LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Chris Brown briefly returned to a Los Angeles court to face probation issues stemming from the 2009 beating of Rihanna, but the judge has asked for additional reports and scheduled another hearing in two months.
Dell breaks down details of landmark $24.4 billion buyout
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dell Inc unveiled more details of founder Michael Dell's proposed $24.4 billion buyout on Wednesday, confirming that the billionaire C EO will pony up $500 million of his own cash in return for a larger share of the company he created. The world's No. 3 personal computer maker broke down details of the debt financing secured for the buyout, including $4 billion in senior secured term loans from Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBC. … Soccer-Romania 3 Australia 2 - international friendly result
Feb 6 (Reuters) – Romania 3 Australia 2 – international friendly result. In Malaga, Spain Scorers: Romania: Cristian Tanase 34, Bogdan Stancu 80, Gabriel Torje 84 Australia: Luke Wilkshire 45pen, Robert Cornthwaite 54 Halftime: 1-1 (Editing by Tom Pilcher; tom.pilcher@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 7933; Reuters Messaging: tom.pilcher.reuters.com@reuters.net; ; )
Dell investor sues to block founder's leveraged buyout
(Reuters) – Michael Dell's offer to take Dell Inc private for $24.4 billion should be blocked because the leveraged buyout is unfair to the struggling computer company's stockholders, accordin g to a lawsuit by an individual investor that was filed on Wednesday. The buyout announced on Tuesday at $13.65 per share substantially undervalued the company's long-term prospects, according to the lawsuit, which seeks class action status to represent all Dell investors. … U.N. hopes delayed peace deal for Congo can be signed this month
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A delayed U.N.-mediated peace deal aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of th e Congo is now broadly agreed and could be ready for signing later this month, U.N. officials and diplomats said on Wednesday. African leaders failed to sign the deal last week due to concerns of some countries over who would command a new regional force that would deploy in eastern Congo and take on armed groups operating in the conflict-torn region. U.N. … Sudan says to release five South Sudanese soldiers
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan is to free five South Sudanese soldiers it captured trying to cross the poorly-defined border last year as a sign of goodwill, state news agency SUNA said on Wednesday. The African neighbors came close to war in April over territory and oil payments, the worst violence since South Sudan seceded under a 2011 peace deal which ended decades of civil war. …
Irish PM called on to apologize for Magdalene Laundries
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny was criticized by his government's junior coalition partner on Wednesday for not issuing the state apology sought by ex-inmates of the notorious Magdalene Laundries following a damning report. More than a quarter of the women and girls subjected to harsh discipline and unpaid work at the 10 laundries, run by Catholic nuns, were sent there by the Irish state, an official report that ran to almost 1,000 pages said on Tuesday. … Tunisia to shake-up government after assassination
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Shaken by the assassination of a prominent leftist opposition leader that unleashed major protests, Tunisia's prime minister announced Wednesday that he would form a new government of technocrats to guide the country to elections "as soon as possible." Visa profit rises 30 percent; authorizes $1.75 billion buyback
(Reuters) – Visa Inc’s first-quarter profit jumped 30 percent, and the world’s largest credit- and debit-card network authorized a new $1.75 billion share repurchase program. The new share buyback program brings the total outstanding authorization to about $2.9 billion. The company’s profit rose to $1.3 billion, or $1.93 per Class A share, from $1.0 billion, or $1.49 per Class A share, a year earlier. Total operating revenue rose 12 percent to $2.8 billion. Analysts on average expected earnings of $1.79 per share on revenue of $2.82 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. …
Marco Verratti scores late equalizer as Italy draws 1-1 with experimental Netherlands team
AMSTERDAM – Marco Verratti scored a 92nd minute equalizer as Italy salvaged a 1-1 draw against an experimental Netherlands team in a friendly on Wednesday.
Work begins to shore up ancient Pompeii's ruins; In Florence, Uffizi ceiling fragment falls
ROME – Work has begun to shore up Pompeii’s fragile ruins, following several collapses in the sprawling ancient Roman city.
Couple's $30M win is biggest jackpot ever in Newfoundland: Atlantic Lottery
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A couple from Placentia, N.L., has won a $30-million Lotto Max top prize that’s being described as the biggest jackpot in the province’s history.
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