Wednesday, May 25, 2016

#USA - Monsanto rejects Bayer but open to talks: Reuters

Published on 25 May 2016
Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, has turned down Bayer AG's $62 billion acquisition bid as "incomplete and financially inadequate." But as Hayley Platt reports, it is open to further negotiations.



MONSANTO : rejects Bayer's $62B bid, but still open to talks

#Zimbabwe: Ruling party calls for million man march: Al Jazeera English

Published on 25 May 2016
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party wants a million people to march in support of President Robert Mugabe. But there are doubts about whether the turnout will be as big as it hopes.
The economy is struggling and Mugabe's critics want the march to become a protest instead.

Al Jazeera’s Rob Matheson reports.

#Ukraine - LIVE Poroshenko & freed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko speech after prisoner swap with Russia: euronews (in English



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#España - Los bancos pagaron a Ausbanc 39 millones de euros en solo diez años: La 1 de TVE

#Syria - Kurdish-led forces launch offensive on Raqqa: Al Jazeera English

Published on 25 May 2016
A Syrian rebel alliance has begun an offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group in the countryside, north of Raqqa

#Ukraine - pilot Nadiya Savchenko 'has arrived in Kyiv' in prisoner swap with Russia: euronews (in English)

Украина - пилот Савченко "прибыл в Киев" в заключенный своп с Россией
Published on 25 May 2016
Detained Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko 'has arrived in Kyiv' in a prisoner swap with Russia, reports say.

She had been captured and put on trial in Russia where she was found guilty of complicity in the deaths of Russian journalists who were killed by artillery while covering the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Savchenko is said to have been exchanged for two Russian servicemen convicted of involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

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#Italy - Florence's Arno river embankment Collapses: TOP BREAKING NEWS

Published on 25 May 2016
A section of the embankment of the River Arno in central Florence collapsed on Wednesday morning, sending part of the road and at least 20 parked cars into a newly formed ditch.

The collapse took place very close to the famous Ponte Vecchio, a medieval covered bridge over the Arno.
The collapsed segment is about 200m (650ft) in length and 7m (23ft) across.

Firefighters believe the chasm has been created by the failure of a large water pipe beneath the surface.Florence's Mayor Dario Nardella tweeted (in Italian) that no-one had been harmed in the incident on Lungarno Torrigiani.

He appealed to motorists to remove their cars from the nearby area, and said the water supply to part of the city centre was cut off.

Taiwan's Economic Daily Newspaper Suggests Strong iPhone 7 Sales: TheStreet

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Published on 23 May 2016
According to a report in Taiwan's Economic Daily newspaper Apple has tapped its iPhone suppliers to be ready to supply up to 78 million units by the end of 2016 - well above the 65 million iPhone 7s analysts are forecasting. Pay attention to the chatter TheStreet's Action Alerts PLUS Portfolio Manager Jim Cramer says. 'This paper has proven to be very accurate in the past when iPhone sales would drop.' This is why you're seeing really good action in NXP Semiconductors , an Action Alerts name, Broadcom and Skyworks . Cramer doesn't expect a good quarter from Apple which means if you're in the stock for 'hot money' you'll be wrong, but he likes the longer term.