Month: December 2010

December 22, 2010

Avatar is ‘most pirated film of 2010’

Sci-fi epic Avatar was the most pirated film of 2010, according to data released by a file-sharing blog. James Cameron's blockbuster was downloaded 16.6m times on one file-sharing site alone, TorrentFreak said. Second on the list was comic book…

December 22, 2010

Barack Obama to sign gay military law

US President Barack Obama is to sign a landmark law allowing gay people serving in the military to be open about…

December 22, 2010

Kew beat Bottle Creek in Soccer

The North Caicos…

December 22, 2010

Players’ union wants 2022 World Cup switched to winter

The world footballers' union believes the 2022 World Cup in Qatar should be held in the winter instead of summer.…

December 22, 2010

Pacquiao-Mosley set for May 7

Former three-division champion Shane Mosley will take on WBO…

December 22, 2010

Mavericks beat new-look Magic for Florida sweep

All the uncertainty around Orlando couldn't have worked out better for the Dallas Mavericks . Not that they've had a problem with anybody lately. Caron Butler scored 20 points, Dirk Nowitzki had 17 and the streaking…

December 22, 2010

Yankees’ luxury tax down from ’09

The New York Yankees lowered spending on players by $12 million this year, cutting payroll by $5 million and slashing their major league-leading luxury tax by more than $7 million. New York was hit with an $18 million luxury tax Tuesday by…

December 22, 2010

Emerging nations more upbeat on 2011 than G7: survey

Power and prosperity are shifting to the east and to emerging economic nations, a new global poll says. The survey of economic prospects for 2011 suggests the biggest number of optimists live in countries like China, Brazil and India. The survey,…

December 22, 2010

UK government borrowing hits record high

The amount of new public sector borrowing hit a fresh record high in November, according to the…

December 22, 2010

BAE Systems fined for Tanzania accounting offence

BAE Systems has been fined £500,000 for failing to keep proper records of payments it made to an adviser in Tanzania. The defence group paid £7.7m to two firms controlled by businessman Shailesh Vithlani ahead of winning a £28m Tanzanian military…