venerdì 31 maggio 2013

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ANSA: Saccomanni:si' margini ma ridurre debito

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:13 AM PDT

Ministro economia, usarli per investimenti a sostegno crescita

ANSA: Alitalia: Lupi, e' un asset strategico

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:15 AM PDT

A studio interventi su settore

ANSA: Bollicine italiane spopolano in Russia

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:25 AM PDT

Al via tour 'Solo Italiano', 25% quota mercato,sale 70% spumanti

ANSA: Petrolio:chiude in calo a 93,03 dlr

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:43 AM PDT

Quotazioni perdono il 2,08%

Aljazeera: UN blacklists Syria's al-Nusra Front

Posted: 31 May 2013 02:25 AM PDT

The UN Security Council adds al Nusra Front, a hard-line group in Syria, to blacklist, as an alias of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Aljazeera: Nigeria arrests trio over 'Hezbollah cell'

Posted: 31 May 2013 04:06 AM PDT

Soldiers uncover heavy weapons cache allegedly linked to Lebanese group as police say suspects had "terrorist training".

Financial Times: Dell board recommends Silver Lake offer

Posted: 31 May 2013 04:48 AM PDT

Rival approach by Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management spurned as struggling PC maker prepares for a future as a private company

Aljazeera: Indian-American teen wins spelling title

Posted: 31 May 2013 04:53 AM PDT

New Yorker becomes sixth youth of South Asian heritage to win coveted spelling bee trophy in last six years.

Financial Times: HSBC recruits former head of MI5

Posted: 31 May 2013 05:20 AM PDT

Bank recruits UK intelligence agency veteran as part of its efforts to improve its defences against financial crime, six months after being hit by large US fine

Financial Times: Global literati warming to climate disaster fiction

Posted: 31 May 2013 08:20 AM PDT

Latest catastrophe book theme has a long way to go before it becomes as popular as the bestselling crime, history or romance, say literary agents

Financial Times: Elysée wine sale given a lively aftertaste

Posted: 31 May 2013 09:19 AM PDT

Unprecedented sale of some 1,200 bottles of fine vintages draws expected international turnout of bidders, and riot police to control protesters

Huffington Post: Courteney Cox, David Arquette: Why They're Our Divorce Role Models (PHOTOS)

Posted: 31 May 2013 09:55 AM PDT

Courteney Cox's divorce from David Arquette was finalized earlier this week after 11 years of marriage, and while we loved them as a couple, we can't exactly say we're sad.

Why? Because while other Hollywood exes bicker over the smallest things, these two remain the best of friends and co-parent like pros for the sake of their daughter, Coco.

Seriously, divorced parents can learn a thing or two from Courteney and David. Six things, to be exact, compiled in the slideshow below. Click through to learn why they're our divorce role models, then tell us if you're a fan of their co-parenting style in the comments!


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Huffington Post: Actors Who Trashed Their Own Movies, From Shia LaBeouf To George Clooney To Shia LaBeouf

Posted: 31 May 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Actors don't often trash their own movies, but when they do, it's usually a cathartic experience for film goers. After all, it's one thing to think "The Happening" was a bad movie; it's quite another to have those thoughts confirmed by the film's star, Mark Wahlberg. ("It was a bad movie that I did.") Ahead, 10 instances of actors bashing their films, from Wahlberg and Shia LaBeouf to Katherine Heigl and Shia LaBeouf. (Shia does this a lot.)

Shia LaBeouf on "Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull": "I think the audience is pretty intelligent. I think they know when you've made [a bad movie]. And I think if you don't acknowledge it, then why do they trust you the next time you're promoting a movie. […] We [Harrison Ford and LaBeouf] had major discussions. He wasn't happy with it either. Look, the movie could have been updated. There was a reason it wasn't universally accepted." (via LAT)
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Huffington Post: Hillary Clinton 2016 Poll Shows Drop In Favorability, Lead Over Jeb Bush, Rand Paul

Posted: 31 May 2013 10:00 AM PDT

A new poll released Friday finds Hillary Clinton easily leading two possible 2016 GOP rivals, even as her favorability rating has dropped from earlier months.

If the 2016 presidential election were today, Clinton would beat both former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) by 8 points, according to Quinnipiac University, leading Bush 48 percent to 40 percent and Paul 49 percent to 41 percent.

Vice President Joe Biden fared worse, trailing both Republicans by several points. Bush led Biden 44 percent to 38 percent, while Paul led him 43 percent to 39 percent.


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Huffington Post: Julius Richard Petri, Microbiologist, Is Honored With Google Doodle

Posted: 31 May 2013 10:03 AM PDT

Julius Richard Petri, the 19th-century German scientist, is the subject of Friday's Google Doodle. If you've never come across his name before, you've certain heard of his namesake. The slightly stomach-churning Doodle features the famous Petri dish.

