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Georges Pompidou Bridge is a road bridge that was completed in 1963. The project is located in Le ... Location: Le Pecq, Yvelines (78), Ile-de-France, Paris, France. Crosses: Seine River Coordinates: 48° 53' 52.00" N 2° 6' 30.00" E Kevin Dayhoff Sun. morning, Oct. 30, 2016 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/10/georges-pompidou-bridge-is-road-bridge.html
Place Martin Luther King 1929 - 1968 pasteur amercain, Prix Nobel de la pair en 1964 on the corner of the Temple Saint Eloi at the corner of Rue Saint Eloi and Rue Herbiere, Rouen, Normandy, France. Oct. 26, 2016 Wed
g a higher-profile
representative to this weekend's solidarity march in France following a
terrorist attack on a satirical newspaper, press secretary Josh Earnest said
Monday.
"It's fair to say we should have sent someone with a
higher profile to be there," Earnest told reporters at the White House.
“PARIS — The police organized an enormous manhunt across the
Paris region on Wednesday for three suspects they said were involved in a
brazen and methodical midday slaughter at a satirical newspaper that had
lampooned Islam.
“The terrorist attack by masked gunmen on the newspaper, Charlie Hebdo,
left 12 people dead — including the top editor, prominent cartoonists and
police officers — and was among the deadliest in postwar France. The killers
escaped, traumatizing the city and sending shock waves through Europe and
beyond.
INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional
Journalists is angered by today’s attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
This is a barbaric, appalling attempt to stifle press freedom.
Extremists feel
emboldened to attack and kill journalists anywhere in the world for lampooning
religion or reporting on political and governmental activities. Such outrageous
attempts to silence journalists will not be tolerated or successful.
Journalists around the
world work every day to report truth, enlighten the public and encourage people
to think about all sides of issues important to society. This type of attack on
such a basic human right – freedom of speech – is heinous and unacceptable. We
urge other journalists and media organizations to stand in solidarity against
this outrageous attack on press freedoms.
The Committee to Protect Journalists,
one of numerous organizations also condemning the attack, reports this is the
worst attack on the media since the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the
Philippines. In 2014 alone, CPJ reports 61 journalists were killed worldwide, including
27 who were murdered.
Our thoughts are with
the families and colleagues of the victims of today’s horrific events.
Founded in 1909 as
Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a
well-informed citizenry; works to inspire and educate the next generation of
journalists; and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and
press. For more information about SPJ, please visit spj.org.
The TV images of the Tour de France show an idyllic country, but behind the gloss is a nation where fears of decline are prompting people to vote for the far right. A trip along the route of the world's most famous cycling race reveals the deep uncertainty ailing the French. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/taking-stock-of-a-france-that-has-fallen-sick-a-982106.html#ref=nl-international There is a new word in the French language: La mannschaft. It's the term used to define everything that is enviable on the opposite bank of the Rhine River -- in other words, Germany's success. It's a success that is the product of the collective and is free of any of the egocentrics, self-deluded, bling-bling divas and "general director presidents," as the heads of French companies are called, that can make France so stuffy. A week ago Monday, on Bastille Day, newspapers across France sighed that it wouldn't hurt if the country were a bit more like la mannschaft. Instead, unemployment is twice as high as it is in Germany, growth and investments have fallen far and former President Nicolas Sarkozy was recently detained for questioning by police at dawn. La mannschaft is the polar opposite of the other word currently in fashion in France: le malaise. A deep gloom appears to have taken hold in France. A recent survey showed that two-thirds of the French are "pessimistic" about their country's future. "Viewed from the outside, France under François Hollande is like Cuba, only without the sun but with the extreme right," the newsweekly Le Point recently wrote. The country is "impoverished, over-indebted, divided, humbled and humiliated and finds itself in a pre-revolutionary situation in which anything seems possible." Read more: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/taking-stock-of-a-france-that-has-fallen-sick-a-982106.html#ref=nl-international
DealBook: Investors Likely to Reserve Judgment on France and more - Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin The New York Times -------------------------------------- 1. M & A: Judge Halts Martin Marietta Bid for Vulcan Materials 2. INVESTMENT BANKING: Stock Trading Continues to Fall After Crisis 3. PRIVATE EQUITY: Blackstone Said to Be Set for a Calpers Investment 4. HEDGE FUNDS: Hedge Fund Intensifies Attack on Yahoo Amid Storm Over Padded Résumés 5. OFFERINGS: Is Mark Zuckerberg Ready to Lead a Public Company? 6. VENTURE CAPITAL: Which Start-Up Is the Next Big Thing? 7. LEGAL/REGULATORY: Dewey Leadership Acknowledges the Firm Could Close - Top Story -
TOP STORIES -------------------------------------- Buffett Talks Succession and Taxes at Berkshire's Annual Meeting Tens of thousands of shareholders gathered at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha to take in Warren E. Buffett's pronouncements on his massive conglomerate, the global economy and whatever else tickles his or investors' fancy. DealBook's Andrew Ross Sorkin was one of the reporters on stage to ask questions as well.
