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Shahid Kapoor has become very sociable in terms of social media. He has been posting pictures on his Instagram of the various ‘Shaandaar’ moments from his life.

He recently put this picture from the Big Star Entertainment Award show, where Salman Khan had performed on his popular dance numbers.
Reportedly, he went down from the stage and urged Shahid to dance with him.

And as the proud badge owner of one of the most fantastic dancers of the industry, Shahid gave in and danced with ‘Bhai’ Salman Khan.
He posted the picture of this moment and captioned it, “How about that for a fun day at work . Win an award anddddd dance with BHAI . Amaze.”

Salman had always been a fan of Shahid’s dance moves and whenever the latter has made an appearance on Salman Khan-hosted ‘Bigg Boss’, he has always asked Shahid to teach a move or two.
IN PICS – Salman Khan, Priyanka, Alia, Sonakshi, Shahid shine at award show

Also, the Shahid – Salman relationship has been a sweet sour one, soured because of a dance tour only, as Shahid had, reportedly, tried to boss around, being a better dancer.

But now, as the picture is speaking a thousand words, all seems well.

There is always something that holds us back. It might not be an issue with everyone, but most of us will agree. And now, here comes PK.
With childlike curiosity, PK searches for answers to questions that no one has asked before. He tries to understand complex philosophies of life and religion through his naive questions.
The answers he unravels will make you scrutinize your own beliefs and reality.

Such is the power of PK. Simple, yet evocative.
Rajkumar Hirani plays with his signature style of filmmaking. Munnabhai made us laugh, Rancho gave us lessons on true education, and PK tells us the true meaning of faith, love and friendship.

It will remind you of other films like Umesh Shukla’s OMG and Rajit Kapur’s Ankhon Dekhi.
But what makes PK shines is its unique storytelling, humor and of course, the flamboyant Aamir Khan.
SubmitAs PK, Aamir Khan gives a stellar performance. His body language, the expressions and the Bhojpuri accent steal the show.

Anushka Sharma as Jaggu also does a wonderful job. It won’t be justified if I don’t mention Saurabh Shukla and Sanjay Dutt.
They are both brilliant, especially Saurabh Shukla as the manipulative Godman. After the interval, the film takes a downward turn.

Melodrama ensues. Despite the good performances by the characters, certain scenes of the film are stale and the climax feels a bit too lengthy for a simple story like PK. It makes you ask, "Is this a waste of time?" But thankfully, PK recovers from it soon.

The music by Atul Gogavale and Shantanu Moitra is fresh, but doesn’t make a lasting impact. Why should you watch the film? PK is a fun film to watch.
Watch it for Aamir Khan’s outlandish yet heart-warming performance. PK will make you smile, laugh and cry. And most of all, he will make you realize how important it is to believe in ourselves and humanity, rather then following any faith blindly.

If the industry grapevine is to be believed, the first look of Roy has not gone down well with Ranbir Kapoor. Sources said the actor, who has a short role in the film, is unhappy that the makers are promoting it as a regular Ranbir Kapoor -starrer .

So much so that he declined to attend the trailer launch though he was very much in town.
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor
Industry insiders suggest that he has decided not to promote the film or speak to the media regarding it.
“Roy is essentially an Arjun Rampal and Jacqueline Fernandez film but the way it is being projected — giving Ranbir unwanted prominence in the posters — is funny.

In fact, it is misleading. Ranbir has not spoken about the film which is a tell-tale sign,” a source says, adding that the film is slated for a February release.

Ranbir is said to have taken up the project as the director Vikramjit Singh is his childhood friend.
The actor, however, chose not to respond on this issue.

We hope the food, which includes Japanese, Indonesian and Burmese signature delicacies, is more experimental.
For appetisers, we choose the Tempura Prawns (R345) and Crispy Honey Chilli Vegetables (R215).

 Tempura Prawns make for a soft crunchy bite with golden fried batter and succulent prawns.

