Archive for October, 2009

Nintendo profits plunge

October 30th, 2009 | Posted by reza | 3 Comments
Gamers’ enthusiasm for keeping fit or playing tennis in their living rooms may be on the wane as sales of the Wii console plunged in the first half, slashing Nintendo’s ...

The next big thing in movies

October 30th, 2009 | Posted by reza | 8 Comments
North Acton is an unlikely outpost for Hollywood. Yet in a West London business park, in headquarters filled with film memorabilia, Lovefilm is plotting its rise. A life-sized model of ...

WPP predicts profits boost

October 30th, 2009 | Posted by reza | 1 Comment
Advertising and media giant WPP today predicted a “marked improvement” in second-half profits but warned that consumer confidence remained fragile. The company added that third quarter trading was ...

Strikes deep into al-Qa’ida territory

October 30th, 2009 | Posted by reza | 1 Comment
After a sweep of a militant stronghold in the lawless tribal region of South Waziristan, the Pakistani army has recovered passports purportedly belonging to two leading al-Qa’ida figures, including a ...

China’s stolen children

October 30th, 2009 | Posted by reza | 11 Comments
They gaze out at the camera with every variety of human expression – fear, hope, doubt, bafflement, dread. Some are asleep. One gapes with huge eyes. Some of the tiniest ...

Obama breaks a presidential taboo

October 30th, 2009 | Posted by reza | 2 Comments
Saluting stiffly, his coat jacket whipped by a blustery wind, the commander-in-chief watched as the coffin was borne past him by six army soldiers in combat fatigues. Or, to put ...
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