We all want to know how pregnant Kate is doing and if she alright, but one cheeky Australian radio station could not contain its curiosity and decided to give the private hospital, Kate has been admitted to, a quick call, posing as the Queen, Prince Charles and corgis. To all of our surprise, including to the surprise of the two radio hosts, they were actually transferred to the Duchess’s personal nurse, who then proceeded to give the imposters an update! The hospital of course “deeply regrets” giving out information about her condition to hoax callers from an Australian radio station. 2Day FM said it was surprised to be put through but in the end decided to “sincerely apologise”. Well at least we know Kate is ok and doing well, that’s all that matters after all right?
Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SDI and three other firms were fined a record $1.92 billion, by EU antitrust regulators for fixing prices of TV and monitor cathode-ray tubes for nearly a decade. The European Commission slapped the biggest penalty, of 313.4 million euros, on Dutch-based Philips on Wednesday. LG Electronics came in second with a 295.6 million euro fine. The two cartels, one involving TVs and the other computer monitors, operated worldwide between 1996 and 2006, during which company executives discussed how to fix prices and share markets at “green meetings”, so-called because the events often ended with a round of golf. While we consumers were overpaying for our TVs.
Broadway, America’s theatre district right here is NYC, had a record breaking 2011-12 season, with takings of $1.14bn. However, it was mostly due to rising ticket prices, that we saw a record sales, as admissions were down from 12.53m to 12.33m. Tourists accounted for 63.4% of tickets sold, while international tourists made up 18.4% of all admissions. The Broadway season begins and ends in late spring, highlighted by the Tony Awards. In its annual report, the trade association for the Broadway industry revealed that 67% of audiences were female, while the average age of ticket-buyers was 43.5 – slightly lower than 44 from last season. The Musicals that attracted the biggest audiences, were Mamma Mia!, Spider-Man and Wicked. Those shows accounted for $933.9m of overall takings, so make sure to find out what all the hype is about, next time you visit our beautiful big apple!
We all want to know how pregnant Kate is doing and if she alright, but one cheeky Australian radio station could not contain its curiosity and decided to give the private hospital, Kate has been admitted to, a quick call, posing as the Queen, Prince Charles and corgis. To all of our surprise, including to the surprise of the two radio hosts, they were actually transferred to the Duchess’s personal nurse, who then proceeded to give the imposters an update! The hospital of course “deeply regrets” giving out information about her condition to hoax callers from an Australian radio station. 2Day FM said it was surprised to be put through but in the end decided to “sincerely apologise”. Well at least we know Kate is ok and doing well, that’s all that matters after all right?
Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SDI and three other firms were fined a record $1.92 billion, by EU antitrust regulators for fixing prices of TV and monitor cathode-ray tubes for nearly a decade. The European Commission slapped the biggest penalty, of 313.4 million euros, on Dutch-based Philips on Wednesday. LG Electronics came in second with a 295.6 million euro fine. The two cartels, one involving TVs and the other computer monitors, operated worldwide between 1996 and 2006, during which company executives discussed how to fix prices and share markets at “green meetings”, so-called because the events often ended with a round of golf. While we consumers were overpaying for our TVs.
Broadway, America’s theatre district right here is NYC, had a record breaking 2011-12 season, with takings of $1.14bn. However, it was mostly due to rising ticket prices, that we saw a record sales, as admissions were down from 12.53m to 12.33m. Tourists accounted for 63.4% of tickets sold, while international tourists made up 18.4% of all admissions. The Broadway season begins and ends in late spring, highlighted by the Tony Awards. In its annual report, the trade association for the Broadway industry revealed that 67% of audiences were female, while the average age of ticket-buyers was 43.5 – slightly lower than 44 from last season. The Musicals that attracted the biggest audiences, were Mamma Mia!, Spider-Man and Wicked. Those shows accounted for $933.9m of overall takings, so make sure to find out what all the hype is about, next time you visit our beautiful big apple!