Microsoft to announce new Xbox

SBS - Sunday 19th May, 2013

After eight years and over 77 million units sold, Microsoft looks set to announce the successor to the Xbox 360 video game console next ...

Business bulletins May 19

Knox News - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Tennessee Small Business Development Center, Roane State: offers a seminar on the Affordable Care Act for businesses 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday at the Oak Ridge Chamber, 1400 Oak Ridge Turnpike. ...

China Tourism Day and 3rd Western China Tourism Industry Expo open in Chongqing

Global Times - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Dancers perform for the opening of the China Tourism Day and the 3rd Western China Tourism Industry Expo, in Chongqing, Southwest China, May 19, 2013. Chongqing is the main venue for the 2013 China Tourism Day. (Xinhua/Li ...

Dubai World Central starts building new warehouses

Construction Week Online - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Dubai World Central (DWC) has announced that it has begin construction on the fourth complex of warehouses to be developed within its logistics ...

Where in the world is Ragheb Alama Fans worried he wouldn’t show for Friday’s Arab Idol

albawaba - Sunday 19th May, 2013

fight with fellow feisty judge Ahlam digging too deep into Ragheb Alama's skin to the point that he flew the coup and headed to the City of Lights to hide in the Eiffel Tower? This was the question some fans wondered when the superstar tweeted a pic from Paris last week.Ragheb didn't let his fans down, and made it to Friday night's episode of the hit talent show, only for the ...

Guantanamo Prison Hunger Strike Puts The Eyes Of The World On Us

Addicting Info - Sunday 19th May, 2013

U.S. Guantanamo prison wasestablished by the Bush administration in 2002. Of the 166 detainees, over 100 are refusing to eatas a form of protest. Some simply want ...

Former CEO Of Nestle Wants The World’s Water Supply Under Corporate Control

Addicting Info - Sunday 19th May, 2013

@GreenBiz Nestle’s former CEO has not only come out in favor of genetically modified food and fought vigorously against the labeling of such food by corporations, he has also expressed favor with the idea ...

‘Buycott’ App Lets You Track Corporate Parenthood Of Goods Koch Bros’ Piece For Boycotts

Addicting Info - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Although it’s temporarily off the Android market (available on the iPhone still) while the creators attempt to handle the enormous amount of traffic put on their system due to their inability to foresee the utter awesomeness of their creation, a new app has been created that allows you to boycott the Koch brothers, Monsanto or, if you’d like, any company that has supported campaigns ...

Stockton business customers robbed

Record Net - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The men entered the lobby of the business about 10:15 a.m., one armed with a gun and the other armed with a six-inch knife, police said. The man with the gun jumped over the counter and took money from the register and the safe, officers said. The other man robbed customers in the lobby, taking cash, wallets, cellphones and identifications, authorities ...

Business calendar Week of May 20

Sacramento Bee - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Tuesday9 a.m.-noon – Sacramento County presents a free workshop, "Doing Business With Sacramento County," at the Northern California SBDC-Greater Sacramento/Sierra, 1410 Ethan Way. To register, ...

Developing nation’s share of global investment to rise by 2030

Ghana News Agency - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Hohoe (V/R), May 19 GNA - Seventeen years from now, half the global stock of capital, totalling 8 trillion will reside in the developing world, compared to less than the current ...

Microsoft holds NGOs Connection Day in Accra

Ghana News Agency - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The event organised on the theme, "Technology for Social Good" was to help NGOs harness the power technology in the delivery of their social ...

Microsoft poised to invest in promising ICT experts in Ghana

Ghana News Agency - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Accra, May 18, GNA - Microsoft is poised to invest in the young and promising Information Communication Technology (ICT) experts who are willing to transform Ghana through the power of ...

GCC is 13th largest world economy says Bahraini Min.

WAM - Sunday 19th May, 2013

WAM ABU DHABI: Gulf hydrocarbon producers emerged as the 13th most powerful economy in the world in 2011 while strong oil prices allowed them to become the fifth largest exporter with the highest trade surplus, according to a Bahraini minister. Hassan Fakhru, minister of trade and industry, estimated the combined GDP of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at around US$1.4 trillion ...

World UK PM losing control of party over EU

Standard Digital - Sunday 19th May, 2013

EU , there would be dire consequences for the country's global influence. The Tories said the PM's position on seeking to return powers was unchanged. Lord Howe's warning comes amid press reports that a figure close to the prime minister called grassroots Conservatives pushing for ...

Most influential Brit expats in banking and finance

Arabian Business - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Rick Pudner, CEO, Emirates NBD Rick Pudner heads Emirates NBD, Dubai's largest lender. Pudner joined Emirates Bank as chief executive in 2006 before it merged with National Bank of Dubai a year later. He led ENBD through Dubai's boom years before the emirate's property market tanked escalating into a full blown financial crisis that required the restructuring of corporate and ...

Working conditions in the fashion industry news and teaching resources round up

The Guardian - Sunday 19th May, 2013

The collapse of a factory in Bangladesh has put sustainability in the fashion industry back on the agenda. Here are the best news stories and teaching resources to deal with the issues in ...

Market to take cues from FIIs inflows corporate earnings

Times of India - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Fifteen touch-screen smartphones to consider below Rs 15,000 Within the huge list, we take a look at fifteen touch-screen smartphones that have been ...

Business tycoon of Indian origin Vivek Ranadive to own NBA franchise

merinews - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A software billionaire, Vivek Ranadive has brought smile on the faces of Sacramento Kings' fans after he along with his ownership group reached an agreement for acquiring 65 per cent stake in the Kings. He has thus become the first person of Indian descent to own an NBA ...

Finance and media dominate Brit List rankings

Arabian Business - Sunday 19th May, 2013

A total of seventeen sectors are featured on the inaugural Arabian Business Brit List, showing the strong diversity of roles in which Britons in the UAE are now ...

Weak yen helps drive Japan earnings but no cure-all

General Sources - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Japan's earnings season has drawn to a close with the sharply weaker yen helping inflate profits at some of the nation's top exporters, but, warn some commentators, the drop is not all good news. Sony booked its first annual profit in five years, Toyota more than tripled its earnings in the fiscal year to March and the head of rival automaker Nissan hailed the taming of the currency. ...

Auto world shifts gears to emerging markets India to ride the high tide

Times of India - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Expressing surprise over S&P's threat to downgrade India's credit rating, India Inc termed the agency's affirming its negative outlook on the country as unfortunate and ...