Zee News today reported consolidated net loss of Rs 39.51 million for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2012 as compared to net profit of Rs 66.49 million in the same period last year.

Total consolidated income increased 13.75% to Rs 863.6 million for the quarter ended Mar. 31, 2012 from Rs 759.18 million in the year ago period.

Consolidated EBITDA stood at Rs 184.1 million with strong EBITDA margins of 21.3% up from 18.2% in the last year.

For the year ended Mar. 31, 2012, the company has posted consolidated net profit of Rs 115.47 million as compared to Rs 163.67 million for the year ended Mar. 31, 2011, representing a decrease of 29.45%.

Total consolidated income has increased...

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[Gossip] Dustin Hoffman Helps A Man Who Had A Heart Attack

Posted by Joseph Leeon 05.08.2012

Another actor saves a life…

Yahoo! News reports that Dustin Hoffman saved the life of a jogger who went into cardiac arrest.

The man, Sam Dempster, collapsed while running in Hyde Park in London on April 27. Hoffman was at a house at the time and walking when he saw Dempster fall and land on his face. He waited with the man until paramedics from London Ambulance Service (LAS) arrived, resuscitated him and took him to the hospital. When Dempster was stablized, Hoffman told the three ambulance crews, Great job, guys.

Martin Macarthur,...

On
Tuesday, two gunmen shot dead Nestor Libaton, 45, as he rode a motorcycle
driven by a fellow reporter, according to news
reports. Libaton worked as an anchor for the church-run DXHM Radio in the
southern city of Mati in Davao Oriental province in Mindanao, the southernmost
island in the Philippines, news reports said. News accounts reported
that one of the journalists colleagues said he had no known enemies.

On
April 24, two gunmen shot Michael Jayson Calanasan, 36, in San Pablo City, in
the province of Laguna, south of Manila, the capital, according to news
reports. Calanasan was a reporter for the local Laguna Courier newspaper, and had been...

An executive from Accretive, the embattled medical debt collector, will resign, Modern Healthcare reports [registration required].

The rising use of specialty drugs is posing cost issues for insurers and patients, Kaiser Health News reports.

Millions of dollars in federal money are going to abstinence and anti-abortion programs, The American Independent reports.

Scientists are wondering whether airplane seats are strong enough to protect heavy passengers during a crash, The New York Times reports.

The federal government has subpoenaed healthcare group Allergan over its gastric banding system, Reuters reports.

And in case you missed it, Healthwatch reported...

Its a sad day for booklovers everywhere, and for those who remember the magic of the first time they read Where The Wild Things Are. The illustrator and author responsible for the 1963 classic died this morning at 83.

ABC News reports Sendaks death in Danbury, Conn., came four days after suffering a stroke.

His passing draws to a close an illustrious career in literature. He won the Caldecott Medal in 1964 for Wild Things, the Hans Christian Anderson award in 1970 and a Laura Ingalls Wilder medal in 1983. ABC News also points out President Bill Clintons awarding Sendak with a National Medal of the Arts in 1996.

But those accolades hold little weight compared to the overwhelming...