 However, on closer inspection, we find that the prawns are devoid of salt, making us reach for generous sprinkles of it. Also, perhaps it has something to do with the delay-cum-hurrying of the order that the batter isn’t consistent on all the poor crustaceans and one of the
coverings is actually moist.
Our drinks arrive, too — the much-recommended Berry Iced Tea (R180) and the Strawberry Lemonade (R180). The former is a treacly drink that tastes on the sweeter side initially, yet after a point the sourness is prominent in our slurps. The lemonade, on the other hand, isn’t too bad and comes with copious ice shavings on top. Our Chicken Khow Suey (R265) arrives with all the frills.

Though not big fans of the canteen plates (the compartmentalised rectangular ones), we drool to tuck into the coconut milk delicacy. As Thai food joints are the new wave in the city, expectations for this classic are very much high. Hot and tempting, our Khow Suey is soupy, making us dash for the
slippery noodles. Also, in terms of flavour, the joy of Khow Suey lies in its perfect balance of sweet and sour.

Our bowl, on the other hand, has oodles of flavour but lacks the tang.
And Chillies has a brownandwhite, clean colour scheme

The Spicy Indonesian Curry With Vegetables (R265) and the Burnt Garlic Rice (R195) arrive. The rice is aromatic,
chocolate saves the meal, to an extent. And Chillies isn’t a we figure, wouldn’t be a bad option once they fix these
teething issues. If you’re in the neighbourhood, step in and try your luck.

Amritsar, Dec 12
Harmanveer Singh was declared Mr. Punjab at the Grand Finale of Mr. Punjab Contest organised by PTC Punjabi Group of Channels.
Jalandhar boy, a student of Apee Jay College has won this first ever Mr. Punjab contest organised by any channel.
Balraj Singh was declared 1st Runners Up while Ramanjeet Singh and Prince Narula were declared joint 2nd Runners Up of the contest.
The runners up got a cheque of Rs.50,000 each
The artistes who performed included Malkeet Singh, Jazzy Bains, Nachhatar Gill, Jassi Gill and Ammy Virk
The judges of the show included Bollywood actress Divya Dutta, Famous actor-comedian Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi, Golden Star Singer Malkeet Singh UK and Tarun Khanna.
Ten contestants were present on the stage when the show started but five out of them were eliminated in an elimination round leaving five finalists to vie for Mr Punjab title.
Rabindra Narayan, president and Rajie M Shinde CEO of PTC Punjabi and sponsors of the show did the honours.

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday.
Shri Amitabh Bachchan met the Prime Minister
Amitabh is the brand ambassador of Gujarat, the state which Modi represented as Chief Minister earlier.
in the meeting Saturday, both Modi and Big B were dressed in  white kurta-pyjamas and wrapped themselves in shawls to beat the winter chill that has engulfed the capital.

Later, upon getting back to Mumbai, Amitabh, 72, tweeted- “Cold Delhi…warm Mumbai…happy home…soon happier  grandchildren coming in from the cold to be with their cousin in the warm.”

Actor Priyanka Chopra says she picks contentment over competition. “Every ­person needs to be content with the work they are doing. I am in competition with myself and not with the world,” says the 32-year-old actor, who feels that being in the showbiz was her destiny.

“I was studying to be an engineer. But I now know that this (the film industry) was my destiny, and this is my ­calling. I feel like a child in a china shop,” says Priyanka, who has also turned a producer.

She says this is a good time to be in films. “This is  an interesting time to be in the industry. As a woman, I feel great about the fact that scripts are being written for me, characters are being sketched keeping me in mind and I am getting amazing work.

Girls aren’t a prop anymore,” says the actor whose woman-centric film, Mary Kom, crossed the `100-crore mark.
And at a time when ­saying ‘awards don’t ­matter to me’ has become the ‘it’ thing in the film industry, PeeCee feels ­otherwise.
 “How you feel about awards is an ­individual thing. In my opinion, these are a token of appreciation for the  good work that we do.

