LIFESTYLE News, Aug 04, 2011

Genes, not lifestyle, make you live to 100! New Kerala Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:10 PM PDT London, August 4 : The secret behind living to a ripe old age may have nothing to do with what you eat, how much exercise you get, or whether you smoke or drink. It may be programmed into the genes of certain lucky individuals, according to a new study.

Entertainment / Lifestyle Malaysian Digest Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:39 PM PDT Should 8TV/Media Prima take action against the person who's answerable for the TV station's recent Ramadan PSAs?

Event promotes building for the barkers The Bryan-College Station Eagle Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:29 PM PDT More and more people are trying to live an environmentally friendlylifestyle, but what about man's best friend? Organizers of Brazos Bark and Build hope to encourage sustainability among the canine set by sponsoring a contest for the most environ ...

Building for the barkers The Bryan-College Station Eagle Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:22 PM PDT More and more people are trying to live an environmentally friendlylifestyle, but what about man's best friend?Organizers of Brazos Bark and Build hope to encourage sustainability among the canine set by sponsoring a contest for the most environment ...

LIFESTYLE: Jamboree of Fun set for Aug. 13 Pacific Daily News Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:04 PM PDT JRP Guam and I.S.L.A. (Island Success organization that provides backpacks and school supplies to the less fortunate children of Guam) will hold a Jamboree of Fun at the Sheraton Resort Guam on Aug. 13, in celebration of JRP Guamâs 40th anniversary.

LIFESTYLE: Heineken Heat Wave Summer Party Pacific Daily News Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:04 PM PDT The Heineken Heat Wave 2011: Summer Never Ends! end of summer beach bash is set for Aug. 14.

LIFESTYLE: DNA Evolution surf night party Aug. 20 Pacific Daily News Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:04 PM PDT DNA Evolution will hold a surf night party Aug. 20 at the beach at Gun Beach. More information will be announced later. A Guam artistsâ exhibition Aug. 25 at DNA Evolution; Aug. 31: Miss Guam World pageant.

LIFESTYLE: Mangilao donne festival Sept. 8 to 11 Pacific Daily News Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:04 PM PDT Interested contestants for the Ms. Donne 2011 contest, vendors, entertainers and donne food contestants may call the mayorâs office at 734-2163.

Long life is in the genes: Study AsiaOne Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:44 PM PDT ISRAEL - Israeli researchers studied a population of Ashkenazi Jews who have lived to age 95 and older and found that their eating andlifestyle habits were no better than those of the general population.

Man Utd legend Cantona blasts Man City pair Tevez, Balotelli over Manchester moans tribalfootball.com Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:41 PM PDT Carlos Tevez Mario Balotelli Manchester City Manchester United Manchester United legend Eric Cantona has launched an attack on moaning Manchester City players about living in the area. Cantona also launched a broadside at Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli , who have this summer both criticised the lifestyle in Manchester. "They don't like the place?" he laughed. "It depends upon where they come ...

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GREECE News, Aug 04, 2011

The next Greece National Post Republicans are bragging that they got spending cuts today, a promise of spending cuts in the future, and no tax increases. Democrats, meanwhile, are chortling that they took the debt issue off the table until after the 2012 elections, protected their ... See all stories on this topic »

Salgado Vows to Carry Out Spanish Bond Sale Bloomberg The Spanish budget deficit, at 9.2 percent in 2010, was below only Greece and Ireland among the countries sharing the euro currency. Moody's Investors Service put Spain's Aa2 rating on review for a possible cut on July 29, citing “funding pressures. ... See all stories on this topic »

EU Morning Report: Interest rate hike expectations continue to support the euro IBTimes Canada On Saturday, EU finance ministers approved a 12 billion euro bailout fund for Greece's next quarterly installment. Today the euro fell after rating agency Standard & Poor's said that a debt rollover plan for Greece puts the country at risk as it may ... See all stories on this topic »

Pimco's El-Erian: Greece's Exit From Euro Zone A Possibility Barron's (blog) By Murray Coleman In an interview published today, Pimco's CEO Mohamed El-Erian is beating the drum of rising US debt weighing down global growth prospects. In an interview with German magazine Stern, the co-chief investment officer at the world's ... See all stories on this topic »

Greek debt activists move to a hip-hop soundtrack The Guardian "We try to sing about the way we live in Greece today – about racism and everyday life. About the social issues people are facing," he says. "The crisis has helped protest music and more political lyrics come more into the main stream," adds Manos ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Greek rise in homelessness creates a new poor The Guardian He bought a flat and – unlike so many in Greece – was fully paid up on his welfare insurance. But in Greece today that can be a curse as much as a blessing. Because of his age, how long he has worked, and his amount of contributions, anyone seeking to ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Oceania delays the maiden cruise of its new ship USA Today The 12-day cruise will visit Alexandria and Port Said, Egypt; Haifa and Ashdod, Israel; Rhodes, and Patmos, Greece; and Alanya and Kusadasi, Turkey, before ending with an overnight stay onboard the ship in Istanbul. The ship was originally to sail a ... See all stories on this topic » USA Today

