NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – Rick Ross has canceled two shows in North Carolina after a gang named Gangster Disciples published a series of YouTube videos threatening the Southern rapper.Ross, a solo artist, is the founder of Maybach Music Group, a record label that release albums through Warner Bros Records. He was set to perform with fellow Maybach artists Wale, Meek Mill and Machine Gun Kelly in Greensboro...
Insight: Making France work again
Label: HealthECUEILLE, France (Reuters) – Shirt manufacturer Marc Roudeillac was delighted when 48 of the 49 staff in his factory in central France voted to adapt their strict 35-hour week contracts to meet the up-and-down demand of the fashion trade.Then the labor inspector stepped in and ruled the contracts must not be changed. So Roudeillac began an overtime system with 25 percent hourly bonuses. Again, the...
Alexander: No triple dip slump
Label: Business9 December 2012 Last updated at 07:36 ETPlease turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander: “It is a longer and harder road… but we are making progress”Britain is not heading for a triple dip recession, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has said.Last week, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast that the economy was...
Dec
08
Election underscores Ghana’s democratic reputation
Label: WorldACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Voters in Ghana selected their next president Friday in a ballot expected to mark the sixth transparent election in this West African nation, known as a beacon of democracy in a tumultuous region.Proud of their democratic heritage, residents of this balmy, seaside capital trudged to the polls more than four hours before the sun was even up, standing inches apart in queues that...
Red Hat divulgará los resultados del tercer trimestre del año fiscal 2013 a través de un webcast
Label: TechnologyRed Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT), proveedor líder mundial de soluciones de código abierto, analizará los resultados del tercer trimestre del año fiscal 2013 el jueves, 20 de diciembre de 2012, a partir de las 5:00 p. m., hora del Este.Se puede acceder a un webcast en vivo en la página de Relaciones con los Inversores de Red Hat en http://investors.redhat.com y la reproducción se encontrará disponible...
Singer James Taylor suggested for lead role in “Lincoln”
Label: LifestyleWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Singer-songwriter James Taylor says he doesn’t see the resemblance, but he was pitched – without success – to play the role of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the new film.Taylor told a packed audience at the National Press Club on Friday that Oscar-winning musician John Williams – who composed the soundtrack for “Lincoln” – had pushed for Taylor to play the lead role in Steven...
Relationship Ranch: Couples’ Therapy with Horses
Label: HealthIt’s fascinating to watch a man trying to win back the love of his life by talking to a horse.Horse therapy has been used for decades to help treat people with physical disabilities or learning disorders, but now they are also being used in an unconventional form of couples counseling.Watch the full story on “Nightline” tonight at 11:35 p.m. ETNancy Hamilton and Lottie Grimes are marriage therapists...
Starbucks tax protest ‘under way’
Label: Business8 December 2012 Last updated at 08:07 ETPlease turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Danni Wright, UK Uncut: “Starbucks should be paying the appropriate amount”Tax avoidance campaigners say they are protesting at Starbucks cafes across the UK, despite the firm’s pledge to pay millions of pounds of extra corporation tax for the next two years.The organisers, UK Uncut, say the coffee...
Dec
07
Ghana election, test of democratic reputation
Label: WorldACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Voters in Ghana were selecting their next president and a 275-seat parliament in elections Friday, solidifying the West African nation‘s reputation as a beacon of democracy in the region.Some 14 million people are expected to turn out. President John Dramani Mahama, in office for only five months, is running against seven contenders. A former vice president, Mahama became president...
H&R Block, Zynga, Akamai are big market movers
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:NYSEH&R Block Inc., up 89 cents at $ 18.26The tax preparer’s quarterly loss narrows, helped by cost cuts. It thinks earnings will grow in the upcoming U.S. tax season.SAIC Inc., down 41 cents at $ 11.26The defense contractor’s quarterly earnings fall short of Wall Street...
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