domenica 7 luglio 2013

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ANSA: Mps: Fondazione contro Nomura e DB

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Ente scioglie riserve, in giudizio per risarcimento danni

ANSA: Entrate primi 5 mesi a 149,1 mld (-0,2%)

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:52 AM PDT

Tesoro, gettito stabile malgrado crisi

ANSA: Squinzi, cresceremo dello 0,4% in 2014

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Ma non creeremo posti di lavoro,per farne di nuovi crescita 2-3%

ANSA: Rca: aumento sottoscritto per 409 mln

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 11:57 AM PDT

Quota ordinaria gia' sottoscritta per 339,7 mln

Financial Times: Mansour says no PM appointed yet

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:54 PM PDT

No reason has been given for the confusion, but it is likely that ultraconservative Nour party voiced strong objections to choosing Mohamed ElBaradei

Huffington Post: Gosia Wlodarczak's 'Room Without A View' Shows What Happens When An Artist Spends 17 Days In A Box (PHOTOS)

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:28 PM PDT

What would you do if you were trapped inside a dark box for 17 days straight?

The answer for Gosia Wlodarczak would be to draw, as evidenced by her recent display at RMIT Gallery in Melbourne. The Polish artist spent nearly two and a half weeks packaged inside a sensory limitation cube (otherwise known as a giant black box), embarking on a self-imposed challenge to sketch everyday from 10:30 AM to 5 PM with as little exposure to the outside world as possible.

The entire adventure, titled "A Room Without A View", was documented via webcam, allowing audiences to spy on Wlodarczak's daily happenings as she stood, sat and stooped inside her cube. Of course, her activities consisted almost entirely of drawing on the walls of her temporary sanctuary, creating a frenzied, cross-stitched design all around her, meant to represent what she "saw" while in the dark enclosure.


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Huffington Post: Marc Chagall Birthday: Celebrating The Dreamy Work Of An Expressionist Great (PHOTOS)

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:28 PM PDT

In honor of Marc Chagall's birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the artist's life and work.

Today marks the birthday of one of the art world's most beloved Marcs -- Marc Chagall. The painter reached the hearts and imaginations of people worldwide with his expressive paintings that simultaneously harnessed the spirit of the avant-garde and the warmth of tradition. As Michael Kimmelman wrote in The New York Times: "the young Chagall had one foot in the modern world, his other in the shtetl." The talented soul would turn 126 if he were still with us today.

Chagall was born in the then-Russian neighborhood of Liozna (present day Belarus). As the oldest of nine children, Chagall grew up in a tight-knit Hasidic Jewish family where tradition played a heavy role. The mystical nature of Hasidic Judaism is evident in Chagall's imagery all throughout his life. Starry night skies, dancing ghosts and skywalking fiddlers populate Chagall's mythology, somewhere between religion and surrealism. Thus he was beloved by both, seemingly disparate, populations. He was a storyteller, dreamer and colorist that many different audiences could believe in.


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Huffington Post: Jimmie Johnson Sweeps 2013 Daytona Races, Avoids Crash At End Of Coke Zero 400 (PHOTOS)

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:57 PM PDT

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A flawless race gave Jimmie Johnson a perfect year at Daytona International Speedway and put him on another exclusive list.

Johnson became the first driver in 31 years to sweep Daytona International Speedway, accomplishing the feat with a dominating run Saturday night for his fourth win of the season. The Daytona 500 winner is the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982, and the fifth overall, to win both races in a season at Daytona.

"I don't think I made a bad move tonight. I'm pretty proud of that," Johnson said. "Gosh, growing up in Southern California and watching Bobby Allison ... to do anything Bobby has done is pretty special."


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Huffington Post: In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A.

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:59 PM PDT

In more than a dozen classified rulings, the nation's surveillance court has created a secret body of law giving the National Security Agency the power to amass vast collections of data on Americans while pursuing not only terrorism suspects, but also people possibly involved in nuclear proliferation, espionage and cyberattacks, officials say.


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Financial Times: North and South Korea reach Kaesong deal

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 01:50 AM PDT

The two sides agreed to allow South Korean business owners visit their facilities, and to hold more discussions towards restarting operations

Aljazeera: Brazil referee beheaded after stabbing player

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 03:58 AM PDT

Outraged fans storm football field and decapitate referee after he stabbed player to death.

Aljazeera: Serial blasts hit Buddhist site in India

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 04:00 AM PDT

At least two people injured after multiple low-intensity explosions rock famous temple complex at Bodhgaya.

Aljazeera: Police quell thousands of Turkish protesters

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 08:56 AM PDT

Security forces fire tear gas and water cannons on about 3,000 protesters trying to enter Gezi Park in Istanbul.

