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• ANSA: Enel: -28,6% risultato netto semestre
• ANSA: Borsa: Europa brucia 88 mld, Milano 14
• ANSA: Borsa: Parigi chiude in calo del 2,68%
• ANSA: Borsa: Francoforte chiude a -2,20%
• Financial Times: India’s Mars ‘fantasy’ defies earthly woes
• Financial Times: Knight shows danger of automation frenzy
• Financial Times: Twitter examines its loyalties
• Financial Times: Jobs emails show Apple eyed 7-inch tablet
• Aljazeera: Spain jails one of suspected al-Qaeda trio
• Aljazeera: US voices concern over South China Sea rows
• Aljazeera: Drought fears loom in India as monsoon stalls
• Aljazeera: Fallout from Nigerian oil spill haunts locals
• Huffington Post: Bryan Brothers Win Gold Medal In Olympic Doubles Tennis
• Huffington Post: David Denman Heads Back To 'The Office' And More Casting News
• Huffington Post: Mars Rover Crash: What If Curiosity Doesn't Touch Down Safely?
• Huffington Post: Las Vegas Sands Target Of U.S. Money-Laundering Probe, WSJ Says

ANSA: Enel: -28,6% risultato netto semestre Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:01 AM PDT +6% ricavi a 40.692 milioni, -7.2% l'ebitda a 8.282 milioni

ANSA: Borsa: Europa brucia 88 mld, Milano 14 Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:13 AM PDT L'indice Stoxx 600 ha ceduto l'1,25%

ANSA: Borsa: Parigi chiude in calo del 2,68% Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:13 AM PDT Indice Cac 40 a 3.232,46 punti

ANSA: Borsa: Francoforte chiude a -2,20% Posted: 02 Aug 2012 10:21 AM PDT Indice Dax a 6.606,09 punti

Financial Times: India’s Mars ‘fantasy’ defies earthly woes Posted: 03 Aug 2012 09:28 AM PDT Satellite project plan generates reactions from scorn to pride as power shortages, poor sanitation and disappointing monsoon rains demand more attention

Financial Times: Knight shows danger of automation frenzy Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT Glitch that cost $440m was latest in a series – and raises issue of whether Wall St has weighed pros and cons of dash to high-frequency trading

Financial Times: Twitter examines its loyalties Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:34 AM PDT Social media remains the go-to place for armchair critics, but reliance on advertising from big brands creates questions about how to deal with brand hijacking and abuse

Financial Times: Jobs emails show Apple eyed 7-inch tablet Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:37 PM PDT Samsung offered evidence in court in its patent dispute with Apple to support the idea that Apple sized up a response to its 7-inch Galaxy Tab

Aljazeera: Spain jails one of suspected al-Qaeda trio Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:48 PM PDT Judge sends one of three terror suspects to jail, while keeping the other two in custody for further investigation.

Aljazeera: US voices concern over South China Sea rows Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:39 PM PDT US accuses China of raising tensions through a new military garrison in the South China Sea.

Aljazeera: Drought fears loom in India as monsoon stalls Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:47 PM PDT Meteorological department predicts at least 10 per cent less rain this year affecting millions of farmers across nation.

Aljazeera: Fallout from Nigerian oil spill haunts locals Posted: 04 Aug 2012 02:59 AM PDT Human rights groups say Shell has been slow to respond to 10,000 barrel oil spill in the Niger delta.

Huffington Post: Bryan Brothers Win Gold Medal In Olympic Doubles Tennis Posted: 04 Aug 2012 09:40 AM PDT WIMBLEDON, England — In his final feat of athleticism at the Olympics, Bob Bryan caught his brother. Mike Bryan leaped into his twin's arms after they completed a career Golden Slam by winning the gold medal in doubles Saturday, beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michael Llodra of France 6-4, 7-6 (2). Read More... More on Summer Olympics

Huffington Post: David Denman Heads Back To 'The Office' And More Casting News Posted: 04 Aug 2012 09:48 AM PDT Better watch out, Jim! According to TVLine, David Denman, who played Pam's (Jenna Fischer) fiance Roy is headed back to "The Office." Denman will guest star in episode 2 of the 9th season of the NBC series, though whether he'll try to win Pam back again is yet to be determined. Read More... More on NBC

Huffington Post: Mars Rover Crash: What If Curiosity Doesn't Touch Down Safely? Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:18 AM PDT By: Mike Wall Published: 08/04/2012 09:18 AM EDT on SPACE.com If NASA's newest Mars rover doesn't touch down safely Sunday night (Aug. 5), the future of Red Planet exploration could be thrown into serious doubt. The 1-ton Curiosity rover's main goal is to determine if Mars can, or ever could, support microbial life. But the huge robot is also carrying the hopes and dreams of NASA's venerable Mars program on its back to some extent, so a crash Sunday night could be devastating. Read More... More on Mars Rover

Huffington Post: Las Vegas Sands Target Of U.S. Money-Laundering Probe, WSJ Says Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:25 AM PDT * Adelson actions not being investigated, report says * Investigation focuses on two big-money gamblers CHICAGO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Las Vegas Sands Corp, controlled by billionaire Republican donor Sheldon Adelson, is the target of a federal investigation into possible violations of U.S. money-laundering laws, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The Los Angeles U.S. attorney's office is looking into the casino company's handling of the receipt of millions of dollars from a Mexican businessman, later indicted in the United States for drug trafficking, and a former California businessman, later convicted of taking illegal kickbacks, the Journal said, citing lawyers and others involved in the matter. The transactions date from the mid-2000s. The Journal said there are no indications that actions by Adelson, who is the company's chief executive officer and largest shareholder, are being investigated. The Los Angeles U.S. attorney could not be reached for comment by Reuters on Saturday. A Sands spokesman was not immediately available to comment to Reuters, but spokesman Ron Reese told the Journal, "The company believes it has acted properly and has not committed any wrongdoing." Reese said the company was cooperating with federal investigators. The timing of the investigation could open the Justice Department to criticism that it is politically motivated, the Journal said. Adelson is a major donor to the super PAC supporting presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney against President Barack Obama and plans to spend $100 million on Republican candidates in November's elections. Adelson, who owns casinos in Las Vegas, Macau and Singapore, began this campaign season as a major donor to Newt Gingrich before Gingrich dropped out of the Republican presidential race. He has since switched his support to Romney and last month was in Jerusalem with the candidate when Romney met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Adelson also strongly supports. The Journal said the Las Vegas money-laundering investigation focused on two "whales" - as big-money gamblers are known - and whether Sands officials ignored warning signs and did not alert federal authorities about millions of dollars the gamblers had deposited. The Journal identified one of the "whales" as Zhenli Ye Gon, a Chinese-born Mexican national who was indicted in 2007 in the United States on charges of dealing in materials used to make methamphetamine. The drug case was dismissed in 2009 but Ye Gon is still in U.S. custody awaiting extradition to Mexico, where authorities want to try him on drug trafficking and money laundering charges, the Journal said, citing court records. The Journal said Ausaf Umar Siddiqui, a former executive with the Fry's Electronics retail chain, also was under scrutiny. Court filings in another case showed Siddiqui sent more than $100 million to the Sands. Siddiqui was charged with taking kickbacks from Fry's vendors, pleaded guilty and is now in prison. U.S. authorities also are investigating the Sands to see if there were breaches of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which prohibits bribes to foreign officials by U.S. companies, in its Macau operation. Read More... More on Wall Street Journal

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