Wall Street opened higher on Wednesday after Alcoa got the earnings season under way with better-than-expected revenue and an encouraging outlook for the year. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index rose 0.5 percent in morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average added 0.6 percent and the Nasdaq composite index was up 0.6 percent. European shares were moderately higher in afternoon...
Jan
08
India Ink: In Maharashtra, Fight Over Restaurant Bill Erupts into Riot
Label: WorldWhat started out as a skirmish over a restaurant bill escalated into riots that left five people dead from police gunfire and injured over 200 in Dhule, a city about 350 kilometers northeast of Mumbai.“It all happened within a span of about 30 minutes,” said Mohan Pawar, the additional superintendent of police for Dhule, who was among those injured in the weekend violence.Mr. Pawar said by telephone...
Disney joins JAKKS, LA billionaire to bring toys to life
Label: TechnologyLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney toys are sold around the world. Now, children can find them in the cloud as well.The media giant is teaming up with toy company JAKKS Pacific and Patrick Soon-Shiong, Los Angeles’ wealthiest person, on a new line of toys – with a nifty technological twist designed to link the goodies that kids lug home from the store with Disney’s stable of well-known animated characters.“DreamPlay“,...
'Bama bashes Notre Dame 42-14 in BCS title game
Label: LifestyleMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Barely taking time to celebrate their latest national championship, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide are ready to get back to work.That's how they make it look so easy.In what must be an increasingly frustrating scene for the rest of college football, another season ended with Saban and his players frolicking in the middle of a confetti-strewn field. Eddie Lacy ran...
Recipes for Health: Baked Ziti or Penne Rigata With Cauliflower — Recipes for Health
Label: HealthAndrew Scrivani for The New York TimesYou can add vegetables to just about any baked macaroni dish. Cauliflower works very well in this one, inspired by another Sicilian cauliflower dish in Clifford A. Wright’s “Cucinia Paradiso.” 1 medium cauliflower, about 2 pounds, leaves and stem trimmed Salt to taste Pinch of saffron threads 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil ...
Chinese Businessman Pleads Guilty in Stolen Software Case
Label: BusinessWILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - In a case U.S. officials say is the first of its kind, a Chinese businessman pleaded guilty Monday to selling stolen American software used in defense, space technology and engineering - programs prosecutors said held a retail value of more than $100 million. The sophisticated software was stolen from an estimated 200 American manufacturers and sold to 325...
Jan
07
Court in Bahrain Confirms Jail Terms for 13 Dissidents
Label: WorldCAIRO — A court in Bahrain on Monday upheld prison sentences for 13 of the country’s most prominent dissidents, in a decision that government opponents offered as evidence that the monarchy was ignoring calls to negotiate a political solution that could quiet a nearly two-year-old uprising. The decision ends all appeals for the dissidents, who were sentenced to between five years and life...
Kuwaiti journalist jailed for Twitter ‘insults’
Label: TechnologyKUWAIT CITY (AP) — A Kuwait newspaper says an online journalist has been sentenced to two years in prison for posts deemed “insulting” to the Gulf nation’s ruler — the second such ruling this week.The decision reflects a widening social media crackdown across the Gulf Arab states to quell perceived political dissent.Kuwait’s pro-government Al Watan newspaper reported Monday that Ayyad al-Harbi, a...
RG3 defends himself as Redskins await knee results
Label: LifestyleASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Robert Griffin III knows he's getting criticized for playing hurt in the Washington Redskins' playoff loss.On Monday, he offered his latest defense on Twitter.The rookie quarterback tweeted: "Many may question, criticize & think they have all the right answers. But few have been in the line of fire in battle."The Redskins were awaiting the results of an MRI on Griffin's right...
Recipes for Health: Sicilian Pasta With Cauliflower
Label: HealthAndrew Scrivani for The New York TimesEvery once in a while I revisit the cuisine of a particular part of the world (usually it is located somewhere in the Mediterranean). This week I landed in Sicily. I was nosing around my cookbooks for some cauliflower recipes and opened my friend and colleague Clifford A. Wright’s very first cookbook, “Cucina Pariso: The Heavenly Food of Sicily.” The cuisine of...
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