Maktoob was founded by Samih Toukan and Hussam Khoury in 2000 as a free online e-mail service, but grew to encompass online payments under the “cashU” brand and Internet auctions with “souq.com.” These companies will be favorably promoted on the new Yahoo!-owned Maktoob.At the conference, Yahoo’s Senior Vice President and Head of Emerging Markets Keith [...]
Deen Mohammad, President Karzai’s campaign chief, told several media outlets that Mr Karzai had secured the outright majority needed to avoid a run-off in early October with Dr Abdullah, his closest rival. Across town, Karzai’s campaign team said the president had won more than 50 percent of the vote, a result that [...]
Discovery will carry a crew of seven astronauts as it ferries equipment to the space station. One of the astronauts, Nicole Stott, will remain on the space station as a flight engineer, replacing astronaut Timothy Kopra, who will return home aboard Discovery as a mission specialist, according to the NASA Web page for the mission.The [...]
Our correspondent says the talks in Delhi promise to be spirited, although there is no indication of what outcome is expected. Mrs Clinton has sought to allay fears the US will press India on carbon emission cuts but will also argue they do not contradict economic development.She will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other [...]
The paid-click data released Tuesday by Efficient Frontier Inc, the world’s largest sThe company has been toying with different search box designs to see which ones lead to the most queries. As it stands, the MSN portal already accounts for half of Microsoft’s search engine traffic. Comparatively few people typed in queries straight from Microsoft’s [...]
The five-times champion had made his own effort to look good, arriving on court in a eye-popping new all-white warm-up ensemble of military jacket and long flannels. On an afternoon when the dull light drained the color from the banks of spectators he may have been a little overdressed but he certainly stood out against [...]
Federal Reserve’s emergency loan and market-support programs could start to inadvertently subsidize unwise risk-taking. To avoid having taxpayers once again on the hook for Wall Street excesses, the government needs a clear strategy for winding the schemes down.For the short-term liquidity facilities, which are no longer urgently needed, the government should act sooner rather than [...]
Administration officials are reiterating their call for a fair and non-violent resolution of the Iranian election conflict, while stressing their determination not to allow Tehran to make the United States a “foil” for the country’s political conflict. Officials at the State Department have expressed concern that a more vigorous response would fuel already frequent Iranian [...]
Indianapolis Colts quarterback helped launch the effort, encouraging about 100 Christel House students to keep active and eat healthy.This move is just the latest in a line of philanthropic steps Manning has taken ever since coming to the Indianapolis Colts.Project 18,” named after Manning’s jersey number, gives Indiana elementary schools access to a health and [...]
U.S. and international nuclear experts had estimated that the latest
test was in the 3- to 4-kiloton range. Former nuclear weapons inspector
David Albright,
the director of the Institute for Science and International Security,
said the test shows that the North Koreans are “pushing their program
along” and that they have “made progress.The U.S. intelligence community believes that North Korea [...]