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HOMESTEAD: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, poses with his wife Samantha in Victory Lane after winning the series championship and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday in Homestead, Florida. — AFP
Kyle Busch wins NASCAR Sprint Cup championship
HOMESTEAD: Kyle Busch, driver of the #18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, poses with his wife Samantha in Victory Lane after winning the series championship and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday in Homestead, Florida. — AFPMIAMI: Kyle Busch completed a fairytale comeback story by capturing his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship on Sunday. Busch endured a long recovery from a frightening crash at the...
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic poses with the ATP trophy after winning the men’s singles final match against Switzerland’s Roger Federer on day eight of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London yesterday. — AFP
Djokovic ends year on high with Finals win over Federer
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic poses with the ATP trophy after winning the men’s singles final match against Switzerland’s Roger Federer on day eight of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London yesterday. — AFPLONDON: Novak Djokovic put the finishing touch to a magnificent season by beating Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday for the fifth time in his career. The Serbian underlined his complete...
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KUWAIT: Oman Air Country Manager Gireesh Bhaskar inaugurating the office by cutting the ribbon, accompanied by P N J Kumar, CEO of Caesars Travel Group and other guests.
Caesars Travel opens its 18th travel office in Khaitan
KUWAIT: Oman Air Country Manager Gireesh Bhaskar inaugurating the office by cutting the ribbon, accompanied by P N J Kumar, CEO of Caesars Travel Group and other guests.KUWAIT: Caesars Travel Group, Kuwait's largest travel company, announced the launch of its 18th IATA travel office in Khaitan. This office is located in the heart of downtown Khaitan (Khaitan Street No. 37 and Block No. 6), one of the densely populated area, adjacent to many of...
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Gulf Bank achieves elite J P Morgan quality recognition award for 2015
KUWAIT: Gulf Bank announced yesterday that it has achieved the elite J P Morgan Quality Recognition Award for 2015, acknowledging its operational excellence in MT103 commercial payments for 2015.Sherif Abdelsalam, Executive Director, Head of GCC F I Coverage and Sahar Adelzadeh, Client Service Account Manager presented the award on behalf of J.P. Morgan to the Gulf Bank team, Khaled Al-Mutawa, General Manager, International Banking and...
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NBK Capital named 'Best Asset Manager in Kuwait' for 2015
KUWAIT: Global Investor Middle East awards have nominated NBK Capital as "the Best Asset Manager in Kuwait for 2015". NBK Capital won the prestigious award based on a series of criteria judged by Global Investors' editorial panel and a selection of industry experts. NBK Capital - MENA Equities Asset Management Division received the award at the publication's annual Middle East Awards Summit, which was held in Dubai on October 28, 2015.Commenting...
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GE investing in young engineers: Mousallam
Salim A MousallamSalim A. Mousallam, Country Manager, Power Services – Kuwait and Bahrain, GE Power, spoke to Kuwait Times on the sidelines of Kuwait Global Technopreneurship Challenge 2015 in conjunction with the 40th Anniversary of the College of Engineering & Petroleum of Kuwait University.Mousallam has been with GE for 11 years. “I have always been passionate about supporting young engineers because we believe in GE that all the new...
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Facebook tries to ease heartache of breakups with new tool
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is trying to ease the heartache of breaking up. A feature announced Thursday will allow people who have split up with a spouse or partner to turn on an option that spares them the emotional pain of constantly seeing their exlover’s posts and pictures in their news feed on the world’s largest social network. Facebook will begin testing the breakup protection on mobile devices in the US before deciding whether to offer...
Sarah Myers (right) a manager at the Bayer North American Bee Care Center, shows a tray of bees to St Thomas More Academy student Maria Pompi (left) during a tour of the center in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Bee die-offs could disrupt the human food chain Pesticide-makers point to other culprits in bee die-offs
Sarah Myers (right) a manager at the Bayer North American Bee Care Center, shows a tray of bees to St Thomas More Academy student Maria Pompi (left) during a tour of the center in Research Triangle Park, NC.RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK: In a Nordic-inspired building tucked in a corner of the Bayer CropScience North American headquarters, high school students wander through 6,000 square feet dedicated entirely to the specialness of bees. Children taste...
CALIFORNIA: File photo shows Nola, a northern white rhinoceros, in her enclosure at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif. — AP
Endangered rhino dies in US zoo; 3 remaining worldwide
CALIFORNIA: File photo shows Nola, a northern white rhinoceros, in her enclosure at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, Calif. — APLOS ANGELES: A northern white rhinoceros, one of just four left on Earth, died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after suffering from a bacterial infection and age-related health issues, zoo officials said. Nola, a 41-year-old rhino brought to the Southern California park in 1989 as part of a...
Actors Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence and Julianne Moore attend the premiere of ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2’ at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 in New York
'Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2' is a smash hit, So why the disappointment?
Actors Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Jennifer Lawrence and Julianne Moore attend the premiere of ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2’ at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 in New YorkThe final film in the "Hunger Games" series debuted to numbers that few pictures in history have ever enjoyed, but not everyone seems impressed. Indeed, "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2" is a victim of the franchise's success. The film's $101 million...
Rapper Nicki Minaj accepts the Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist award onstage during the 2015 American Music Awards . — AFP
1D, Nicki Minaj, Weeknd win at AMAs; Grande, Lopez perform
Rapper Nicki Minaj accepts the Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist award onstage during the 2015 American Music Awards . — AFPOne Direction might have debuted at No 2 on the Billboard charts behind Justin Bieber, but they won the top award at Sunday's American Music Awards. "This is a testament to how incredible our fans are," Louis Tomlinson said onstage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. "We just want to thank everyone that's helped us in the...