The benchmark lost 606 points, ending below the 10,000 mark at 9,975, as heavy selling surfaced in late trade. It is the lowest close for the Sensex since July 2006. The Nifty ended below the 3100 levels at 3074, down 194 points. This is also the lowest close of the broader index since July […]
Maxine Waters Urges ‘Socializing’ Oil Industry in Slip Up
California Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters is under fire today for a slip up in which she addressed the nation’s top oil executives, threatening to ‘socialize’ the companies and their assets. FOX News published the video of Maxine Waters’ gaffe. Her response came after an executive said that oil would certainly rise to $5 without intervention […]
Parapraxis (Or, Ted Turner’s Tongue Slips Out)
Never mind that scientists like Freeman Dyson feel that the current global warming trend (which isn’t even global and may have already halted or gone into reverse, among other complexities) could well be beneficial to human beings by engendering a somewhat warmer, wetter world with more arable land. Never mind that a group of hundreds […]
McDonald’s shares slip on US sales
Fast-food chain McDonald’s today posted flat US same-store sales in December. The company said fourth-quarter net income was $1.27 billion, or $1.06 a share, compared with $1.24 billion, or $1.00 a share, a year earlier. Excluding tax items, earnings were 73 cents a share, compared with the average analyst estimate of 71 cents, according to […]
Giuliani Slipping In Florida According To Polls
The two polls were conducted by the Miami Herald and the St. Petersburg Times. Both polls reveal that Giuliani only registered with 15 percent of Republican primary voters in Florida. As a result, it puts Giuliani in a tie with Mike Huckabee who had spent little time in Florida. Both John McCain and Mitt Romney […]
Russia warned on Monday that Kosovo could slip into Crisis
Russia warned on Monday that Kosovo could slip into "uncontrollable crisis," ahead of a United Nations Security Council showdown over the Serbian province’s Western-backed push for independence. Throwing down the gauntlet, the Foreign Ministry warned in a statement that the "indulgence" of some countries in allowing Kosovo to move towards independence could have "serious negative […]
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