LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Watch out Britney, Octomom and Paris! Shows spoofing your fame are piling up faster than celebrity magazines in a hair salon, and they include a stage musical and animated TV programs.”Popzilla,” the latest show to declare open season on Hollywood celebrities and their reality TV kissing cousins, will premiere on cable television’s MTV on Monday.The acerbic newcomers are putting a new twist on the public appetite for celebrity news. Nearly 55 million Americans visited an entertainment news site in May, digital tracking firm comScore said.”Popzilla” was conceived to match the fast-paced, often raunchy celebrity TV news…
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Spoof shows turn tables on celebrity obsession
Health and Wellness
About Natural Colon Cleansing
Natural colon cleansing was also employed by the Ancient Greeks as part of their natural health regimen and their tradition. In the United States, colon cleansing was not popular until in the 1920s using tea, fruit, or colon irrigation.
The important topic for the idea of colon cleansing is its safety. Do we really need to cleanse our colon?
There are two major methods employed during a colon cleansing. One uses colon cleansing products while the other involves a professional to administer a colon irrigation. When using a colon cleansing product, you are asked to take supplements. The normal process…
Finance
Bankruptcy: Tips To Avoid It
Although it may seem like an easy solution to major financial difficulties, it is best to avoid bankruptcy at all cost. There are many reasons for avoiding bankruptcy and many tips for helping those in financial difficulty avoid resorting to bankruptcy. Before beginning to consider bankruptcy, it is best to weigh the negative consequences.
Although it may seem like an easy solution to major financial difficulties, it is best to avoid bankruptcy at all cost. There are many reasons for avoiding bankruptcy and many tips for helping those in financial difficulty avoid resorting to bankruptcy. Before beginning to consider bankruptcy,…
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Powerful BI Solutions For Business Mergers
A merger occurred between two North American manufacturing companies. They were able to unite forces to bring unique value to the construction, transportation, materials handling, and agricultural industries in Canada and the United States.
This new multinational company had undergone mergers and acquisitions in the past and had several different IT systems. There were looking for ways to enable access to consolidated information to better serve customers across the globe.
Numerous mergers and acquisitions stimulated an urgent need to reconcile disparate sales and distribution models and to gain a clearer picture of business activity. Its existing systems caused redundant work…
Business
India to turn world’s third largest steel producer this year
Going by the production of steel in the country so far this year, India is on its way to becoming the third largest steel producer in the world. With an output of 55 million tonne (mt) last year, the country was ranked fifth in the world after China (501 mt), Japan (119 mt), United States (91 mt) and Russia (69 mt). Germany, Ukraine and Brazil followed India at the sixth, seventh and eighth positions, respectively. India, which had earlier set itself the target of becoming the world’s third largest steel producer by 2013, is also aiming to produce 124 mt…
Business
REC negotiating $200 mln Aflac loan-exec
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian state-run lender Rural Electrification Corp (REC) is negotiating with U.S. insurer Aflac Inc for a $200 million loan, a senior company official said on Monday. The loan is part of a $500 million overseas borrowing plan of the company, H.D. Khunteta, REC’s Finance Director told Reuters over telephone. “We are likely to get an offer from Aflac. They are more or less agreeable,” he said. Khunteta said company officials plan to visit the United States to discuss the loan with Aflac, the world’s largest seller of supplemental disability insurance, and would also meet other U.S.…
Business
U.S. tire duties fuel trade tension with China
BEIJING (Reuters) – A U.S. decision to impose special duties on Chinese tires could open the door to a host of trade complaints against Chinese products, creating tensions as Western nations seek Beijing’s support at a G20 meeting. China responded swiftly to U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement Friday of safeguard duties on tire imports from China, saying on Monday it would request World Trade Organization consultations with the U.S. over the duties. It also announced its own anti-dumping investigations of chicken products from the United States, a trade worth $800 million a year, as well as U.S. automotive exports.…
Business
Obama move on China tires could spur more requests
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s decision to restrict tire imports from China after union workers complained of a surge could lead to copycat cases in areas such as steel, clothing, paper, machinery and consumer goods, trade experts said on Monday “It’s a target-rich environment,” said Lewis Leibowitz, a lawyer who represents the Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition, which opposed relief in the tires case. “There’s almost anything you can hit. And even within import categories that have gone down, there may be smaller product categories that have gone up,” Leibowitz said. However, the question of which industries could…
Business
Crisis fails to topple US as world’s top power: Study
LONDON: The United States was dealt a blow by the financial crisis but remains the world’s main power and can maintain its influence if it works with allies to achieve its goals, a study said on Tuesday. A report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think tank in London said that despite taking an economic hit, the downturn has highlighted how other states look to Washington for their lead. “The vivid message of the financial crisis… was that America continued to be of vital importance to other countries, including its putative rivals as pre-eminent powers,” the IISS…
Health and Wellness
The Best Colon Cleanse
Some health problems such as kidney infection, bladder disorders, constipation, yeast infection, body odor, and stomach pain are attributed to unhealthy colon. No wonder, colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the United States.
The colon or the large intestine is the body’s fuel station and the waste management department. There are two main functions of the colon. It can clean the colon through getting rid of toxins or accumulated fecal wastes and absorption of water, salt, and other minerals that are not absorbed in the small intestine.
In the colon, water is extracted out…
Business
Dr Reddy’s launches generic Starlix, shares rise
BANGALORE (Reuters) – Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd has launched a generic version of Novartis’ diabetes fighter in the United States, a spokesman for the Indian drugmaker said on Monday, sending its shares up 1.7 percent in a weak market. The company had received U.S. regulatory approval last week for nateglinide, a copycat version of Starlix, he said, but declined to give details. Brokerage Nomura said in a report Dr Reddy’s was likely to share 180-day exclusivity to sell this drug in the United States along with other generic players, including Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Par Pharmaceutical. Shares in Dr…
Business
Global poll sees support for spending stimulus
LONDON (Reuters) – Most people around the world support significantly increasing government spending to counter the economic crisis, according to a 20-nation opinion poll released on Monday. The findings will bring solace to leaders such as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who have backed multi-billion-dollar stimulus programmes to try to lift their economies out of recession. G20 finance leaders agreed this month they would not remove emergency stimulus until the recovery was well entrenched. The survey of more than 22,000 people in 20 countries for the BBC World Service found that, on average, 60 percent favoured “significantly increasing government…
