UK watchdog details bank capital shortfalls Jun 20th, 2013 - 08:40h (CET +01.00) By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks have plans to raise 13.7 billion pounds to plug a collective capital shortfall by the end of this year, the Prudential Regulation Authority said on Thursday. The PRA said the aggregate capital shor... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : watchdog, details, bank, capital, shortfalls, Top Keywords

Seoul: Day 3 of NKorea tests of short-range weapon May 20th, 2013 - 14:50h (CET +01.00) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean offic... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : seoul, nkorea, tests, shortrange, weapon, Top Keywords

'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes May 19th, 2013 - 19:20h (CET +01.00) LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectatio... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'trek', does, $706m, falls, short, studio, hopes, Top Keywords

North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row May 19th, 2013 - 13:00h (CET +01.00) By Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, ignoring calls for restraint from Western powers. Launches by the N... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : north, korea, fires, shortrange, missiles, days, hopes, Top Keywords

SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles May 18th, 2013 - 12:40h (CET +01.00) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aim... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : skorea, says, nkorea, fires, shortrange, missiles, hopes, Top Keywords

Taiwan short of volunteers for the military May 13th, 2013 - 10:00h (CET +01.00) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: Not enough volunteers. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : taiwan, short, volunteers, military, shortrange, missiles, hopes, Top Keywords

Tate Britain releases shortlist for modern art's Turner prize Apr 25th, 2013 - 17:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - An artist who paints portraits of imaginary people joined a French-born filmmaker, a British-German performance artist and a British multimedia artist on the shortlist for modern art's most prestigious and controversial award ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : tate, britain, releases, shortlist, modern, art's, turner, prize, Top Keywords

Google Play revenue surges, but still far short of Apple: data Apr 22nd, 2013 - 08:20h (CET +01.00) By Somang Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - Google's app store revenues are growing much faster than those of Apple Inc, but Apple still dominates overall sales, market research data taken from the first three months of the year shows. The app stores colle... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : google, play, revenue, surges, still, short, apple, data, Top Keywords

Martin Short could be back on TV in new sitcom Apr 18th, 2013 - 01:40h (CET +01.00) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Martin Short could be back in the weekly TV business with his former "Saturday Night Live" boss, Lorne Michaels. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : martin, short, could, back, sitcom, short, apple, data, Top Keywords

Friendships cut short on social media as people get ruder: survey Apr 10th, 2013 - 18:50h (CET +01.00) By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - Rudeness and throwing insults are cutting online friendships short with a survey on Wednesday showing people are getting ruder on social media and two in five users have ended contact after a virtual altercatio... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : friendships, short, social, media, people, ruder, survey, data, Top Keywords