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• ANSA: Borsa: Tokyo apre in leggero rialzo
• ANSA: Petrolio: in rialzo a 88,53 dollari
• ANSA: Borse ignorano Moody's, Bernanke gela listini
• Financial Times: Vatican’s financial rules found wanting
• ANSA: Unire feste per il Pil. Ipotesi forse in Cdm
• Aljazeera: Frenchman linked to Bo Xilai flown to China
• Financial Times: Frenchman linked to Bo flies to China
• Aljazeera: Ferry with 250 people sinks off Zanzibar
• Financial Times: Fears for dividend payments from ‘fiscal cliff’
• Huffington Post: HIV/AIDS By The Numbers
• Aljazeera: Labour unrest spreads in Egypt
• Huffington Post: Beyonce's Midnight Heat Fragrance Ad Plays It Safe (PHOTO)
• Huffington Post: Justin Bieber, Channing Tatum, Other Celebrities Nominated For 2012 Do Something Awards (VOTE!)
• Huffington Post: Cape Wind Project: Darrell Issa, John Mica Question FAA About Offshore Wind Regulations
• Aljazeera: 'Most wanted' Nazi arrested in Hungary
• Financial Times: HSBC’s Mexico nightmare on money laundering

ANSA: Borsa: Tokyo apre in leggero rialzo Posted: 16 Jul 2012 10:48 PM PDT Avvio di giornata positivo anche per gli scambi a Mumbai

ANSA: Petrolio: in rialzo a 88,53 dollari Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:14 AM PDT Brent sale a 103,49 dollari

ANSA: Borse ignorano Moody's, Bernanke gela listini Posted: 18 Jul 2012 12:34 AM PDT Asta spagnola fa il pieno, spread in tensione

Financial Times: Vatican’s financial rules found wanting Posted: 18 Jul 2012 04:55 AM PDT Landmark European report gives mixed assessment of the city state's historically opaque financial system

ANSA: Unire feste per il Pil. Ipotesi forse in Cdm Posted: 18 Jul 2012 05:49 AM PDT Il tema era stato affrontato anche dal governo Berlusconi, lo scorso anno

Aljazeera: Frenchman linked to Bo Xilai flown to China Posted: 18 Jul 2012 07:27 AM PDT Patrick Devillers, who was being held in Cambodia, is wanted as a witness in China's biggest political scandal.

Financial Times: Frenchman linked to Bo flies to China Posted: 18 Jul 2012 08:30 AM PDT French foreign ministry says Patrick Devillers has voluntarily agreed to leave Cambodia and travel to co-operate with the Chinese judiciary

Aljazeera: Ferry with 250 people sinks off Zanzibar Posted: 18 Jul 2012 09:48 AM PDT Twelve bodies and 10 surivors have been recovered so far as rescue operations continue in bad weather, officials said.

Financial Times: Fears for dividend payments from ‘fiscal cliff’ Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:10 AM PDT Increase in taxes on dividends alarms companies with steady cash flows that pay a lot out to shareholders and could hurt capital expenditire