Financial Times: Greece close to averting bailout crisis

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 09:36 AM PDT

A deal with lenders on fresh reforms would be a stunning turnround for the Samaras government – allowing the next aid tranche to be paid this month

Financial Times: Andy Murray wins Wimbledon

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 09:50 AM PDT

Andy Murray's defeat of Novak Djokovic ends Britain's 77-year wait for a UK men's singles champion

Aljazeera: Murray triumphs in historic Wimbledon win

Posted: 07 Jul 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic, becoming the first British male to win a Wimbledon title in 77 years.

sabato 6 luglio 2013

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ANSA: Petrolio: sopra 100 dlr,attesa dati Usa

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 11:07 PM PDT

Brent in lieve calo a 105,4

ANSA: Oro: cala a 1242 dollari

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 11:10 PM PDT

Pesa rialzo mercati azionari dopo parole Draghi

ANSA: Cambi: euro in calo a 1,289

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 11:22 PM PDT

biglietto verde si rafforza anche su Yen

ANSA: Spread Btp-Bund, avvio in calo a 270

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 11:49 PM PDT

Rendimento al 4,3%

Financial Times: Samsung earnings undershoot forecasts

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 04:35 AM PDT

Korean group says operating profit for second quarter will reach record levels but below analyst expectations, sending shares lower

Financial Times: China’s watchdogs show they have teeth

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 09:55 AM PDT

Tetra Pak is latest multinational to be targeted by Chinese regulators, with three probes involving foreign companies being unveiled within one week

Financial Times: Basel fuels bank safety metric fears

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 10:41 AM PDT

Banks report capital ratios that may be 40 per cent adrift from each other despite identical capital levels and underlying risks, regulator says

Financial Times: Police request Murdoch hacking tapes

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 03:22 PM PDT

Channel 4 and Exaro asked to hand over recordings of remarks appearing to contradict tycoon's previous statements about press abuses

Aljazeera: Assad forces in onslaught on Homs

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 04:01 AM PDT

Assad forces seize control of buildings in strategic rebel-held area, as warplanes strike towns around Damascus.

Aljazeera: Egypt tense after night-long clashes

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 06:09 AM PDT

Supporters of ousted president call for more demonstrations following violent clashes that left 30 dead across country.

Aljazeera: Bartoli wins maiden Wimbledon title

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:05 AM PDT

Frenchwoman Bartoli, seeded 15th, beats her German opponent Sabine Lisicki 6-1 6-4 to claim prestigious tennis title.

Huffington Post: Traveling Solo: A Manifesto for the Modern Woman

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:46 AM PDT

The first time I took an international trip alone, I was faking it. Well, it's not like 20-year-old me pretended to fly to Paris and travel across Europe to visit a friend in Budapest. After failing to land a summer newspaper internship, I impulse-bought a plane ticket I couldn't afford. The deception was there from the start: For some reason I lied and told everyone it was a great deal. It wasn't. I told my parents I had enough money to see the trip through. I didn't. I told my then-boyfriend I was super excited about it, that I knew how to have fun alone. I didn't. I swore up and down that it wasn't a big deal that I didn't speak French or German or Hungarian and had no clue about the culture in most places I'd be traveling. I'd never been out of the U.S. before.

Hence all that faking it. I tried so hard to pretend I was the carefree world traveler I desperately wished I'd been raised to be. But in truth I didn't really know how to have fun alone. I was too scared I'd sound like an idiot ordering at restaurants, so I just bought bread and cheese from the grocery store and ate in public parks. I didn't make friends with other travelers. I walked until my feet felt like they were going to fall off, then walked some more because I wasn't sure how and where to relax. I probably would have had a better time if I'd just owned up to being the naive American girl that everyone else saw.


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Huffington Post: Britney Spears Wears Short Skort While Out Shopping With Boyfriend David Lucado (PHOTO)

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:47 AM PDT

Britney Spears and boyfriend David Lucado are still going strong and it seems like they spent 4th of July weekend together.

Yesterday, Brit took some time to work on her next album in the studio, but she was soon reunited with her man as Lucado came to pick her up and the two went shopping on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, Calif.

Spears wore a rather odd combination of nearing-knee high boots and a very short grey skort, paired with a white tank top. She had her bleached hair up in a ponytail. Lucado must have come from someplace fancy as he was rather dressed up in a white button down and a necktie, though he let loose when he untucked his shirt and rolled up the sleeves. Fittingly, it seems, as it was 80 degrees in the area at the time.


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Huffington Post: 2 Years After Immigration Laws, Ga., Ala., Stable

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:49 AM PDT

VIDALIA, Ga. -- Two years after Georgia and Alabama passed laws designed to drive away people living in the country illegally, the states' agricultural areas are still heavily populated with foreign workers, many of whom don't have legal authorization to be here.

