Latest worldwide news
Microsoft offers ValueAct president seat on board | | SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Friday offered a seat on its board to the president of ValueAct Capital Management, the activist fund manager that pressed for the ouster of Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and wanted a say on the software giant's strategy after taking a $2 billion stake earlier this year. |
Are chemical attacks the worst? | | The U.S. and international effort to respond to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria begs the question Why intervene now, and not earlier in the civil war? |
NASA's Mars rover spies solar eclipse | | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity turned its cameras skyward to snap pictures of the planet's moon, Phobos, passing in front of the sun, images released on Thursday show. |
Dog eats dog as Britain's tabloids bare all | | LONDON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Fleet Street's finest jostled furiously at the start on Thursday of a government inquiry, trying to grab public attention with tales of shock and horror. |
Water polo's school of hard knocks | | Kicks and punches, flailing limbs, nail scratching and even inadvertent ripping off of bathing suits -- a lot goes on under the surface in water polo. "We're really friendly out of the water but as soon as we get into that pool anything is possible," says top goal scorer Rowena Webster of Australia. |
QA Cooking With a New Computer | | Unless a specific program is needed say, one for creating a cookbook choosing between Mac or Windows is a matter of preference. |
A Rebuilt Revis Is Looking Ahead, Not Back | | Darrelle Revis, traded by the Jets in April, knows that the Buccaneers are taking a chance that he can recover fully from a torn knee ligament. But Im betting on myself. Wouldnt you? Revis said. |
Japan govt abandons hands-off approach to Fukushima clean-up | | TOKYO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Japan's government is moving to take a more direct role in the clean-up of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, as concerns grow over the ability of embattled operator Tokyo Electric to handle the legacy of the worst atomic disaster in a quarter century. |
| |
Комментариев нет:
Отправить комментарий