Hanging over this year's festivities was Mr. Buffett's disclosure that he has received a diagnosis of prostate cancer. He has taken pains to emphasize that the disease was caught early and that he plans to keep working for a long time.
Mr. Buffett addressed the succession issue again, as well as the ongoing controversy over his principle of raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans and his management philosophies. He also briefly mentioned a deal that would have been worth more than $20 billion, but said he had discarded the idea after deciding the takeover would have been too expensive.
Treasury to Sell A.I.G. Shares at $30.50 Apiece The government continues to unwind its stake in American International Group, as the insurer slowly recovers from the depths of the financial crisis.
The Treasury Department announced that it would sell 163,934,426 shares of A.I.G. - or roughly $5 billion - at $30.50 apiece. A.I.G. plans to buy back around $2 billion of the stock.
"We're continuing to make significant progress exiting our investment in AIG," Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Tim Massad, said in a statement. "We remain hopeful that taxpayers will ultimately recover every single dollar invested in the company, which is something few would have expected during the depths of the financial crisis."
-------------------------------------- For the latest updates, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/dealbook Investors Likely to Reserve Judgment on France The incoming French president, François Hollande, may spend more than investors would prefer to revive the French economy, and may not immediately undertake certain labor market and business reforms that are seen as necessary. But analysts say investors are likely to give France a grace period, The New York Times reports.
A Contrarian Bet on Greece Just two months after investors in Greek debt were forced to accept a 75 percent loss on their holdings, some distressed-debt investors see a buying opportunity, The New York Times reports.
An Heir Takes His Place at L'Oréal Jean-Victor Meyers, 25, must convince shareholders he has what it takes to sit on the board of L'Oréal in place of his grandmother, Liliane Bettencourt, the matriarch of the French cosmetics company, The New York Times reports. Looming over the transition is the question of whether Nestlé, which owns just under 30 percent of the company, might one day make a play for the 30 percent stake owned by the Bettencourt family.
After Facebook, Wielding Political Influence Chris Hughes, a Facebook co-founder who recently became the publisher and editor in chief of The New Republic after buying a majority stake in the magazine, has been making the rounds in New York political and literary society, The New York Times reports.
1. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS -------------------------------------- Judge Halts Martin Marietta Bid for Vulcan Materials In granting an injunction, Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr. of the Delaware Chancery Court found that Martin Marietta had breached confidentiality agreements between the two companies.
Westlake Abandons $1.2 Billion Bid for Georgia Gulf The decision follows acquisition talks with Georgia Gulf's management that had been aimed at creating one of the largest producers of building materials like olefins and vinyls.
Micron Said to Enter Exclusive Talks for Elpida The chip maker Micron Technology won the right to exclusive talks after offering more than $2.5 billion for Elpida Memory, its failed Japanese rival, Reuters reports, citing an unidentified person with direct knowledge of the deal.
DigitalGlobe Rejects Offer From GeoEye DigitalGlobe, a satellite imaging company, said on Sunday that the $792 million takeover offer from its rival GeoEye was too low, Reuters reports.
Citigroup Records a Higher Value for Brokerage Stake Citigroup, which is selling pieces of its stake in the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney brokerage, said in a regulatory filing that the fair value of the asset was higher than the $10 billion recorded on its balance sheet, Bloomberg News reports.
Comcast to Unload Part of A&E Stake Comcast said in a regulatory filing last week that its NBCUniversal division exercised an option to sell "a substantial portion" of its stake in A&E Television Networks, a deal that could be worth about $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Buyer for Taiwanese TV Company Laments Regulatory Delay The conglomerate Want Want China Holdings said delays in the approval of its $2.4 billion deal to buy China Network Systems from MBK Partners had cost it an additional $300 million, Reuters reports.
2. INVESTMENT BANKING -------------------------------------- Stock Trading Continues to Fall After Crisis The average daily trades of American stocks on all exchanges was 6.5 billion in April, nearly half of the peak in 2008 of 12.1 billion, according to Credit Suisse Trading Strategy, The New York Times reports. This decline has come even as American stocks have doubled in price in the last three years.
Broker Rebates Seen as a Conflict of Interest Payments that brokers collect from stock exchanges in return for sending them business could be costing mutual funds, pension funds and other investors as much as $5 billion a year, according to a new study by the financial consulting firm Woodbine Associates, The New York Times reports.
Ally Financial's Mortgage Woes The overall picture at Ally Financial, which is still 74 percent owned by taxpayers, is improving. But the company's mortgage unit, Residential Capital, is in trouble, prompting speculation that it may file for bankruptcy, Gretchen Morgenson writes in The New York Times.
Barclays Aims to Attract U.S. Depositors The British bank is opening an online savings bank in the United States as a way to help finance its American credit card business, and is offering depositors interest rates of about 1 percent, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Signs of Life in London's Financial Job Market In London's financial sector, new job vacancies increased by 9 percent in April compared with March, but were still down 27 percent compared with a year earlier, according to a recruiter, The Financial Times reports.