I see awards as encouragement and motivation to do better than what we are doing, and ­as a mark of people’s  faith in our work,” says Priyanka, who has also been declared the ­sexiest Asian woman of 2014 according to a British newspaper poll.

This is not the first time that she has won the title — she has won it earlier, too, but she says that does not take away the ­excitement.

 “It’s extremely flattering  to have been voted so. For a few seconds, it made me feel wonderful about the ­support and faith I have from people,” says a ­grateful PeeCee, who has also earned many new fans through her ­international music ­stint.

Actress Kajal Agarwal, who has acted in many successful Tamil and Telugu movies, is now debuting in the Kannada film industry. So, she is expected to rock the Sandalwood as she did in the Tollywood and Kollywood industry.

Kajal Agarwal

Debutant director Raghu Hassan has approached Kajal for his Kannada movie Thathasthu, which has Chiraag in the lead role. Hassan has now started working on his film.

Hassan said, “We will soon make an official announcement regarding the film”.

The director added, “Initially, we approached Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor for the role. But, we have almost finalized on Kajal Agarwal as she has also talked about her expectations”.

Lead actor Chiraag has also indicated Kajal being the heroine opposite him in the movie. Anaji Nagaraj is producing the movie, which was launched on July 9. Kajal is now busy with her two Tamil films and three Telugu projects.

Kajal has earlier acted in the Tamil films like Bommalattam, Pazhani, Saroja, Modhi Vilayadu, Naan Mahaan Alla and also in many Telugu films such as Lakshmi Kalyanam, Ganesh, Magadheera, Darling and many more.

Priyamani, the versatile actress of Paruthiveeran, experimented with movies in Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. Thanks to her skills, any movie she does is touted to be good.

The buzz has been generated and it says that she might be cast opposite the Bollywood macho man Salman Khan in a sequel to Wanted.

Priyamani

However, she has something else to say. She says that nothing’s been confirmed yet. There have been talks about Wanted 2, but all are still in the pipelines so far. She would definitely want to do a film with Salman Khan.

She also adds that she is not at all against the idea of working with a lesser known star from Bollywood. She would like to essay a role in a Bollywood flick, where she can showcase her acting abilities. Till then she’s cool and okay in the South. Here’s wishing the talented actress, the best of luck.

To put this in perspective, Chengdu's New Century Global Center is big enough to house 20 Sydney Opera Houses.
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New Century Global Center is the 'largest freestanding building in the world'
Mega-structure capable of housing 20 Sydney Opera Houses
Attractions include an IMAX cinema, water park and luxury retail outlets
(CNN) -- The superlatives in China continue -- the latest symbol of China's "bigger is much, much better" ethos is open for business.

Located in Chengdu (population 14 million), capital of Sichuan province in southwestern China, the New Century Global Center is the "largest freestanding building in the world," Chinese officials say.

Though the words "world's largest" usually bring to mind an image of a towering skyscraper, this project actually isn't all that tall. But it's certainly big.

At 500 meters long, 400 meters wide and 100 meters high, the 1.7-million-square-meter mega-structure is capable of housing 20 Sydney Opera Houses and almost three times the size of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

The Global Center, which opened June 28, is home to business offices, hotels, movie theaters, shopping malls, a faux Mediterranean village and family-themed attractions such as a water park called Paradise Island.

The New Century Global Center is located in an entirely new planned area of Chengdu called Tainfu New District.

Chengdu is also currently expanding its subway line and plans to construct a new airport by 2020, further suggesting official ambitions to make the city an economic and cultural capital of western China.

From June 6-8, Chengdu hosted this year's Fortune Global Forum, an annual invite-only event featuring chairs, presidents, and CEOs of the world's largest companies.

According to Xinhua, China's official state media, by the end of 2012 Chengdu's GDP had hit 800 billion RMB (US$130.48 billion).

