he drew a horde of media to the Toyota Center, evidence that Linsanity has plenty of life left in it.
"I don't know if I'm the face of the franchise just yet," Lin said. "I think we're a young team and we're all going to buy in. The thing about us is it's not going to be any one person that's going to carry us to where we want to go, it's going to be everybody. I think it's so early on, I'm just trying to get to know the guys."
Justin Bieber is 'top musician under 21'
Justin Bieber is 'top musician under 21'
Wednesday, 19 September 2012From bbc news
Justin Bieber is the world's top young musician under 21 according to a list compiled by the American magazine Billboard.
The Canadian singer was number one in the 21 Under 21 list for the second year running.
He beat previous X Factor UK acts like One Direction and Cher Lloyd to the top spot.
Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli sing at Marvin Hamlisch memorial service
Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli sing at Marvin Hamlisch memorial service
Barbara Streisand performs during A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, a memorial concert, at The Juilliard School's Peter Jay Sharp Theater, Sept. 18, 2012, in New York. (Credit: AP)
Minnelli sang "If You Really Knew Me" from the musical "They're Playing My Song," Franklin gave a soulful rendition of "Nobody Does It Better" from the James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me" and Streisand brought the crowd to its feet when she finished "The Way We Were" from the film of the same name.
U.S. mortgage refinancing applications rise as rates hit record low: MBA
U.S. mortgage refinancing applications rise as rates hit record low: MBA
NEW YORK | Wed Sep 19, 2012 The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, edged down 0.2 percent in the week ended Sept 14.
Lindsay Lohan arrested in New York after striking pedestrian outside nightclub
Lindsay Lohan arrested in New York after striking pedestrian outside nightclub
The actress was driving through a crowd of people outside Dream Downtown when she bumped one man in the knee, police said.BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA AND RHEANA MURRAY / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
PUBLISHED: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Lindsay Lohan was arrested early Wednesday in New York after hitting a pedestrian with her Porsche, police said.
The troubled actress was maneuvering around a crowd of people in an alley between the Dream Downtown, a hotel and nightclub in the Meatpacking District, and the Maritime restaurant.
eBay sellers: iPhone 5 is yours for a mere $1,600
eBay sellers: iPhone 5 is yours for a mere $1,600
People are selling the iPhone 5 at a premium on eBay in yet another sign that demand for the smartphone is high.
by Greg Sandoval September 19, 2012
A check of eBay shows that the range of prices varies wildly. The secondary market thinks nothing of asking more than $1,000 for an unlocked 64-gigabyte iPhone 5 and there were was one going for $1,625. Unlocked 32 GB models could be found for between $800 and $1000. Those selling unlocked
First Class Travel for Luxury Yachts
First Class Travel for Luxury Yachts
By JIM CARRIERPublished: September 19, 2012
GENOA, ITALY — On the eve of the 65th Cannes Film festival this year, Lady Joy, a star American attraction, arrived by ship under gray, rain-spitting skies in this grimy north Italian port, before setting off along the coast for the French Riviera, her stylists and makeup artists primping her for a cocktail party she would shortly host.Lady Joy is a $38 million, 157-foot, or 48-meter, superyacht.
Launched in Seattle in 2007 and one of the largest private seagoing vessels in the world, she was perfectly capable of sailing to France from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, her last port of call.
Back to school in Chicago as teachers' strike ends
Back to school in Chicago as teachers' strike ends
By Greg McCune
CHICAGO, Sept 19 | Wed Sep 19, 2012
(Reuters) - Chicago students return to school on Wednesday after a teachers' strike ended, thrilling parents who had to stay home from work to care for their kids, pay for alternative childcare or leave them with friends and relatives for more than a week.Representatives of the 29,000 striking Chicago public school teachers and support staff voted on Tuesday to suspend their strike and accept a compromise agreement on a new three-year contract with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Some 350,000 kindergarten, elementary and high school students return to classes after missing seven school days in the third-largest U.S. school district after New York and Los Angeles.
It was the first time since 1987 that Chicago teachers had walked off the job and nearly everyone in the city seemed relieved that it was over.
September 18, 2012
New study again links ‘sexting’ with risky sexual behaviour in teenagers
New study again links ‘sexting’ with risky sexual behaviour in teenagers
Genevra Pittman, Reuters | Sep 17, 2012
One out of every seven Los Angeles high school students with a cellphone has sent a sexually explicit text message or photo, according to results of a 2011 survey that also found “sexters” more likely to engage in risky sex behaviours.
In the new study, the L.A. teenagers who had sent racy texts were seven times more likely to be sexually active than those who said they’d never sexted.
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