Stock futures retreated Tuesday as investors grew a little more cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting and after China’s economy showed some signs of slowing down.Overseas markets fell after Chinese trade figures showed a steep slowdown in the growth rate of imports, which has added new concerns to the pace of a global recovery. China has been looked at as a country that could help offset slowing demand for goods in the U.S.Signs of waning growth in the U.S. will be the primary topic of conversation as the Fed meets Tuesday. Investors will be closely watching the statement the Fed puts out at the conclusion of the meeting to gauge the committee’s view of the recovery and for any potential plans to restart stimulus programs in an effort to spark growth.Chairman Ben Bernanke said a few weeks ago that the recovery’s pace is “unusually uncertain,” which spooked investors. Earnings and economic reports over the past couple of months have painted a mixed picture of the economy’s hea
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A popular South Korean actor and singer has been found dead at his home after an apparent suicide, police said.Park Yong-ha, 33, was reportedly found by his mother after apparently hanging himself with an electrical cord.Police said Mr Park had been under pressure trying to manage his entertainment company and career while his father was battling cancer.If confirmed, Mr Park would be the latest in a string of South Korean celebrities to take their own lives.It follows the deaths of film star Choi Jin-sil in 2008 and Lee Eun-joo in 2005.Successful careerMr Park had been nursing his 62-year-old father and spent his last moments with him on Tuesday night, local media reported.”I must be sick instead of you, father. I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” a police statement quoted Mr Park as saying before his death.Mr Park also told acquaintances earlier in the week that his work was “difficult and this kind of life is so hard”, the report said.Police said there was no suicide note but that they were not t
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HONG Kong actress Carina Lau Ka Ling is not pregnant, as speculated by the media, reported China Press.Lau, who married Tony Leung Chiu Wai last year, was earlier reported to be three months’ pregnant after undergoing in-vitro fertilisation.The speculation began when Lau, who had put on weight then, was seen buying infant clothes.However, the speculation turned out to be unfounded when Lau, who looked slimmer, was spotted jogging near her house.The daily also reported that Hong Kong golden couple Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi and Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung will not allow family photographs to be taken in the near future.This was because Cheung was not back to her “perfect figure†after putting on weight during pregnancy and giving birth last week.However, the couple distributed to the media pictures of their new arrival and second son Quintus Tse.> Sin Chew Daily reported Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong as saying that the ministry would try its best to ensure that all temporar
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As believers in the literal truth of the Al-Quran, they knew it was there.Even so, the explorers who say they found seven large wooden compartments beneath snow and volcanic debris near the peak of Mount Ararat can be forgiven their excitement.’It’s not 100 per cent that it is Noah’s Ark, but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it,’ said Yeung Wing-cheung, a filmmaker working with the 15-strong team of fundamentalist Christians exploring the Turkish mountain.The snow-capped peak of Mount Ararat. The discovery is said to have been made 12 000ft up the mountain which lies in eastern TurkeyContinues Below ↓It tells how God, spurred by the wickedness and corruption of man, vows to send a great cleansing flood. Deeming Noah to be the only righteous man worth saving, God commands him to build a vast ship, the ark – capable of saving himself, his family and a representation of the world’s animals.When Noah has completed his task, and God has sent ‘two of every sort’ of animal to the Ar
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The euro fell to near the lowest level in a year against the dollar on speculation Group of 20 Leaders will express concern that Greece’s escalating debt crisis will threaten the global recovery.The euro slid versus all 16 major counterparts as policy makers from G-20 nations meet in Washington today. Europe’s currency headed for a third weekly drop against the yen after the European Union raised its estimate for Greece’s deficit and Moody’s Investors Service cut the nation’s debt rating. The dollar traded close to a one-week high versus the yen before U.S. reports forecast to show improving orders for long-lasting goods and new home sales.“Chances are G-20 officials will discuss Greece because it could lead to a global financial issue,†said Takashi Kudo, general manager of market information at NTT SmartTrade Inc., a unit of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., in Tokyo. “Markets seem to be mounting pressure on Greece to get a bailout, with the euro weakening. Risk ave
