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Microsoft settling deal to acquire Skype for $8 B

Microsoft settling deal to acquire Skype for $8 B

The Wall Street Journal reported that Microsoft is settling a transaction to purchase Skype for as much as $8 billion. The reports from The Wall Street Journal stated that an agreement between Microsoft and Skype can be released as early as Tuesday. Moreover, people familiar with the matter said that the agreement is projected to [...]

Lakers Lose to Dallas Mavericks

Lakers Lose to Dallas Mavericks

Los Angeles Lakers unraveled too late Monday night on their second-round playoff series against Dallas Mavericks, sealing Game 1 with 96-94 loss. According to reports, Dirk Nowitzki finished with team-high 28 points and 14 rebounds, making 11 of 22 shots. Sports analysts said that Dallas was the kind of team that appeared out of sorts [...]

Atlanta Hawks Wins Game 1 against Chicago Bulls

Atlanta Hawks Wins Game 1 against Chicago Bulls

Atlanta Hawks won against the top-seeded Chicago Bulls in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals Monday night. The game ended with a score of 103-95 in favor of the Hawks. The 29-year old Joe Johnson led the team to its victory, pouring out 34 points for Atlanta, including five for five from three-point [...]

Google announces arrival of video chat for Android phones

Android phones video call

Google, a technology giant, announced the arrival of its video chat software for Android phones and Google Talk will become part of the imminent update for Android OS. In addition, Google Talk with video chat will let its users to chat their friends with video using either the same software or Gmail with Google Talk [...]

Daimler’s Q1 operating income increases 71%

Daimler’s Q1 operating income increases 71%

Daimler, the second biggest manufacturer of luxury vehicles in the world, announced its operating income for the first quarter increased 71 percent. According to the company, which is based in Stuttgart, Germany, the income before taxes and interest jumped to €20.03 billion, or $3.01 billion form €1.19 billion in a previous year. Revenue matched the [...]

Recent study shows over half of epileptic children do not take medicines

Recent study shows over half of epileptic children do not take medicines

According to a recent study, over half of children with newly detected epilepsy do not take their convulsion medicines as prescribed by their doctors. The research is issued in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research also showed that almost 60 percent of pediatric patients trailed in the study were severely, moderately or [...]

Reports say that LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian’s Had Private Wedding

Reports say that LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian’s Had Private Wedding

Reports said that LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian had their small and private wedding ceremony on Malibu, California with their friends and family though that it was just a simple party. LeAnn Rimes and the 37-year-old actor Eddie Cibrian exchanged their wedding vows on their private wedding on Malibu California with their 40 guests surrounding [...]

Asia Stocks Drop as S&P Warns of US Credit Rating Cut

Asia Stocks Drop as S&P Warns of US Credit Rating Cut

Most of the Asia stocks fell Tuesday after the Standard & Poor’s raised its warning to cut the US credit rating. According to reports, MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped 1.2 percent to 134.04 at around 12:55 p.m. in Tokyo Tuesday, with about five shares dropping for each that climbed on the 1,023-member gauge. The benchmark [...]

Japan’s government calls TEPCO to pay 50 K families near nuclear plant

Japan’s government calls TEPCO to pay 50 K families near nuclear plant

The government of Japan has called for Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to start compensating the provisional payment to almost 50,000 families who lived near Fukushima nuclear plant. Banri Kaieda, the Industry Minister, stated that he wants the corporation to promptly give the payments to the families affected by the damage of the nuclear power [...]

US Stocks Slightly Increase due to Disruption of Electronics Delivery

US Stocks Slightly Increase due to Disruption of Electronics Delivery

Reports said Monday that US stocks futures gained as little as 0.1 percent due to problems such as disruption of electronics delivery, following Japan’s recent disaster. Standard & Poor 500 Index futures for June delivery slightly increased by 0.1 percent to settle at 1,325.3 in London trading session early Monday, while Dow Jones Industrial Average [...]