New York, October 12 : French women have "an effortless gift for attracting men" that American ladies lack and need to learn, says author Jamie Cat Callan, in her forthcoming advice book.

In her “ French Women Don’t Sleep Alone”, that is due to hit the shelves in March, the writer tries to guide American ladies to learn from their French rivals who have a natural flair of pulling men.

"French women don''t listen to Dr. Phil''s advice,” the New York Post quoted Callan, as saying in the book.

New York, Oct. 11 : The New York Times has shifted the ratings of three states on its electoral map, and suggests that John McCain may be losing out to Barack Obama as far as the presidency is concerned.

New York, Oct. 11: Indian software major Satyam Computer Services has reportedly been banned from doing any off-shore work with the World Bank after forensic experts and bank investigators discovered that spy software was covertly installed on workstations inside the bank''s Washington headquarters, allegedly by one or more contractors from Satyam Computer Services.

According to a FOX News report, apart from Satyam, two IP intrusions have been reported from China, and there have been six intrusions in all.

New York, Oct. 10 : A vast majority of American adults have heard many rumors, some of them obviously false, about presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.

According to a first-of-its kind national survey of 1,015 adults, conducted by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University, the most common rumors swirled around Obama''s religion, with 
89 percent of those polled saying they had heard he was Muslim, and nearly two-thirds said they found the rumor believable.

New York, Oct. 10 : The “Trooper Gate” scam involving Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has the potential of unraveling and derailing the Republican Party’s bid for the White House, even as the Alaska State Legislature is expected to release its findings on whether or not Palin abused her power by having a state employee fired.

John McCain''s running mate has been made the subject of a legislative investigation into whether she abused her power as governor by firing her public safety commissioner Walter Monegan because he reportedly refused to fire Palin’s estranged brother-in-law Mike Wooten from the state police force.

New York - US stocks plummeted again on Thursday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped below 9,000 points as a series of US and global efforts to tackle the financial crisis have failed to calm the widespread fears of investors.

Both the blue-chip Dow and broader Standard & Poor's 500 tumbled more than 7 per cent. The Dow has now lost more than 35 per cent of its value since reaching all-time highs above 14,000 one year ago. The S&P's seven straight days of losses mark the longest downward streak since 1996.