Archive for June, 2010

Larry King To End Larry King Live This Spring After 25 Years

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

CNN Show host Larry King will be ending his program “Larry King Live” sometime this year. The announcement was made by the 76-year-old Larry in a statement on Tuesday.

Larry in a statement said: “I’m looking forward to the future and what my next chapter will bring, but for now it’s time to hang up my [...]

Two Tampa Police Officers Killed On Tuesday Morning

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Asia Bizz: Two Tampa Police Officers Killed On Tuesday Morning
Two Tampa police officers were killed on Tuesday morning during a traffic stop and reports say that a search is on to catch the killers.

Reports say that a 31 year old Officer Jeffrey Kocab, was one of the officers to get killed. He was with the [...]

Bilski and Warsaw’s Bid For Expanding Business Method Patents Rejected By U.S. Supreme Court

Monday, June 28th, 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court has reportedly ruled against expanding business method patents on Monday. Reports state that the court denied the bid by Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw, who sought for protection of a method of ‘hedging weather-related risk in energy prices.’

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said: “The patent application here can be [...]

Kellogg’s Recalls More Than 28 Million Boxes Of Breakfast Cereal After Bad Odor In Boxes

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Cereal giant Kellogg Company or better known as Kellogg’s, has announced that it will be recalling more than 28 million boxes of cereal products due to bad feedback. The company, in consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has announced the recall after reports emerged that the breakfast cereal has not matched [...]

Apple iPhone 4 Lanched – Users Complain Of Antenna Issues, Poor Reception

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Apple’s much awaited iPhone 4 has reportedly run into a few minor issues after a reported iPhone 4 antenna problem. The news came into light after users of the iPhone 4 complained that the phone automatically looses signal during if held on its lower left corner.

According to reports, Apple CEO, Steve Jobs emailed one [...]

US President Obama Takes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev To Ray’s Hell Burger For An American Lunch

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Asia Bizz: US President Obama Takes Russian President Dmitry Medvedev To Ray’s Hell Burger For An American Lunch
US President Barack Obama is indeed very hospital after he took his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev to a some what traditional American lunch at an Arlington eatery called ‘Ray’s Hell Burger’ on Thursday, a few hours before the [...]

UTI Banking Sector Fund declares tax-free dividend of 10% UTI Banking Sector Fund declares tax-free dividend of 10%

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

UTI Banking Sector Fund declares tax-free dividend of 10% (Rs.1.00 per unit on face value of Rs.10/-). Pursuant to the payment of dividend, the NAV of the dividend option of the fund would fall to the extent of payout and statutory levy if any.

The record date for the dividend is June 24, 2010.

All [...]

World bank subsidiary CGAP elects Indian as chairman

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

The global Microfinance body set up by World Bank
Washington DC-based Consultative Group to Assist the Poor’ (CGAP), has elected Mr. Vijay Mahajan, Founder and Chairman of the BASIX Group as Chairman of its Executive Committee. This announcement was made at the CGAP board meeting that was held in Nairobi last month. This is for the [...]

UTI Mutual Fund Launches UTI- Dynamic Bond Fund

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

UTI Mutual Fund announces the launch of a new scheme “UTI Dynamic Bond Fund”.  The New Fund Offer has opened on June 16, 2010 and closes on June 23, 2010. The scheme is reported to re-open for purchase and redemption not later than 30 days from the closure of the NFO period.

UTI Dynamic [...]

Apple To Release iOS 4 Software For iPhone And iPod Touch via Apple’s iTunes

Monday, June 21st, 2010

Asia Bizz: Apple To Release iOS 4 Software For iPhone And iPod Touch via Apple’s iTunes
Apple Inc. will be releasing its new software called iOS 4 for it’s iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch models Monday, 21st June 2010. The expected iOS 4 release time is reportedly after 1PM Eastern/10AM Pacific today.

What is iOs [...]