Women’s 100 champion at CWG tests positive
October 11, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
NEW DELHI: The Commonwealth Games Federation says women’s 100-meter champion Osayomi Oludamola of Nigeria has tested positive for doping.
Oludamola finished second in the 100 on Thursday but was awarded the gold medal when Sally Pearson of Australia was disqualified for a false start.
Commonwealth Games Federation President Mike Fennell says Oludamola has been notified of the positive test and has requested the testing of her “B” sample. AGENCIES
Zaheer Abbas praises England
September 21, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
KARACHI: Pakistan great Zaheer Abbas praised England on Tuesday for not abandoning the series with Pakistan despite a tour blighted by mounting allegations of corruption.
“England cricket officials and players should be praised for their positive stance of continuing cricket with Pakistan despite the controversy,” Pakistan’s only player to score century of first-class hundreds told AFP.
Abbas’s words of appreciation came after Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt linked England cricketers to match-fixing, causing uproar.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) rejected Butt’s remarks as “wholly irresponsible and completely without foundation” but confirmed that England would play their two remaining one-day internationals against Pakistan.
Pakistan on Monday levelled the five-match series at 2-2. The final match is to be played in Southampton
Tusshar Kapoor opts out of Priyadarshan’s Tez
After playing a baddie in Shootout At Lokhandwala, Tusshar Kapoor had yet another opportunity of playing a negative role this time in Venus Films’ multi-starrer action thriller Tez (earlier titled Bullet Train) to be directed by Priyadarshan. However, Tusshar has to now opt out of the film due to date issues.
Confirming the same, Tusshar says, “Yes I was supposed to be a part of the film but unfortunately they pushed the dates ahead which ended up clashing with my dates for Rajshri’s film Love U Mr. Kalakaar. The schedule was supposed to start in September in London but it has now been pushed to October and there was no way I could adjust my dates and fly down to London in October. My dates would have gone haywire. I had no choice but to opt out of the film.”
Nevertheless, Tusshar is beaming with joy these days especially after the positive response to the promos of Golmaal 3. Says the actor, “Yes… the response so far has been superb. I am looking forward to the audiences reactions when the film releases this Diwali.”
KSE-100 Index gains 72 points
KARACHI: Stock prices at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) on Wednesday rose to their highest close in two months, buoyed by buying in the banking sector, especially in National Bank of Pakistan (NBP).
The Karachi Stock Exchange”s (KSE) benchmark 100-shareindex ended 0.72 percent, or 72.35 points, higher at 10,187.00, its highest close since May 14.
Volume rose to 121.26 million shares, compared with 67.97million shares traded on Tuesday.
Increased investors” interest kept the market in the positive territory throughout the day. NBP ended 4.99 percent higher at 68.54 rupees.
KSE-30 Index also gained 72 points to finish the day at 10,078 points.
KSE-100 Index regains 204 points to close at 9499
KARACHI: Fresh buying at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) helped the benchmark KSE-100 Index recover 204 points to close at 9499.
Today’s trade began in the positive zone and remained in the green territory throughout the session.
The reports of launching of new products in the stock market prompted investors to take new positions, particularly, in banking and cement sectors.
The market turnover was recorded at 110 million shares with Lotte Pakistan heading the actives at Rs9.14, up by Rs1.
On the other hand, KSE-30 Index surged by 241 points to peg at 9,422.
KSE-100 index gains 94 points
KARACHI: The Karachi share market on Wednesday registered marginal gains as foreign buyers took fresh positions in the oil and gas scrips following ease in the global equity markets and rising international oil prices.
“Despite downbeat attitude at the opening, aggressive offshore buying in mid hours supported the benchmark index,” said Furqan Pinjani at the Topline Securities. “OGDC and other large cap stocks remained among the top picks of foreigners. Heavyweight OGDC contributed 72 per cent in the overall KSE-100 Index gain and 26 per cent in the overall traded value.”
A mixed trend prevailed during the first-half after which all indices made their way up.
The KSE-100 Index closed at 10,561.74 with a gain of 93.98 points, or 0.9 per cent. The KSE-30 Index closed at 10,690.75 with a gain of 0.98 per cent, or 103.6 points.
A total of 433 companies were traded, out of which 193 advanced, 222 declined and 18 remained unchanged.
“Renewed buying re-emerged mainly from the foreign front in OGDC, which allowed the stocks to lead the turnover, besides contributing substantially to the positive momentum attained by the benchmark, the giant contributed more than 90pc to the gains,” said Hasnain Asghar Ali, a dealer at Aziz Fida Husein.
Nervousness due to various economic issues, including high oil prices in the international market and likely impact of capital gains tax implementation on the local bourse kept the investors on a low tone, he said.
Analysts said the reports that the local bourse was unlikely to be promoted to emerging market status in the MCSI World indices poured hot water on the anticipation as was being pitched by the local participants.
“Intense buying was witnessed in the oil gas and fertiliser sectors on renewed foreign interest. Record quarter-end earnings announcement, recovery in the global capital markets and expectation of early approval of leverage products played a catalyst role in the positive activity, despite concerns over rising circular debt in the energy sector,” said Ahsan Mehanti, Chief Executive Officer, Shahzad Chamdia Securities.
“FFC gained trading high volumes as rumours of a possible takeover of Agritech did rounds with speculative buying in ANL, as well. NML continued to ride upward as investors bet on the company’s power plants to come online soon,” said Faisal Bilwani at Elixir Securities.