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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Aug 04, 2011

FTSE plunges to lowest point this year as US double-dip recession fears spook ... Daily Mail Meanwhile, Spanish and Italian bond yields surged again, reflecting a lack of confidence in those countries' financial stability. It is feared that the two countries could be the next dominoes to fall in the crisis that has already engulfed Greece, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

New all-time high for gold as global stock markets slump, where next? Gold Seek So is gold the going to be the ultimate hedge against economic armaggedon, or at least round two of the global financial crisis? Let us step back and take the view from Mount Olympus. Since the global financial crisis of 2008 the global central banks ... See all stories on this topic »

License to Debase USDollar Further Gold Seek It was coerced to reduce interest rates as the subprime mortgage crisis morphed into an absolutebond crisis, as the Jackass loudly stated during that fateful summer. The US bank leaders claimed it was contained. It was not. The USFed was backed into ... See all stories on this topic »

Emerging-market booms in doubt as China tackles internal challenges Chicago Tribune China initiated stimulus programs after the US 2008 financial crisis and fueled a boom that helped insulate emerging markets from the US recession. Still, Fong is avoiding investments in Chinese banks and property and has less invested in ... See all stories on this topic » Chicago Tribune

SEC Restructure, Germany Antitrust, Greek Banks, Macquarie: Compliance Bloomberg Swaziland, a landlocked country of 1.2 million people bordering South Africa and Mozambique, raised taxes and cut state spending after losing a third of its revenue when the global economic crisisreduced trade and slashed income from a regional ... See all stories on this topic »

THE DISTILLERY: Rates relief Business Spectator If this continues into the rest of the year, the next rate movement in Australia could be down as theglobal economy and world markets tank. And the Australian Financial Review reported on its website this morning: "The eurozone debt crisis threatened ... See all stories on this topic »

SEC moves to restore confidence with investor education Nigeria Daily Independent Collective Investment Schemes or mutual funds, he told the gathering, are financial instruments that allow a group of investors to pool their monies with a predetermined investment objective. Such pool of funds can then be invested in specific ... See all stories on this topic »

Debt Bill Becomes Law, Averting Default - Fullermoney Proactive Investors UK Transfers of savings from the core to the periphery occurred voluntarily prior to the financial crisis as yields converged and spreads and shrank to historically low levels. The risk premium on peripheral assets appeared negligible but this assumption ... See all stories on this topic »

TSX suffers steep drop on renewed economic worries CTV.ca "The talk around the world has been centred around debt crisis. And what it's done is led to some paralysis as far as people who are willing and able to invest money in businesses. They're hunkering down because of all the uncertainty. ... See all stories on this topic »

Newspaper Briefing, including 'Recession is necessary and inevitable, says ... Proactive Investors UK Gilts: Yields on benchmark ten year gilts sank to a fresh low as worries about the Europes debtcrisis resurfaced and poor American economic data stoked fears about prospects for the globaleconomy. Ten year gilt yields fell three basis points to 2.78% ... See all stories on this topic »

Get Into Recession Mode Inside Futures Their lack of understanding of what actually caused the financial crises in the first place is utterly astonishing. Obama wants to raise taxes on the energy which accounts for 7% of our nation's GDP and energy has been begging to add jobs but are ... See all stories on this topic »

Analysis: World poorly placed to meet new economic crisis Reuters "The difference (between 2008 and now) is that this is not only a currency and bankingcrisis, you have now a currency, banking and sovereign crisis," said Sylvain Broyer, analyst at European financial firm Natixis. The Swiss central bank's shock ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

US Credit Rating Affirmed as Moody's, Fitch Warn of Downgrade on Deficit Bloomberg 3 (Bloomberg) -- Trevor Greetham, director of asset allocation at Fidelity International, talks about hisinvestment strategy for stocks, bonds and currencies. Greetham also discusses the prospect of further quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve ... See all stories on this topic »

Making its move to modernity The Asset Delayed for at least three years partly because of the global financial crisis, the government needed also to come together and to come to terms with how to tap its natural wealth and how to spread the wealth to its people. It had a false start in 2006 ... See all stories on this topic » The Asset

Investors flee stocks for safer ground msnbc.com "Tensions in bond markets reflect a growing concern among investors about the systemic capacity of the Euro area to respond to the evolving crisis," Barroso said in a statement. Though most European banks recently passed a financial "stress test," ... See all stories on this topic »

European shares extend falls; SocGen tumbles Reuters Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks to parliament later on Wednesday to try to calm fears over escalating market turmoil that has brought Italy to the edge of a Greek-style financial crisis. Yields on Italian 10 year-bonds slipped, ... See all stories on this topic »

China says US fails to defuse 'debt bomb' Himalayan Times China Investment Corp, set up in 2007 to invest a chunk of the country's hefty foreign-exchange stockpile, has been trying to diversify since the global financial crisis struck in 2008. The $400-billion sovereign wealth fund has been increasing its ... See all stories on this topic »

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