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Internet service provider iiNet will soon deliver customers a range of free and subscription television channels via broadband connection after signing a partnership with FetchTV.Source: WikipediaThe deal means iiNet customers will be able to have their internet connection, telephone service and television from a single provider, the Perth-based iiNet said today.iiNet chief executive Michael Malone said the partnership would “change the face of Australian television forever”.”It’s amazingly practical but, simply put, people will love it because its really cool,” Mr Malone said in a statement.Mr Malone said digital television delivered over broadband had proved “extremely popular” in France, Britain and Hong Kong.Trials were expected to take place over the next month, iiNet said.The free-to-air digital channels and subscription channels would not count towards a iiNet customer’s monthly download allowance, the company said.The FetchTV service would also offer video on demand content suc
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Internet service provider iiNet will soon deliver customers a range of free and subscription television channels via broadband connection after signing a partnership with FetchTV.Source: WikipediaThe deal means iiNet customers will be able to have their internet connection, telephone service and television from a single provider, the Perth-based iiNet said today.iiNet chief executive Michael Malone said the partnership would “change the face of Australian television forever”.”It’s amazingly practical but, simply put, people will love it because its really cool,” Mr Malone said in a statement.Mr Malone said digital television delivered over broadband had proved “extremely popular” in France, Britain and Hong Kong.Trials were expected to take place over the next month, iiNet said.The free-to-air digital channels and subscription channels would not count towards a iiNet customer’s monthly download allowance, the company said.The FetchTV service would also offer video on demand content suc
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Stephy Tang (邓丽欣) of the popular Hong Kong girl group, Cookies allegedly had her naughty sex tape leaked to the Internet according to Chinese gossip magazines. Forget about Jack Neos and Tiger Woods boring and over publicized illicit affairs with multiple mistresses scandals. Stephy Tang, lead singer of Cookies, has a sex video to go with her new sex scandal. Gossip magazines have published screenshots of a video they are claiming to be of Stephy engaging in sex acts. The Gutter Uncensored has the hardcore sex video so you can watch and decided for yourself. This is one hell of a news to break out since the similar sex videos of Chinese Model Shou Shou(兽兽) a.k.a. Zhai Ling from the mainland you can see here and another here. The newly leaked video of Stephy is suspected to date back as far as 8 years and is said to be linked to the “Edison Chen photo scandal†incident featuring Edison Chen (é™ˆå† å¸Œ) and his 7 female artist sex-partners and of course Stephy Tang was not
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The euro fell for a fourth day against the dollar and Asian stocks dropped as credit concerns in Greece and Dubai curbed demand for higher-yielding assets.The 16-nation euro traded near an eight-month low ahead of a meeting of European finance chiefs that may provide details of a Greece bailout. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index lost 0.4 percent to 115.94 at 12:12 p.m. in Tokyo as a BlueScope Steel Ltd. loss and China bolstered steps to ease inflation.EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels today may add details to a plan unveiled last week that called for closer monitoring of the Greek economy. Dubai shares tumbled on Feb. 14 amid concern state-owned Dubai World, which roiled markets last year when it sought to restructure loans, may fail to present a plan to creditors. China last week ordered banks to set aside more deposits as reserves for the second time in a month.“Greece is in a tough situation,†said Hiroshi Watanabe, an economist at the Daiwa Institute of Research in Tokyo. “T
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Jane Ng Meng Hui has created film history by being the first local actress to be nominated at the Asian Film Awards (AFA).The actress and radio deejay was nominated in the best newcomer category at the 4th AFA on Jan 20 for her portrayal of a neglected 16-year-old schoolgirl in At the End of Daybreak.In an interview, Ng said she was surprised when she heard the good news from the film’s local director Ho Yuhang and producer Lorna Tee.Ng: ‘It never occurred to me that I’d get nominated’“The director is a filmmaker whom I’ve always wanted to work with. So when he offered me the part, I agreed immediately.“It never occured to me that I’d get nominated,†said Ng, who currently hosts a radio programme called Morning Kaki from 6am to 10am on weekdays on the local OneFM radio station.“The movie was adapted from a true story, and because I did not know the girl, I had to rely a lot on my own imagination.Ho, a multiple award-winning director, said Ng had played the part capa
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