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London, Apr 2 : Hollywood actor Robert Patrick is gearing up to reprise his role as the evil robot in ‘Terminator 5′. Apr
02
2009
Empire: Total War continues its run on NPD’s top 10 best selling PC games list (Big Download Blog)Filed under: Biz Apparently folks like fighting the American Revolution over and over again. The latest list of the NPD Group ’s top 10 best selling PC games in US retail stores shows Empire: Total War atop the list for the third week in a row. The historical RTS game from The Creative Assembly and Sega is number one again for the week that ended on March 21 Little has changed compare to last … Jonathan Weil over at Bloomberg finds a great way to illustrate the see-no-evil-hear-no-evil policy being instituted by the accounting-standards board FASB to make banks look healthier. Venezuelan president has little hope of better ties with U.S., hopes Obama is last president of Yankee empire Google is reported to be searching for a new corporate motto to replace its famous “don’t be evil” because it has become an easy target for its critics. David Krane, a senior spokesperson for Google, told SVW: “I never liked it. I always felt that it would… New York-based Signature Bank has returned $120 million in federal TARP funds to the Treasury. President and CEO Joseph DePaolo says the TARP program is now perceived as helping “evil” banks, and he doesn’t want that stigma associated with his company. A Kremlin academic has predicted that the global economic crisis will pave the way for Vladimir Putin to rule over a reconstituted Soviet empire stretching from central Europe to the Canadian border within four years. Feb
28
2009
Bangkok Post : THE EMPIRE LOSES ITS HEIR TO THE THRONE (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)When Peter Chernin settled into his plush seat at the Kodak Theatre for last Sunday night’s Oscars to see his company’s film Slumdog Millionaire sweep the board, he was holding a secret that would set Hollywood abuzz just as soon as the red carpet had been rolled up for another year. Feb
28
2009
Afghanistan ‘a serious test’ for NATO: Harper (AFP via Yahoo! News)The mission in insurgency-plagued Afghanistan is “a serious test” for the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday. Feb
27
2009
Allen Stanford borrowed £1.6 billion from his investment empire (Times Online)Allen Stanford, the Texan cricket impresario, borrowed $1.6 billion from his investment empire, it emerged today as his chief investment officer was due in a Houston court to hear charges that she has obstructed regulators. |