UK Workers 'To Be Better Off This year' - Sky.com
28 May 2012, 6:42 am
After five long and "torried" years for hard-pressed UK families and consumers, things are finally starting to look up, says a group of leading economic forecasters. The average earner will have £482 more to spend this year and £624 in 2013 ...

21-year-old becomes first Filipino to win Grand Prix - Examiner
28 May 2012, 5:52 am
On Saturday, 21-year-old race car driver Marlon Stockinger of Manila won the prestigious Monaco GP3 event in the French Riviera, making him one of the youngest formula race winners in history.  With the win, Stockinger also becomes the first ...

Making the H-1B Visa Quota for Fiscal year 2013 - Yahoo Finance
28 May 2012, 5:02 am
DALLAS, May 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/-- On April 1, USCIS began accepting H-1B visa applications for fiscal year 2013, which starts on Oct. 1. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120528/CG14420) The H-1B visa program enables U.S ...

How Ankit and Neha turned dial-a-photographer venture Giggles profitable within a year - Economic Times
28 May 2012, 4:48 am
Many people are passionate about photography. Most love kids. But how many think of combining the two to make a career out of it? Meet photographer duo Ankit Chawla and Neha Malhotra, who zeroed in on the idea with Giggles Photography.

JGB yields head back toward a nine-year low on euro zone fears - Reuters
28 May 2012, 2:32 am
TOKYO, May 28 (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds were higher on Monday, with benchmark yields edging back toward a nearly nine-year low hit this month, as investors sought a safe haven from the euro zone's debt woes. A government source said ...

China to start crude oil Futures this year - Commodity Online
28 May 2012, 1:27 am
SHANGHAI(Commodity Online): China is all set to launch international crude oil futures from the Shanghai Futures Exchange by the end of this year. According to SHFE, relevant authorities have made substantial progress in developing the contract ...

Summer Swoon For Tech Will Be Worse This year - Seekingalpha.com
28 May 2012, 12:52 am
Typically technology stocks tend to swoon over the summer. Perhaps this is partially because Europeans, many of whom get 6 weeks of vacation per year tend to take it in the summer. Perhaps it is just that the markets get tired after an initial push upward ...

Facebook may launch smart phone next year - Newstrack India
28 May 2012, 12:16 am
Washington, May 28 (ANI): Facebook may launch its first-ever smartphone by next year, a new report has revealed. According to Stuff.co.nz, Facebook has sought engineers to work on building hardware for a Facebook smartphone, which would mark the ...

Orioles' Jones inks 6-year, $85.5 million contract - CNN Sports Illustrated
27 May 2012, 8:55 pm
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Even though Adam Jones isn't from Baltimore, he's making sure it'll be home for a while longer. Jones signed a six-year, $85.5 million contract with the Orioles on Sunday, ensuring that the 26-year-old center fielder will be ...

A Tweet, A year In A Labor Camp, And Now An Appeal - NPR News
25 May 2012, 3:14 pm
This is the tale of a single tweet and its far-reaching consequences in China. In April 2011, retired forestry official Fang Hong posted a scatological tweet, mocking a powerful Chinese politician, Bo Xilai, the Chongqing party secretary. Fang had been ...