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Korean filmmaker-EIFF jury chief

Yonhap News AgencyMay 21, 2013 22:00
SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's award-winning director Bong Joon-ho will chair the international jury at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) set to open next month, the event's organizer said. Bong, whose English-language debut, "Snowpiercer," is expected to open later this year, will choose the winner of the best film award in the international feature film competition category as the chief juror, the festival said in a news release posted on its Web site Tuesday. The 67th edition of the festival runs from June 19-30.

User loyalty is stronger towards Apple than any other tech brand: survey

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 22:00
Apart from Apple, consumers and business professionals alike show little or no devotion to other mobile computing ecosystems, a report has found. The report, by Forrester Research, finds that 85 percent of the world's consumers have little or no loyalty to a mobile operating system and its platform -- whether it be Android, Windows Phone 8 or BlackBerry 10. Of the 9766 subjects studied, only 6 percent could claim to be truly dedicated to one operating system and its related products, be they tablets or smartphones.

Accidental find shows Vitamin C kills tuberculosis

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 22:00
Scientists said Tuesday they had managed to kill lab-grown tuberculosis (TB) bacteria with good old Vitamin C -- an "unexpected" discovery they hope will lead to better, cheaper drugs. A team from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York made the accidental find while researching how TB bacteria become resistant to the TB drug isoniazid. The researchers added isoniazid and a "reducing agent" known as cysteine to the TB in a test tube, expecting the bacteria to develop drug resistance.

User loyalty is stronger towards Apple than any other tech brand: survey

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 22:00
Apart from Apple, consumers and business professionals alike show little or no devotion to other mobile computing ecosystems, a report has found. The report, by Forrester Research, finds that 85 percent of the world's consumers have little or no loyalty to a mobile operating system and its platform -- whether it be Android, Windows Phone 8 or BlackBerry 10. Of the 9766 subjects studied, only 6 percent could claim to be truly dedicated to one operating system and its related products, be they tablets or smartphones.

User loyalty is stronger towards Apple than any other tech brand: survey

Agence France-PresseMay 21, 2013 21:48
Apart from Apple, consumers and business professionals alike show little or no devotion to other mobile computing ecosystems, a report has found. The report, by Forrester Research, finds that 85 percent of the world's consumers have little or no loyalty to a mobile operating system and its platform -- whether it be Android, Windows Phone 8 or BlackBerry 10. Of the 9766 subjects studied, only 6 percent could claim to be truly dedicated to one operating system and its related products, be they tablets or smartphones.

Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals

May 21, 2013 21:47
By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state.

The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill

May 21, 2013 21:45
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's <AAPL.O> ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation revealed Tuesday that Apple, maker of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, channeled profits into Irish-incorporated subsidiaries that had "no declared tax residency anywhere in the world.

FEZ-telemedicine

Yonhap News AgencyMay 21, 2013 21:30
SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to allow telemedicine in the country's free economic zones (FEZs), a ranking official said Wednesday, a move partly aimed at attracting more foreign investors to the country. In a special forum with foreign investors, Kim Jae-hong, the vice minister of trade, industry and energy, said the government will use the country's FEZs as a testbed for telemedicine and a new type of health care service that also combines medicine with tourism.

America Movil to acquire U.S. wireless operator

Agencia EFEMay 21, 2013 21:15
Mexico City, May 21 (EFE).- Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil says it has agreed to buy U.S. mobile operator Start Wireless Group for an undisclosed amount. In a filing with the Mexican Stock Exchange, the Mexico City-based company announced its U.S. unit Tracfone Wireless had reached a deal to acquire the assets of Start Wireless Group, an Ohio-based mobile virtual network operator. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2013, subject to certain conditions, including regulatory approval, America Movil said.

Anarchist jailed for not testifying over 2008 New York blast

May 21, 2013 20:32
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A self-described anarchist from Brooklyn who refused to testify before a federal grand jury thought to be investigating a 2008 bomb explosion in New York's Times Square was sent to jail on Tuesday after being found in civil contempt. Gerald Koch, 24, had been asked last week to testify before a grand jury that his lawyer says is believed to be probing a small bomb detonation outside a U.S. armed forces recruiting station.
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