Muzaffar Salman/ReutersA portrait of President Bashar al-Assad outside the venue of a charity concert by the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra in Damascus on Nov. 21. DAMASCUS, Syria — Business has been terrible for Abu Tareq, a taxi driver, so last week, without telling his wife, he agreed to drive a man to the Damascus airport for 10 times the usual rate. But, he said later, he will not be doing...
Johnny Depp, Jennifer Love Hewitt Bring New Twists to Classic Films & More Casting News
Label: Lifestyle By Julia Haskins 12/09/2012 at 03:00 PM EST Johnny Depp and Jennifer Love Hewitt Wireimage(2) Johnny Depp and Jennifer Love Hewitt are re-imagining stories, both classic and bizarre, in upcoming movies.Depp will help give life to Miguel de Cervantes's famed character...
Wall St Week Ahead: "Cliff" worries may drive tax selling
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors typically sell stocks to cut their losses at year end. But worries about the "fiscal cliff" - and the possibility of higher taxes in 2013 - may act as the greatest incentive to sell both winners and losers by December 31. The $600 billion of automatic tax increases and spending cuts scheduled for the beginning of next year includes higher rates for capital...
Dec
08
Weekend Holiday Movie Guide: Watch This, Not That
Label: Lifestyle By PEOPLE Movie Critic Alynda Wheat 12/08/2012 at 02:15 PM EST Daniel Day-Lewis and Bill Murray Twentieth Century FOX; Nicola Dove/Focus Features The hectic holidays are almost upon us, which means it's the perfect time of year to head to the movies – provided...
Wall Street Week Ahead: "Cliff" worries may drive tax selling
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors typically sell stocks to cut their losses at year end. But worries about the "fiscal cliff" - and the possibility of higher taxes in 2013 - may act as the greatest incentive to sell both winners and losers by December 31. The $600 billion of automatic tax increases and spending cuts scheduled for the beginning of next year includes higher rates for capital...
Dec
07
The Lede Blog: Hospital Nurse in Radio Hoax With Kate Middleton Is Found Dead
Label: WorldVideo of a statement on Friday from the London hospital where Kate Middleton was treated this week.A nurse at a London hospital, who took a prank call from two Australian radio disc jockeys pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles to get details on Kate Middleton’s medical condition, was found dead on Friday, the hospital said.John Lofthouse, the chief executive of the King Edward VII...
‘Post-PC’ is more than just marketing buzz for Apple CEO Tim Cook
Label: TechnologyApple (AAPL) is no stranger to ditching technologies when it deems them to no longer be useful. The company dropped the floppy disk for a CD-ROM drive on the first iMac and most recently has shifted to building MacBooks and iMacs without any physical disc drives. In his first televised interview on NBC’s Rockcenter with Brian Williams, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that he has “ditched physical...
Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen to Headline 12-12-12 Sandy Relief Concert
Label: Lifestyle By Andrea Billups 12/07/2012 at 02:20 PM EST Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen INF; Mark J.Terrill/AP A benefit concert to help the victims of Superstorm Sandy will showcase both hometown talent, such as Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen, and stars from abroad, including...
Solid jobs data spurs little buying, Apple falls again
Label: BusinessNEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 eked out only a slight gain on Friday as weak consumer sentiment data offset enthusiasm from a better-than-expected jobs report, while the Nasdaq slipped after some investors resumed a sell-off of Apple shares. Wall Street opened higher after the U.S. Labor Department said non-farm payrolls added 146,000 jobs in November. However, the gains faded,...
Smokers celebrate as Wash. legalizes marijuana
Label: HealthSEATTLE (AP) — The crowds of happy people lighting joints under Seattle's Space Needle early Thursday morning with nary a police officer in sight bespoke the new reality: Marijuana is legal under Washington state law.Hundreds gathered at Seattle Center for a New Year's Eve-style countdown to 12 a.m., when the legalization measure passed by voters last month took effect. When the clock struck, they...
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