French probe finds LVMH built up Hermes stake in secret - paper May 18th, 2013 - 19:20h (CET +01.00) PARIS (Reuters) - The French stock market authority has found LVMH secretly bought shares in rival Hermes to build a stake, and not merely make a financial investment as the luxury group has claimed, a newspaper reported. LVMH said it would fight the... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : french, probe, finds, lvmh, built, hermes, stake, secret, paper, Top Keywords

'Iron Man 3' races past $1 billion dollar mark on monster foreign take May 17th, 2013 - 02:10h (CET +01.00) By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Iron Man 3" was soaring past $1 billion at the worldwide box office Thursday, in a display of world domination that would make one of Marvel's super villains proud. The box-office bounty ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'iron, 3', races, past, billion, dollar, mark, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Britain's Royal Mail takes step towards privatisation May 16th, 2013 - 20:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Mail moved a step closer to privatisation on Thursday after the appointment of a firm to set up an employee share scheme, one of the pre-conditions for a sale. Under the 2011 Postal Services Act, which paves th... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : britain's, royal, mail, takes, step, towards, privatisation, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Britain's Cameron 'open to ideas' for RBS stake disposal May 16th, 2013 - 00:00h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is "open to all ideas" for returning Royal Bank of Scotland to private ownership but its finances must improve first, he told reporters on the last day of a three-day visit to the United Sta... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : britain's, cameron, 'open, ideas', stake, disposal, privatisation, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Romanian artist takes his art on the street May 15th, 2013 - 12:40h (CET +01.00) BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian artist Vasile Muresan, known as Murivale, thinks art belongs on the street. The white-bearded painter can often be seen sitting on the colorful canvases that he displays in the street, while he is followed by the st... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : romanian, artist, takes, street, stake, disposal, privatisation, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Syrian troops take full control of strategic town May 13th, 2013 - 10:50h (CET +01.00) BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian troops have taken full control of a town near the highway linking the capital Damascus with Jordan, a new advance in the regime's campaign to drive rebels from the strategic south, an activist group said Monday. (Source: Ass... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : syrian, troops, take, full, control, strategic, town, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Netanyahu takes flak over bed on a plane May 12th, 2013 - 16:30h (CET +01.00) JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu is changing his mid-air sleeping arrangements after a public flap over a $127,000 custom-built bedroom for the Israeli prime minister and his wife on a flight to London last month. Israel's Channel 10 tel... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : netanyahu, takes, flak, plane, control, strategic, town, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

40 years on, fleeing Vietnamese take to seas again May 9th, 2013 - 14:50h (CET +01.00) HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Nearly 40 years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the country's Communist regime by boat, a growing number are taking to the water again. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : years, fleeing, vietnamese, take, seas, again, town, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Did Syrian hackers take over The Onion's Twitter account? May 7th, 2013 - 01:20h (CET +01.00) The satirical site is either going all-in on a meta joke, or is the latest victim of a notorious hacking group (Source: The Week)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : syrian, hackers, take, onion's, twitter, account?, town, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Baz Luhrmann takes on challenging classic with 'The Great Gatsby' May 6th, 2013 - 22:40h (CET +01.00) By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is hailed as "the great American novel," but so far "The Great Gatsby" has defied attempts by some of Hollywood's top filmmakers to bring its lyrically romantic story and tragic charac... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : luhrmann, takes, challenging, classic, 'the, great, gatsby', monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords