News and notes from Oahu Kansas City Star | Oahu is the hub of Hawaiian tourism, and anyone who has visited Waikiki during spring break or summer vacation knows why the island has the nickname "The Gathering Place." Here are a few items I picked up on my visit last month (and since my return): | Ukulele fail, take two: Hawaii failed for a s...
Nikkei slides to 3-month low as Europe, US worries bite The Times Of India Tweet | TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei average slid nearly 3 per cent to its lowest close in three months on Monday after elections in Europe stoked worries about efforts to resolve the euro zone debt crisis and US jobs data disappointed. | The 2.8 per cent drop in the Nikkei marked the index's biggest fall ...
Finding a way to make racing prosper and survive The Gleaner | Howard Hamilton, HORSE SENSE | Discussions with respect to the role of our local bookmakers in the racing industry will now be a serious topic following the release of the report commissioned by the minister of finance. It is timely that we look at...
A debate: Should you jump in on Facebook debut? Herald Tribune | EDITOR'S NOTE - Facebook begins selling stock to the public Friday in the most talked-about market debut in years. Two Associated Press business writers are debating whether the stock is a smart buy. | PRESS THE `LIKE' BUTTON, SOON | By MICHAEL LIE...
Reminder: The Facebook IPO Won’t Make You Rich Gizmodo Brian Barrett - | It’s Facebook IPO day! After months of SEC reviews and roadshows and profiteering, FB will finally take its place in the Nasdaq menagerie when markets opens at 9:30 EST. Time to start digging up your backyard bullion sta...
50 Years Ago: The World in 1962 Houston Chronicle May 14, 2012 | Tweet | A half-century ago, the space race was heating up and the Cold War was freezing over. Soviet missile bases discovered in Cuba triggered a crisis that brought the U.S. to the brink of war with the U.S.S.R. Civil rights activists...
Exclusive Media, Cross Creek Partnership Launches with Liam Neeson Thriller The Wrap Print this page Tweet | Exclusive Media has signed a three-year deal with Cross Creek Pictures to finance, develop and produce at least two films a year. | The two companies will split financing, production and development evenly, aiming for budgets ...
Philip Seymour Hoffman to Star in 'A Most Wanted Man' The Wrap Print this page Tweet | Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in a film adaption of John Le Carre's "A Most Wanted Man." | The Oscar winner and Tony nominee will play the leader of a covert Germany spy group looking into the case of Issa, a ...
Philip Roth's 'American Pastoral' Being Made into Movie The Wrap Print this page Tweet | Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "American Pastoral" will be made into a movie from director Fisher Stevens. | The book is one of Roth's most critically heralded and offers a look at the social uphe...
Alex Ferguson rushed to hospital Joy Online Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson was rushed to hospital Friday night. | He was at a soccer bash when he suffered a heavy nose bleed that would not stop. | Fergie — treated for a heart problem in 2003 — was taken by ambulance to hospital in Glasgow. | The scare came as he was about to speak at the city’s Thistle Hotel at a dinner to celebrate 40 years...
