Friday October 10, 2008

Events

• The 10 October 2008 Orakzai bombing kills 110 and injures 200 more.
• Pirate spokesman threatens to blow up MV Faina, which has been held off the coast of Somalia since September 25, if $20 million is not paid by October 13. (BBC News)
• The president of Peru accepts the resignation of his entire cabinet in response to an oil kickbacks scandal. (AP via Yahoo News)
• Gunmen kill 11 in a bar in Mexico in drug smuggling related violence. (Reuters via Irish Times)
• An Alaskan legislative committee finds that the Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her authority in terminating the Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan. (AP via ''New York Times'')
• The Connecticut Supreme Court rules that gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry in Connecticut. (CNN)
• Oxfam says those needing food aid in Ethiopia has risen to 6.4 million, nearly two million more than in June . (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
• NATO ministers reach a deal after overcoming resistance from France, Italy and Germany by agreeing that only willing countries temporarily ampquotact in concert with the Afghans, against drug facilitiesampquot. (Deutsche Welle)
• Nobel Prize:
• Nobel Prize:: The Nobel peace prize is awarded to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari for mediation for the resolution of international conflicts who, as a UN special envoy, guided Namibia to independence in 1990, oversaw the 2005 reconciliation between the government of Indonesia and rebels in Aceh, and mediated a peace deal in Kosovo.(AFP via Yahoo News)
• Former Russian cross country ski champion Alexey Prokurorov dies after he is hit by a car while crossing a road in Vladimir. (RIA Novosti)
• A Swedish appellate court sentences Chilean opera tenor Ernesto ampquotTitoampquot Beltrán to two years and six months in prison for raping an 18-year-old nanny and molesting a 7-year-old girl. (Associated Press)
• North Korea draws nearer to a compromise in a nuclear deal that would prompt Washington to remove it from a list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. (Reuters via Yahoo News)
• The Australian Stock Exchange suffers its greatest fall since the crash of 1987 (The Age).
• The Dow Jones finished down 128 points, after twice reaching down 700 points and below 8000 points. (CNN)
• The United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson says that the Bush administration will proceed with plans to buy stocks in United States financial institutions. (AP via ''USA Today'')
• Group of Seven finance ministers who met in Washington with International Monetary Fund chief and World Bank president announce a plan to combat the crisis including the use of ampquotall available toolsampquot to support key institutions and prevent their failure. (NineMSN)
• Leaders of the anti-government protests in Thailand surrender to thepolice. (BBC)
• The Republic of China (Taiwan) celebrates its 97th National Anniversary on Double Ten Day, with its newly elected President Ma Ying-jeou. (''The China Post'')
• 27 people were killed by a suicide car bomb in Pakistan near the Afghanistan border during a tribal meeting planning the eviction of the Taliban from the area. (BBC News)
• Dozens of bodies that washed ashore in Yemen are believed to be from the 130 migrants from Somalia thrown overboard by smugglers; prompting calls for action against human trafficking in the Gulf of Aden. (AP via Yahoo News)
• NATO ministers reach a deal after overcoming resistance from France, Italy and Germany by agreeing that only willing countries temporarily "act in concert with the Afghans, against [drug] facilities". (Deutsche Welle)
• European markets fall steeply upon opening. (BBC News)
• Fears of a global recession send Asian markets tumbling. (AP via Yahoo News)
• Scores missing as migrant vessel sinks off the coast of northern Morocco in a route used by illegal migrants trying to reach Europe. (BBC News)
• Fifteen killed when JEM rebels ambush a government convoy in west Darfur. (AFP via Yahoo News)
• See more

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. T.I. - Whatever You Like
2. Pink - So What
3. Kanye West - Love Lockdown
4. Rihanna - Disturbia
5. M.I.A. - Paper Planes

Top #5 R&B songs

1. T.I. - Whatever You Like
2. T-Pain Featuring Lil Wayne - Can't Believe It
3. Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight
4. Jazmine Sullivan - Need U Bad
5. Lil Wayne Featuring Bobby Valentino & Kidd Kidd - Mrs. Officer

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Luis Fonsi - No Me Doy Por Vencido
2. Alacranes Musical - Dame Tu Amor
3. Flex - Te Quiero
4. Vicente Fernandez - Para Siempre
5. Los Pikadientes de Caborca - La Cumbia Del Rio

Division 2

• Angers - Strasbourg : 3 - 0
• Bastia - Dijon : 0 - 0
• Brest - Montpellier : 0 - 3
• Chateauroux - Metz : 1 - 1
• Clermont - Tours : 0 - 0

League 1

• Northampton - Hartlepool : 1 - 0

League 2

• Dag and Red - Barnet : 2 - 0
• Lincoln - Rochdale : 1 - 1

News articles

• As Crisis Grows, Driven by Impulse The Times's business reporter, Alex Berenson, discusses the tendency in periods of crisis for investors to be driven impulse. [..]
• As Crisis Spreads, Global Approach Weighed The U.S. and Britain appear to be coming to a common solution a day before a meeting of financial leaders. [..]
• See all financial news of October 10th, 2008

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $63.86
• Apple AAPL: opens at $85.70
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $21.79
• General Electric GE: opens at $18.70
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $87.41

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 100.72 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.1752 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.1386 CHF
• 1 USD = 6.8355 CNY
• 1 EUR = 135.35 JPY