A trade deficit this month was the first in 22 months for Japan due to factors like weak exports to China and higher import costs. Instead of registering a surplus worth 49.6 billion yen in line with expectations, Japan posted a deficit of $471.4 billion yen or $5.7 billion in January. Just a month earlier, […]
Netflix streaming will soon offer customers some of the most-loved programs in American television history from CBS Broadcasting Inc. Under a new contract announced Tuesday by the two companies, users of Internet streaming and video rental site Netflix will have access to full seasons of past television programs such as “Star Trek, “The Twilight Zone” […]
Liam Neeson solidified his status as a bona fide action star with his movie “Unknown” taking the number one spot in the U.S. box office weekend. “Unknown” took $21.8 million in sales through Sunday according to the movie’s studio Warner Bros. The movie stars Neeson as a botanist whose identity was stolen and tries to […]
Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone confirmed today that the Bahrain Grand Prix will not be held on March 13 as originally planned because of security concerns brought by intense street protests there. Ecclestone did not specify an alternative date for the race in this troubled Gulf state. The 2011 Formula One season will now begin […]
Gastric bypass surgery is more dependable than other weight loss procedure including Lap-Band, U.S. researchers said in a report published in this month’s issue of the Archives of Surgery. The stomach-stapling procedure was also shown to be better in preventing or reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes. It involves skipping a small section of […]
Chronic fatigue syndrome, whose prevalence and exact cause are still unknown, has been shown in a British study to respond to psychotherapy and exercise rather than antiviral drugs alone. The use of antiviral drugs has been preferred by many sufferers and other clinicians over the years because of other studies that showed that the condition […]
Borders books on sale attracted plenty of shoppers to about 200 Borders locations nationwide, as the outlets start to clear out inventory before they close due to bankruptcy. The closing stores represent about a third of all Borders locations. In Southern California alone, 21 outlets will be closing by April. Over the weekend, book lovers […]
Justin Bieber proved critics he has some real skills — at least in the basketball court Friday night. The 16-year old singing sensation notched eight points, dished out four assists and grabbed two rebounds for good measure during the NBA All-Star celebrity game in Los Angeles. But his West squad fell to the East 54-49 […]
Alzheimer’s disease patients who are bilingual or speak at least two languages adequately may have given themselves a buffer to soften the blow or slow down the progression of the disease. A new study of 450 Alzheimer’s disease patients sheds some light on how the brain uses language to stave off symptoms of cognitive decline. […]
Nonito Donaire threw a cracking left hook to the right side of the head of Mexican Fernando Montiel to score a second-round TKO in their bantamweight championship fight in Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Donaire is now the WBC and WBO bantamweight champion with the impressive win. Nicknamed “The Filipino Flash”, Donaire was very active […]
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