Nokia cuts 330 R&D jobs as focuses on fewer models

6.04 pm | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

Nokia is to cut 330 research and development jobs in Finland and Denmark as it focuses on launching fewer, but more iconic, phones....

Communist cars now rare treasures for nostalgics

1.47 pm | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

Their spluttering engines, bone-rattling suspensions and outdated designs once ruled the streets behind the Iron Curtain. But now the Trabant and its communist cousins have become rare cars for collec

Indian husbands want protection from nagging wives

1.39 pm | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

Shrews, beware: a group of Indian husbands tired of being harassed by their wives are demanding the local government create a male protection society to address their grievances....

Travel Postcard: Hiking around Jade Mountain, Taiwan

1.39 pm | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

Jade Mountain, northeast Asia's highest peak and Taiwan's sole finalist for a "New 7 Wonders of the World" award, remains an alluring mystery due to its remoteness and tough permitting rules. ...

NY Philharmonic marries great music with fine food

1.07 pm | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

If you want to hear one of the world's leading orchestras and taste a menu created by a renowned chef, the New York Philharmonic may have the answer....

Return to spender: Lost mail items on sale in Australia

1.05 pm | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

Six wedding dresses, a didgeridoo, a toupee and a massage table are among thousands of items lost in Australia's mail system in the past year and now being sold for charity after nobody claimed them..

Travel Picks: World`s top 10 ugliest buildings

1.05 pm | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

From the merely unpleasant to the borderline criminal, ugly buildings somehow manage to pop up even in the prettiest cities....

Movie popcorn plus soda can equal 3 McDonald's burgers

11.40 am | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

Moviergoers who tuck into a medium popcorn and a soft drink could be eating the equivalent of three McDonald's quarter-pounder burgers topped with a dozen scoops of butter, according to a US study....

Brazil wood maze and nudes top Latam art sale

11.21 am | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

A volcanic landscape of lifeless nudes and a Brazilian jumble of whitewashed wood topped a sizzling sale of Latin American art that was reminiscent of the heady bidding in better economic times....

Average UK woman wears 515 chemicals a day

9.00 am | 20 Nov 2009 | Source: Reuters

The average British woman "hosts" 515 chemicals on her body every day, according to a new study....