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One reactor at Fukushima plant contain hole that may lead to radioactive leakage

One reactor at Fukushima plant contain hole that may lead to radioactive leakage

One of the reactors in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant has a hole on its main vessel that may lead to radioactive water leakage. The discovery by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is the newest sign that the calamity occurred two months ago was worse than the earlier disclosed, making it more hard to alleviate the [...]

League suspends Andrew Bynum for 5 games in next season

League suspends Andrew Bynum for 5 games in next season

The league suspended Andrew Bynum, the center player of Los Angeles Lakers, for the initial five games in the next season without pay and will compensate $77,272 in salary to Dallas guard Jose Barea. In addition, Bynum was also charged$25,000 as he removed his jersey when he left the court after getting evicted in Game [...]

Atlanta Hawks Beats Chicago Bulls in Game 4

Atlanta Hawks Beats Chicago Bulls in Game 4

Atlanta Hawks defeated Chicago Bulls Sunday in the Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series, ending the game with 100-88 victory. According to reports, the Hawks adjusted their lineup, started with Jason Collins at center and shifted Al Horford to power forward and Josh Smith to small forward in an attempt to perform more [...]

Unemployment rate in Texas fell 8.1% in March

Unemployment rate in Texas fell 8.1% in March

The unemployment rate in Texas dropped 8.1 percent in March for the second straight month from 8.2 percent last February. The Texas Workforce Commission said on Friday that in March, the national percentage set at 8.8 percent and employers in the state added 37,200 jobs last month and this is the sixth month in a [...]

Larry Page returns as Google’s CEO, endorses 7 executives

Larry Page returns as Google’s CEO, endorses 7 executives

Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, returned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Google and endorses seven executives to manage the most vital divisions of the company. In addition, these seven executives will report immediately to Page in an effort to slash speed decision making and official procedure. The returning CEO quickly put the [...]

2 US Jetliners Make Landings in Separate Incidents

US Jetliners

Two jetliners of the United States made emergency landings at impromptu airports Friday in separate occurrences. The landings are due to some travelers seemingly become lightheaded and fading because of lack of oxygen. The not related happenings, involving American Airlines and Southwest Airlines jetliners, ended without any severe damages. However, safety specialists explain that inappropriate [...]

Hennes & Mauritz Q1 declines 30%

Hennes & Mauritz

Hennes & Mauritz AB, a fashion retailer in Sweden, said on Thursday that its revenue for the first quarter of 2011 declined 30 percent. The reason of the declination of its revenue is an outcome of higher costs of cotton and the negative effects of currency exchange. The company, which is based at Stockholm, also [...]

Vision Airlines to Offer Low-Fare Service to Northwest Florida

Vision Airlines

Reports said Monday that Vision Airlines will offer a nonstop low-fare service between Savannah and Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida starting March 25. According to David Meers, chief operating officer of Vision Airlines, the company aims to expand their service and route structure and offer tremendous value to leisure travelers. Meers said that the flight rates [...]

IDC analyst: Tablets to dominate 2011 tech market

Tablets

International Data (IDC) analyst David Daoud projected that tablets will post a significant growth in 2011. The analysis was merely based on the weaker-than-expected growth that experts observed on the global shipments of personal computers in the last quarter of 2010 because of consumers interest on tablet PCs. Analysts said that even the laptops that [...]

Iranian plane crash: Killed 77, injured 26 passengers

Iranian plane crash

Iranian passenger plane crashed killed 77 people, while 26 other had survived the tragedy. According to news report, the Boeing 727 aircraft carried more than a hundred passenger crashed as it tried to land in a farmland near Lake Orumiyeh, 700 kilometers northwest of Tehran. On the state television news report, it stated that the [...]