When Emma Watson chopped her long locks last summer, it was to mark the end of her Harry Potter days — contractually, she couldn’t cut her hair while playing Hermione. But since debuting her pixie cut in August, the actress has been trying to grow the ‘do a bit — this time, to get acting roles. At the ELLE Style Awards in London last night, where Watson received the Style Icon award from Vivienne Westwood, the starlet revealed to reporters that she’s liking her extra length.
“I am trying to grow it but it’s slow, it’s taking a while obviously,” she told ELLE. 10 more images after the break...
Beyonce teamed up with Coty Beauty to create a new fragrance for her which was named as “Heat Rush” and has been launched on the market these days. The popular singer declared that she created Heat Rush to bring the feeling of warmth and sensuality to every woman who wears it.
The perfume is feminine and sexy, fresh and beautiful and it has a floral bouquet and hints of honey amber and musk, a pretty great combination according to everyone who caught a glimpse of it. Steve Mormoris from Coty Beauty said that the new fragrance was inspired by the bright and subtle sensuality that transcends every aspect of Beyonce’s life.
Heat Rush was developed by Honorine Blanc and features top notes of blood orange, passion fruit, Brazilian cherry, a heart of yellow tiger orchid, mango flower and orange hibiscus. Base notes are teak wood, amber and a Rio sunset musk. It comes in a light orange bottle and it will be available as 15, 30, 50 and 100 ml EDT.
1. YouTube (Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim) All three founders of YouTube (Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim) worked on Paypal, when you started your project. 19 More after the break...
2. YouTube domain was registered at St Day. Valentine's (February 14, 2005).
3.70% of registered YouTube users from the U.S., 50% of YouTube users under 20 years of age.
4. If YouTube was a Hollywood movie company, it would have enough material to produce 60 000 new movies every week.
5. To produce as many videos as it was uploaded to YouTube over the past 2 months, broadcasters NBC, ABC, CBS would have to work around the clock seven days a week since 1948.
6. The total volume of traffic on YouTube about the same as used all over the Internet in 2000.
7. Need more than 1000 years to see all the videos on Youtube (but by that time videos uploaded to YouTube, there will be more per billion).
8. YouTube. The most popular category for video uploading - it's "Music", it contains about 20% of all videos YouTube.
9. The United States has charged more than anyone else on YouTube video, followed by Great Britain. U.S. users also watch most of the video, followed by hits - Japan.
10. The first-ever video posted on YouTube, it's "I'm in a zoo", downloaded Apr. 23, 2005 one of the founders of YouTube, Javed Karim.
11. Daily number of video views on YouTube is more than 2 billion.
12. Google bought YouTube in 2006 for 1.65 billion dollars.
13. The first video that opened the Russian version of YouTube in 2007 to the year, became Peter Nalitch clip for the song "Guitar".
14. March 13, 2007 Company «Viacom» filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the service of YouTube massive copyright infringement and demanding transfer her personal details of all service users. Federal Judge of the Southern District of New York granted the plaintiff's demands, contrary to U.S. federal law.
15. Many users whose videos become popular on YouTube, later became the stars and beyond the Internet. YouTube. For example, a boy superstar of Canada Justin Bieber received an expensive contract with a record label for its recordings, which his mother laid out on YouTube.
16. "Easter Egg" on YouTube: if during the download video push the button up, down, left or right (choice: tighten up and left), then turn on the game "Snake".
17. According to the statistics for November 2010, at the moment on YouTube loaded 35 hours of video, and a day - 50,400 hours.
18. Video, marked as deleted are not necessarily physically deleted. With the help of special applications such as Deleted YouTube Video Viewer, these files can be viewed.
19. In March 2009, the Chinese government blocked access to YouTube after it appeared on videotape being beaten by Chinese soldiers of Tibetan monks and other Tibetans.
20.YouTube. According to Wikipedia, 15 February 2005 - the official beginning of the history of YouTube.
Some banks are trustworthy while others exist just to confuse you and make money off you. The following are reliable and have great credibility.
1. Citibank
Citibank came into being during the 1800s in New York City. It is undoubtedly the best bank in the world and has a lot of financial clout as well. A country is not completely developed if this bank cannot be found almost at every corner! It has recently opened branches in Philadelphia, Washington and Boston.
2. JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase is even older than Citibank and has assets that amount to about 2 trillion dollars. The bank is a favorite amongst clients from different walks of life, be it government officials, business tycoons or the common man. They are widely celebrated for their credit card services as well as their reliability as far as commercial banking is concerned.
