LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor-turned-filmmaker Ben Affleck won the top honor from his peers at the Directors Guild of America on Saturday for the movie “Argo“, cementing the Iran hostage drama’s frontrunner status for the Oscars.The Hollywood directors‘ recognition for Affleck, however, is an awkward result for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which failed to nominate him for Best...
Restive Cities Threaten Egypt’s Suez Canal
Label: BusinessAttempting to quell unrest, President Mohamed Mursi declared a state of emergency in Port Said, Ismailia, and Suez. The cities straddle an important source of hard currency, but canal traffic has so far escaped disruption.Graphic by Bloomberg Businessweek; Data: Suez Canal Authority, UN Conference on Trade and DevelopmentBusinessweek.com — Top NewsTitle Post: Restive Cities Threaten Egypt’s Suez CanalUrl...
Report: German check bust man is ex-Iran bank head
Label: WorldBERLIN (AP) — The German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reports that a man caught last month trying to enter Germany with a check worth about $ 70 million was Iran’s former central bank chief.The weekly reports that customs officials at Duesseldorf airport found the check in Tahmasb Mazaheri’s luggage Jan. 21 upon his arrival from Turkey.German customs had issued a statement Friday saying a check for 300...
"Great Rotation"- A Wall Street fairy tale?
Label: WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's current jubilant narrative is that a rush into stocks by small investors has sparked a "great rotation" out of bonds and into equities that will power the bull market to new heights. That sounds good, but there's a snag: The evidence for this is a few weeks of bullish fund flows that are hardly unusual for January. Late-stage bull markets...
Super Bowl of firsts, lasts, bests
Label: TechnologyNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The journey to this Super Bowl wound through bounties and replacement refs, eventually bringing the big game back to the Big Easy — with a replacement quarterback, a sibling rivalry and a grand exit for one of the NFL's greatest players, clouded by the obscure healing powers of deer-antler spray.It is a Super Bowl of comebacks, of firsts and lasts, and — if San Francisco wins —...
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Hillary: Secretary of empowerment
Label: LifestyleGirls hug U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a 2010 tour of a shelter run for sex trafficking victims in Cambodia.STORY HIGHLIGHTSDonna Brazile: Clinton stepping down as Secretary of State. Maybe she'll run for presidentShe says as secretary she expanded foreign policy to include effect on regular people She says she was first secretary of state to focus on empowering women and girlsBrazile:...
Why is Beckham sitting on the bench for nothing?
Label: HealthPARIS (AP) — David Beckham has won league championships in three countries on two continents, earns millions of dollars in endorsements and his name is practically synonymous with celebrity itself. He has his own cologne, for goodness sake. So why is he even bothering to sit on the bench for the Paris Saint-Germain football club?His royal highness of football doesn’t need the money — and he’s said...
S.Africa’s rand recovers against dollar, eyes 8.85
Label: BusinessJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa‘s rand was on track for a second day of gains against the dollar on Friday, eyeing 8.85 as investors that had sold the currency due to a gloomy economic outlook readjust their positions.Government bonds took their cue from the stronger currency, with the yield on the heavily-traded benchmark 2026 bond shedding 5 basis points to 7.295 percent.The yield for the...
Benz Capital Corp. Announces Conditional Acceptance of Qualifying Transaction
Label: WorldVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Feb. 1, 2013) -NOT FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES OR FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN.Benz Capital Corp. (“Benz” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:BZ.P), a capital pool company, is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) has granted conditional acceptance...
"Great Rotation"- A Wall Street fairy tale?
Label: WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's current jubilant narrative is that a rush into stocks by small investors has sparked a "great rotation" out of bonds and into equities that will power the bull market to new heights. That sounds good, but there's a snag: The evidence for this is a few weeks of bullish fund flows that are hardly unusual for January. Late-stage bull markets...
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