Trading activity was minimal as compared to the last trading session as the ready market volume stood at 120.542m shares against 126.601m shares during the last trading session. Futures market volume, however, stood at 4.747m shares against 4.056m shares during the last trading session. Highest volumes were witnessed in OGDC at 11.333 million shares as it closed at Rs138 with a gain of Rs4.04 followed by ANL with 8.753m shares as it closed at Rs16.25 with a loss of nine paisas, JSCL with 6.522m shares closed at Rs18.74 with a gain of Re1.00.
who got kicked off american idol april 28
April 29, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Who Got Kicked Off American idol April 28: Siobhan Magnus, was eliminated from American Idol top 6 consistences and she will go home from the show. On Tuesday night show she performed the song ‘ Any Man of Mine ‘, which was written by Shania Twain.
She received the positive response from judges. But, in the last night show she was eliminated from the show. Casey James, Michael Lynche and Siobhan Magnus were the bottom three in the points table, but with the less number of votes she was voted off from this year’s American Idol show.
Judge Randy Jackson said that, he loved the performance from Siobhan Magnus and it was very good. But, she got less votes from TV viewers and she was eliminated from the show.
Michael Lynche said that “Tonight is different because everyone did well last night.” Crystal Bowersox, once again tops the points table.
KSE-100 Index slashes 51 points
KARACHI: The benchmark KSE-100 Index Monday slashed 51 points to finish the day at 10,556, slipping below 10,600 points.
The trade began with green numbers and at one stage the Index was floating at 10,639 points. However, the positive mode turned red when investors sold their holdings in banking and energy sector.
The trade volume stood at 120 million shares with TRG Pakistan leading the front runners at Rs6.32, up paisa 1.
On the other hand KSE-30 Index declined by 66 points to close at 10,660.
Annie Lennox with HIV Positive T-shirt Creates Panic
Annie Lennox are HIV-positive black t-shirt shocked fans at her recent American Idol-related appearance – even though it was not the first time she had used it on stage. People speculate wildly or black tee had a sinister meaning – Annie might have AIDS.
Annie Lennox, the British pop star shocked the world was watching TV when she appeared in Chain of Fools with soul icon Aretha Franklin, Tonight in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert on HBO television. Annie Lennox has been called The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive by VH1 channel and one of the 100 Greatest Singers of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine. Millions of ans of the pop star was concerned Diva health because she was wearing a black t-shirt that had the message of HIV positive.
This campaign was started by Annie after she heard about Nelson Mandela sobering description of the African HIV pandemic as “genocide” of women and children are the frontline victims. British pop star Annie Lennox shocked the public and all who were watching TV. Annie Lennox was honored with the Woman of Peace Award in 2009 for his contribution to the HIV positive / AIDS campaign.
Annie will continue in his fight against AIDS and HIV, and we can expect to see her dressed her Hiv Positive shirt to many more events in the coming year.British pop icon Annie Lennox shocked the audience when she performed “Chain of Fools” with soul legend Aretha Franklin last night. Annie has not been diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS.
Global markets mostly higher after US rebound
HONG KONG: Most global markets rebounded modestly Tuesday, following Wall Street higher as financial stocks recovered from a sell-off prompted by the U.S. government”s fraud case against Goldman Sachs.
Many Asian and European benchmarks were up less than 1 percent, while oil regained some ground after a big tumble. The dollar strengthened against the yen and the euro.
Markets worldwide retreated after Goldman Sachs Co. was charged with fraud for its dealings in subprime mortgage securities in the years before the global financial crisis.
Anxiety about the financial sector”s prospects, however, was tempered somewhat after Citigroup Inc. reported a surprise first-quarter profit Tuesday. Goldman Sachs is set to report its quarterly results later in the day.
John Mar, head of sales trading at Daiwa Capital Markets in Hong Kong, said heavy selling in Asia after the Goldman news may have been overdone.
“What impact does it really have on this part of the world? I view it as an excuse to take profits,” Mar said. “The outlook is still fairly positive — corporate earnings have been good, the economic news is still improving, with the worst behind us in the U.S.”
Europe followed Asia, with benchmarks in Britain, Germany and France adding about 0.5 percent or less. U.S. futures pointed to mildly stronger open on Wall Street Tuesday. SP futures were up 1.2 points, or 0.1 percent, at 1,196.80.
Hong Kong”s Hang Seng index rose 1 percent to 21,623.38 and South Korea”s Kospi was up 0.8 percent at 1,718.03.
Markets in India, Australia and Taiwan also gained. Thailand”s key stock measure surged more than 3 percent — bouncing back from a sell-off triggered by deadly clashes between protesters and soldiers just over a week earlier.
Bucking the trend, Japan”s Nikkei 225 stock average turned negative later in the session, shedding 0.1 percent to 10,900.68.
Chinese shares, down nearly 5 percent the day before after government took more action to restrain property prices, fell early in the session before stabilizing to close flat. The main Shanghai index finished virtually unchanged at 2,979.53.
Banking shares rose in Asia, with Japan”s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. up 1.1 percent and National Australia Bank ahead by 2.8 percent.
Benchmark crude for May delivery was up $1.03 at $82.48. The contract fell $1.79 on Monday to settle at $81.45.
In currencies, the dollar rose to 92.82 from 92.47 yen late Monday. The euro fell to $1.3475 from $1.3488.
Monday in New York, the Dow rose 73.39, or 0.7 percent, to 11,092.05. The Standard Poor”s 500 index rose 5.39, or 0.5 percent, to 1,197.52, while the Nasdaq composite index slipped 1.15, or 0.1 percent, to 2,480.11.
