Month: November 2011

November 8, 2011

Greek Politicians Try to Reach Agreement on Interim Government

European finance ministers are awaiting the formation of a new government in Greece before deciding whether to hand the country another segment of its bailout money. The ministers met late Monday in Brussels to consider the $11 billion Greek…

November 8, 2011

Buffett goes on $20 billion stock buying spree

In the worst quarter for U.S. stocks since the financial crisis, investor Warren Buffett went on a stock buying spree. A filing late Friday from Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA, Fortune 500) shows it bought $20 billion in stocks in the three…

November 8, 2011

Panama wants TT’s LPG

PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar disclosed that the Panamanian government is interested in purchasing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Trinidad and Tobago. The Prime Minister made this disclosure at a news conference at Piarco…

November 8, 2011

Conrad Murray guilty of Michael Jackson manslaughter

Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, has…

November 8, 2011

DMX Visits Dr. Drew and Touches the Life of Young Troubled Youth

On an upcoming episode of “Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers,” trouble prone rapper DMX opens up about his past, his childhood growing up with an abusive mother, and growing up to be a troubled young man. But now that he’s matured and has faced his demons,…

November 8, 2011

‘Puss in Boots’ pounced on ‘Tower Heist’ and ‘Harold & Kumar’ at the box office.

The DreamWorks 3-D animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, earned US$33 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates yesterday. The PG-rated film centred on the swashbuckling feline voiced by Antonio Banderas from the…

November 8, 2011

Jackson Family Comments on Murray’s Guilty Verdict

One by one, members of Michael Jackson’s family filed out of the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles following this afternoon’s guilty verdict in the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the King of Pop’s…

November 8, 2011

Boxing ex-world champion Joe Frazier dies

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier has died after a brief battle with liver…

November 8, 2011

Yacht Rally Racers Rescued From Stormy Seas

The North American Rally To The Caribbean’s [NARC] Newport-Bermuda race has been disrupted by the weekend’s savage storms, with the cargo ship “Oleander” [pictured] picking up four survivors from one abandoned yacht yesterday [Nov.6]. And another…

November 8, 2011

Windies take the lead

Losing Kieran Powell and Kraigg Brathwaite in the closing stages eroded some of the gains West Indies made, after they claimed a 95-run first innings lead over India on another riveting day in the first Test yesterday. Powell fell for a duck and…