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Daily Archives: Mar 1, 2017

SoundCloud launches budget plan to attract paying subscribers

Music-streaming service SoundCloud launched a budget subscription package on Tuesday, hoping to convert more listeners into paying subscribers and undercutting rivals Apple and Spotify.

Xbox unveils $9.99 monthly subscription for videogames

Microsoft Corp's Xbox division said on Tuesday it would launch a $9.99-per-month subscription service that will allow gamers to play over 100 Xbox One and "backward compatible" Xbox 360 videogames.

Tweeting accountant blamed for Oscar best picture blunder

An accountant for the Academy Awards botched the meticulous procedure for announcing the Oscar for best picture when he handed victory to "La La Land" before declaring "Moonlight" the real winner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said on Monday.

U2 is sued for allegedly stealing song for 'Achtung Baby'

A British songwriter and guitarist has sued U2, claiming the band stole one of his works for a song on its blockbuster 1991 album "Achtung Baby."

Late actor Heston's insult of judge helps upend murder conviction

A decades-old feud between a Philadelphia judge and the late actor Charlton Heston may have helped a Pennsylvania man get his 1998 murder conviction overturned on Tuesday.

Adams endorses review of ‘unsustainable’ eligibility rule

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Newly-appointed Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, has strongly backed the ongoing review of the West Indies Cricket Board’s controversial eligibility rule.

PM urges developers to ‘ignore’ residents’ concerns about Callaloo Cay

As ground broke at the site of the new Callaloo Cay development, Prime Minister Gaston Browne urged the developers to “ignore” opposition to the project from certain residents of Old Road and to push ahead with construction.

Youth stabbed for cell phone

An employee of The Bargain Centre Supermarket, who was stabbed during an attack on Temple Street, is on the mend after doctors determined that the two wounds he suffered are not life-threatening.

Dowrich, Cummins out of 13-man squad

(CMC) – Batsman Shane Dowrich and fast bowler Miguel Cummins have been chopped from the 15-man squad for the three One-Day Internationals against England starting here Friday.

Back to basics

It would be fair to say most of us have an aversion to going backwards. We chart our progress in life by the number of steps we make in a forward motion, and any backward move is considered retrogression.
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