Next blow for NAB as Europe chief exits - Sydney Morning Herald
28 May 2012, 3:08 am
National Australia Bank boss Cameron Clyne will personally oversee the restructure of the bank’s under-pressure British arm after long-serving European chairman Malcolm Williamson outlined plans to step down from next month. Mr Clyne will step in as ...

Gaga 'devastated' at concert blow - Belfast Telegraph
28 May 2012, 12:44 am
Lady Gaga has told fans she was "devastated" at having to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia, following threats by Islamic hardliners who called her a "devil worshipper". Controversy over the concert is a blow to the predominantly Muslim country's ...

Gargantuan blow At Jake’s Immoral Thieving Agenda - GhanaHomePage
27 May 2012, 11:54 pm
Certificateless Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, the National Chairman of the NPP, who doubles as the Chairman of the NPP’s looting and stealing brigade, has been dealt a gargantuan blow, by the well-meaning Government of His Excellency President John Evans ...

Alfredo Aceves, Red Sox blow it - Boston Herald
27 May 2012, 10:00 pm
One out to go: If there’s such a thing as a walk-off loss at home, the Red Sox [team stats] just experienced one. Just two outs away from a 3-2 victory that would have lifted them above .500 for the first time in addition to a likely lift out of the AL ...

Santander's UK customers voice fears after Spanish banking credit rating blow - Daily Mail
27 May 2012, 1:10 pm
Millions of British bank customers felt the effects of the eurozone turmoil today as Santander became the latest giant to be hit by the debt crisis. The High Street chain saw its credit rating slashed as anxious consumers in Spain withdrew £1bn - sparking ...

Microsoft Delivers a blow to Open Source with Visual Studio 11 - PC World
27 May 2012, 9:21 am
Microsoft has already ruffled more than a few feathers with the exclusionary potential of its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system, and this past week the open source community has been up in arms again. The cause this time has been its Visual Studio 11 ...

Age row: SC judge asked me to 'blow with wind', Gen V K Singh says - Times of India
26 May 2012, 9:44 am
NEW DELHI: Five days before his controversial 26-month tenure as Army chief comes to an end, Gen V K Singh on Saturday voiced criticism of the defence ministry for "selectively leaking" information to "fix" him. In a series of interviews to TV ...

Arpaio posse aims to throw final blow - Examiner
26 May 2012, 7:56 am
Members of the Sheriff Arpiao cold-case investigation posse have concluded a week long Obama birth certificate search in Hawaii, only to find even more damning evidence supporting the President's ultimate ineligibility. Despite recent threats of federal ...

Justice Delayed: Did the NYPD blow the Etan Patz Case? - Daily Beast
24 May 2012, 8:45 pm
Police say the man charged with murdering the 6-year-old boy became a suspect only recently. But cops may have been tipped off 33 years ago. Michael Daly reports. On the eve of the 33rd anniversary of the disappearance of Etan Patz, New York ...

Rockies blow another lead and losing streak reaches 6 games with 7-6 loss to Miami - Winnipeg Free Press
22 May 2012, 10:56 pm
MIAMI - Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy has the owner's support. What he lacks is pitching. The Rockies blew a big early lead for the second night in a row, and their losing streak reached six games Tuesday with a 7-6 defeat against the Miami Marlins.