Born in Germany, in 1862, Friday is Petri's 161st birthday. The shallow, flat dish with lid that Petri invented helps bacteria grow so that they can be studied. The Doodle to celebrate Petri is animated, and features Petri dishes in the signature Google colors. When you press the play button, a gloved hand and a swab swipes the dishes with bacteria. The bacteria grows, and when you click the dishes, different animations pop up, showing places where you might find bacteria, like a keyboard or a dog's mouth.

While Petri and his namesake deserve the honor, the whole thing just sort of makes you want to wipe everything down with disinfectant, which probably isn't a bad idea.


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Aljazeera: ICC rejects Libya bid to try Saif al-Islam

Posted: 31 May 2013 10:32 AM PDT

International Criminal Court orders Libya to surrender son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi for trial in The Hague.

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ANSA: Petrolio:in calo in Asia a 94,81 dollari

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:07 PM PDT

Brent a 104,12 dollari

ANSA: Oro: in rialzo a 1.390,30 dollari

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:18 PM PDT

sale dello 0,7%

ANSA: Cambi: euro stabile a 1,2853 dollari

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:22 PM PDT

yen a 131,31

ANSA: Spread Btp-Bund apre stabile a 254 punti

Posted: 28 May 2013 11:28 PM PDT

rendimento al 4,07%

Financial Times: EU agrees to end decades of overfishing

Posted: 30 May 2013 03:10 AM PDT

Deal to end overfishing could see stocks soar by 15m tonnes by 2020 and end practice of discarding millions of tonnes of unwanted fish

Aljazeera: Ugandan police end newspaper siege

Posted: 30 May 2013 04:11 AM PDT

Journalists of newspaper shut for 10 days following reports about assassination plot allowed to return to work.

Financial Times: Shuanghui chairman rises from factory floor

Posted: 30 May 2013 05:47 AM PDT

Wan Long, who leads China's biggest meat producer, rose from humble beginnings but still sees his job as 'killing pigs and selling meat'

Aljazeera: Rescued baby returned to mother in China

Posted: 30 May 2013 06:40 AM PDT

Police accept mother's explanation that she had accidentally dropped him into a toilet after giving birth.

Financial Times: Traders shrug off Tokyo stocks slide

Posted: 30 May 2013 08:43 AM PDT

Report that Japan's $1tn public pension fund was considering a shift in its investment strategy and boost its buying of stocks helps sentiment

Financial Times: Royal Bank of Scotland rejects JC Flowers’ bid

Posted: 30 May 2013 09:37 AM PDT

State-controlled lender RBS has narrowed the field of bidders for 315 of its branches by rejecting an offer from buyout group JC Flowers and Apollo

Aljazeera: Myanmar 'reaches truce' with Kachin rebels

Posted: 30 May 2013 09:52 AM PDT

Government and rebel leaders agree preliminary ceasefire to end two years of fighting, according to negotiator.

Huffington Post: Chicago Sun-Times Lays Off Photography Staff

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:06 AM PDT

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Sun-Times has laid off its entire full-time photography staff.

Sun-Times Media released a statement Thursday to The Associated Press confirming "the very difficult decision" to do away with the positions at the city's tabloid newspaper and its suburban sister publications.


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Huffington Post: 'Camp' On NBC: Rachel Griffiths Stars In New Summer Series (VIDEO)

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:09 AM PDT

NBC is going to "Camp" this summer.

"Six Feet Under" veteran Rachel Griffiths stars as Mackenzie Granger, the owner and director of Little Otter Family Camp. She's recently divorced and attempting to do things her own way to keep the cash-strapped camp afloat. There's love and drama -- and that's just with the adults. Wait until you meet the kids.

"Camp" hails from Liz Heldens of "Friday Night Lights" fame and Peter Elkoff of "Deception."


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Huffington Post: 10 Magical Pieces Of Street Art That’ll Hit You Square In The Soul

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:11 AM PDT

Here are 10 reasons to put the iPhone away and drink in the amazing things artists are doing to the world around you.


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Huffington Post: Why This Affirmative Action Debate is Different

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:12 AM PDT

The lines of argument over affirmative action have changed little since the idea first combusted into controversy in the 1970s. But as the Supreme Court nears another critical ruling on the issue, the social and demographic context for these arguments has been transformed in ways that make the choices both more complex and consequential.


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Aljazeera: Up to $30bn 'stolen' from Sochi Olympic funds

Posted: 30 May 2013 11:29 AM PDT

Putin opponents claim Russian business people and officials have siphoned billions intended to fund 2013 Winter Games.

