3 or 4 players have played their last Test in Oz: Gavaskar Indian Express | Former captain Sunil Gavaskar said that at least three senior cricketers may not be selected again for the national Test team after what has already turned out to be a disastrous tour for India. | India were headed towards their second successive Test series whitewash with another massive defeat l...
After Karnataka, iron ore grounds JSW in Bengal DNA India | Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel has sought the help of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee get its ambitious 10 million tonne steel project at Salboni, a tribal dominated area of West Bengal, up and running. | The project has not been able to take off even three years after the ground breaking ...
Why Big Data Won’t Make You Smart, Rich, Or Pretty Fast Company | FC Expert Blog | If 2012 is the year of Big Data, it will likely be the year vendors and consultants start to over-promise, under-deliver and put processes in motion that will generate insights and potential risks for years to come. | This year wil...
Landmines in a militarised culture: Threat or security? Al Jazeera | Sakatwey was running away from his village in Karen state, Eastern Myanmar, under attack from the state military, when he accidentally stepped on an unexploded mine. He was only 13 years old. His life changed forever. He now resides at a rehabilita...
3 or 4 players have played their last Test in Australia: Gavaskar The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetIndian batsman Rahul Dravid walks off the field after being dismissed on Day four of the fourth Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday said that at least t...
Milestone or Millstone Huffington Post | This month something happened to me that had never happened before. Absolutely unprecedented. "Infinitely" is one of our most abused adverbs, almost infinitely overused. But in this case it may be accurate to say that what happened to me is infinit...
Politics affect your flavor preferences: liberal or conservative, check it out! The Examiner | According to an article in industry trade magazine Prepared Food, whether you're a liberal or conservative will affect your food preferences. In Baltimore, we're much more likely to have liberal flavor preferences, though certain neighborhoods and ...
To Yuan or Not to Yuan, That Is the Question All Africa IPS (Johannesburg)-From downtown shops that stock cheap clothing and shoes that fall apart after one wear, to mining concessions in platinum, gold and diamonds - the Chinese finger is now in virtually every Zimbabwean pie. | ...
Higher copper, iron-ore output at Anglo, but diamonds fail to shine Business Day | ANGLO American posted a rise in quarterly output for its key commodities on Thursday, with iron ore up and copper boosted by a ramped-up Los Bronces mine, while diamonds tumbled as weaker prices prompted a drop in production. | Platinum was another...
Kumba Iron Ore output up as Kolomela starts production Mining Weekly | JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South African mining group Kumba Iron Ore on Thursday reported a production increase of 4%, reaching 11.2-million tons during the fourth quarter of 2011. | The Anglo American subsidiary attributed the higher ...
With China shut, Vale iron ore ships head to Philippines Mining Weekly | SINGAPORE - Two of the world's biggest iron ore carriers are due to arrive in the Philippines for the first time next month, shipping data showed, as Brazilian mining giant Vale looks to use the country as an alternative base to reach Chinese p...
Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke have turned Australia's fortunes dramatically The Australian | THE statistics tell a tale not just of two cities but of two seasons, and in both instances, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. | There is no worse time in Australian cricket than losing an Ashes series on home soil, and when Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke reflect on last year's campaign against England, it would be the Adelai...
Smartphones drive record Samsung profit Canada Dot Com | SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $4.7 billion quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend $22 billion this year to boost production of chips and flat screens to pull further ahead of smaller rivals. | The South Korean firm, the world's top technology firm by revenue, is locked in break...
