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Apple: 74.5m iPhones sold, biggest ever fiscal first quarter surge in profits

Apple reported $18bn (£11.8bn) net profit in its first fiscal quarter, the biggest quarterly profit ever made b a public company, as they overtook £15.9bn profit made by ExxonMobil in the second quarter of 2012. Apple Shares rose over 5% in trading after the US markets had closed. Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook said that demand…

Aer Lingus , the Irish flag carrier started talks on the latest enhanced IAG offer. IAG faces public opposition to their proposed improved takeover offer of Aer Lingus which has returned to profit under the CEO Chritsoph Mueller. The carrier has rejected two earlier from IAG. Amid oil price falls, IAG’s spending boosted power accelerates…

The closer Clinton gets to an announcement, “the more she really needs to pay attention to the arguments that she’s going to make about the economy, and other issues. And doing speeches for $250,000 a pop will detract from that,” a source has said, about whether or not Hillary Clinton will run for President. Currently…

Saraswathy Menon appointed to UN peacebuilding panel

United Nations: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Indian sociologist Saraswathi Menon to a panel that will review peacebuilding activities. Saraswathi Menon, a former lecturer in sociology at Madras University in India, currently serving as the Director of UNDP’s Evaluation Office. She served as UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Mongolia, UNDP Deputy Resident…

RK Laxman, The Times of India cartoonist creator of common man.

Indian Legendary Cartoonist R.K. Laxman dead

Cartoon courtesy of The Times of India Group. Copyright: Bennett, Coleman and Co Ltd. All rights reserved. Cartoonist R.K. Laxman 94, creator of the iconic ‘The Common Man’ and made millions smile every morning by capturing their moods in the space of one column, died in a Dinanath…

International Airline Group (IAG), owners of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia is understood to have offered £1bn, £1.87 (€2.50) per share in a cash bid for the Irish Carrier Aer Lingus, which persuaded the company to enter formal talks and recommend the offer to shareholders. Earlier Aer Lingus board had rejected offers of €2.30 and €2.40per share.…

JULIA ROBERTS AND FAMILY FOUND HAPPINESS WITH HINDU FAITH

OK this can be old news for some, but Hollywood megastar Julia Roberts, her husband and three children regularly attend Hindu ceremonies and her faith has definately changed her and her family’s life for the better. Read on:- Julia changed her faith after starring in the hit movie “Eat Pray Love” in India. At the…

Sylvester Stallone – venerable older megastar and allegedly worth £265m, is turning to appearing in TV advertising to add a few more pennies to his coffers. Well in his current marriage, he has a wife and three beautiful daughters to look after. Soon he is due to be the new face of British Bread Maker,…

History will be made tomorrow when the lady Reverend Bishop Libby Lane is installed as the first woman Bishop. This follows years of campaigning for women to have a stronger foothold in The Church of England. However a few days later, what is described by respected journalist Janet Street-Porter as a “hideous charade” ,…