A couple of days after she ran into trouble during the shoot of her film in Udaipur, actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt talks to us about her 'bad' experience:
What exactly happened at the Bad shoot?
SP Hariprasad Sharma disrupted my shoot by screeching abuses, slapping and punching my gaffer, a light boy and camera attendant, illegally detaining my co-producer Vikram Khakhar and then abusing me to my face and threatening to arrest me.
What made the SP react the way he did?
He claims he 'lost his cool' because someone from my unit asked him to wait for five minutes while a shot was being canned. He kept screeching, 'You don't have permission to shoot in the SP's office'. Truth is, we were filming on a stairway that leads to his and others' offices. But this was not the only access point to the SP's office.
Unit hands got hurt, co-producer manhandled. Was Randeep threatened, too?
They threatened to arrest director Prawaal Raman, then rushed towards Randeep and grabbed his hands. I rushed to them and insisted that they let Randeep go.
Why was the shoot disrupted again? Were all permissions in place?
The permissions were in place and on paper. It was nothing more than an archaic, power-drunk mindset at play. The SP's ego was hurt that we were filming there without having to posture in front of him for permission and that the collector had sanctioned all permissions without a hitch. I am told by locals that he attempted to do the same when Sanjay Leela Bhansali was filming in Udaipur a few months ago. He seems to be extremely sexist and thought he could intimidate me more than the average producer because I was a woman.
Is there some kind of an election fever on in Udaipur?
Yes. I urge other filmmakers to reconsider their schedules here unless they have the capacity to stand their ground and take on the system or if they are shooting only within the confines of luxury hotels and privately owned property. There is also a complete disconnect between the people's attitude and the attitude displayed by certain powers that rule. Sections of local media are serving as lapdogs instead of watchdogs and indulge in a constant stream of biased reportage.
Who do you think has motivated the disruptions?
A desperate need in the people who agitated to get their names and faces in the papers and a clamour for power. I have been made a pawn in this tussle between warring officials and political parties. Tragic, given the fact that I not only promote tourism by setting my film in Udaipur, but also fuel the economy and generate jobs for a fairly large number in local talent. One can't look away from the fact that the film industry is considered to be a soft target by politically motivated groups for long.

Lady Gaga is the top earning celebrity under 30 years old, according to Forbes magazine.
The singer made an estimated $80 million (£52 million) in the last 12 months, despite cancelling part of her tour to have hip surgery.
Last year she was ranked at number four, while Taylor Swift, who topped the poll in 2012, has dropped to third place with $55m (£36m).
Top 10 earning celebrities under 30
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Lady Gaga - $80 million (£52 million)
Justin Bieber - $58m (£38m)
Taylor Swift - $55m (£36m)
Calvin Harris - $46m (£30m)
Rihanna - $43m (£28m)
Katy Perry - $39m (£25m)
Jennifer Lawrence $26m (£17m)
Adele - $25m (£16m)
Kristen Stewart - $22m (£14m)
Taylor Lautner - $22m (£14m)
Justin Bieber is in second place again this year with $58m (£38m).
The Forbes website claims that Lady Gaga would have earned even more had she not had to cancel part of her world tour in February.
She recently announced her next album, Artpop, would be released in November with a single due out on 19 August.
To make the list Forbes estimated the entertainment-related income of celebrities between June 2012 and June 2013 by talking to agents, managers, producers and executives.
The other artists in the top five are Calvin Harris with $46m (£30m) and Rihanna, who earned $43m (£28m).
Adele, who made the list for the first time last year, was ranked number eight making an estimated $25m (£16m).
Earlier this year the British musician won an Oscar for the James Bond theme Skyfall.
Star of The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence, is the highest entry on the list not to work in the music industry.
She placed at number seven, with earnings of $26m (£17m).
Completing the top 10 are Twilight co-stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner who both made $22m (£14m).

