WINSTON-SALEM: Local gyms are attracting members in the down market. According to a report, local gyms are feeling the pinch of the recession as some members are deciding not to renew.
Gyms are having to find different ways to entice new and old members beyond the typical “no enrollment fees” gimmick.
YMCA spokesman Darryl Head said “From past years we can tell …
Chicago: It was a bad year for Microsoft Internet Explorer. Over the past 12 months, IE has lost almost 8 points, leaving the browser with the least amount of market share since 1999, while Firefox, Chrome and Safari posted substantial gains.
Chrome, released in September of this year, is an entirely new player and Opera was able to add 0.7 …
CHICAGO: President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday urged all party to work together to strengthen the US economy.He said that the US economy could face more challenges and urged lawmakers to act quickly on recovery proposals.
Obama, who takes office on Jan. 20, said he would meet next week in Washington with Democratic and Republican leaders to discuss his plan aimed at …
Toyota is trying to develop its first all-solar commercial car. According to the report, the new solar car will be covered in solar cells and will also be an electric plug-in, similar to the Chevy Volt.
If Toyota is indeed cooking up a solar vehicle, it would have the first commercial solar concept car.
According to the reports, it can plug into …
The world’s largest free online encyclopedia,announced that it has passed its fundraising goal for 2008 of $6 million.
A personal appeal from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, posted in December on the web sites of Wikipedia and The Wikimedia Foundation, raked in $2 million from over 50,000 contributors in just eight days.
The financial support will allow the foundation to cover its operating …
SHILLONG: India has once again told Pakistan to hand over Mumbai Suspects. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday he hoped Pakistan would show “better sense” and move against the groups India blames for last year’s Mumbai attacks.
Singh told reporters in the northeastern town of Shillong, “War is no solution to solve the problems and we want better sense …
LOS ANGELES: According to Nielsen SoundScan data, Latin album sales in the United States slid for the second year in a row in 2008. It was one of the worst declines among all musical genres last year.
Sales fell 21.1% to 25.1 million units; the decline from 2006 to 2007 was 15.6 percent.
Only country and classical albums suffered steeper drops last …
Hollywood actor John Travolta’s son died of Kawasaki disease, that’s proved to be fatal. Kawasaki is an illness that affects the blood vessels in young children.
The boy, Jett Travolta, died Friday after suffering a seizure at the family’s vacation home in the Bahamas, though it wasn’t immediately clear whether the death was related to his illness. The boy was found …
A senior Hamas leader was killed in Israeli air raid, according to the reports. The dead leader is identified as Abu Zakaria al-Jamal. He was the senior leader of the armed wing of Hamas.
The airstrike on Nizar Rayan was the first that succeeded in killing a member of Hamas’ highest echelon since Israel began its offensive.
Meanwhile, senior leadership in …
United States President George W Bush has blamed Hamas for the recent crisis in Gaza area. Bush blamed Hamas is the sole responsible for Israeli air and rocket strikes.
Mr Bush, who has just weeks left in office, said Hamas was a terrorist group dedicated to destroying Israel.
Earlier the Hamas leader-in-exile, Khaled Meshaal, warned Israel of a “black destiny” if it …
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