Friday, May 24th, 2013

World

Generali denies sale of U.S. business

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's biggest insurer Assicurazioni Generali denied reports on Monday it had sold its U.S. life reinsurance business as it presses ahead with efforts to wrap up a s...
May 13, 2013, 7:54 pm
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Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1,127

By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladeshi salvage workers on Monday neared the end of their search for victims of the collapse of a factory building, scouring the ba...
May 13, 2013, 7:49 pm

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EU sees Greece hitting 2013-14 fiscal goals, but more pain ahead

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will hit its fiscal targets this year and next but needs additional savings to meet its bailout requirements in 2015 and 2016, the European Commission said.
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May 13, 2013, 7:36 pm

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Nationalists cash in on Bulgarians' unhappiness

By Sam Cage
SOFIA (Reuters) - A Bulgarian nationalist party which has protested against the Roma minority and wants to nationalise foreign-owned firms has emerged as a kingmaker from an...
May 13, 2013, 7:33 pm

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CITIC, Temasek group offers $900 million for U.S.-listed Asiainfo - sources

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A consortium comprising China's CITIC Capital and Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings is set to buy U.S.-listed Asiainfo-Linkage Inc for about...
May 13, 2013, 7:21 pm

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Rubber boom fuelling SE Asia land grabs: report

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Vietnamese rubber firms bankrolled by an arm of the World Bank and Germany's Deutsche Bank are driving a land-grabbing crisis in Southeast Asia, activists said Monday.
May 13, 2013, 7:14 pm

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Straits Trading accepts United Engineers' bid for WBL Corp stake

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore conglomerate Straits Trading Company said on Monday it has decided to accept an offer for its holdings in WBL Corp from a group led by U...
May 13, 2013, 6:19 pm
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Syrian troops take over strategic town

Syrian troops have taken control of a strategic town linking the capital to Jordan, as Turkey accused the regime of being behind a bombing that killed 46.
May 13, 2013, 6:19 pm

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ABB executive quits days after CEO says will step down

By Caroline Copley
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss engineering group ABB Ltd has announced a second senior executive departure in less than a week, saying its chief technology ...
May 13, 2013, 6:16 pm

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Obama says Cameron should fix relationship with EU

By Andrew Osborn
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama intervened in Britain's emotive debate about its membership of the European Union on Monday, saying Prime Minister David C...
May 13, 2013, 6:03 pm

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Cameron heartened by talks with Putin on Syria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Britain has detected a subtle shift in Russia's attitude to the Syrian conflict which it hopes may make it easier to organise a peace conference aimed at overseeing a political ...
May 13, 2013, 5:12 pm

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Singapore says US scientist depressed, left suicide notes

SINGAPORE (AFP) - A US high-tech researcher whose family claims he was murdered in Singapore was under treatment for depression and left suicide notes before he was found hanged, a public inquiry was told on Monday.
May 13, 2013, 5:04 pm

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China premier to visit India, Pakistan on first foreign trip

BEIJING (Reuters) - New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit India and Pakistan on his first foreign trip since assuming office, on a week-long overseas foray that will also take in Switzerland and G...
May 13, 2013, 4:44 pm

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ECB's Visco: negative deposit rates would be effective

By Sakari Suoninen and Eva Kuehnen
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Cutting the European Central Bank's deposit rate below zero would be an effective way to help the euro zone economy, ECB policym...
May 13, 2013, 4:40 pm

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19 hurt in New Orleans parade shooting

The FBI says the shooting in which 19 people were wounded in the US city of New Orleans was the result of "street violence" and not terrorism.
May 13, 2013, 4:38 pm

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Jailed former minister Huhne released from prison

LONDON (Reuters) - Former energy minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce were released early from prison on Monday, just two months after being jailed for lying to police about a speeding off...
May 13, 2013, 4:29 pm

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Limited banking union can buy time, German finance minister writes

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's finance minister has called for a "two-step approach" towards European banking union, writing that a limited "timber-framed" union, set up without changing European treati...
May 13, 2013, 3:48 pm

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Taliban vow to release remaining Turkish hostages

KABUL (AFP) - Taliban insurgent leaders pledged on Monday to release the final four Turkish engineers held hostage since their helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan last month.
May 13, 2013, 3:29 pm

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Partnership Assurance plans $1.54 billion UK share listing

LONDON (Reuters) - Private-equity backed life insurer Partnership Assurance Group said it plans to go public in London next month, taking advantage of a recovery in listings to sell at least a quarter...
May 13, 2013, 2:40 pm
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Lloyds Chairman Bischoff stands down as government sale looms

By Matt Scuffham
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group Plc Chairman Win Bischoff is to retire in the next year, handing the reins to a successor who must steer it through a potentiall...
May 13, 2013, 2:27 pm

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