Gulfnews, Nov 4 – UAE banks are aggressively marketing personal loans to boost earnings in a booming economy. Growing competition is also making it easier to raise personal loans as banks are increasingly offering easier terms and higher credit limits.
Sony to offer preview of PS3 at Ala Moana
PlayStation ready for Xmas
By Jason Genegabus
Oahu residents will get their first chance to see, touch and play the new PlayStation 3 this weekend, two weeks before it arrives in stores. Two of the new gaming machines are on display at the 2007 Sony Expo, which takes place at the Ala Moana Hotel’s Hibiscus Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow.
World’s Fish Supply Running Out
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 3, 2006 – An international group of ecologists and economists warned yesterday that the world will run out of seafood by 2048 if steep declines in marine species continue at current rates, based on a four-year study of catch data and the effects of fisheries collapses.
The paper, published in the journal Science, concludes that overfishing, pollution and other environmental factors are wiping out important species around the globe, hampering the ocean’s ability to produce seafood, filter nutrients and resist the spread of disease.
PS3 PlayStation – Microsoft Releases XNA Game Studios Express Beta 2
Microsoft Releases XNA Game Studios Express Beta 2
XNA gets serious with the second beta release thanks mainly to the introduction of a content pipeline…
Tehran will never welcome a secular government in Baghdad
Kayhan, October 30– News of a change of tactics by Americans were heard; even some news wires affiliated with the Republicans reported on the need to change al-Maliki.
Iran wants to dominate Iraq and Lebanon – Ledeen
National Review Online, Oct 30 (by Michael Ledeen) — “We’ve got a lot of issues with
The heart sinks. Can anyone — let alone the president — possibly believe that the mullahs might help
2,820 U.S. Military Deaths since Iraq war began
Associated Press, November 3, 2006 – As of Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, at least 2,820 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,263 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.
Iran – Couple reported hanged in May, were actually stoned to death
Stop Fundamentalism, November 3, 2006 – According to Rooz daily, a state-run publication in Iran, “A man and a woman identified as Abbass H. and Mahboubeh M. were stoned to death in the northern city of Mashhad.
“Mahboubeh and Abbass were treated as if they were dead already.†The daily stated, “According to Islamic rituals, they were cleaned and wrapped in white shrouds by the undertaker while still alive. Being a female, Mahboubeh was buried alive up to her shoulders, and Abbass was buried in the ground, up to his waist. Then, they were stoned to a gradual death.†d, in Iran during May 2006.â€
Xbox 360 – No price change this year
Microsoft dismisses rumours once again
Games Industry – Microsoft has once again denied that there are any plans to cut the price of the Xbox 360 – at least, not before the end of 2006.
Sony – Japanese PS3 shipment will not meet target date
Only 80,000 units to make November 11th launch.
Sony has missed its intended shipment figures for the Japanese launch of the PlayStation 3.
The amount of units available on November 11th has fallen to 80,000, one-fifth less than the previously promised 100,000 consoles, according to a report in the Nikkei Keizai Shimbun.