There are still concerns over enforcement and lingering fears among immigrants, but in many ways it appears that people have gone on with life much as it was before the laws were enacted.


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Huffington Post: Peru's First Lady Denies Presidential Ambitions

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 08:51 AM PDT

LIMA, Peru -- Peru's first lady is denying any thought of following her husband to the presidency in 2016.

The 37-year-old Nadine Heredia says she is "ruling out that possibility." She says she won't try to seek court orders or take other action to overturn a ban on spouses succeeding one another in the presidency. Peru does not allow subsequent presidential terms.


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Aljazeera: Main Syrian opposition elects new president

Posted: 06 Jul 2013 11:13 AM PDT

Ahmad Asi al-Jarba to take over Western-backed Syrian National Coalition from acting chief George Sabra.

venerdì 5 luglio 2013

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ANSA: Wall Street chiude in rialzo, DJ +0,38%

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 10:50 AM PDT

Nasdaq +0,30%, S&P 500 +0,08%

ANSA: Petrolio: a NY chiude a 101,14 dollari

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 12:10 PM PDT

Sopra 100 dollari per prima volta da piu' di 1 anno

ANSA: Petrolio: sopra 100 dollari, pesa Egitto

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 11:09 PM PDT

Brent in lieve calo a 105,59

ANSA: Oro: in rialzo a 1258 dollari

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 11:14 PM PDT

Investitori tornano a ricerca beni rifugio

Financial Times: Former Rolls-Royce staff challenge order

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 06:40 AM PDT

Two former Rolls-Royce employees in the US are challenging an order that prevents them from releasing information about engine manufacturing process

Financial Times: Batista begins shake-up of troubled empire

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 11:32 AM PDT

The restructuring of the group, once the brash symbol of a booming Brazil, is expected to leave the billionaire with rump assets worth only about $1bn-$2bn

Financial Times: China’s Rongsheng warns on profits

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 12:41 AM PDT

Credit crunch raises pressures on a shipbuilding industry that is already struggling with issues of overcapacity and high debt levels

Financial Times: Elderly care poses problem for India

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:55 AM PDT

About 100m Indians are aged over 60 years old, the world's second-largest senior population after China, posing a new challenge for the country

Aljazeera: Peru police clash with student protesters

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 01:59 AM PDT

Police in Lima fire tear gas and water cannons to repel students demonstrating against proposed education law.

Aljazeera: Syria opposition urges world to save Homs

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 02:16 AM PDT

Syrian National Coalition appeals to UN and West to protect civilians in rebel-held areas being shelled by Assad forces.

Aljazeera: John Paul II to be made saint

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 06:48 AM PDT

Vatican announces both John Paul II and John XXIII will be saints, with canonisation ceremony expected later this year.

Aljazeera: Australian navy rescues distressed boat

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:10 AM PDT

About 80 suspected asylum seekers rescued in sea south of Indonesia on day two countries discuss illegal migration.

Huffington Post: John Boehner: 'Unemployment Rate Is Far Too High'

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:27 AM PDT

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reacted to Friday's jobs report, casting the country's economic growth situation as "tepid."

In a statement released on his website, Boehner admitted that there was "some good news in this report," but lamented that the "unemployment rate is still far too high."

"Just look at the last few weeks: the president admits that his health care law is a drag on businesses; he threatens to veto a bill based on his own plan to make paying for college easier, then watches quietly as Senate Democrats let interest rates double; and he makes up new reasons to delay the Keystone pipeline in a speech about imposing a national energy tax," he said. "Imagine how many jobs would be created if the president stopped trying to expand government and started working with Republicans on policies that create sustained economic growth and expand opportunity for all Americans."


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Huffington Post: Poll Shows Parents Would Vastly Prefer Their Kids To Do Anything Else Than Politics

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:27 AM PDT

The dreams of American parents for their sons and daughters are deep and vast, but they do not include a Beltway career, according to a poll from Gallup. Contacted between June 20 and June 24, the respondents, by a 64 percent to 31 percent margin, said, "Oh, hell, no!" when asked if they wanted their babies to grow up to be politicos:

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Huffington Post: Brian Read, College Baseball Pitcher, njured In Hot-Dog Eating Contest, Undergoes Surgery

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:28 AM PDT

It's bad for a baseball player to choke in a clutch situation. It's even worse in a hot-dog eating contest.

Unfortunately for 19-year-old Brian Read, a pitcher for the amateur Seacoast Mavericks, he did both.

The college sophomore not only finished last in a charity hot-dog eating competition on Sunday, but he underwent surgery Tuesday to dislodge a piece of frankfurter caught in his esophagus, Seacoast Online reports.


