The former Merrill Lynch boss John Thain has been subpoenaed by New York's attorney general to explain the controversial payment of billions of dollars in bonuses to staff just before the bank was taken over by Bank of America. Thain, who lost his job last week, has been battling allegations of profligacy in his stewardship of Merrill which ran up losses of $15bn (£11bn) during the ...

The Newcastle United manager, Joe Kinnear, has been fined £500 in relation to comments made about the referee Martin Atkinson, the Football Association has confirmed. The 62-year-old admitted a charge of improper conduct for his criticism of Atkinson's performance – calling him "a Mickey Mouse referee" – in the 2-1 defeat at Fulham on 9 November and received his punishment after appearing ...

Iceland's president today asked the centre-left Social Democratic Alliance party to form a new government following the collapse of the ruling coalition – the first government to fall as a direct result of the global economic crisis. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson called on Ingibjorg Gisladottir, leader of the Alliance party, to form a coalition with the Left-Green movement. With 18 of 63 seats in ...

Changeling [2008] DVDRip XViD-PUKKA Synopsis : Inspired by actual events that occurred in 1920s-era Los Angeles, Clint Eastwood’s “Changeling” tells the story of a woman driven to confront a corrupted LAPD after her abducted son is retrieved and she begins to suspect that the boy returned to her is not the same boy she gave birth to. The year was 1928, and the setting a working-class suburb of Los Angeles. As Christine (Angelina Jolie) said goodbye to her son, Walter, and departed

By GENALYN D. KABILINGThe Manila Bulletinhttp://www.mb.com.ph/MAIN20090124146470.htmlPresident Arroyo yesterday directed the Cabinet to accelerate its emergency employment programs across the country amid reports of domestic job losses as a result of the global financial meltdown.Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said yesterday the President has assigned Cabinet members to specific regions where they should provide livelihood assistance and emergency jobs this year.The emergency jobs for the po