Alpha Bank open to deal with foreign bank
Athens, Greece – Greece’s third-largest lender Alpha Bank would consider tie ups with a foreign bank said chairman of the company Yannis Costopoulos on Sunday.
The fresh tie up could include reviving a previously aborted merger deal with National Bank of Greece SA or another European lender said Costopoulos.
Replying to a question over possible deal with [...]
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Madonna in Paris for her new movie direction
The City of Light is where the Material Girl is going to direct latest film, titled “W.E.”
Madonna directed Saturday’s shoot in Paris’ tony 6th district. She was dressed all in black and heavily accessorized herself in dark shades, a hat and a patterned scarf.
In 2008 the 51-year-old singer made her directorial debut with the film [...]
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South Korea trade surplus widens in July
Seoul, South Korea – In July, South Korea posted a trade surplus of 5.67 billion dollars, witnessing a gain for the sixth consecutive month, thanks to robust semiconductor and car exports.
Ministry of Knowledge Economy released figures on Sunday claiming 29.6 per cent rise in July exports compared to the $41.36 billion recorded last year.
Meanwhile, the [...]
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Pakistan is seeing its worst flood in recent years as death toll rises to 800. 312mm (12in) of rain had fallen over the last 36 hours in the north-west. Information minister for Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa Mian Iftikhar Hussain, (formerly North-West Frontier) province, announced the latest death toll.
People are left homeless in the districts of Swat and [...]
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Last Wednesday, the AirBlue flight crashed over a hill. The incident killed all 152 passengers.
Earlier, it has been reported that the “Black box” of the airplane was found in the tail section of the plane despite the mud and rain that the recovery workers have to undergo just so they can find the “Black box”. [...]
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Studies have shown that birth control pills are effective whatever your weight is. Whether or not you are obese or thin, the same pill works equally.
According to Dr. Carolyn L WestHoff, from Columbia University Medical Center, the pill works by stopping and or preventing the woman’s ovaries from producing eggs.
Contrary to the study mentioned above, [...]
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The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) can give us protection not only to STD’s that can cause cervical cancer but also to prevent from developing genital warts and cervical growths according to recent studies.
Over the years, an estimation of 500,000 cases of cervical cancer has been reported. Genital warts and cervical growths are two conditions that are [...]
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Pakistan are in deep trouble at close of play on the third day of the first test agianst England at Nottingham. Having been set 435 for victory, Pakistans top order crumbled as Stuart Broad and James Anderson produced seven good overs to reduce Pakistan to 3/15.
Earlier in the day it day, Pakistan managed to avoid [...]
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The Food and Drug Administration usually allows blood to be stored for almost 42 days and most of the time the hospital would use the oldest ones to ensure that the first one to expire should be used first.
But the question lies on whether or not the old bloods have the same blood components as [...]
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A regional court in Russia banned YouTube because it carried a single video containing “extremist” content which prompted the Russia’s blogosphere to react with anger today.
Rosnet, a local internet provider were ordered by the court in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Khabarovsk region of Russia, to block YouTube as well as three online libraries and a website that [...]
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Alpha Bank open to deal with foreign bank
