Showing posts from October 19, 2012

Barclays cuts MS price target, Windows 8’s launch awaited

REUTERS LONDON BARCLAYS Capital cut its price target on Microsoft Inc’s stock after the world’s largest software company reported a greater-than-expected dip in its quarterly profit. However, most b…

Merkel raises new hurdles on EU bank union

REUTERS BRUSSELS GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel raised new hurdles on Friday to using the eurozone’s rescue fund to inject capital directly into ailing banks from next year, dashing Spain’s hopes o…

GE’s Q3 earnings up 8.3%

REUTERS NEW YORK GENERAL Electric Co notched an 8.3 percent rise in quarterly earnings, but its shares slipped 2 percent in premarket trading as revenue fell shy of analysts’ expectations. GE, the l…

Get a new driving experience with Mercedes-Benz SL

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA LIGHTWEIGHT, athletic and luxurious are only some of the attributes that come to mind when one sees the brand new Mercedes-Benz SL which was launched by NBK Automobiles at …

Challenges of Parkinson’s disease discussed at WCMC-Q health meet

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA THE limitations of diagnosing or tracing the development of the Parkinson’s disease due to lack of reliable tools were discussed at the monthly community health forum title…

Over 6,000 enjoy Qtel’s free cricket screening

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA MORE than 6,000 cricket fans enjoyed watching the thrilling ICC World Twenty20 semifinals and finals held recently in Sri Lanka at a free screening in the Industrial Area, …

Top experts take part in QU’s carbon capture workshop

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA QATAR University’s Gas Processing Centre (GPC) held a high-level workshop ‘Horizons and challenges of carbon capture and storage’ (CCS) recently, drawing local and internat…

Drop in aid to LCDs worries Qatar

QNA NEW YORK QATAR expressed concern over the significant reduction in aid to the least developed countries (LDCs). Articulating Qatar’s views on this issue at the Second Committee of the 67th UN Ge…

15 Yemeni soldiers killed in attack

AFP ADEN ALQAEDAmilitants set off an explosives-laden car inside an army base in southern Yemen at dawn on Friday, killing at least 15 soldiers and wounding 29 others, military officials said. Eight…

Vrede arriveert gezant Brahimi in Damascus

AFP UN and Arab League Envoy DAMASCUS that Lakhdar Brahimi arrived in Damascus on Friday as he bids to a 19-month truce to secure Syria conflict, an AFP journalist said. "We have had talks with…

Syrian warplanes keep pounding rebel held city

AFP MAARET AL-NUMAN WARPLANES pounded an important rebel-hold city in Syria for a second straight day on Friday as violence continued on the ground, with loyalists of President Bashar al Assad and r…

Italy WINS final, Brazil takes women's title

RAAJIV TRIPATHI DOHA Diatec TRENTINO maintained the Italian stranglehold on the FIVB World Women's Volleyball Championship Clubs men's Crown in the Sports Hall in Aspire Zone on Friday by ov…

Arab League, UN urge Eid ceasefire in Syria

AFP & REUTERS NEW YORK the heads of the Arab League and the United Nations issued a joint call to Syria the warring parties on Friday, urging them to observe a ceasefire over the three-day Eid a…

Top official among 7 dead, 96 hurt in Beirut

AFP BEIRUT A powerful car bomb in Beirut killed a senior official associated with the anti-Damascus camp in Lebanon on Friday, officials said, further increase tensions on the war in the neighbourin…
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