I may not sign any stars before the deadline, admits Moyes with United boss under pressure for stellar signings

Manchester United manager David Moyes has said that he may not sign anyone new before the end of the transfer window on September 2. His pursuit of Cesc Fabregas has all but come to an end, while bids for Marouane Fellaini and Leighton Baines were strongly rebuffed by Everton.

Africa’s youngest billionaire says Nigeria conducive for investments

ABUJA, (Xinhua) -- Africa’s youngest billionaire Ashish Thakkar said Nigeria is a land of opportunities for investors, despite a cornucopia of negative stories reported about it in the media. The Uganda-born billionaire told reporters in Abuja, after a private meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, that he found out the difference between perception and reality is embedded in the huge potentials of Nigeria and the way investments flourish in the West African country, even as the international media are flooded with negative reports. “I think the perception happened to be negative today, but it is a very unfortunate case because when we come here, what we see and what we experience show that Nigeria is a very different place, “ said Thakkar, who holds sway as President of Mara Group Of Companies. According to the 32-year-old billionaire, Nigeria and the 53 other African countries are going through the much-needed transformation which makes the continent to be considered as a fast developing one. “In Nigeria, we may see some few pockets of challenges, but overall, this is a country full of opportunities with people with a lot of energy,” he told reporters.

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Tenth of UK five-year olds 'given mobile phones'

A boy writes on a smartphone during a lesson about Twitter in Seclin, France. The average British child receives his or her first mobile phone at the age of 11, but nearly one in ten has a phone by the time they are five, according to a new study. (AFP Photo/Philippe Huguen)

The average British child receives his or her first mobile phone at the age of 11, but nearly one in ten has a phone by the time they are five, according to a new study.
Children spend an average of £11 a month on mobile costs, less than the parental average of £19, though just a quarter of parents cap their offspring's mobile phone bill, research from uSwitch.com showed.
More than a million current under-16s had their first phone aged five, the study of 1,420 parents suggested.
When shopping for handsets, parents spend an average of £246 on themselves, more than the £125 they typically spend on the children's devices, uSwitch said. However, 15 percent of youngsters under 16 have mobiles worth more than their parents'.
"As well as arming kids with mobiles for emergencies and peace of mind, I'd imagine that many parents have bought their kids smartphones just to stop them commandeering their own when bored," said uSwutch telecoms expert Ernest Doku.
"Smartphones are getting more affordable all the time, with entry-level models costing as little as £7 per month with a free phone or £29.99 for a SIM-free handset."

He cautioned, however, that more parents should set limits on their children's phone bills.

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Lux Fix to introduce a new form of online shopping, where the latest designer collections come with VIP offers.

The Lux Fix mission is to bring about relationships between designers and their customers to the world of online fashion. In addition to the sorts of discounts reserved for VIP customers, any questions reserved for brands on fit, fabric, or styling advice will be answered directly by the design studio. After all, no one knows their collections better than the designers who bring each item to life.
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US memory loss man wakes up speaking Swedish

An American man, who woke up speaking Swedish but with no idea of his identity, has travelled to Sweden in the hope of restoring his memory.
Michael Boatwright was discovered unconscious in a motel room in Palm Springs, California,
After waking up in hospital, he couldn't remember his name, where he was from or even recognise his son.
Doctors have been baffled by the rare case of transient global amnesia which typically lasts for just a few hours.
Anna Boyd reports.

Gang rape of photo journalist shocks Indian financial city Mumbai

A general view of the abandoned textile mill where a photo journalist was raped by five men, in Mumbai August 23, 2013. reported byREUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

according to report - A photo journalist was gang-raped in the Indian city of Mumbai, police said on Friday, evoking comparisons with a similar assault in New Delhi in December that led to nationwide protests and a revision of the country's rape laws.
The attack on Thursday night triggered protests and an outcry on social media, with many users shocked that it took place in Mumbai, widely considered to be India's safest city for women.
One man was arrested on Friday and 20 police teams were pursuing four men who had been identified, said Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh.

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Lumia 625: Bigger, better, faster

LOOKING for an affordable smartphone that can ride on the fast LTE (Long Term Evolution) network for better surfing speeds and video streaming?

Then Nokia’s Lumia 625 might just fit the bill — this Windows Phone 8 model costs just RM939 and supports both LTE bands, namely 1800 and 2600.

The smartphone has a large 4.7in screen which should make watching videos, surfing the Web and viewing photos a pleasant experience.

It has a 5-megapixel camera and the Smart Camera app allows users to capture and edit pictures with options like Best Shot, Action Shot and Motion Focus.

