| Why Dubai says Rocky Yes!
Today his celebrity clientele consists of Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Shilpa Shetty to name a few. Earlier Bollywood dress designers were considered just a few notches above the neighbourhood tailor but today most of the renowned dress designers consider it a privilege to be associated with a film. Rocky couldnt be happier, The tables have turned. Every designer wants to get into films now. Since the last six years Bollywood has become very individualistic and character based. The new actors are very fashion and body conscious. The whole scene has completely changed and people are looking up to actors, wanting to copy their style. Rocky was the first designer to clothe both celebrity and the common man. He went prt in 1996 itself with his brand ROCKY-S and then the urge to establish himself internationally took him to the prestigious IGEDO fashion fair in Dsseldorf-Germany in 1998.
London shares close lower; New York weak on caution ahead of Fed ...
Staying with financials, banks were also prominent among the fallers, with investors uneasy after news of a larger than feared fourth-quarter loss from Swiss banking giant UBS. Citigroup added to the downbeat mood, with a note examining how highly leveraged banks would cope with a recession in which it reiterated 'sell' ratings on Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays and cut target prices for both to 400 pence from 450, and 350 pence from 400 respectively. RBS shares lost 14-1/2 pence at 385-1/4, and Barclays was down 12-1/2 pence at 478-1/2. Meanwhile, British Land shares dropped 36 pence to 984 in reaction to a Citigroup downgrade to 'hold' from 'buy' as part of a sector review, although the the broker raised its target price to 1,100 pence from 1,000. Citigroup said it is keeping a cautious stance on the UK real estate generally, and that while the sector's large caps should outperform, it thinks that they have little upside.
Afghanistan:Manley Report
So fellow NATO members have no obligation to assist the US in hunting the Taliban. The Taliban were just a bunch of Islamic fundamentalists minding their own repressive business in Afghanistan. They are no threat to our democracy or freedoms. So it is not "terrorism" that we are fighting but rather Islamic fundamentalism. And we have enough racists, bigots, etc. in our general population to support this crusade. Bush used 9/11 to fabricate a “war on terror" and coerced nations into supporting the US invasion of Afghanistan, the overthrow of its government and the installation of a US appointed puppet. (The election was a sham as, for example, the Taliban were prevented from running.) The trans-Afghan pipeline remains on hold until it can be built safely through Taliban territory.
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