Saturday, May 25th, 2013

World

British Airways owner's losses grow on Iberia hit

By Rhys Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - International Airlines Group reported wider first-quarter operating losses on Friday, as deepening trouble at its Spanish carrier Iberia ...
May 10, 2013, 2:22 pm
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Germany's JAB to file Master Blenders offer document soon

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - German investor Joh A Benckiser (JAB) and co-investors expect to file for regulatory approval of their offer document to buy the owner of Douwe Egberts coffee for 7.5 billion eur...
May 10, 2013, 2:19 pm

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BT shares hit 5-1/2 yr high ahead of sports TV battle

By Kate Holton
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BT underlined its return to form ahead of its pending pay-TV battle with BSkyB , revealing across the board improve...
May 10, 2013, 2:17 pm

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N. Korea says jailed US citizen preached regime change

SEOUL (AFP) - A Korean-American tour operator jailed in North Korea had smuggled in anti-Pyongyang materials and sought to establish a base to overthrow the regime, according to the North's Supreme Court.
May 10, 2013, 2:14 pm
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Jackson a sexual predator: Aussie's lawyer

A lawyer hired by Australian Wade Robson has described Michael Jackson as a monster who brainwashed the choreographer when he was a child.
May 10, 2013, 2:13 pm

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Woman pulled alive from rubble of Bangladesh factory

By Rafiqur Rahman
SAVAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A young Bangladeshi woman who spent 17 days buried alive under a collapsed garments factory was rescued on Friday when astonished workmen...
May 10, 2013, 1:58 pm

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UK committee backs Heathrow expansion

A British parliamentary committee has decided that allowing Heathrow to build a third runway is better than creating a new airport.
May 10, 2013, 1:48 pm

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ABB Chief Hogan to stand down for private reasons

ZURICH (Reuters) - ABB Chief Executive Joe Hogan is leaving the company for what it said were private reasons. His departure date has not yet been decided.
Hogan joined ...
May 10, 2013, 1:45 pm

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Generali turnaround starts to bear fruit

By Lisa Jucca
MILAN (Reuters) - Insurer Generali rebounded from a quarterly loss at end-2012 to deliver a higher than expected net profit in the first three months of th...
May 10, 2013, 1:39 pm

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Knitwear legend Missoni dead at 92

Ottavio "Tai" Missoni, known globally for his distinctive colourful zigzag knitwear, has died.
May 10, 2013, 1:36 pm

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Australian sky-gazers witness 'ring of fire' eclipse

SYDNEY (AFP) - Sky-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia on Friday, with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun to leave a "ring of fire" around its silhouette.
May 10, 2013, 1:14 pm

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Malaysia cry foul over Lin Dan world champs wildcard

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's singles coach has suggested a conspiracy after badminton chiefs handed four-time Chinese winner Lin Dan a wildcard for this year's world championships, a report said on Friday.
May 10, 2013, 12:47 pm

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Prince Harry says mum would be proud

Prince Harry has remembered his late mother Princess Diana in a speech for a landmine charity in the US, where he has received an ecstatic reception.
May 10, 2013, 12:11 pm

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Carlyle bids for Rio Tinto stake in Australian copper mine - report

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group has submitted a bid for Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto's 80 percent stake in the Northparkes copper mine in A...
May 10, 2013, 11:33 am
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China probes dumping of steel pipes by U.S., EU, Japan

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has started an investigation into the dumping of seamless steel tubes and pipes in domestic markets by firms from the United States, Europe and Japan after receiving a compla...
May 10, 2013, 11:25 am
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China's Xi urges Netanyahu to quickly restart peace talks

By Sui-Lee Wee
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to restart peace talks with the Palestinians as soon as possible, days af...
May 10, 2013, 11:23 am

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Hyundai Motor considers fourth China plant - vice chairman

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor <005380.KS> is considering building a fourth car plant in China as it seeks to increase production overseas to counter rising costs at home, due to ...
May 10, 2013, 10:50 am

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Yen weakens past 100 to dollar, may fan talk of currency war

By Hideyuki Sano
TOKYO (Reuters) - The yen weakened past 100 per dollar, giving Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a symbolic victory for his easy money policies, with markets bracing f...
May 10, 2013, 10:35 am

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N. Korea slams 'master-servant' Obama-Park summit

SEOUL (AFP) - South Korean President Park Geun-Hye's recent summit with Barack Obama was a "despicable" meeting of servant and master, North Korea said Friday in its first reaction to the talks in Washington.
May 10, 2013, 10:27 am

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Space station radiator leaking: NASA

A radiator leak in the power system of the International Space Station is serious, but not life-threatening, NASA says.
May 10, 2013, 9:04 am

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