Tag Archives: Reuters

A wallet stuffed with 20 plastic cards and a stroke of luck saved a pub doorman in western Germany from serious injury during a knife attack. A customer ejected from the pub in the city of Witten on Sunday stabbed its 31-year-old doorman four times in the chest with a knife, police said. But a fat wallet in the bouncer’s ... Read More »

The founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange, has told a court he will fight extradition to Sweden. Bail was refused and the Australian, who denies se**ally assaulted two women in Sweden, was remanded in custody pending a full hearing next week. Mr Assange told a judge at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court he would contest extradition. A Wikileaks ... Read More »

Following are the top 10 movies at the box office in the United States and Canada during the three days beginning on Sept. 17, led by the new release “The Town,” according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters. 1 (*) The Town ………………… $ 23.8 million 2 (*) Easy A ………………….. $ 18.2 million 3 (*) Devil …………………… ... Read More »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Veteran Hollywood talent agent Ed Limato, who helped turn actors such as Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington and Kevin Costner into big stars, died on Saturday after being in ill health for some time, according to news reports. He was 73. Entertainment news blogger Nikki Finke, who broke the news, said Limato died at his home while ... Read More »

Manute Bol, the dominant shot blocker from Sudan who played in the NBA for 10 seasons, died on Saturday at the age of 47. A spokeswoman for the University of Virginia Medical Center told Reuters he had died but would not disclose the cause of death. According to media reports he was being treated at the Medical Center for severe ... Read More »

Hollywood icon Dennis Hopper’s death has brought about a sad face in whole of film industry. First it was Gary Coleman and within days its Dennis Hoper.  Tough week for all of us. Dennis Hopper , aged 74 was suffering with prostate cancer.  Besides cancer, his life was really in tough situation divorcing his long term partner. An article found ... Read More »

I found an interesting  article on the concept for High Frequency trading . The credit for the post is deserved by blogs.reuters.com. The explosion of interest in high-frequency trading has started to drag new faces to sometimes staid industry conferences. Traders who for years worked on algorithms and computer codes behind the scenes are stepping into the spotlight. They’re appearing on more and more panel discussions, feeling the need to defend ... Read More »