Huffington Post: HIV/AIDS By The Numbers Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:35 AM PDT July 18 (Reuters) - Here is the latest global and regional picture on HIV and AIDS from a report by the United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS). * An estimated 34.2 million people worldwide had the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS in 2011, according to the UNAIDS data, up 18 percent on 2001, when 28.9 million were living with HIV. * There were 2.5 million new HIV infections in 2011, including an estimated 330,000 among children. * AIDS-related deaths fell for the fifth year running to 1.7 million, down from a peak of 2.3 million in 2005 and 2006. * More than 8 million people had access to antiretroviral therapy, an increase of 20 percent from 2010. The U.N. wants the number to hit 15 million by 2015. * A year's supply of antiretroviral drugs cost less than $100 per person per year for the least expensive regimen recommended by the U.N. In 2000, it cost more than $10,000. * 46 countries, territories and areas restrict people living with HIV from entering or staying. REGIONAL BREAKDOWN AFRICA: * Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region hardest hit by HIV, with 23.5 million HIV-positive people in 2011, about 69 percent of the global total. * The number of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa has dropped to 1.7 million in 2011 from an estimated 2.6 million in 1997. * There were 1.2 million AIDS-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa in 2011, similar to 2010. * AIDS has killed at least a million people each year in the region since 1998. * Nearly 6.2 million people were receiving antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa in 2011, up from just 100 000 in 2003. ASIA: * Although rates of HIV are lower in Asia than in some other regions, the size of the Asian population means it has the second largest group of people living with HIV. * There were 4.2 million people living with HIV in South and South East Asia in 2011, and there were 300,000 new infections in the region and 270,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2011. -- An estimated 21,000 children became infected with HIV in South and South-East Asia in 2011. * In East Asia, 830,000 people have HIV in 2011. There were 60,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2011. In this region, there has been an increase in new HIV infections to 89,000 in 2011 from 74,000 in 2001. EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA: * Since 2001, the number of people living with HIV in this region has increased to 1.5 million in 2011 from 410,000 in 2001. * Russia and Ukraine account for nearly 90 percent of the regional epidemic. In the Russian Federation, newly reported HIV cases increased from 39,207 in 2005 to 62,581 in 2010. * In 2011, an estimated 90,000 people died of AIDS-related causes compared to 15,000 in 2001. MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: * There are 330,000 people living with HIV in 2011 in this region. New infections were 39,000 in 2011, and deaths from AIDS numbered 25,000 in 2011. NORTH AMERICA: * There were 1.4 million people living with HIV in North America in 2011, including 4500 children. * The number of people newly infected with HIV in the region in 2011 was 58,000. - Less than 100 children in the region became infected with HIV in 2011. - An estimated 20,000 people in North America died of AIDS-related causes in 2011. SOURCES: UNAIDS/Reuters (Reporting by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit; Additional writing by Tom Miles; Editing by Kenneth Barry) Read More... More on Video

Aljazeera: Labour unrest spreads in Egypt Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:37 AM PDT Textile industry strike could worsen balance of payments problems and is an early test for new president.

Huffington Post: Beyonce's Midnight Heat Fragrance Ad Plays It Safe (PHOTO) Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:38 AM PDT We were a little shocked to see Beyonce purportedly rocking her retro box braids at Nas's album release party Tuesday night --the star usually doesn't stray far from her signature honey hued and wind-swept mane. But she's released an ad for her new perfume, Midnight Heat, that serves up another classic Bey look. To showcase the fifth fragrance in her arsenal of scents, the "Love On Top" singer sports a one-shoulder purple mini-dress complemented by her flawless skin and tousled hair. Read More... More on Beyonce

Huffington Post: Justin Bieber, Channing Tatum, Other Celebrities Nominated For 2012 Do Something Awards (VOTE!) Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:41 AM PDT When fans line the red carpet at an exclusive VHI awards show in August, they won't be buzzing about the nominees' leading roles or steamy on-set kisses. They'll be talking about the ways in which these star do-gooders are making a difference in the world. Do Something, the nonprofit that encourages young people to help out in their communities, will dole out a number of honors at its annual awards show with VH1 next month. The organization recently named the charitable celebs, and non-household name volunteers who will vie to take home trophies from 16 competitive categories. LeBron James, who could win most generous athlete and Scarlett Johansson, who's up for most benevolent female actress, are among the A-listers nominated for awards. Five non-celebrities, who are 25 and younger and have started organizations for underserved communities, will compete for the eponymous "Do Something Award," an esteemed honor that comes with a whopping $100,000 grant to put towards his or her cause. Read More... More on Justin Bieber

Huffington Post: Cape Wind Project: Darrell Issa, John Mica Question FAA About Offshore Wind Regulations Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:45 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Two powerful congressmen asked the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday to answer whether it ruled that a Massachusetts offshore wind project wasn't a danger to airplanes because of political pressure. In a letter to the FAA's Acting Administrator, U.S. Reps. Darrell Issa and John Mica referred to internal FAA documents, obtained by an opponent of the Cape Wind project, in which FAA employees repeatedly refer to the high-profile politics of the first-in-the-nation project. One manager wrote in May 2010, "It would be very difficult politically to refuse approval of this project." Read More... More on Green Energy

Aljazeera: 'Most wanted' Nazi arrested in Hungary Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:52 AM PDT Laszlo Csatary, accused of organising the deportation to their deaths of some 16,000 Jews, protested his innocence.

Financial Times: HSBC’s Mexico nightmare on money laundering Posted: 18 Jul 2012 10:54 AM PDT HSBC tried to change culture – the problem, say US Senate investigators, is the bank's business interests were trumping its compliance obligations

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