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Pimco’s Gross: ‘Gut feeling’ that bond bull run is done
By Jennifer Ablan and Dan Burns NEW YORK (Reuters) – Circle the date, market mavens: April 29, 2013. Continue reading
Carlyle generates less cash from asset sales
By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) – Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP on Thursday reported flat first-quarter profit and a decline in cash generated from managing and selling assets, despite strong capital markets that helped boost earnings for its peers. A stock market rally and record-low interest rates have buoyed the value of private equity fund assets and prompted buyout firms to exit investments and return capital to their investors Continue reading
Ohio Kidnap: Ariel Castro Charged By Police
Ariel Castro is charged with kidnap and rape, as two of the three women who were held captive return home. Continue reading
Austerity-Weary Iceland Votes in National Election
By JENNA GOTTLIEB and JILL LAWLESS REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Co REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) – Five years after Iceland’s economic collapse, early returns signaled that voters are favoring the return of a center-right, Eurosceptic government, widely blamed for the nation’s financial woes. Ousting the incumbent, liberal Social Democrat/Left Green coalition, Icelanders appear to be opting for the conservative Independence Party. .. Continue reading
Doping Scandal: Bookmakers To Refund Bets
Several UK bookmakers have announced they will return bets to race-goers who placed money on horses tested positive for steroids. Continue reading
Where your Social Security check goes when you die
If you rely on your spouse’s Social Security check to pay your bills — or if your spouse relies on yours — you need to understand what happens to that money when the recipient of those benefits dies.Depending on the timing, your financial institution may have to return payments to the government. And that can leave you (or your surviving spouse) without the money needed to buy groceries or pay… Continue reading
Anti-Euro Party a Wildcard in German Elections
By Frank Jordans BERLIN — It’s a spectacle that Germans are getting tired of: southern European protesters burning their flags and waving placards comparing Chancellor Angela Merkel to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, all in reaction to Berlin’s insistence on reforms and austerity in return for bailout funds. And it’s enough to make people such as Berlin businessman Horst Freiberg, who never felt much love for the euro currency, pine more than ever for the return of the German mark. … Continue reading
Adventists pretty sad about their 150th anniversary
A major church tenet is that Jesus would return to the earth and the world would end. Continue reading
Pro-Chavez Venezuelans mark coup anniversary on eve of election
By Todd Benson CARACAS (Reuters) – Hugo Chavez loyalists celebrated on Saturday a milestone in the late leader's socialist revolution ahead of Venezuela's presidential election, irking the opposition that complained of a campaign tipped in favor of the government. Saturday marked the 11th anniversary of Chavez's dramatic return to power after a two-day coup tacitly backed by the United States. The event galvanized support for the former paratrooper and prompted him to push ahead with increasingly radical policies that further polarized Venezuela Continue reading
Nelson Mandela Leaves Hospital After 10 Days
The 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader is allowed to return home after more than a week in hospital for treatment for pneumonia. Continue reading
