The Harry Potter franchise, based on the work by British author JK Rowling and put on film in seven titles earned money right and left with no secret. But the rise of the protagonist of the series, Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who is placed as England’s richest deserves the recognition. The survey was conducted by [...]
Anne Hathaway and James Franco have been confirmed as hosts at the Oscars in 2011. The rumor that they would be chosen to head the awards ceremony had already been circulating on the internet but were only confirmed on Monday, 29, when organizers of the award made official information. According to the statement issued by [...]
Toshiba has just announced a product that will revolutionize the streusel weekend on the beaches of the North Coast: A line of LED TVs that run on battery. Contrary to what may seem, the TVs are not small, they are presented models in 24 inches and 32 inches. Both come with rechargeable batteries that last [...]
Toyota announced Tuesday a recall of 650,000 Prius hybrid car model in a safety campaign to prevent the risk of Over Heat and power loss. The voluntary recall involves the line Prius vehicles powered by electricity and gasoline, manufactured between 2004 and 2007. Units that require repairs, some 390 000 were sold in the United [...]
Motion sensors are the most advanced technology of the moment, the new gold mine in the gaming market. Microsoft said it has sold worldwide over 2.5 million Kinects, with motion sensor control for Xbox 360 released just 25 days. In turn, the rival Sony has released a short press release that it has sold 4.1 [...]
The index of home prices in 10 major U.S. cities fell 0.5% in September, down 0.1% following a month earlier. The indicator for 20 cities fell 0.7% in the ninth month of 2010, after falling 0.2% in August. In the annual comparison, the index of 10 cities rose 1.6% and 20 cities, 0.6%. The data [...]
The Irish Minister for Justice held this Tuesday, in which officials of the European Central Bank (ECB) forced Ireland to seek international assistance, are now trying to do the same with Portugal. “Clearly, people who are of this country were trying, earlier this month, pushing us, as a sovereign state, to make a loan application, [...]
The fiscal crisis that hit some European countries in the first half of this year still causes deflections. According to information released Tuesday by the European agency for statistics, unemployment in the eurozone (the countries that adopted the single currency) reached a new record in October, the unemployment rate reached 10.1% of the population, with [...]
The Chinese government acknowledged on Tuesday that it focuses on reunification of Korean peninsula, as it appears in thousands of documents released by WikiLeaks site, but declined to comment on its relations with the United States. “China always supports the North and South Peninsula in conducting dialogues to improve relations, cooperate and talk with each [...]
The European stock markets closed with heavy losses today, getting in fear of the rescue plan 114 billion dollars to Ireland, agreed on Wednesday by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The worst performance on Monday was for the Milan bourse, whose main indicator, the Mib Index fell 2.67 percent, while [...]
