ECB keeping unlimited offer
The European Central Bank stretched its liquidity security net for susceptible euro zone banks on Thursday, with a pledge to offer unlimited one-week and one-month support until at least by January 18.
It shall also present infinite funds at its three-month proposals until at least the conclusion of this year.
Google doodle remembers Mary Shelley’s birthday
The latest Google doodle remembers the birthday of the author Mary Shelley, who would have had become 213 years old, counting from 1797.
Apple smartphone an iStethoscope?
One can expect to have an iPhone in the hands of a doctor instead of a stethoscope for a regular check-up, as the latest iStethoscope is the latest buzz in field of medicinal needs.
The application though might not be very useful in case of urban regions however; in case of remote areas people seem to find the new iStethoscope application very handy.
The former boss of Lehman Brothers says the bank could have been saved
The former boss of Lehman Brothers has pointed out the financial regulators for the collapse of the investment bank. According to Mr. Dick Fuld, the former boss of Lehman Brothers, the bank was denied the help of regulators at the time of its collapse but the regulators helped out other struggling banks except Lehman Brothers.
Prescription drug use increasing in the U.S.
CDC says in a new report that prescription drug use in the U.S. has been rising steadily in the past ten years and the trend displays no signs of slowing.
The study was published in the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief No. 42. The study says that the percentage of Americans who took at least one prescription drug in the increased from 43.5 percent in
Training the brain related to faster dementia progress
A study conducted over a period of 12 years on more than 1100 people in the United States found that those who read regularly, solve puzzles, visit museums or even listened to the radio were better able to avoid dementia.
There is however an exception. If dementia does affect someone who is regularly exercising their brain then the decline is much faster if dementia does hit him.
Broken hip surgery list has Derriford Hospital at the bottom
One of the bottom three hospitals in an audit of surgery waiting times for elderly patients with broken legs is Derriford Hospital.
The Royal College of Surgeons conveyed that Plymouth hospital received only 57 percent of the 426 patients in their 70s, 80s and 90s through surgery within a span of 48 hours.
New Zealand
- Pew survey: Texting on the rise among adults; teens text five times more than adults
- Facebook to boost users’ security with a new remote logout feature
- Sony to launch video and music streaming service called Qriocity
- Virgin Media: 90% people think broadband advertising is “misleading”
- Samsung to release its second Bada handset – the Samsung Wave 723