Lady Gaga is the top earning celebrity under 30 years old, according to Forbes magazine.
The singer made an estimated $80 million (£52 million) in the last 12 months, despite cancelling part of her tour to have hip surgery.
Last year she was ranked at number four, while Taylor Swift, who topped the poll in 2012, has dropped to third place with $55m (£36m).
Top 10 earning celebrities under 30 Continue reading the main story Lady Gaga - $80 million (£52 million) Justin Bieber - $58m (£38m) Taylor Swift - $55m (£36m) Calvin Harris - $46m (£30m) Rihanna - $43m (£28m) Katy Perry - $39m (£25m) Jennifer Lawrence $26m (£17m) Adele - $25m (£16m) Kristen Stewart - $22m (£14m) Taylor Lautner - $22m (£14m) Justin Bieber is in second place again this year with $58m (£38m).
The Forbes website claims that Lady Gaga would have earned even more had she not had to cancel part of her world tour in February.
She recently announced her next album, Artpop, would be released in November with a single due out on 19 August.
To make the list Forbes estimated the entertainment-related income of celebrities between June 2012 and June 2013 by talking to agents, managers, producers and executives.
The other artists in the top five are Calvin Harris with $46m (£30m) and Rihanna, who earned $43m (£28m).
Adele, who made the list for the first time last year, was ranked number eight making an estimated $25m (£16m).
Earlier this year the British musician won an Oscar for the James Bond theme Skyfall.
Star of The Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence, is the highest entry on the list not to work in the music industry.
She placed at number seven, with earnings of $26m (£17m).
Completing the top 10 are Twilight co-stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner who both made $22m (£14m). Heading,Hollywood ,entertainment ( Lady Gaga Top Earning Celebrity Under 30, says Forbes Magazine.
Bruce Willis says his wife Emma Heming does not mind his onscreen kisses with beautiful actresses like Catherine Zeta-Jones and Mary-Louise Parker.
Willis, 58, is starring with Zeta-Jones and Parker in action comedy "Red 2" and the actor believes he is lucky to get a chance to be romantic with women who he is not married to, reported Us magazine.
"I get to kiss two women in this film, which I seldom get to do in some of my other work. I get to kiss girls!," Willis said.
Willis has been married to Heming since 2009 and hasa one year old daughter, Mabel with her.
"I think I'm very fortunate. I get asked to do a lot of different kinds of things. Some of them include weapons, some of them include jokes, from time to time I get to make out with women that I'm not married to. How often does that happen?," he said.
Heming is good sport about his onscreen displays of affection.
"Nobody gets mad if you have to kiss someone every once in a while. You say, 'Look, it's right in the script. It says, 'Now (Bruce) kisses Mary-Louise Parker...Now (Bruce) kisses Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Actor Salman Khan was on Wednesday charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the 2002 hit-and-run case for which he can face a jail term upto 10 years.
Speaking about the case, well-known lawyer Majeed Memon, says, "Although this widely discussed case has been delayed for a fairly long time, the incident is 11 years old and therefore, in a criminal trial it becomes difficult to secure the evidence of relevant witnesses at such a belated stage. Some witnesses die, others change their residences over the years and become unavailable to the prosecution, thereby making it difficult to establish the case. In the instant case of Salman Khan, what needs to be found out is, as to who is responsible for this delay."
He went on to add, "The accused, Salman Khan, himself cannot exclusively be held responsible for this long delay. In criminal matters, the delay can be attributed to various factors including the procedural pendency of revisions and appeals even before the trial. In any case, such inordinate delay should be avoided in the best interest of truth and justice."
"Now that the charges in the case have been framed, it is an important milestone and it is expected that now the trial court will not delay in conducting and concluding this trial. Needless to say that non-availability of witnesses causes advantage to the accused in all trials, for which the accused cannot be faulted. The prosecution as required by law has to establish its case beyond reasonable doubt and if any doubt is left out, the benefit is necessarily extended to the accused," said Memon. Heading,Bollywood ,entertainment( Salman Khan Can Face a Jail Term Upto 10 Years):-
Actor Salman Khan was on Wednesday charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the 2002 hit-and-run case for which he can face a jail term upto 10 years.
Speaking about the case, well-known lawyer Majeed Memon, says, "Although this widely discussed case has been delayed for a fairly long time, the incident is 11 years old and therefore, in a criminal trial it becomes difficult to secure the evidence of relevant witnesses at such a belated stage. Some witnesses die, others change their residences over the years and become unavailable to the prosecution, thereby making it difficult to establish the case. In the instant case of Salman Khan, what needs to be found out is, as to who is responsible for this delay."
He went on to add, "The accused, Salman Khan, himself cannot exclusively be held responsible for this long delay. In criminal matters, the delay can be attributed to various factors including the procedural pendency of revisions and appeals even before the trial. In any case, such inordinate delay should be avoided in the best interest of truth and justice."
"Now that the charges in the case have been framed, it is an important milestone and it is expected that now the trial court will not delay in conducting and concluding this trial. Needless to say that non-availability of witnesses causes advantage to the accused in all trials, for which the accused cannot be faulted. The prosecution as required by law has to establish its case beyond reasonable doubt and if any doubt is left out, the benefit is necessarily extended to the accused.

