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ANSA: Pfizera:sale prezzo opa su Astrazeneca

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Mossa per 'avviare discussioni' dopo no gruppo britannico

ANSA: Cambi: euro scende a 1,3859 su dollaro

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Poco mosso contro yen a 141,86

ANSA: Oro: arretra a 1283 dollari

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In una settimana ceduto l'1,5%

ANSA: Petrolio: in calo a 99,39 dollari

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Brenta scende a 107,7

Aljazeera: Waiting longer to marry in Jordan

Posted: 02 May 2014 12:07 AM PDT

In a traditional culture where adulthood begins at marriage, why are young Jordanians waiting longer to tie the knot?

Aljazeera: Deaths reported in attacks in northeast India

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:46 AM PDT

Raids by suspected members of Bodo group target Assam's Muslim community, leaving at least 11 dead, police say.

Financial Times: Letter from Lex: stay in control

Posted: 02 May 2014 06:00 AM PDT

Two big M&A deals in the UK and France highlight differing approaches

Aljazeera: Children among dead in fresh CAR violence

Posted: 02 May 2014 07:44 AM PDT

Unidentified gunmen kill at least 15 people, including children, near a border with Chad amid inter-communal violence.

Huffington Post: Don Sterling Is Awful, But Our Racist Economy Is Even Worse

Posted: 02 May 2014 08:06 AM PDT

We've spent endless hours this past week exploring the boneheaded racism of L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Too bad we probably won't pay nearly as much attention to the bias of our entire economy.

The black unemployment rate was one of the bleakest features of an otherwise strong April jobs report on Friday, clocking in at 11.6 percent, compared with overall unemployment of 6.3 percent and more than twice the white unemployment rate of 5.3 percent. Hispanic or Latino unemployment was 7.3 percent.

There has been a persistent gap between black and white workers since at least 1954, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics started keeping track. But it has widened since the end of the Great Recession, part of what National Urban League president Marc Morial recently called "an economic crisis in Black America." Have a look:


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Huffington Post: Landslide Buries Village In Afghanistan, Official Says 2,000 Missing

Posted: 02 May 2014 08:08 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A landslide triggered by heavy rains buried a village Friday in northeastern Afghanistan, leaving as many as 2,000 people missing, a top official said.

Badakshan province Gov. Shah Waliullah Adeeb said more than 2,000 people were missing after a hill collapsed on the village of Hobo Barik. Adeeb said the landslide buried some 300 homes in the area — about a third of all houses there.


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Huffington Post: Misleading Ads In Senate Race Focus On 'Outright Lies,' Koch Brothers

Posted: 02 May 2014 08:08 AM PDT

The Following post first appeared on FactCheck.org.

In the Alaska Senate race, the special interest battle is on: A radio ad from GOP frontrunner Dan Sullivan complains of "outright lies" in a TV ad from a super PAC supporting Democratic Sen. Mark Begich. The pro-Begich ad, meanwhile, complains about the billionaire Koch brothers supporting Sullivan's campaign. We didn't find "outright" falsehoods, but both ads are misleading.


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Huffington Post: Darrell Issa Subpoenas John Kerry To Testify On Benghazi

Posted: 02 May 2014 08:12 AM PDT

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Friday subpoenaed Secretary of State John Kerry to testify on the 2012 attack on the American diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

Issa, who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, tweeted that he has summoned Kerry to testify on May 21, when the committee holds a public hearing on the matter. He also accused the State Department of showing "a disturbing disregard for its legal obligations to Congress" when it comes to producing documents on the matter.

A request for comment from a State Department spokeswoman was not returned.


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Financial Times: IHG returns $750m after hotel disposals

Posted: 02 May 2014 08:45 AM PDT

Chief executive considers sale of landmark properties as demand for assets grows with shareholders reaping benefit of steady stream of dividends

Financial Times: It takes a network to defeat a network

Posted: 02 May 2014 08:52 AM PDT

A number of initiatives are under way that aim to foster collaboration between and within western law enforcement agencies and companies

Financial Times: Fashion world sashays to Instagram

Posted: 02 May 2014 09:32 AM PDT

As marketing spends on magazines flatlines clothes designers are increasingly seeing three-year-old mobile-phone app as a critical driver of sales

Aljazeera: Egypt's Sinai hit by double suicide bombing

Posted: 02 May 2014 10:06 AM PDT

Bomber kills one soldier at checkpoint in southern area, while five civilians are wounded in bus bombing nearby.

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