USA – Official pricing of the yet to be released Chevrolet Volt have been announced today. The plug in hybrid, which is been tipped for big things is to have a price tag of $41,000 before a federal tax credit of $7,500 is taken into account. Executives have hinted for a long time that the [...]
Archive for July 2010
The number of new houses purchased jumped 23% in June from May in the US, but are still 16% below sales from June 2009. Sales in May had dropped to a record low, but have rebounded in June. Sales were expected to drop in May after the federal tax credit expired at the end of [...]
While Steve Carell has always maintained he is leaving popular American sitcom, The Office, his employers at NBC have so far not publically acknowledged his plans. However, now Angela Bromstad, the NBC Primetime Entertainment President, has acknowledged that Carell will leave the show once his contract expires in 2011. Says Bromstad, “we’ve been lucky to [...]
Both traditional and social media outlets are abuzz with the recently released 92,000 pages of secret documents by WikiLeaks.org. At press time, the site is down, without question, because of a flood of traffic generated by the hype. Among the documents, none of which were labeled classified, all of which were intended on being kept [...]
Canada – Scott Dixon has taken first place in the Honda Indy Edmonton in Edmonton, Canada, even though he crossed the finish line in second place. In a controversial move, Brazilian Helio Castroneves, from Team Penske, was charged with blocking his teammate, Will Power, and given a drive through penalty on lap 92. Castroneves failed [...]
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – After 77 days of proceedings, the first Khmer Rouge leader to be trialled has received 35 years in jail for crimes against humanity, murder and torture. However, victims and their families have been left devastated by the news that due to time served and other factors he could be free in [...]
New Orleans, LA – BP CEO Tony Hayward announced his resignation today as CEO. His inflammatory comments, dodging of U.S. officials and minimization of environmental effects of the oil spill enraged the country. Hayward’s most controversial comment was telling reporters shortly after the spill consumed his days “Iwant my life back”. This comment came ill-timed [...]
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two American Navy personnel went missing in the Eastern province of Logar. Witnesses saw an armored SUV drive into a Taliban controlled area, the two seamen never returned. Vehicles and helicopters took part in search efforts as NATO forces believe the two may have gotten lost in a hostile area. In an [...]
Duisburg, Germany – At least 18 people are dead, and more than 200 have been injured from a stampede at the 21st annual “Love Parade” festival. The stampede was a result of a public announcement that there we would be no further people allowed into the venue. This caused a rush of people to push [...]
New Delhi, India – A tablet PC has been shown off to the world which is aimed to be sold at a cost of $35us, and the iPad-like device is certainly turning heads. For such a low cost the device has a good range of features. The tablet has a touch screen, a web browser, [...]