Whether you’ve woken up too late or have a last-minute party to primp for, you’re going to need these fast and fabulous make up tricks — little fixes that make a big impact.

1. Angelic eyes
The trick: Brighter eyes with one tool.
How: Work a little white eyeliner (preferably an iridescent white) onto the rim of the eye from the outside to the inner corner. It casts a glowing halo effect that is angelic.
2. Easy brow tweezing
The trick: Shape eyebrows for frame the face.
How: Using a slant tip tweezer, place the tweezers very close to the skin and swiftly pull the hair in the direction of the growth. Stand about a foot away from the mirror and alternate brows.
3. Wider eyes in one step
The trick: Eye flourish in a hurry.
How: If your time is tight, forget a complex eye make up look; swipe on two coats of mascara. Leaving your eyes mascara-free means your eyes have no frame and your look isn’t complete.
4. Speedy lips
The trick: Fast-track your pout with lip stain.
How: A stained look is much quicker to achieve than a fully made-up mouth. With a clean finger, pat lip stain into your lips so that the colour looks washed rather than opaque.
5. Shortest manicure
The trick: Gorgeous nails in 60 seconds flat.
How: Remove all polish, clean under your nails (with lemon juice, if you have it) and massage the thickest lotion you can find into your cuticles. Lip balm will suffice.
6. Pink lippy to fix flaws
The trick: For faking flawless skin.
How: To really perfect your complexion — no matter what your skin tone — wear lipstick in a warm pink. It distracts people’s eyes from blemishes and other imperfections.
7. Lipstick as a blush
The trick: Lipstick can double as a creamy textured blush.
How: Dab a clean finger onto lipstick and smile. Where the apples of your cheeks pop out blend on the colour, sweeping it up towards your temples.
8. Multi-purpose foundation
The trick: A hardworking make-up base.
How: Choose a mineral foundation for a covered yet natural finish; this means you can skip powder too. This type of base is great for all skin types, especially if you suffer from acne or have sensitive skin.