For storing photos, videos and apps it comes with 8GB of space. Users can add more via its microSD slot which supports up to 64GB or utilise Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage space which offers 7GB.

The Lumia 625 will be available in five vibrant colours including orange, green, yellow, white and black.

PS4 preorders are double those of the Xbox One, says retailer

Sony's games console is proving more popular than Microsoft' says GAMES RETAILER Gamestop

By Carly Page

UNITED STATES GAMES RETAILER Gamestop has revealed that the Playstation 4 (PS4) is outselling the Xbox One two to one, suggesting that Sony's next generation games console is proving much more popular than Microsoft's.
Speaking to Gameindustry, Gamestop president Tony Bartel said that the "first to know" list for the PS4, which allows customers to receive updates on preorders and game announcements, is twice as long as the one for the Xbox One. According to Bartel, the PS4 "first to know" list has 1.5 million members, whereas there are 700,000 on the list for the Xbox One.
While this sees the PS4 proving significantly more popular in the US than its Microsoft rival, the Xbox One is unlikely to flop, with Bartel adding that this holiday season will see "the largest console launch in history", with both systems likely to fly off store shelves this Christmas.
We have yet to hear much about how PS4 and Xbox One preorders are stacking up in the UK, but with Sony announcing that preorders of its console have sold out in Blighty, with buyers now unlikely to be able to grab one on launch day, it seems like the PS4 is also proving to be the most popular in the UK.
Despite this, UK retailer Currys and PC World has said that it expects Microsoft's Xbox One console to be the best seller in the country this Christmas, outselling its seemingly more popular competitor. According to the firm, the PS4 will be this year's second best seller, followed by the iPad Mini, Google's new Nexus 7 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3.

Man, 105 The oldest licensed driver still driving!

Bob Edwards was born before the first Model T rolled out of Henry Ford's factory in Detroit. He learned to drive in a French car that had a lever instead of a steering wheel. And he's still on the road, only now in a red four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi.
The oldest licensed driver in New Zealand, and one of the oldest in the world, has been driving for 88 of his 105 years and has no plans to give it up, just as he intends to keep working out every morning in his home gym, and to keep regularly cooking meals for himself and his wife, who's 91.
"In fact, I don't think I'm old," Edwards says. "Not really."

the youngest pilot ever with full private license!!!

 

 “A full private license is basically like getting your driver’s license instead of just a learner’s permit,”
Two 17-year-olds in the United States currently hold private pilot and helicopter certificates, the FAA confirmed, but neither of them obtained their licenses so close to their 17th birthdays.
Pinksten is “the youngest to achieve both, in the shortest amount of time,” the agency told TODAY.com.
Pinksten first caught the flying bug during a job shadow for his social studies class in the fall of 2011. His mother works in the aircraft insurance business, and she put her son in contact with the owner and chief flight instructor at C-R Helicopters in Nashua, N.H. Pinksten spent about an hour and a half in a four-seater helicopter during someone else’s lesson, and he was hooked.
“I loved it,” Pinksten told TODAY.com shortly before his 16th birthday. “I knew it was something I wanted to do.”

Woman told she has 6 months to live gets married

When doctors told Jen Bulick, 35, to prepare for the worst, she became determined to live the remainder of her life to the fullest. With the help of some generous strangers, she married the love of her life, Jeff Lang, in her dream wedding this past weekend. NBC’s Erica Hill reports.

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....106-year-old finally gets his high school diploma

Lauren Sullivan TODAY

When Fred Butler dropped out of grade school to work to support his mother and siblings, he thought the opportunity to graduate high school was gone.

Fred Butler earns his diploma from Beverly High School at 106-years-old.

But now, more than 90 years later, he’s received his diploma.
Beverly High School in Beverly, Mass., awarded 106-year-old Butler an honorary degree

Bradley Manning: I want to live as a woman 

Scott Stump TODAY contributor

Bradley Manning, the Army private sentenced to military prison for leaking classified documents, revealed he intends to live out the remainder of his life as a woman.
“I am Chelsea Manning. I am female,” the Army private wrote in a statement read on TODAY Thursday. “Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible. I hope that you will support me in this transition.”
Manning, 25, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday after having been found guilty of 20 charges ranging from espionage to theft for leaking more than 700,000 documents to the WikiLeaks website while working in Iraq in 2010.
Read Manning's full statement
“I also request that, starting today, you refer to me by my new name and use the feminine pronoun (except in official mail to the confinement facility),” Manning continued in the statement. “I look forward to receiving letters from supporters and having the opportunity to write back.”