SEOUL (Reuters) – Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, said on Tuesday he had no plans to mobilise his “Red Shirt” supporters but called the first year of the junta government which came to power in a coup “not so impressive”.
LG’s G4, the company newest flagship smartphone, went on sales across the first parts of the world yesterday, and today the Korean company added two variants of the device to the mix. Read More
Mr. Frémaux’s work offstage during the year, in which he selects the films shown at the festival, makes him one of the most powerful, and scrutinized, figures in the film universe.
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Square, Inc. recently announced it has secured additional outside investments to expand its small business financing program, Square Capital. As previously reported by Forbes in early April 2015, Square has extended more than $50 million to more than 10,000 small businesses – and their numbers continue to grow. - Source
In the first three installments of this interview series with rock icon Johnny Rivers, we discussed his hit Secret Agent Man, the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and the famous Whiskey A Go Go club. Here, Rivers plays word association with some of his other big hits, recounts a life-changing encounter with WINS radio DJ Alan Freed and chats about his appearances on a slew of talk shows, including David Letterman’s. - Source
Nearly $9 million was spent at the three-day Heritage Auction Sale of Fine Jewelry and luxury accessories, with the top dollars going for a heart-shaped Fancy Pink diamond ring by chopard. - Source
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc was handed a mixed ruling by a U.S. appeals court in the latest twist in a blockbuster intellectual property battle with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, as a prior patent infringement verdict was upheld but a trademark finding that the iPhone’s appearance could be protected was thrown out.
The World Health Organization must act to ensure it will not be caught flat-footed by future crises, Dr. Margaret Chan said at the start of a 10-day meeting.
Unsurprisingly, there is a lot of banging and hammering and mashing and even torching involved in making a steel pan drum but watching it all come together and to see flat steel get shaped in the most irregular pounding way to create the most perfect sounding notes for each section is pretty damn awesome. I couldn’t turn my ears away.
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The rate nearly doubled from 1993 to 2012, surpassing the rate for white children. It was the first time a national study found a higher suicide rate for blacks than for whites of any age group.
As I read this story out of Portland, Ore., regarding parents and coaches attempting to use crowdfunding sites to pay for youth sports, I had two immediate thoughts: first, that it’s sad paying for kids’ activities has come to this, and second, has it really taken this long for people to try crowdfunding sites to pay for youth sports? - Source
Lawyers for the convicted founder of the website, Ross W. Ulbricht, have asked the sentencing judge to disregard six overdose deaths the government is linking to the website.
The film won critical praise for Mr. Bhargava, a graffiti virtuoso who progressed into commercial campaigns for television series as well as film and music videos.
