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They made billions in a bear market

Several billionaires have rehabbed their fortunes during the recent bear market rally.

'Fake' drug dealers,terror link likely

In an editorial, editor-in-chief Dr Graham Jackson, a UK-based Consultant Cardiologist, has called for greater public awareness of the dangers as well as consequences of the counterfeit drugs market.

Recession: Some US cities will be safer

Cities with a strong presence in health care, education, law, energy, and the government will feel the impact of a downturn less.

Hurricane Ike pounds Texas, thousands flee

Giant Hurricane Ike began lashing the Texas gulf coast on Saturday with its fierce category 3 winds threatening to shut down United States' oil industry and flood the big water front area which is already under waist deep water. Ike, which has already churned through the Gulf of Mexico, is now on a collision course with Texas, where already over a million people in coastal areas have been evacuated but thousand others have ignored calls to leave, deciding to brave it out.

Terrorists turn to common items for making bombs

For causing explosions, terrorists have now been increasingly using peroxide-based liquids which could be converted into an explosive material. Many articles of common use such as certain items of cosmetics and cleaning solutions have a peroxide component. It is easy to procure them in any supermarket or drugstore without causing suspicion. It is difficult to detect. They could be easily carried into an aircraft and other modes of transport. They are light and easy to carry

World's top tax havens

Switzerland and Caribbean islands? Sure. But Alaska and Nevada are getting in on the game.

Amjad Ali Khan honoured in US

Tulsa is the third US city to confer honourary citizenship on the Sarod legend. Houston and Nashville had made him their citizen in 1997. In 1984, Massachusetts had declared April 20 as Amjad Ali Khan Day.

Best places to get a job in the US

Dying to snag a job in the States? Forget New York City. If you want to get a job in the U.S. this year, go south and west. Oklahoma City, anyone?

PlanetSpace inks space tourism deal with NASA

The company said this would boost their efforts to send tourists to space by 2009 and help quick point-to-point travel across the earth using a space vehicle.

Why people lie when seeking a job

Lying your way into a job

Insurance prices for Olympics shoot up

As a result of the explosions that rocked Athens on Wednesday, the cost of insurance in case the Games are called off has rocketed.