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Lionel Messi, Barcelona and Argentina star, became the inaugural winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or - the FIFA Men's World Player of the Year 2010, at the awards ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland. The award is a fusion of Fifa’s Player of the Year gong, inaugurated in 1991, with France Football...

The brand expands its presence across the UAE, opening new stores in Dubai Marina Mall and Abu Dhabi Mall and increasing its floor space in Dubai Mall Koton, the international fashion brand owned regionally by Landmark International, has recently expanded its presence across the UAE, highlighting the continued profitability of...

A settlement Facebook Inc. agreed with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss for a package of cash and stock worth about $65 million two years ago, but they have sued to upend the deal, they charge the deception cost them millions and now want more money. In a courtroom in San Francisco,...

Swiss biotechnology company Actelion Ltd. CEO Jean-Paul Clozel believes maintaining independence is the best way to ensure value for the company's shareholders. "We have 10 products in development," and continued pursuit of those drugs, rather than an acquisition by another company, is the "best solution" for shareholders, CEO Jean-Paul Clozel...

Playboy Enterprises Inc (PLA) is seeking $180 million in bank loans to fund its takeover by founder Hugh M. Hefner, include a $20 million revolving line of credit and a $160 million term loan. Playboy’s agreement is with Icon Acquisition Holdings LP, a limited partnership controlled by Hefner. Playboy has...

Intel (INTC) and Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) have reportedly signed and renewed a six-year cross-licensing agreement for accessing each-others silicon related patents. In mid-February 2009, Intel dragged Nvidia to court over a four-year-old cross-licensing agreement. Intel allegedly told Nvidia to cease claiming rights for producing chips to work with Intel's next-generation...

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the world's No 2 maker of PC microprocessors behind Intel,  Shares declined 4.35 percent to $8.79 in post market trading on the news that the company's President and CEO Dirk Meyer had resigned and that Thomas Seifert has been named Interim CEO. A letter from the...

India's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) issued on Wednesday a second tender this week to buy high-sulphur crude amid an ongoing oil payment dispute between India and Iran . The refiner, also India's largest buyer of Iranian crude, is seeking 650,000 barrels of sour crude for loading on Feb....

Public cloud services adoption will grow at over five times the rate of the IT industry. 2011 will be a big year for private cloud services adoption and deployment. The platform-as-a-service (PaaS) battle will determine 'the next Microsoft'. Battle for hybrid cloud management. But all of this will lead to...

When the millennium started in 2000 we were worried about Y2K, Clinton was US President, the World Trade Center stood tall and no one knew about Facebook! We're taking you back over 3,000 days into the past - back to 2000, reminding you of the biggest events that have shaped...