PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Ahead of a judge's decision on whether to release Oscar Pistorius on bail, South African police on Thursday appointed a new chief detective in the murder case, replacing a veteran policeman who was himself charged with attempted murder. Chesapeake fourth-quarter profit tops Street, expenses fall
(Reuters) – Chesapeake Energy Corp reported fourth-quarter profit that topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, helped by lower-than-expected expenses and more profitable oil production. The earnings report came a day after Chesapeake said an internal investigation of the financial dealings of outgoing Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon found no "intentional" wrongdoing. McClendon is stepping down on April 1 following a tumultuous year during which the company faced a liquidity crunch and a governance crisis. … Role reversal at Quebec City restaurant: Diners choose the wine before the food
QUEBEC – An upscale restaurant in Quebec City’s Old Port says it has come up with a “reinvented dining experience” that puts wine front and centre.
Russia seeks EU guarantees over horse meat scandal
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia may suspend meat imports from European Union nations because of the horse meat scandal, an official said Thursday.
Exclusive: Compuware, after rejecting Elliott bid, explores sale
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Business software maker Compuware Corp , which has rejected a $2.3 billion bid by an activist investor, is exploring a sale and talking to buyout firms to gauge takeover interest, four people familiar with the matter said. The Detroit-based company has held early talks with several large private equity firms, including Blackstone Group LP and TPG Capital LP [TPG.UL} about a potential deal, the people said on Thursday. Compuware in January rejected an $11 per share offer from New York-based hedge fund Elliott Management Corp, its second-largest shareholder with an 8. …
UPDATE 3-Tennis-Memphis International women's singles quarterfinal results
Feb 21 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the Memphis International Women’s Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) beat Jamie Hampton (U.S.) 7-5 6-2 7-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat 1-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 6-7(11) 7-5 6-3 Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) beat 4-Heather Watson (Britain) 6-1 6-2 3-Sabine Lisicki (Germany) beat 8-Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-3 6-3
Robert Caro wins $50,000 American History Book Prize for latest LBJ volume
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Robert Caro has won yet another literary prize, this one worth $50,000.
Passenger traffic at NY-area airports neared all-time high in '12, despite Sandy's disruptions
NEWARK, N.J. – Passenger traffic at the New York area’s four commercial airports increased in 2012 despite closures caused by Superstorm Sandy.
TSA apologizes for St. Louis airport screening that left wheelchair-bound 3-year-old in tears
ST. LOUIS – The Transportation Security Administration is apologizing after agents at Lambert Airport in St. Louis sought to screen a 3-year-old girl in a wheelchair.
Germany passes new election law to help small parties
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany& #039;s parliament approved a new election law on Thursday that will help smaller political parties in September's federal poll, when Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) are tipped to remain the strongest force. Merkel's party reluctantly had to draft new legislation after Germany's constitutional court struck down the previous law, which had strengthened the CDU in the last federal election in 2009. … Police believe hotel altercation sparked car-to-car shooting, crash that killed 3 in Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Las Vegas Strip became a scene of deadly violence early Thursday when someone in a black Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati at a stoplight, sending it crashing into a taxi that burst into flames, leaving three people dead and at least six injured.
Former Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke returns to Ducks as a part-time scout
TORONTO – Brian Burke joined the Anaheim Ducks as a part-time scout Thursday, a little over a month after he was fired as president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Imax plans to open more theaters in Brazil, India
(Reuters) – Imax Corp, a maker of movie cameras and projection equipment for giant screens, plans to open 10 to 15 the aters each in Brazil and India as it seeks growth in emerging markets, its chief executive told Reuters. Shares of Imax rose as much as 6 percent to C$27.16 — their highest in more than a year — on the Toronto Stock Exchange, after the company said fourth-quarter profit more than doubled. … Bank of Canada names insider economist as deputy governor
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Larry Schembri, a Bank of Canada economist with international expertise, will become one of its deputy governors starting next week, the central bank said on Thursday. Schembri, who currently coordinates the bank’s contributions to the G20′s Financial Stability Board, will replace Jean Boivin, who had moved earlier to the finance department. Schembri’s appointment is effective next Monday. The bank has still to replace Governor Mark Carney, who will leave on June 1 to head up the Bank of England starting the following month. …
Berlusconi's last throw of the dice in Italy election
ROME (Reuters) – Billionaire showman Silvio Berlusconi has again astonished Italy with a storming comeback that has fr ayed nerves in European capitals and among investors, but the signs are his final gamble has failed. The 76-year-old media magnate and four-times prime minister looked down and out for much of 2012 after a jeering crowd hounded him from office in November 2011 as Italy tottered towards a Greek-style debt crisis. His indecision over whether to stand in this weekend's election brought his People of Freedom Party (PDL) to the brink of disintegration. … 'Mr. Sidewalk': My business didn't skyrocket because of corruption
MONTREAL – A construction boss alleged to be close to the Mafia can’t explain why his business more than quadrupled over a four-year span -- then dropped rapidly after a crackdown on corruption began.
Egypt's Mursi to call April election: presidential source
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will call a parliamentary election starting in April, a presidential source told Reuters o n Thursday, saying the vote would be held in three or four stages. Earlier in the day the Shura Council, the upper house of parliament, adopted an electoral law as amended by the Constitutional Court, clearing the way for Mursi to set a date for the lower house election. "The president will issue a decree soon, it could be tonight, calling for elections to start in April," the source told Reuters. … Suicide bombings in Nigeria north kill at least 3
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- Authorities say two separate suicide bombings in Nigeria’s northeast city of Maiduguri have killed at least three civilians and injured many soldiers.
Former Fiat advisers found guilty of misleading market
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – An Italian appeals court has handed two former Fiat advisers suspended jail sentences and fines for misleading the market in a 2005 stock transaction that secured the Agnelli family' s control of the car maker. Thursday's decision by Turin judges overturned a 2010 verdict by a lower court that had found the two advisers, lawyer Franzo Grande Stevens and former Agnelli family holding company executive Gianluigi Gabetti, not guilty. … GM Swiss lawmakers back watchdog, over UBS Libor probe
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss lawmakers backed financial regulator FINMA on Thursday over its handling of an investigation into UBS's attempted manipulation of Libor interest rates, including the standing aside of a top official who was formerly at UBS. FIN MA excused Mark Branson, its head of banking supervision, from all Libor matters concerning UBS last summer, to avoid any impression of a conflict of interest. Branson's position raised political concerns because he was chief executive of UBS Securities Japan at the time when Swiss bank admitted some traders in Tokyo had sought to rig rates. … 
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