22 May 2013
Wed May 22, 2013 1:27am EDT May 22 (Reuters) – The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Wednesday: * Australia’s Westfield Group is in talks to sell seven U.S. shopping malls to private real estate investment company Starwood Capital Group for more than $1 billion, a source said on Wednesday. * Roche [...]
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22 May 2013
It’s official: Fan favorite Kellie Pickler is now the proud owner of a “Dancing with the Stars” mirror ball trophy. The “American Idol” star looked stunned when host Tom Bergeron announced that she and partner Derek Hough were the winners of season 16. “Oh my god,” exclaimed an ecstatic Pickler, as Bergeron congratulated the country [...]
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22 May 2013
By Thuy Ong SYDNEY | Wed May 22, 2013 6:51am EDT SYDNEY (Reuters) – Director Baz Luhrmann brought “The Great Gatsby” home on Wednesday for its Australian premiere, with box-office success for the Sydney-produced film bolstering hopes for the resurgence of the local film industry. The film, set in 1920s New York and starring Leonardo [...]
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22 May 2013
Brad Pitt wants you to know: That time he was married to Jennifer Aniston was definitely not great. The 49-year-old, A-list actor has cast his seven-year marriage to the former “Friends” star, whom he divorced in 2005, in a negative light – telling Esquire magazine that he was wasting his life on drugs during that [...]
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22 May 2013
Fans of the “Fast & Furious” franchise — and even Michelle Rodriguez herself — seemed to think her character Letty really bit the dust when she got caught in an explosion during the fourth film. But Rodriguez was surprised to discover that when she went to watch “Fast Five,” producers had future [...]
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22 May 2013
NEW YORK | Wed May 22, 2013 7:54am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock futures edged up in thin trading Wednesday, ahead of highly anticipated Congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the economy and monetary policy. Bernanke is expected to strike a dovish tone when he addresses a congressional committee at 10:00 [...]
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22 May 2013
Ireland provides no special tax concessions for Apple Inc. (AAPL) or other U.S. companies operating in the country, the nation’s inward investment agency chief said, echoing comments by Irish political leaders. “There is no special deal for Apple or any other company,” Barry O’Leary, chief executive officer of IDA Ireland said in an interview with [...]
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22 May 2013
Japan’s BoJ holds policy as economy improves – Financial Timeshttp://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH4Pnh-05_6nAiJC7095xZwT0s_Lw&url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4eaaa482-c293-11e2-ab66-00144feab7de.htmlhttp://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&topic=b&output=rssBusiness – Google NewsGoogle Newshttp://www.gstatic.com/news-static/img/logo/en_us/news.gif
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22 May 2013
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22 May 2013
As a North Carolina congressman, Mel Watt has tried to arm struggling homeowners with a legal “sledgehammer” against lenders and expand the ranks of people eligible to cut their mortgage principal. Those positions help explain why President Barack Obama has nominated Watt, a Democrat, to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FMCC), the mortgage companies [...]
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