Lawrence Andrew Fernandez

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China’s Inflation Rate Increases, Asian and European Stocks Increase

As the inflation rate of China increases, the stocks in Asian and European Markets improve.

Jul 09, 2013

Death Toll in Canada Oil Train Disaster Set to Increase, U.S.-Canada Oil Shipment Via Train Criticized

A train accident involving a crude oil tanker train in Lec-Megantic, Quebec may have an increase in death toll in the coming days.

Jul 09, 2013

Wildfires Emerge in Nevada Due to Intense Heat Wave

Wildfires have emerged in Northern and Southern Nevada due to the continuous heat wave engulfing the Western United States

Jul 09, 2013

Cambodia Elections: U.S. Pressured to Cut Aid If Elections Are Deemed Undemocratic

Cambodian elections are up at month's end and the U.S. Government is receiving pressures to cut its aid if the electoral process in the Southeast Asian nation is deemed unclean.

Jul 04, 2013

South Korea to Propose Talks with North Korea over Closed Joint Factory

South Korea is trying to reach out to North Korea to discuss the re-opening of the Kaesong industrial complex that is jointly operated by the two countries.

Jul 04, 2013

Brad Stevens Named New Boston Celtics Head Coach

Former Butler Bulldogs coach Brad Stevens is named as the 17th head coach in Boston Celtics history.

Jul 04, 2013

Mozilla Firefox OS Tries to Compete with the Apple iOS, Google Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone, ZTE Note and Alcatel One Touch Fire Now On Sale

Smartphones running on the Firefox OS are now on sale. Here's a quick assessment of what these phones can do.

Jul 03, 2013

In Major League Baseball, Arizona Diamondbacks Will Honor the Fallen Firefighters in Yarnell Wildfire

The highest classification of America's pastime is set to honor the firefighters who died while trying to contain a furious wildfire.

Jul 02, 2013

Fred Armisen Quits the Saturday Night Live Stage

After eleven years with the show, Saturday Night Live member Fred Armisen leaves to focus on his television series.

Jul 02, 2013

Yahoo Buying Spree Continues with Bignoggins Acquisition

Yahoo bought Bignoggins of the waiver list to incorporate its expertise into its fantasy sports service.

Jul 02, 2013

Apple Inc (AAPL) Applies for iWatch Trademark in Japan, Samsung Responds With Their Own Smart Watch

Apple (AAPL) has filed a patent in Japan for the iWatch, a device that links an iOS gadget so that phone functions can be done with something wearable.

Jul 02, 2013

Japan Economy Bounces Back After Two Years

After the economic repercussions brought by the Fukushima and Miyagi earthquakes, the Japanese economy had its first positive outlook in two years.

Jul 02, 2013

Nokia Acquires Siemens Network Operations

Nokia has raised up its stake at the mobile broadband industry as it purchased the remaining stake of Siemens in their joint partnership for 1.7 billion euros.

Jul 02, 2013

Vatican Monsignor, Nunzio Scarano, Apprehended for Alleged Money Laundering

This time, he was not flashing his wallet full of 500 euro notes. Rather, Monsignor Nunzio Scarano is apprehended by Italian authorities after allegedly trying to bring back to Italy $26 million in cash owned by Salerno, Italy's prominent D'Amico family aboard a government plane.

Jul 01, 2013

Myanmar Telecom Deal with Qatar Firm Draws Religious Factions, Criticism

Several Myanmar nationals, particularly the religious and its supporters, express their criticism regarding their country's national mobile phone deal with a Qatar-based firm.

Jul 01, 2013

Confederations Cup Brazil Marred by Protests

Even though Brazil won the Confederations Cup over Spain, protests addressing poor government services ensued.

Jul 01, 2013

NASA Probe on Mysterious Solar Region Launched

A new satellite was launch by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to probe on a little-known region in the Sun that is responsible for solar weather.

Jul 01, 2013

Heat Waves Will Scorch Western United States

The western part of the United States will be literally in heat as scorching temperatures are expected to envelope the region over the weekend.

Jun 29, 2013

Facebook Reveals Upcoming Chat Rooms Feature

First, it was the inclusion of hashtags. Then, the creation of sticker packs. Now, Facebook is raising the ante once again by developing chat rooms.

Jun 28, 2013

Facebook Unveils Sticker Pack Feature

Sticker packs are animated emoticons that convey expressions and feelings. Facebook is the latest entity to jump into this trend which could be a potential revenue stream for the social networking giant.

Jun 28, 2013

Makybe Diva Stakes Now a Group 1 Australian Horse Race

The recent upgrade of the Makybe Diva Stakes gives Australian horse racing over 70 Group 1 horse races in a year.

Jun 28, 2013

Start-Up Figma Makes Tech Phenom a Multi-Millionaire

A 21-year-old former Thiel Fellowship recipient raised close to $4 million for the development of a browser-based photo editor.

Jun 28, 2013

How to Create Websites Without the Codes? Try Scroll Kit

Scroll Kit is a new web development service that allows anyone to create a web page just by adding multimedia elements into a page.

Jun 27, 2013

Fist Puncher: An Old-School Brawl Game that will Knock Your Doubts Out

Fist Puncher goes back to the brawl games of old in terms of storyline and graphics. Defeat your enemies by letting them taste your fists.

Jun 27, 2013

Magrunner: Dark Pulse Attracts Those Who Are Into A Mental Workout

Magrunner: Dark Pulse is a new PC game that is comprised of puzzles. While the main goal is to solve these mental challenges, there are in-game opponents that will prevent the main character from doing so.

Jun 27, 2013

Company of Heroes 2 Game Review

Here comes the second installment of this highly endearing game. If you do not agree that this is worthy of several playing hours, be extra cautious or you might be caught in the crossfire.

Jun 27, 2013