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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

#Belgium - Brussels returns to normal after earlier lockdown: euronews (in English)

Published on 21 Jun 2016

* Alarm raised at rush-hour on Tuesday
* City 2 shopping centre and area sealed off
* 26-year-old man arrested *What is happening?*

The Brussels prosecutor says no explosives were found on a man arrested in an anti-terrorism operation in the centre of the Belgian capital.

A man had earlier contacted police to say he was strapped with explosives that were rigged to detonate remotely.

Streets around the City 2 shopping centre in Brussels were sealed off after the alarm was raised.

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George Soros Says "Brexit' Would Cause World Markets to Collapse: TheStreet

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Billionaire investor George Soros is issuing a stark warning if Britain would vote this week to leave the European Union. He says Britain leaving the E.U. would lead to a currency and stock market disaster. He predicts a "Brexit' would cause the sterling to drop quickly, even more so than when the pound crashed in 1992-a move that made him a billionaire. Currency traders are placing bets against "Brexit' ahead of Thursday's vote. Homebuilder Lennar

Published on 21 Jun 2016

A Brexit won't be worse than the crisis in the early 1990s, when the pound collapsed following Britain's exit of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, as billionaire George Soros suggested in an op-ed Monday. 'It won't be pretty for the pound - whether it's going to compare with the crisis in the 90s which Soros made his fame, perhaps not,' said Simon Smith, chief economist at FxPro, based in London. Soros made over $1 billion in the early 90s, betting against the pound. The referendum is held on Thursday.

#USA - Inside San Diego's $810m human trafficking industry: The Guardian

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Considered among the best cities to work and live in the US, San Diego also ranks in the FBI’s 13 highest-intensity trafficking areas in the country.

#UK - What happens if the UK Brexits: CNNMoney

Published on 20 Jun 2016

CNNMoney's Nina dos Santos explains what technically happens if the United Kingdom votes to exit the EU according to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

#Spain - #Brexit could threaten UK expatriates in Spain: Al Jazeera English

Published on 21 Jun 2016

One of the many unknowns around Britain's EU referendum is the future of thousands of British citizens living in Europe in the event of a withdrawal.

The largest community of expatriates is in Spain, where Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has warned that a “Brexit” could threaten Britons’ residency rights.

Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips reports from Costa Blanca in southern Spain.

#EU - From Rome to Paris, women are conquering European cities: FRANCE 24 English

Published on 21 Jun 2016

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS - Tues. 21.06.16: Papers continue to focus on the big wins for the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and women in local Italian elections. Also, British papers make a last-ditch effort to convince voters ahead of the Brexit referendum vote. And the US Senate draws fire for failing to pass new gun control restrictions in the wake of the Orlando shooting.

Blythe deal shows IOG (LON:IOG) is delivering on its strategy, says CEO: ProactiveInvestors Stocktube

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Independent Oil and Gas Plc (LON:IOG) announced on Tuesday the completion of its deal to take full control of the Blythe gas project, in the Southern North Sea.

It has now acquired the 50% of Blythe that it didn’t already own, paying £1.5mln initially with a further US$5mln due when the field achieves ‘first gas’.

Mark Routh, chief executive, tells Proactive Investors the deal is the “catalyst which allows us to move forward on a proven development plan”

“By taking control of the Blythe asset, which is a proven reserve that needs no further appraisal, we can go straight into the development of Blythe without any partner drag and we can define our own destiny on how we do it,” he says.

independentoilandgas.com/

http://www.4-traders.com/INDEPENDENT-OIL-GAS-PLC-14424335/
www.proactiveinvestors.com/LON:IOG/Independent-Oil-&-Gas-PLC

“Shareholders will be happy” with results, says Photo-Me (LON:PHTM) CFO: ProactiveInvestors Stocktube

Published on 21 Jun 2016

Gabriel Pirona, chief financial officer at Photo-Me International plc (LON:PHTM), says “shareholders will be very happy” with the company’s results, as the photo booths operator declared a £10.6mln special dividend as well as a 20% hike in the annual payout.

Final results revealed Photo-Me’s cash balances grew to £62.4mln from £60.7mln, while financially, underlying profits rose 14.6% at constant currencies (generated from revenues of £184mln) as the underling operating margin increased almost 10% to 30.8%.

“We are pretty resilient on the market and we get really good results,” he says, adding that the company has increased its offering by going more “down the technology path.”

It also continues to roll out Revolution, the laundry system, and Pirona says he is “very excited about the progress” the company will make this year in this division.

www.photo-me.co.uk/

http://www.4-traders.com/PHOTO-ME-INTERNATIONAL-PL-4000589/
http://www.proactiveinvestors.com/LON:PHTM/Photo-Me-International-plc/

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