HSBC earmarks more for US fines

5 November 2012 Last updated at 03:47 ETHSBC bank has put aside a further $ 800m (£500m) to cover potential money-laundering fines in the US as it announced a fall in quarterly profits. The bank had already put aside $ 700m after a US Senate report published in July said lax controls had left it vulnerable to money...

Read More..

Bomb shakes Damascus, opposition holds unity talks

AMMAN (Reuters) – A bomb exploded near army and security compounds in Damascus, Syrian television reported, and fractured opposition groups seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad began unity talks abroad to win international respect and arms supplies.The 50-kilogram (110-pound) bomb, near a large hotel in a heavily guarded district, was described...

Read More..

Katy Perry wears dress with Obama slogan at rally

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pop star Katy Perry is sporting a skin-tight minidress with President Barack Obama‘s campaign slogan “Forward” emblazoned across it at the president’s rally in Milwaukee.Perry came on stage at Saturday’s event initially wearing a red, white and blue dress and holding a microphone shaped like the Statue of Liberty’s torch. But...

Read More..

Nexus 10: Can Google Compete With the iPad? [REVIEW]

The Nexus 10The Nexus 10 has a gorgeous 10-inch display with a resolution of 2560×1600.Click here to view this gallery. [More from Mashable: 13 Popular E-Books That Cost Under $ 3]After finding success with the Nexus 7, Google expands its tablet lineup with the Nexus 10. The 10-inch tablet features an incredibly high-resolution...

Read More..

California GMO measure may fail after food industry fights back

(Reuters) – Major food and seed companies appear to be on the verge of defeating a California ballot initiative that, if passed on Tuesday, would create the first labeling requirement for genetically modified foods in the United States.In a campaign reminiscent of this summer’s successful fight against a proposed tobacco tax in California, opposition funded...

Read More..

Anglogold strikers return to work

affiliate marketing 2 November 2012 Last updated at 10:31 ETStriking miners at two South African Anglogold Ashanti pits have agreed to return to work as tensions across the country’s mineral sector ease. affiliate marketing Hundreds of miners have been holding underground sit-ins...

Read More..

Brazil’s ‘pop-star priest’ gets mammoth new stage

affiliate marketing SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil‘s “pop-star priest” is already packing in the crowds at the newly opened mammoth sanctuary that he built for his campaign to stem the exodus of faithful from the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America’s biggest nation.Brazil still has more Catholics than any other country in the world, with...

Read More..

“Breaking Bad” to get the “MythBusters” treatment

affiliate marketing LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Finally, the world might find out if it’s truly a bad idea to dissolve a body with hydrofluoric acid in a bathtub.Discovery Channel‘s reality show “MythBusters” – which re-enacts scenarios from movies, TV and urban legend to test their accuracy with scientific methodology – is filming a...

Read More..

Barnes & Noble Drops Price of Nook Color and Tablet

affiliate marketing In what is surely a response to the release of its Nook HD and HD+, Barnes & Noble announced Saturday it will lower the price of its Nook Color and Nook tablets beginning Sunday.[More from Mashable: Barnes & Noble PIN Pads Hacked at Stores Nationwide] affiliate marketing The...

Read More..

Nurses Who Saved NICU Babies Remember Harrowing Hurricane Night

affiliate marketing Nurses at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at New York University’s Langone Medical Center have challenging jobs, even in the best of times. Their patients are babies, some weighing as little as 2 pounds, who require constant and careful care as they struggle to stay alive.On Monday night, as superstorm Sandy bore...

Read More..