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SunTrust Sets Loans In Florida To Take Toll

January 27, 2009April 29, 2010 - by Jose Barreto

SunTrust bank of Atlanta saw a 54.3 percent plunge in profits due to weak economy. To cope up with this, it has frozen the pay rises and bonuses of its 4000 employees. The SunTrust bank released its revenue details, which reported an income of $746.9 million and earnings of $2.13 on a share. The income in 2007 year was $1.6 billion and the earnings were $4.55 on a share. So this has resulted in the …

Home-and-living

Choosing Between Renting a House and an Apartment

January 27, 2009December 11, 2015 - by Dylan Thurston

Choosing between renting a house and an apartment is very difficult. It depends based on many personal factors as well as environmental factors. In general, the following is my opinion on choosing between apartment and an individual house. Renting an apartment has many advantages over renting a house. In apartments, you have an out-and-out maintenance staff. So you don’t have to do the messy stuff yourself. The security must also be taken into account here. …

Business / Top News

Lawsuit Filed On Satellite Firm

January 20, 2009November 6, 2009 - by Jayden Attard

ImageSat International, the company behind the EROS (Earth Resources Observation Satellite) program is now facing a lawsuit on faulting losses.According to the Stake holders lead by Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., a New York-based equity investment firm, the firm is into charges of a failed acquisition bid, contractual breaches, and some more.There are three more lawsuits pending on ImageSat International and majority shareholders of it.EROS is a program to deploy a series of Israeli commercial satellites …

Entertainment / Society

Tips to Select Gifts for Senior Citizens

December 9, 2008March 25, 2013 - by Jose Barreto

Buying gifts for senior citizens can be a little difficult at times because what you give something that you think they would enjoy, and you find out that their tastes are not anywhere near yours. Majority of the seniors in US are depends on month to month on a fixed income, and have medical expenses that eat away at their money, buying the necessary things can be a hardship for them. So whenever you are …

Worlds No.1 Bike Is Mad Max

November 14, 2008April 29, 2010 - by Dylan Thurston

You like to have super bikes rather than regular cars? Then this is for you. MAD MAX is the one of the most popular bike in the world. It reaches to a speed of 60kmph with in 1.7 seconds. The two front wheels and two rear wheels gives a motorized quadric-cycle looks to this bike. The top speed of this bike is 360kmph. The first generation of the MAD MAX was called the GJS250 and …

Entertainment / Top News

“High School Musical 3” Collected $15 Million In Two Weeks

November 10, 2008February 25, 2010 - by Gavin Moodie

History repeated it self with success of Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” even more than the first two sequels. Hollywood audiences once again proved that the sequels with good story will receive the best. According to studio estimates the movie pulled in $15 million and remained as top movie in its second straight weekend. On its 10th day, the movie raised a total of $61.8 million and in second position with “Zack and …

Entertainment

Legendary Singer Joan Baez Is In Celebratory Mood

November 10, 2008November 9, 2009 - by Jayden Attard

Every one of us will be happy if we achieve anything good and if anyone who is celebrating 50 years of successful career as singer then how it is for her. I am talking about legendary singer, Joan Baez and her happiness in successful completion of 50 years in show business when she is 67. She raised to fame during folk movement in 1950’s and 1960’s with a new album “Day After Tomorrow.” At the …

Science-n-Technology / Society

Ancient Wonders Are Also Miraculous

October 20, 2008April 29, 2010 - by Majano Luis

As we have the Seven Wonders of the World at present, we used to have it in our ancient world. Herodotus was an ancient historian who lived around 484 BC-ca to 425 BC. He was said to be the first person to list the seven wonders of those ancient world. Of those seven wonders, Ishtar Gate of Babylon was replaced in 6th century with the Light House of Alexandria. Those seven wonders were Great Pyramid …