LONDON – To paraphrase Hermann Goering, when I hear the words “corporate social responsibility” I reach for my gun. Unfortunately, I heard those heinous words non-stop at a conference I stupidly attended recently. Frankly, the idea that huge, rapacious corporate entities think we’re naïve enough to believe that they’re not just out to make as [...]
Los Angeles, CA – Lloyd’s of London (Lloyd’s), perhaps best known for its unusual insurance policies on various body parts of the rich and famous, including Tina Turner’s legs, Celine Dion’s vocal chords, and burlesque stripper, Tempest Storm’s breasts, has just announced that it has contracted with singer Adam Lambert to insure Lambert’s crotch for [...]
We have reported a few times how Google Maps is being abused by seductive images and local results. What I found incredibly interesting was a thread at Google Maps Help where a Googler called out one person for spamming Google Maps and then reporting it.Joel from Google asked:V London & Jack London – you [...]
Following the success of Restless, this wonderful writer stays in the thriller genre. Climatologist Adam Kindred’s marriage is on the rocks when he comes to London for a job interview but, apart from that, he has everything to look forward to when an impromptu conversation in an Italian restaurant changes his life for ever. There, [...]
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Kate Hudson’s mother proud to see daughter dance in ‘Nine’
By ANI
November 30th, 2009
more images more images LONDON – Kate Hudson’s mother Goldie Hawn was moved to tears after seeing her daughter dance on the set of movie musical ‘Nine’ because it made her [...]
While Western bankers say they believe damage from the crisis can be contained and the UAE will ultimately bail out Dubai, investors are shaken. Already today the main stock markets in Dubai and Abu Dhabi have closed sharply down – 7.3 per cent in the former, the biggest loss in a year, and 8.3 [...]
… Dubai created a lot of envy in its neighbors,” said Randa Habib, a Jordanian political analyst. “Maybe the development was a bit too risky, a bit too crazy, but everyone would agree that they need the dream of Dubai to continue. It was the first Arab city that proved to the world that it [...]
Procurement of weapons has never been a problem for the Taliban. While many weapons are smuggled to the Taliban from Iran, China and other black market sources, the Taliban may be cultivating a new source – Russia. One wonders if Omar and his cohorts are reminding the Russians of the American aid to the Afghan [...]
… It was a blessed relief to have a break from the singing’: The Tsarina’s Slippers at the Royal Opera House. Photograph: Tristram KentonCasanova, in his famously racy memoirs, instances a “foul orgy” in which half-a- dozen abbés and a bevy of pretty girls are joined in their sport by four castrati. These singing eunuchs [...]
There were interviews with exploited Asian workers in filthy labour camps, hilarious encounters with Ukrainian prostitutes in Dubai nightclubs, and heart-rending accounts of jailed expats or sacked foreigners having to sleep in their 4×4s. For those of us living and working in the country, it almost seemed like they were writing about somewhere else.…How the [...]