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ANSA: Tesoro: giovedi' offre fino 5,75 mld Btp

Posted: 27 May 2013 10:27 AM PDT

Riapertura titoli gia' emessi

ANSA: Ilva:Riva, rischio continuita' aziendale

Posted: 27 May 2013 10:39 AM PDT

da sequestro stop piano industriale e situazione fuori controllo

ANSA: Cambi: euro a 1,2922 dollari e 131,76 ye

Posted: 27 May 2013 11:19 PM PDT

moneta unica in lieve ripresa su dollaro

ANSA: Crisi: spread Btp-Bund a 258 punti

Posted: 27 May 2013 11:27 PM PDT

rendimento al 4,059%

Aljazeera: Nepal marks milestone of Everest conquest

Posted: 29 May 2013 01:49 AM PDT

Many blame industry bred by success of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay for ruining the world's highest peak.

Aljazeera: Kenyan MPs vote to raise pay amid protests

Posted: 29 May 2013 03:18 AM PDT

Measure to boost legislators' salaries to more than 130 times the minimum wage in defiance of pleas for austerity.

Aljazeera: Doping trainer Al Zarooni drops appeal

Posted: 29 May 2013 03:32 AM PDT

Former Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni will not contest his eight-year ban says the British Horseracing Authority.

Aljazeera: US says major money-laundering ring busted

Posted: 29 May 2013 03:43 AM PDT

Indictment filed against operators of digital currency exchange for their role in illicit funds linked to bank hacking.

Financial Times: Shuanghui agrees $4.7bn Smithfield deal

Posted: 29 May 2013 05:35 AM PDT

China's largest pork producer launches an agreed $7bn bid for Smithfield Foods of the US, aiming to satisfy domestic demand for high-quality meat

Financial Times: US shale threatens to divide Opec

Posted: 29 May 2013 07:45 AM PDT

Uneven impact of the shale revolution is intensifying an existing financial divide within Opec between the haves and the have nots

Financial Times: US shale output boost ‘temporary’

Posted: 29 May 2013 08:53 AM PDT

Output from shale oil wells is initially prolific, but production declines rapidly, so maintaining output needs new wells to be drilled, requiring a high oil price

Huffington Post: Usher On Justin Bieber: He's Young, 'We Hope... He'll Continue To Mature'

Posted: 29 May 2013 08:55 AM PDT

Usher has been with Justin Bieber from the beginning and he hopes the teenage superstar will continue to "mature" and get past the hurdles he's encountered.

The "Numb" singer sat down with Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday and the subject of Bieber came up. Usher has been with The Biebs since 2008 when he and manager Scooter Braun discovered the Canadian hopeful. Fast forward five years and the 19-year-old is a multimillionaire who makes less headlines for his music and more for Twitter meltdowns, public booing, reckless driving and alleged marijuana use.

But make no mistake: Usher just sees Bieber as a normal young guy, who just so happens to live in the spotlight, and has some growing up to do.


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Huffington Post: Eric Cantor: Obama Has 'Lost Focus' On Leadership, Is 'Disconnected' (VIDEO)

Posted: 29 May 2013 08:58 AM PDT

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's "disconnected" nature and lack of "focus" on leadership has contributed to the set of scandals plaguing his administration this month.

"It seems that he is disconnected with the leadership and lost focus in terms of what he should be doing as far as leading the country," Cantor told Greta Van Susteren of Fox News.

Asked if he thought the president was directly connected to the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, Cantor said he wasn't sure, which he then claimed was indicative of larger failures of leadership by Obama.


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Huffington Post: IRS Targets Medical Marijuana Businesses In Government's Ongoing War On Pot

Posted: 29 May 2013 09:01 AM PDT

The tea party has company. For the past several years, the Internal Revenue Service has been systematically targeting medical marijuana establishments, relying on an obscure statute that gives the taxing agency unintended power. The IRS has been functioning as an arm of justice, employing the U.S. tax code as a weapon in the federal government's ongoing war against legal cannabis.

The majority of Americans favor legalization of marijuana, while 18 states and the District of Columbia have already legalized medical marijuana But pot businesses in those states are vulnerable to the federal government's strategic application of IRS Code Section 280E, a law enacted in 1982 after a drug dealer claimed his yacht and weapons purchases as legitimate business expenses -- and long before medical marijuana was first legalized in California in 1996.

Now the IRS is applying a rule originally aimed at illegal (and often violent) drug trafficking to businesses that are entirely legal under their states' laws. Medical marijuana dispensaries are facing audits and heavy tax bills that could force them out of business.


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Huffington Post: The Best Facebook Privacy Settings For Kids

Posted: 29 May 2013 09:05 AM PDT

There's no set of exactly right privacy settings for Facebook, and you may decide your child needs a more private or more open profile than the one we recommend below. Take what follows as a starting point for everyone under 18—and, really, for everyone in general.


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Financial Times: Alcohol laws spark debate in Turkey

Posted: 29 May 2013 10:39 AM PDT

President Gul to sign into law a bill banning alcohol advertising and forbidding new licences for establishments near places of worship or education