December 23, 2015
NIB heard cases ahead of Christmas
The National Insurance Board in the month of December heard cases in HM Courts, as they sought to put delinquent contributors to the test of paying up the mandatory dues. Defendant Loften Morley formerly of Direct transport Ltd. was scheduled to…
December 23, 2015
Sepp Blatter to Appeal FIFA Ethics Ban
Embattled FIFA President Sepp Blatter is taking steps to appeal the eight-year ban from all soccer-related activities that was imposed by the sport’s ethics committee. The FIFA ethics committee Monday announced its decision to ban Blatter and the…
December 23, 2015
Honda scolded Takata as deadly airbag crisis unfolded in U.S.
Four months before U.S. regulators started their investigation, Honda Motor Co. executives sat down with Shigehisa Takada, the head of Takata Corp., to scold him for the way the manufacturer reacted to the crisis over its potentially deadly airbags,…
December 23, 2015
Dinosaur Skull Purchased by Nicolas Cage to Be Returned to Mongolia
Nicolas Cage has handed over an illegally imported dinosaur skull that he had purchased in 2007 to the U.S. government as part of an effort to return stolen fossils to Mongolia, Cage's representative said. The Tyrannosaurus bataar skull was sold at…
December 23, 2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Earns Critics’ Choice Awards Nomination
After a record-breaking opening weekend at the box office, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has earned an award nomination. The film on Tuesday received a nod in the best picture category for the 21st annual Critics’ Choice Awards. The nominees were…
December 23, 2015
Teresa Giudice Released from Prison
Teresa Giudice, star of Real Housewives of New Jersey, has been released from prison, her lawyer confirms to ABC News. Her release comes a few months before the scheduled end of her 15-month sentence. Giudice was sentenced to prison last year…
December 23, 2015
Tiger Woods expects majors in next decade & 2016 Ryder Cup
Tiger Woods is back in upbeat mood and expecting to win major championships over the next decade. He had back surgery for the second time in 18 months in September and talked about retirement earlier this month. Now the former world number one, who…
December 23, 2015
India puts brakes on Facebook’s Free Basics scheme
Facebook's effort to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services has run into trouble. The country's telecoms regulator has asked the mobile network that partnered with the US firm to put their Free Basics offer on…
December 23, 2015
Oil prices will reach $70 a barrel by 2020, says Opec
Oil producers' group Opec has said it expects oil prices to recover to $70 a barrel by 2020. Prices have fallen from more than $110 a barrel in the summer of 2014 to less than $37 a barrel now due to oversupply and slowing demand. But Opec said oil…
December 23, 2015
Court orders exiled tycoon’s arrest
A Russian court has placed ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on an international wanted list over the 1990s murder of a Siberian mayor. Mr Khodorkovsky has been living in exile in Europe since he was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin in 2013…