London - A homeless man is set to receive a reward for finding a wax likeness of Paul McCartney's head a week after it was lost on a train, according to The Sun in its Thursday edition.
According to the paper, Tony Silva, 45, discovered the likeness of the former Beatle at a train station west of London. Now he could receive a finder's fee of 2,000 pounds
(3,248 dollars).
"I feel like I've won the lottery," said Silva, who learned about the finder's fee from a newspaper he happened to be sleeping on.
New York - Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to slash its workforce by about 10 per cent - or about 3,300 jobs - as a consequence of the financial crisis, reported the Wall Street Journal in its Thursday edition.
Such a move would mean that the financial crisis has hit an institution that has weathered the troubles relatively well so far. As other banks have had to accept buyouts or go under, Goldman Sachs has continued to book profits.
Jerusalem - A Palestinian stabbed to death an elderly Israeli passerby Thursday in the Jewish settlement of Gilo, south of Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported.
The Palestinian was stopped by two police officers and asked to identify himself, but he drew a knife and stabbed one of the officers.
The officer then shot the stabber, but he escaped and while running away fatally stabbed a second Israeli, a civilian in his 80s, whom he ran into, a witness who chased after the attacker and overpowered him said.
Berlin - Giant German carmaker Daimler AG became the first of the country's key auto groups Thursday to report its third-quarter results, reducing its earnings forecast again in face of deepening
Taipei- Taiwan said Thursday it has set November 3 as the date for it and China to begin a second round of high-level talks in Taipei, despite a recent attack on a Chinese envoy by pro-independence activists during his Taiwan visit.
"After a series of discussions between our two sides, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) has strongly suggested that the meeting held on November 3" in Taipei, said Lai Shin-yuan, chairwoman of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC).
London - A homeless man is set to receive a reward for finding a wax likeness of Paul McCartney's head a week after it was lost on a train, according to The Sun in its Thursday edition.
New Delhi - At least 27 people, including 12 chi
New York - Goldman Sachs Group Inc plans to slash its workforce by about 10 per cent - or about 3,300 jobs - as a consequence of the financial crisis, reported the Wall Street Journal in its Thursday edition.
Jerusalem - A Palestinian stabbed to death an elderly Israeli passerby Thursday in the Jewish settlement of Gilo, south of Jerusalem, Israel Radio reported.
Taipei- Taiwan said Thursday it has set November 3 as the date for it and China to begin a second round of high-level talks in Taipei, despite a recent attack on a Chinese envoy by pro-independence activists during his Taiwan visit.
