Monthly Archives: September 2011
Property sales in Chinese cities sluggish in August as price-curbing policies bearing fruit
By Wang Guanqun BEIJING, Sept. 13 — New home prices, property transaction volumes and residential land prices in major Chinese cities all fell in August, suggesting the policies aiming at cooling the housing market are taking effect. A report published by … Continue reading
Police help Apple hunt lost iPhone
BEIJING, Sept. 6 — San Francisco police said they had helped Apple search for a “lost item,” following reports saying that a prototype of Apple’s yet-to-be-released iPhone 5 had gone missing in July. Last week, technology news website CNET reported … Continue reading
NASA to launch twin probes to measure moon gravity
BEIJING, Sept. 6 — NASA will launch on Thursday twin lunar orbiters built to map the gravity of Earth’s moon in unprecedented detail, media reported Tuesday. The twin lunar probes, Graili-A and Graili-B, will blast off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air … Continue reading
Study highlights five habits to cut diabetes risk
BEIJING, Sept. 6 — Living a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of diabetes by as much as 80 percent, a new analysis suggested. Having a healthy diet, exercising, maintaining normal body weight, not smoking and consuming alcohol can lower the … Continue reading
Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra dies after crash
BEIJING, Sept. 6 — Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra, known as “new Pavarotti” in Italy for his powerful operatic voice, died Monday at the age of 43 after a scooter accident in Sicily. Licitra had been in a coma since the Aug. … Continue reading
Eddie Murphy front-runner to host Oscars 2012
BEIJING, Sept. 6 — Renowned U.S. Actor Eddie Murphy is now the front-runner to host the 84th Academy Awards in 2012, according to media reports Tuesday. Eddie Murphy is said to be favored by Brett Ratner, a producer of the awards … Continue reading