Thursday, June 20th, 2013

World

Apple unlocks more cash for investors as profit slides

By Poornima Gupta
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday bowed to investors' demands to share more of its $145 billion (95.1 billion pounds) cash pile, while posting its first q...
April 24, 2013, 4:43 am
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Accor ousts CEO to speed up strategy

By Dominique Vidalon and Cyril Altmeyer
PARIS (Reuters) - Accor SA ousted Chairman and Chief Executive Denis Hennequin on Tuesday and put a transition team in charge of ...
April 24, 2013, 4:42 am

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Iceland bank debt writedown inevitable, likely next PM says

By Balazs Koranyi and Robert Robertson
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's recovery from economic collapse is much weaker than the government proclaims, and a major debt writedown will be n...
April 24, 2013, 4:38 am
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Bomber targets Pakistan's Hazara minority in run-up to elections

By Gul Yousafzai
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A prominent leader of Pakistan's ethnic Hazara minority narrowly escaped a suicide attack that killed six people on Tuesday, underscoring t...
April 24, 2013, 4:37 am

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Colombia's Sura, Scotiabank buy BBVA Peru fund for $1 billion

By Omar Mariluz and Nelson Bocanegra
LIMA/BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian financial group Sura and Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia bought the Peruvian pension fu...
April 24, 2013, 4:19 am
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Myanmar frees dozens of political prisoners: activists

YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar on Tuesday pardoned dozens of political prisoners, activists said, a day after the European Union agreed to end almost all sanctions against the former pariah state.
April 24, 2013, 3:59 am

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Myanmar frees 56 political prisoners day after sanctions dropped

By Aung Hla Tun
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's president announced an amnesty on Tuesday for about 100 prisoners, a senior official said, 56 of whom were confirmed as political detainees ...
April 24, 2013, 3:57 am

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Japan vows force if Chinese land on disputed islands

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's prime minister vowed Tuesday to "expel by force" any Chinese landing on islands at the centre of a territorial row, after eight Chinese government vessels sailed into the disputed waters.
April 24, 2013, 3:40 am

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S. Korean president to address US Congress

WASHINGTON (AFP) - South Korean President Park Geun-Hye will address a joint meeting of the US Congress next month, lawmakers said Tuesday, in a show of support for the new leader after tensions with North Korea soared.
April 24, 2013, 3:31 am

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Iraq raid on Sunni protest sparks clashes, 44 killed

By Suadad al-Salhy
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces stormed a Sunni Muslim protest camp on Tuesday, triggering a gunfight between troops and demonstrators that spread to army clashes wi...
April 24, 2013, 3:18 am

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Accor ousts CEO over pace of strategy shift

PARIS (Reuters) - Accor's board ousted Chief Executive Denis Hennequin on Tuesday in a disagreement over the pace of change of strategy at Europe's largest hotel group.
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April 24, 2013, 2:49 am

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U.S. appeals court expedites BP spill claims case

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal appeals court has agreed to speed up the process of determining whether BP Plc's settlement with class-action plaintiffs over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is bei...
April 24, 2013, 2:44 am

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Bhutan begins vote for new parliament

THIMPHU, Bhutan (AFP) - Voters in Bhutan cast ballots to begin electing a new parliament on Tuesday for only the second time in the Himalayan nation's history, five years after the monarchy ceded absolute power.
April 24, 2013, 2:24 am

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Delta, US Air profits top estimates

By Karen Jacobs
(Reuters) - Delta Air Lines and US Airways Group posted higher-than-expected first quarter earnings on Tuesday driven by revenue gains and th...
April 24, 2013, 2:18 am

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Investment firm seeks $8 billion in legal fight with Deutsche Bank

By Clare Hutchison
LONDON (Reuters) - A legal battle between Deutsche Bank and billionaire investor Alexander Vik began this week in which Vik is claiming $8 billion (5...
April 24, 2013, 2:16 am

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EU Parliament likely to back forced losses on wealthy failed bank depositors

By Claire Davenport
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament is likely to back plans to impose losses on wealthier depositors in failed banks while shielding smaller savers, its lea...
April 24, 2013, 2:11 am

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French tax probe targets HSBC - prosecutor

By Patrick Vignal
PARIS (Reuters) - France has opened a probe into whether British bank HSBC offered illicit products to help French clients avoid tax in Switzerland, the Paris prosecut...
April 24, 2013, 2:09 am

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Instant View - "Bogus" AP tweet about White House sparks markets volatility

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Markets for stocks, bonds, oil and commodities were briefly roiled on Tuesday after a bogus report of explosions at the White House.
Shortly after 1 p.m. (6:00 p.m....
April 24, 2013, 2:01 am
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Lockheed profit beats view; budget cuts hit sales outlook

By Andrea Shalal-Esa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp , the Pentagon's biggest weapons supplier, reported a better-than-expected 14.8 percent rise in per-share e...
April 24, 2013, 1:56 am

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