'Star' Traders Who Leave Banks To Strike Out On their Own Are Realizing That They Stink - The Business Insider
28 May 2012, 7:25 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest traders to have swapped working at a bank for running their own hedge funds are finding it much tougher on their own, with returns since they launched lagging rivals and disappointing investors. Dozens of top traders ...

U.S. women soccer players get plenty of ink for their accomplishments - Los Angeles Times
28 May 2012, 7:04 am
You never forget the first time, Sydney Leroux says. In her case it came when she was just 13, after a bet with her mother over how many goals she would score in a national soccer tournament. Yet for both women their first and subsequent tattoos ...

Veterans share their thoughts on Memorial Day - Chico Enterprise-Record
28 May 2012, 2:46 am
Veterans have a unique perspective on Memorial Day. They remember those who didn't come home, the reasons they went to war, the friends who survived and the ones still serving. To commemorate this Memorial Day, veterans participating in the ...

Will RBI and government learn their lessons from current crisis? - rediff.com
28 May 2012, 1:06 am
We are still in love with the idea of a strong rupee, not realising how much it hurts our poor people and the farmers, says Sonali Ranade The dollar closed last week at 55.36 after having made a high of 56.38 against the Indian rupee. The ...

Christians coming together to celebrate the birth of their church - Pentecost - Examiner
27 May 2012, 10:43 pm
We are gathering this morning not as different churches but all as fellow Christian come to worship God and celebrate the power of the Holy Spirit at the start of the ecumenical Pentecost service in Downey, CA with 6 churches getting together to ...

Swept off their feet by 'Amour' - Los Angeles Times
27 May 2012, 10:14 pm
CANNES, France – Watching a film get an award is rarely as moving and emotional as watching the film itself, but that was the experience Sunday night at the Cannes Film Festival when Michael Haneke's"Amour" won the Palme d'Or. The applause for ...

One Direction Has Seen their 'Biggest Audience' Ever On U.S. Tour - MTV
25 May 2012, 5:49 am
One Direction are in the first week of their headlining U.S. tour. And, according to the guys themselves, they've gotten as much love from fans in the States as they did abroad. "[It's going] good, great," Louis Tomlinson explained to MTV News. "We did the ...

Dwyane Wade and LeBron James playing their best as Heat roll into Eastern Conference finals - YAHOO!
25 May 2012, 1:59 am
INDIANAPOLIS – The hot pink pants had LeBron James walking on the far side of the corridor, a camera lens closing fast and causing the NBA’s Most Valuable Player to distance himself in mock embarrassment. Dwyane Wade had brought South Beach to the ...

Large Investors Choose to Swim on their Own - Wall Street Journal
22 May 2012, 7:42 pm
Some of the world's biggest investors are betting they can beat real-estate fund managers at their own game. Put off by high fees and disappointing performance of so-called pooled funds, major institutions such as Harvard University's endowment ...

Verizon Finds an Innovative Way for Customers to Bust Through their Data Caps - All Things Digital
21 May 2012, 6:54 pm
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday is launching a new Android app that aims to make it even easier for customers to find video from their mobile device. Dubbed Viewdini, the app allows users to search for a particular title, actor or keyword across a ...