Published on February 19, 2010 by Technology Slice
Billabong Profit Falls – BILLABONG International has posted a 15 per cent fall in first half net profit and reaffirmed its full year guidance.
Net profit for the six months ended December 31, 2009 was $69.7 million, compared to $82.4 million in the previous corresponding half.
The result was down 7.6 per cent in constant currency terms [...]
Tags: Billabong, Currency Terms, December 31, Group Sales, Guidance, Net Profit, Six Months
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Published on February 18, 2010 by Technology Slice
Dizzee Rascal – Dizzee Rascal and Florence And The Machine’s Brit Awards duet came as no surprise to Now’s Style Editor Alison Tay who was actually with Dizzee when the duo first discussed their collaboration.
Indie folk sensation Florence Welch bounced over and very sweetly introduced herself to Dizzee Rascal and Alison backstage at T4 [...]
Tags: Alison, Brit Awards, Collaboration, Dizzee Rascal, Flo, Florence, Isabella, Keyboard Player, Love, Mash, Sensation, Six Months, Style Editor, Surprise, T4 On The Beach, Tay
Posted in Entertainment
Published on February 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Cardiac specialists say that former President Bill Clinton, who had stent surgery this afternoon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital after complaining about heart pains, will likely have a full recovery.
Clinton, who is 63, had quadruple bypass surgery at the same hospital in 2004 after angiography revealed significant blockages in four coronary arteries.
Six months later, Clinton had [...]
Tags: Bill Clinton, Blockages, Cardiac Specialists, Chest Cavity, Coronary Arteries, Former President Bill Clinton, Heart Pains, Heart Stent Procedure, Left Chest, Presbyterian Hospital, President Bill Clinton, Scar Tissue, Six Months, Six Years
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Published on February 11, 2010 by Technology Slice
A BRITISH woman dubbed the “Baby Machine” who has seen all 14 of her children taken into care has had a contraceptive implant fitted to try and win them back, The Sun reported.
Theresa Winters, 37, has pledged to stop getting pregnant in an effort to prove to social services that she is responsible enough to [...]
Tags: Adult Life, Baby Machine, Bedroom Apartment, British Woman, Children Taken Into Care, Contraceptive Implant, Eldest Daughter, Fears, Housing Estate, Luton England, Neglect, Offspring, Public Housing, Six Months, Social Services, Sun
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Published on February 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Debating Pac-10 expansion is no longer idle chit-chat. Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott made that clear during a teleconference with reporters Tuesday.
“It really is over the next six to 12 months that we’ll start having serious analysis and serious conversations,” Scott said about potential expansion.
Scott was joined on the conference call by Kevin Weiberg, his new [...]
Tags: 12 Months, Academic Year, Big Ten Network, Chief Operating Officer, Chit Chat, Conference Call, Conferences, Conversations, Deputy Commissioner, Media Contracts, Negotiations, Pac 10, Partnership, Repositioning, Right Hand Man, S Tv, Six Months, Teleconference, Tenure, Time Period
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