3. HSBC
HSBC was established about 20 years back and has had its headquarters in England ever since. Forbes declared it to be among the largest banks and companies in the world last year. HSBC is popular in Asia wherein its investments activities are particularly impressive.
4. Bank of America
As far as market capitalization is concerned; this bank is among the largest in the world. It can be found in over 120 countries and thanks to Merrill Lynch, it has also started getting recognized for its investment services. Its rivals include Wells Fargo and Citigroup.
5. Credit Agricole Group
Credit Agricole Group is based in France and is known for its retail banking services. Europe considers it to be among the largest in this financial filed and because it focuses on the importance of keeping the planet clean and green, it has managed to create a loyal customer base for itself.
6. Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland maintains and operates its retail banking services mainly in Scotland wherein they have over 650 branches. Contrary to popular belief, The Royal Bank of Scotland is not related to the Bank of Scotland, a financial institution that was established much before this one.
7. Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group has its headquarters in Japan and boasts assets of about 1.8 trillion dollars. Because it merged with another well-known banking company, their success rate has soared even though the entire process took a little too long. 8. Mizuho Financial Group
Mizuho Financial Group is based in Tokyo and has about 1.40 trillion dollars in terms of assets. Their holdings are large enough to make them the largest banking group in the country and within the top 10 in the world. It offers the usual banking services along with consultancy checks. About 70,000 people work for them.
9. HBOS
Owned by Lloyds Banking Group, this company is dependable because its insurance department has proved itself time and again. It came into being in 2001 and started being recognized as one of the largest in UK. Not many people know what HBOS stands for but it could be Halifax Bank of Scotland. 10. BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas operates from London and Paris at the same time. Forbes says it is among the top 20 largest companies on a global level. BNP Paribas also has stocks in many banks all over the world and is said to be the strongest. They got out of a major financial crunch during the current economic meltdown.
List of Top 10 Insurance Companies in India: Life insurance, Health insurance, Car insurance, Overseas Travel, Home insurance, Mutual funds etc
With the advent of economic liberalisation, the Banking & insurance sector in India has grown rapidly in terms of capital and number of customers. Insurance products range across a variety of portfolios such as personal Life insurance, Vehicle insurance, Health insurance, student medical insurance, Overseas Travel and Home insurance.
Below is the list of leading 10 Insurance companies in India
The government, groaning under the weight of a series of scams, has spent much of today contesting charges that it cost the country crores of rupees by allotting 60MHz of valuable S-band spectrum for Rs. 600 crore to a private company named Devas.
The contract has been under review since 2009, and will also be cancelled soon, said the chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), which signed the contentious contract six years ago.
ISRO’s commercial branch – Antrix – agreed in January 2005, to build two satellites on which Devas would lease transponders. ISRO chief K Radhakrishnan said today that at the time, the deal seemed to support the mandate for entering into "new and novel" projects. He added that neither the transponders nor the spectrum has so far been handed over to Devas.
It appears the Cabinet cleared making of two satellites but was not explicitly informed that S-band spectrum was to be bundled with this. ISRO also erred by not informing the Cabinet of the Dewas deal.
The space agency defends the Antrix-Devas deal being struck without bidding saying, the technology was new and bidding was not necessary as there were no other takers. Bids were invited for KU-band transponders since large number of people wanted these.
Mr Radhakrishnan said that S-band had become available for use after India began using KU-band for broadcasting services. However, in 2008, it became clear that new requirements from the country’s national agencies would need S-band spectrum.
So in December 2009, the Department of Space began a comprehensive review of the Antrix-Devas contract and in July 2010, a decision was taken to annul the contract.
"We are going through the process which we expect to be completed soon. We have not either given either the spectrum or satellite transponders to M/s Devas or Antrix Corporation so far. The review of the agreement by the Department of Space was on since 2009." said Radhakrishnan.
"When we have to terminate a contract, it is a complex process, that is what we are going through, so that government does not incur damage or financial loss," Radhakrishnan added.
The fact that the deal has still not been formally terminated was explained as testimony to the "robustness of decision-making," said K Kasturirangan, former ISRO chief, currently Member, Planning Commission.
