BRUSSELS – The royal palace has lodged a complaint with a media ethics group over the publication of a book highlighting alleged dalliances and private family information about leading members of Belgium’s monarchy.
Visa authorizes $1.5 billion buyback, profit rises 89 percent
(Reuters) – Visa Inc's fourth-quarter profit rose 89 percent, beating analyst estimates, and the world's largest credit and debit-card network authorized a new $1.5 billion share repurchase program. Visa, which also raised its dividend by 50 percent, said its profit rose to $1.7 billion, or $2.47 per Class A share, from $880 million, or $1.28 per Class A share, a year earlier. Income was boosted by $627 million on the reversal of previously recorded tax reserves, Visa said. Excluding the one-time gain, Visa earned $1.0 billion, or $1.54 per share, in the quarter. … Amputee to climb stairs of Chicago skyscraper using thought-controlled bionic leg
CHICAGO – Zac Vawter considers himself a test pilot. After losing his right leg in a motorcycle accident, the 31-year-old software engineer signed up to become a research subject, helping to test a trailblazing prosthetic leg that’s controlled by his thoughts.
As it marks 500th anniversary of Sistine Chapel frescoes, Vatican sees no need to cut visits
VATICAN CITY – Five centuries after Michelangelo’s ceiling of frescoes was inaugurated in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday celebrated the “symphony of figures” contemplated during prayer.
China sovereign fund takes 10 percent of Heathrow
MADRID (Reuters) – An arm of China's sovereign wealth fund has taken a 10 percent stake in the holding company controlling Britain's larg est airport Heathrow, Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial said on Wednesday. Ferrovial sold 5.72 percent of Heathrow holding company FGP Topco to China's Stable Investment Corporation for 319.3 million euros (256.6 million pounds), it said in a statement. Other shareholders of FGP Topco sold 4.28 percent to Stable, making the Chinese fund an indirect holder of 10 percent of Heathrow Ltd, formerly known as BAA, the Spanish company said. … 
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