The president of Japan Football Association Motoaki Inukai has confess that Monday’s 2010 World Cup warm-up against South Korea.
Japan news paper concerned that matches will be very contest with both team.
Inukai is hopeful that the memory of that 3-1 loss in Tokyo and April’s 3-0 home defeat at the hands of Serbia can be erased [...]
This KU ticket-skimming scandal has led to lots of finger-pointing.
Some blame athletic director Lew Perkins, even if he wasn’t part of the scheme allegedly orchestrated by his underlings.
Others accuse the NCAA of cynically overseeing a college athletics system that encourages the KUs of the sports world to exploit their athletes for maximum financial benefit.
But there’s [...]
South Korea’s government plans to reduce its role in central bank policy meetings after the presence of a representative at the gathering spurred concern about the bank’s independence.
The vice finance minister who attends the sessions will leave during the Bank of Korea’s vote on interest rates, Yoon Jong Won, director general of the Finance Ministry’s [...]
The researchers – whose findings are published in the journal, Nature Medicine – are now planning to conduct trials of the drug in humans.
But they warn that it could be some years before the vaccine is widely available.
The immunologist who led the research says the vaccine targets a protein found in most breast tumours.
Vincent Tuohy, [...]
Workers pushing for higher wages at one of Honda’s coastal Chinese plants could well be setting a trend.
The dynamics of China’s economic development are moving inexorably in favor of the country’s workers. China’s recent economic growth has mostly favored owners of capital, but demographic trends mean labor shortages are set to grow, tipping the income [...]
One day I was using my cell phone’s GPS service to find the nearest Target. I was driving down the road when suddenly my cell phone piped up, “Turn right here.” I looked to the right. There was no road, just a tree and some grass. I chalked it up to a GPS glitch and [...]
Several resort cities along the Gulf coast have managed to avoid seeing damage so far from the massive oil spill.
But many people say they’re taking precautions when planning their vacations.
Florida’s Restaurant and Lodging Association says hotel bookings in Florida’s panhandle are down 30 percent from last year.
More and more residents are staying closer to home [...]
Expedia.com is the world’s leading online travel agency. recently, they announced that they have added a travel site catering to the LGBT community. They have partnered with Fort Lauderdale-based International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), which is the leading global organization dedicated to our travel needs.
“At expedia.com, this is in keeping with our mission [...]
When adults talk about personal privacy on sites like Facebook, someone is bound to contend that that young people are too self-absorbed, or too naive to care about securing personal information that’s stored in various places stored online.
Well, according to a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, that person is likely wrong.
The [...]
Leading mortgage servicer Wells Fargo has agreed to participate in the government’s loan modification program for second mortgages, making it the second bank after Bank of America to offer the additional service. This follows a call from administration officials to improve loan modification efforts, especially as the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) continues to struggle [...]