A model presents a creation by Israeli-American designer Alber Elbaz and Lucas Ossendrijver of the Netherlands for fashion house Lanvin as part of their Fall-Winter 2010/2011 men’s fashion show in Paris January 24, 2010

PARK CITY, Utah – When Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the richest man in the United States, came to the Sundance Film Festival here this week, it wasn’t movies on his mind, it was education — your kids’ education.
A new documentary, “Waiting For Superman,” by director Davis Guggenheim (”An Inconvenient Truth”) looks at what Gates and [...]

DENVER: A man accused of attempting to open an airplane’s exterior door while in flight has been released after investigators determined it wasn’t a terrorism matter, authorities said Sunday.
The incident occurred Saturday on a United Airlines jetliner en route from Washington, D.C., to Las Vegas. The plane, which had more than 100 people aboard, was [...]

China Mobile shares may rise to HK$90, says Hong Kong observer
China Mobile Ltd, the world’s biggest telecom operator, may rally 13 percent after breaking out of a so-called “ichimoku cloud” this week, according to technical analysis by BTIG Hong Kong Ltd.
Christian Kielland, head of trading at BTIG, said China Mobile will rally toward the HK$90 [...]

China’s economic hub Shanghai in December posted the first year-on-year growth in both imports and exports in 14 months, indicating further recovery from the economic downturn, local customs said Sunday.
Last month, Shanghai’s foreign trade stood at $30.7 billion, a growth of 35.3 percent over the same month of 2008. This was the second year-on-year growth [...]

Top Chinese legislator Wu Bangguo has urged to accelerate transformation of the mode of economic development, so as to improve sustainable development when fighting the global financial crisis.
Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, made the remarks during his visit to east China’s Jiangsu province from Thursday to [...]

LONDON – The paparazzi are poised for snaps of princes and popstars at the front door, but you don’t need fame or fortune to have fun at London’s hot celebrity hang out, Mahiki.
The Polynesian-themed grill, cocktail lounge and nightclub on Dover Street in Mayfair has been a staple of the celebrity circuit in London for [...]

While many professionals look for emerging trends that will help define the new year, top interior designers say the overriding pattern will remain the same in 2010 – how to meet client needs and help them express themselves in their own homes.
As a star designer at DYRS& Ideal idea, one of the leading home design [...]

WASHINGTON – Animal rights group PETA has used the image of Michelle Obama without her consent on a new poster that praises the U.S. first lady for not wearing fur, the White House said on Wednesday.
The poster, which PETA says was put up at just two metro rail stations in the U.S. capital, features Michelle [...]

Funds raised through China’s IPOs (initial public offerings) will soar 73 percent to exceed 320 billion yuan ($46.86 billion) this year, as companies anticipate that the IPO markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen will continue to pick up in the first half of 2010, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said in a report today.
“Along with the further growth in [...]