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Huffington Post: Light Of Faith Encyclical (Lumen Fidei) Written By Pope Francis And Pope Benedict

Posted: 05 Jul 2013 08:36 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Less than four months after being elected, Pope Francis published his first encyclical on Friday (July 5).

But the 82-page "Lumen Fidei," ("The Light of Faith") is only partially Francis' work. As Francis himself told a group of cardinals and bishops in May, the encyclical was written "with four hands" together with retired Pope Benedict XVI.

Benedict had almost finished the text when he resigned on Feb. 28. Francis took up the unfinished work, adding a "few contributions" to Benedict's "fine work" and publishing it under his own name.


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giovedì 4 luglio 2013

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ANSA: Saipem:crollo Congo,1 disperso 6 feriti

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 10:52 AM PDT

Team emergenza al lavoro, non risultano danni ambientali

ANSA: Petrolio: Ny, chiude vicino 100 dollari

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:45 AM PDT

Quotazioni in rialzo dell'1,6% a 99,5 dollari

ANSA: Petrolio: vola sopra 100 dollari

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:17 PM PDT

Brent sale a 105,61

ANSA: Oro: in altalena a 1.245,10 dollari

Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:22 PM PDT

Quotazioni su livelli vigilia tra perdite e rialzi

Financial Times: Qatar seeks to shake off trophy investor image

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 11:21 AM PDT

Gas-rich state rethinks way it invests state funds in property in bid to introduce commercial rigour to its dealmaking

Aljazeera: Family confirms Mandela on life support

Posted: 03 Jul 2013 10:43 PM PDT

The critically-ill South African iconic leader is breathing with the help of machine, according to family members.

Financial Times: Chinese money rates return to normal levels

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 01:00 AM PDT

The restoration of calm in China's money market has given investors a small shot of confidence, with the country's main stock index rebounding 8%

Aljazeera: Assad: My opponents failed to oust me

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 03:46 AM PDT

Syrian president says the opposition has used all tools to overthrow his regime but failed.

Financial Times: Portugal’s markets rally as crisis abates

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 04:01 AM PDT

Bond yields and shares prices in Portugal rally moderately as the leaders of the two ruling coalition parties seek to reach an agreement

Financial Times: Microsoft reaches agreement with Sinofsky

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 05:12 AM PDT

Steven Sinofsky, former Windows boss who left Microsoft last November, reached a deal with the software company that grants him $14m worth of shares

Aljazeera: Rival Koreas agree to talks over factory park

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 07:52 AM PDT

North and South Korea to meet near heavily militarised border aimed at reopening jointly-run factory complex.

Huffington Post: Derrick Rose Recovery: Bulls Star Says Sitting Out Last Season Was 'Right Decision'

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 08:10 AM PDT

CHICAGO -- Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose says he's still recovering from knee surgery and vows to show sitting out last season was the right decision.

In an interview posted Wednesday on the team's website, Rose said he had to be selfish in his rehab as he tried to work his way back from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee even though sitting out was "one of the hardest things I've had to go through in my life."


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Huffington Post: Evo Morales' Snowden Plane Incident Infuriates Latin America

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 08:12 AM PDT

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- The European rerouting of the Bolivian presidential plane over suspicions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was aboard ignited outrage Wednesday among Latin American leaders who called it a stunning violation of national sovereignty and disrespect for the region.

But as President Evo Morales arrived home after an unplanned 14-hour layover in Vienna, there was no immediate sign that Latin America anger would translate into a rush to bring Snowden to the region that had been seen as likeliest to defy the U.S. and give him asylum.


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Aljazeera: Minor girls killed in Afghan bomb attack

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 08:17 AM PDT

At least six children, including four girls, attending wedding in Helmand province killed by roadside bomb.

Huffington Post: Bernie Nolan Dead: The Nolans' Singer Dies At 52 After Cancer Battle

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 08:17 AM PDT

LONDON — Bernadette Nolan, a member of singing sister act The Nolans, has died of cancer aged 52.

The singer's management agency, Urban Associates, said in a statement that Nolan died Thursday surrounded by her family.


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Huffington Post: John Yarmuth: 'We Know' Mitch McConnell's 'Scared To Death' About Alison Lundergan Grimes

Posted: 04 Jul 2013 08:21 AM PDT

Three days after Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes announced her run for U.S. Senate, the Bluegrass State's only Democratic congressperson believes her incumbent rival is already loaded with fear.

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) appeared on MSNBC Thursday morning, claiming Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is "scared to death" about the prospect of losing to Grimes.

"They're showing how much fear they have about this race because our airwaves are already crammed with negative ads," Yarmuth said, according to Politico. "We know he's scared to death."


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