Beginning at about 9 a.m. ET Thursday, the country's largest financial institutions will endure a large-scale coordinated cyberattack, the likes of which we've never seen.
Good thing it's just a drill.
About 50 institutions -- including banks like JPMorgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500) and Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500) -- will participate in the exercise, called "Quantum Dawn 2." Several government agencies, including the U.S. Treasury, will observe the drill.
The idea is to simulate what would happen if hackers penetrated certain systems in financial companies and agencies. If breached, infections could, in theory impact the entire gamut of the sector from exchanges to brokerages to insurance companies.
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), a trade group, will orchestrate the exercise. The simulated attack will run from 9 a.m. to about 3 p.m. today, crunching about two and a half days worth of faux attacks those hours. No real systems or accounts will be impacted during the simulation.
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To take part in the drills, each of the participating institutions will be running software developed by Cyber Strategies, a Northfield, Vt., firm that specializes in making cyber exercise software for financial institutions.
Karl Schimmeck, SIFMA's vice president of financial services operations, declined to share specifics of what exactly the simulated threats would look like, but similar drills in the past have looked like a giant, computerized version of roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons.
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An employee sitting at his desk might get a prompt saying, "this bank is having integrity issues with money," or "you cant make trades over this technical system." The employee then might role-play talking to an FBI agent -- likely an actual one enlisted to help with the drill, said Dave Aitel, CEO of the security firm Immunity, who formerly worked as a research scientist for the National Security Agency.
Institutions will have the opportunity to practice sharing information with one another during the drill to help navigate through the threats, Schimmeck said.
Related story: cyberattacks are the bank robberies of the future
The financial sector is hoping to prepare itself for a massive, disruptive attack -- a growing concern lately, as "hacktivists," organized cybercriminals and government-spnosored attacks become increasingly large and successful. Though still a far-off doomsday scenario, some security industry experts say the financial sector is vulnerable to cyber-terrorists aiming to damage the U.S. economy.
In a digitized world, every sector needs to worry about cyber breaches, but the financial sector is in a "uniquely bad position," said Aitel. That's because banks and other financial institutions have to do deal with money flows in real time, with markets hanging in the balance.
"Our industry has been the target of many attacks over the past year, and it's important that we stay one step ahead," said Schimmeck.
SIFMA said that Thursday's drills attracted twice the number of financial institutions that participated in first Quantum Dawn exercise, held in 2011.
Though some skeptical security experts dismissed Quantum Dawn as a PR stunt, SIFMA said the first run was useful in uncovering flaws in the industry's cyberattack protocols. The trade group found that banks were largely good at sharing information with one another, but bad at making real-time critical decisions for mitigating the threats.
This time around, banks are hoping to improve their performance and discover new vulnerabilities.
"The banks won't answer all of their questions," said Aitel. "But they will learn more about what kinds of questions they need to ask."

Where are the video bloggers raising questions about Samsung's decline?
Fanny Schlatter, 18, with bandaged thigh and burned-out Galaxy S3
FORTUNE -- Did you miss the report Monday about the Samsung Galaxy S3 that caught fire in the pants pocket of a Swiss teenager, sending out shoulder-high flames and inflicting second- and third-degree burns on her right thigh?
I'm not surprised. These things can happen in any device powered by lithium-ion batteries, and the news of such incidents tends to fly under the radar.
Unless, of course, the device that catches fire is made by Apple (AAPL). Then -- whether it's an iPod in Japan, a MacBook in California or an iPhone in Finland -- the Internet lights up like a Christmas tree and doomsday pundits start weighing in.
Take, for example, this Your Gadget Guide video from last March titled "Apple iPhone 5 Catches Fire - Apple Going Downhill?

Paul Bhattacharjee was in a production at the Royal Court Theatre
The body of an actor who appeared in the James Bond film Casino Royale has been found.
Paul Bhattacharjee, 53, was last seen leaving the Royal Court theatre in London's Sloane Square on 10 July.
His body was found at Splash Point cliffs in Seaford, East Sussex, on 12 July. It was confirmed on Wednesday that it was the actor.
Next of kin have been informed. Police said his death was not being treated as suspicious.
The actor, from Redbridge, north-east London, was said to be in good spirits when he was last seen but after sending a text message to his girlfriend at 21:00 BST, no-one heard from him and an appeal was launched.
The Met was contacted on Wednesday morning by Sussex Police who said a body matching his description had been found last week.

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There are 66,134 cash machines in operation across the UK - an all-time high - yet they have changed little since they first appeared on the High Street in 1967.
As payment methods move digital, so cash machines will need to develop from the terminals that we have all become used to, experts say.
The main challenge comes from the smartphone. Mobile banking allows customers to check balances, organise transfers, make swift payments between friends in restaurants or pay the local tradesman.
The answer from the industry, it appears, is to make the cash machine more like a smartphone.
A recent cash machine jamboree in London featured a host of prototype terminals that had the look, and feel, of oversized smartphones or tablet computer.