Earlier today, the PMO’s statement stressed, "This office has seen reports alleging loss of Government revenue in a contract entered into by ANTRIX and Devas Multimedia Pvt. Ltd. due to lease of space segment capacity which would use S-Band Spectrum. The Comptroller and Auditor General’s office and the Department of Space have already issued statements stating the factual position on the matter. It is further clarified that no decision has been taken by the Government to allocate space segment using S-Band Spectrum to ANTRIX or Devas. Hence, the question of revenue loss does not arise and any such reports are without basis in fact."
The allegation was that if the Government made Rs. 68,000 cores by auctioning off 15 MHz of 3G spectrum last year, then this was clearly a sweetheart deal for Devas, which plans to provide broadband satellite services on platforms like mobile phones.
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/controversial-s-band-deal-to-be-cancelled-soon-says-isro-84212?cp
1 Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber is the most popular person on the internet Trend analysis: A SoSoDef executive discovered the teen sensation Justin Bieber on YouTube in 2007. Since then Usher took Bieber under his wing and his popularity exploded.Bieber’s popularity on Google peaked in August of 2010 while he was on tour, and then again in November 2010, when he took home artist of the year and three other awards at the American Music Awards.
3 Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus + Hannah Montana is 64% as popular as Justin Bieber Trend analysis: Miley Cyrus made her start as Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel hit series. Cyrus also recorded albums for the TV series and then broke away for a solo career with Hollywood Records.Cyrus’ popularity peaked on Google Trends in June 2010, when she released her new album, Can’t Be Tamed, and graced the cover of Billboard Magazine. Her search popularity again peaked in December 2010, when she was caught on tape smoking out of a bong.
4 EminemTrend analysis: Eminem has been around since 1999, and has played every role from rapper to record producer to actor.Eminem’s Google popularity grew in June of 2010 with the release of his newest album, Recovery, and when he rapped at the BET Awards. Eminem peaked again when he performed the controversial "Love the way you lie," song with Rihanna at the MTV Video Music Awards in September. 5 Shakira
Shakira is 42% as popular as Justin Bieber Trend analysis: Shakira made her debut on the music scene in the early 1990′s. The Colombian born singer started her career mainly in her home country, until she hit the U.S. radios in 2001 with her hit "Whenever, Wherever." Shakira’s popularity on Google Trends peaked this summer, when her song "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)," was chosen as the official song of the World Cup. She performed at both the opening and closing ceremonies of the tournament.
6 Rihanna Rihanna is 40% as popular as Justin Bieber Trend analysis: Rihanna moved from Barbados to the U.S. and released her first successful album in 2005. In 2009, Rihanna and Chris Brown were in the spotlight for a domestic abuse charge against Brown.Recently, Rihanna’s Google popularity spiked in November of 2010 when she performed at the American Movie Awards.
7 Michael Jackson Michael Jackson is 35% as popular as Justin Bieber Trend analysis: The King of Pop saw his fair share of fame, popularity, and controversy during his lifetime. It went crazy again after his death in 2009, crashing sites like TMZ and Twitter. Last year, Jackson’s popularity peaked in June on the one-year anniversary of his death. 8 Obama
Obama is 29% as popular as Justin Bieber Trend analysis:Obama’s popularity on Google peaked in March due to the signing of the Healthcare Bill. It spiked again during the November elections.
9 Katy Perry Katy Perry is 29% as popular as Justin Bieber Trend analysis: Katy Perry’s popularity began when she released her hit song "I Kissed A Girl," in 2008. Perry’s Google popularity soared in September of 2010 when she was the cover model for Seventeen, and Rolling Stone. She also saw controversy in September when her video was pulled from Sesame Street because many parents thought her outfit showed too much cleavage. Perry also appeared on SNL the same month, and mocked the Sesame Street fiasco. 10 Drake
Drake is 28% as popular as Justin Bieber Trend analysis: Drake got his start on the Nickelodeon TV series, Degrassi. In 2009, Drake signed on with Lil Wayne and then released his first album in June of 2010.Drake’s Google popularity peaked when his album came out in June of 2010.
Lady Gaga is 79% as popular as Justin Bieber.
Trend analysis: Eminem has been around since 1999, and has played every role from rapper to record producer to actor.Eminem’s Google popularity grew in June of 2010 with the release of his newest album, Recovery, and when he rapped at the BET Awards. Eminem peaked again when he performed the controversial "Love the way you lie," song with Rihanna at the MTV Video Music Awards in September.
Michael Jackson is 35% as popular as Justin Bieber
Katy Perry is 29% as popular as Justin Bieber
