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Delevingne turns down DiCaprio's advances?

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:33:06 +0530

Paris, May 22 (IANS) Model Cara Delevingne reportedly ignored actor Leonardo DiCaprio's advances at the ongoing 66th Cannes International Film Festival.

Analysis: New MLS club faces challenge to make mark in New York

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:05:49 +0530

By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - For a brief but dazzling spell in the 1970s, New Yorkers fell in love with soccer as Pele and the Cosmos showcased the world's most popular game in a city long dominated by baseball and American football. Now Major League Soccer hopes that a new team, called the New York City Football Club and formed by an alliance of English Premier League club Manchester City and baseball's grandest club the New York Yankees, can not only recapture that excitement but this time, sustain it. ...

U.S. tax official at center of scandal won't testify - lawyer

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:02:31 +0530

By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about the targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny, plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressional committee on Wednesday. "She has not committed any crime or made any misrepresentation but under the circumstances she has no choice but to take this course," Lerner's attorney, William Taylor, wrote on Monday to the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that is holding hearings into the IRS scandal. ...

Aviation officials see global emissions deal possible by 2020

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:55:17 +0530

By Robert Evans GENEVA (Reuters) - Senior officials from business and commercial aviation voiced cautious optimism that a long-sought worldwide framework to reduce aviation's carbon emissions could be in place by 2020. And a key negotiator for the European Union's Executive Commission, focus of anger from many other countries over its emissions trading scheme (ETS), said she hoped a road map towards a pact would be agreed by this autumn. ...

The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:52:38 +0530

By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has hinged on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation has revealed that Apple, maker of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, had channelled profits into Irish-incorporated subsidiaries that had "no declared tax residency anywhere in the world". ...

Apple CEO makes no apology for company's tax strategy

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:03:48 +0530

By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may end up paying more. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found that Apple in 2012 alone avoided paying $9 billion in U.S. taxes, using a strategy involving three offshore units with no discernible tax home, or "residence. ...

Delhi favourite tourist destination of India

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530

India, May 21 -- Delhi has emerged as the most preferred destination for overseas travellers to India, says a study by an online accommodation booking website.According to the latest Hotel Price Index (HPI) report by Hotels.com, metro cities dominate the top 10 favourite Indian destinations list among international travellers. Mumbai follows Delhi at number two.Goa, the famous beach destination of India, is the third most favourite on the list, which is followed by Bengaluru, Chennai, Jaipur, Agra, Hyderabad, Cochin and Thiruvananthapuram.Hotels. ...

BCCI falls back on tried and tested Sawani

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530

New Delhi, May 22 -- More than 13 years after he headed the probe into match-fixing in cricket, former Indian Police Service officer Ravi N Sawani has been approached by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for another inquiry -spot-fixing charges on Rajasthan Royals cricketers - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan.Sawani was joint-director of special crimes in the CBI then and had deputy inspector general YP Singh and superintendent of police M Ganapathy with him in his team. ...

Saving our mothers

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530

India, May 22 -- India has taken several big strides over the past decade to reduce maternal mortality. The results are beginning to show. A decade ago, close to 75,000 women died every year during child birth or due to pregnancy-related causes. By 2010, this number had fallen to 50,000. The country's maternal mortality ratio fell from 301 per 100,000 live births in 2003 to 212 in 2009. ...

Indian pugilists gearing up for new system

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0530

New Delhi, May 22 -- Indian pugilists are getting ready for combat without headgear. Top players, according to national coach Gurbax Sandhu, are gradually getting used to the new system. "It's not mandatory yet, but a large section of players in the camp have started stepping inside the ring without headgear," he told HT on his return from Cyprus, where the Indian team had an excellent run. ...

Test cricket triumphs as Laxman has proved he's Australia's nemesis: Roebuck

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:54:23 +0530

Mohali (Chandigarh), Oct. 6 (ANI): Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck has described the recently concluded Mohali Test between India and Australia as a triumph of the longer version of the game.

New Zealand squad is happy with facilities, cautious about health

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:40:23 +0530

New Delhi, Oct.5 (ANI): The Commonwealth Games squad from New Zealand have said that they are satisfied with the facilities but they are careful about their health aspects.

Spectator turnout for Delhi CWG will pick up soon: Organizing Committee

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:04:38 +0530

New Delhi, Oct 5(ANI): The Delhi Commonwealth Games organizers have dismissed talks that locals are boycotting the event, and insisted that the spectator turnout at venues will pick up soon.