Watch a Concert at the White House Over the past several years, dozens of musicians and performers have come to perform at the White House in celebration of American musical culture. We’ve put together a brand new collection of those performances, from Paul McCartney to John Legend, and now you can watch them all in [...]
Dewi Sukarno reveals new details about the events of 1965 in a revealing interview with host Lin Neumann. She was 19 when she met and fell in love with President Sukarno, who made the Japanese beauty Indonesia’s First Lady. She also discusses her current life and her devotion to Sukarno. Click here: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/bigtalk/bung-karno-s-first-lady/may-7-2012 Segment 2 [...]
HSBC’s Christian Deseglise says emerging market fundamentals are improving even as the developed world’s economy struggles and likes the debt in regions like Indonesia, Uruguay and the Philippines. Print PDF This post was submitted by Reuters / IM.
The shadow of the moon swept across the globe from Hong Kong to the Texas Panhandle as a rare annular solar eclipse began Monday morning in Asia and traversed the Pacific. The sun appeared as a thin ring behind the moon to people in a narrow path along the center of the track, which began [...]
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is heading home early from the NATO summit in Chicago after a strong earthquake struck near Bologna overnight, his government announced Sunday. At least seven people died, 50 were hurt and a large number displaced by the magnitude 6.0 quake that struck northern Italy early Sunday. In a statement released [...]
Ma Ying-jeou begins second term amid protests over living costs and policies seen by critics as too China-friendly. Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan’s incumbent president who was re-elected in January, has been sworn into office for a second four-year term. In his inaugural speech at Taipei’s presidential palace on Sunday, Ma, a member of the Nationalist Party (KMT), [...]
An unnamed buyer paid more than $90 million for a Midtown Manhattan penthouse, the highest price ever paid for a New York apartment, according to the building’s developer. The seller, the Extell Development Co., had been asking $98.5 million for the 10,923 square-foot condominium. Gary Barnett, Extell’s president, wouldn’t confirm the exact price the condominium [...]
President Barack Obama calls for focus on growth and fiscal consolidation as eurozone crisis tops agenda for G8 summit. G8 leaders has said it is “their imperative” to promote growth and jobs to reinvigorate the global economy, and gave their backing to Greece remaining in the eurozone. “We agree on the importance of a strong [...]
President Obama discusses the reforms to Wall Street that he put in place to protect consumers and make Wall Street play by the same set of rules — and calls on lawmakers to finish implementing these reforms so that we can prevent excessive risk-taking and help create an economy that is built to last. [...]
Facebook’s stock market debut finally came and went — but for all the breathless hype, shares ended right near their offering price. On Thursday night, Facebook (FB) set its final IPO price at $38 a share. When the stock began trading at 11:30 a.m. ET on Friday, the first trade came in at $42.05 per share – a [...]
A landslide in the Swiss Alps caused 300,000 cubic meters of rock to slide down a mountainside. Print PDF This post was submitted by CNN / IM.
Japanese researchers investigate claims that animals can sense changes when ground is about to shake. Scientists in Japan are investigating whether the behaviour of animals, including cats, fish and snakes, could be monitored to predict when an earthquake is about to happen. They believe there is evidence to suggest animals can sense changes in the [...]
Angelenos are in some of the worst financial distress in the U.S., with the region’s households facing below average credit, housing and employment figures. A nationwide index measuring the financial health of the average U.S. household is currently at 69.9, a hair under the stable 70 level, according to a report from nonprofit credit counseling agency CredAbility. [...]
Indonesian capital unprepared for major quake due to increase in unsafe structures. Seismologists in Jakarta have said the Indonesian capital is more vulnerable to a major earthquake’s destruction than in the past due to a rapid increase of unsafe homes, shops and other fragile structures. Experts claim the city is dangerously unprepared for a potential disaster when compared to other [...]
As details of the foiled al Qaeda plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airline became public, the world learned not only about a daring operation to stop terrorists, but also about the new reality of how U.S. intelligence works. American and foreign intelligence partners working hand in hand to rid the world of the scourge [...]
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