Why Bankers Quit New York magazine surveyed 74 current or recently departed finance workers who are members of Escape the City, an online community that offers advice for "corporate professionals who want to 'do something different,'" to find out what gave them second thoughts about working in finance.
UBS Takes Risky Mortgage Securities to Market This week, the Swiss bank is seeking buyers for collateralized debt obligations with a face value of $1.5 billion, dating to the height of the boom, Bloomberg News writes.
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3. PRIVATE EQUITY -------------------------------------- Blackstone Said to Be Set for a Calpers Investment The Blackstone Group is close to securing an account from Calpers, the largest public pension fund in the United States, Reuters reports, citing an unidentified person familiar with the matter.
Blackstone Buys a Singapore Business Park With the purchase of the StarHub Green project from SEB Asset Management for about $172 million, the Blackstone Group made its first acquisition in Singapore, Reuters reports, citing an unidentified person familiar with the deal.
3i Said to Be in Talks to Sell Enterprise The British private equity firm is in advanced talks with the Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial to sell Enterprise, which offers support services to utilities and public sector customers, The Financial Times reports, citing unidentified people close to the situation.
HgCapital Puts Drug Company on the Block HgCapital is looking to sell Mercury Pharma, which it bought in December for £178 million ($287 million), and has chosen Jefferies to handle the sale, The Financial Times reports.
4. HEDGE FUNDS -------------------------------------- Hedge Fund Intensifies Attack on Yahoo Amid Storm Over Padded Résumés Third Point, which is the middle of a contentious proxy battle with Yahoo, called for the dismissal of the company's chief executive, Scott Thompson, after revealing that he had inaccurately stated his credentials.
A Cheerleader for the Hedge Fund Industry Anthony Scaramucci, the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, who is trying to make hedge fund investing accessible to the less-wealthy, "thinks attention is an undervalued commodity," Jessica Pressler writes in New York magazine. "While his peers in the hedge fund industry only occasionally emerge, groundhoglike, to declaim somberly on the markets, 'the Mooch,' as he is known, is a petite man-shaped fireball of energy, constantly orbiting the public sphere and blazing a trail through social events with a steady stream of charmingly self-effacing stories."
Icahn Said to Sell LightSquared Debt Carl C. Icahn sold his $250 million debt holdings in LightSquared, the beleaguered wireless company run by Philip A. Falcone, apparently making a profit, Reuters reports, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. In addition, LightSquared's creditors were said to grant a second week-long extension to Mr. Falcone in negotiations to avoid a potential bankruptcy.
Ackman's Borders Bet An upcoming book, "The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds," says that William A. Ackman lost $200 million on his investment in Borders last year, calling it "a big mistake on the buy," The New York Post reports.
Paulson Said to Extend a Losing Streak John A. Paulson's Advantage Plus fund lost 6.7 percent in April, bringing its slump so far this year to 8.8 percent, Bloomberg News reports, citing two unidentified people briefed on the returns.
5. I.P.O./OFFERINGS -------------------------------------- Is Mark Zuckerberg Ready to Lead a Public Company? Henry Blodget writes in the New York magazine cover story: "As Facebook embarks on its I.P.O. 'road show,' the question of just how good Zuckerberg is will trail it: His control of the company is such that a bet on the company's stock is a bet on him. Investors will be wagering on an entrepreneur who's committed himself to getting better and better as a leader. But they'll also be betting on one whose commitment to his long-term vision is so deep that he just might drive Wall Street crazy."
Zuckerberg's Control Over Facebook May Be a New Model In at least 10 of last year's tech I.P.O.'s, a special class of shares gave founders more votes than new shareholders, Bloomberg News reports.
The 'Willy Wonka' of Silicon Valley Mark Pincus, Zynga's chief executive, who refers to himself half-seriously as "a kind of Willy Wonka," presides over a headquarters that resembles one of the company's games, The Financial Times writes.
A Week of Small I.P.O.'s This week's deals, none of which is larger than $200 million, may compete for attention with Facebook, which is due to trade next week, The Wall Street Journal reports.
6. VENTURE CAPITAL -------------------------------------- Which Start-Up Is the Next Big Thing? Path, Taskrabbit, Square, Quora, Dropbox, Airtime, Pinwheel, Pinterest, Uber? The New York Times lets you vote on your choice.
In Scotland, Angel Investors Organize Scottish angel investors operate with an unusual degree of organization, forming syndicates that, as one professor put it, behave "like mini venture capital funds," The Financial Times reports.
Letting You Text Pictures You Probably Shouldn't Snapchat, an increasingly popular iPhone app, lets users send each other pictures that automatically disappear after several seconds, but the service isn't without risks, Nick Bilton writes on Bits.
7. LEGAL/REGULATORY -------------------------------------- Dewey Leadership Acknowledges the Firm Could Close In a memo sent late Friday afternoon, Dewey & LeBoeuf management acknowledged for the first time that the firm could shut down.
Dewey & LeBoeuf Confronts a New Reality James B. Stewart writes in The New York Times: "The circumstances at Dewey may turn out to be extreme. But the firm's messy decline lays bare the harsh realities of today's law practice, and shatters the perception, still held by many members of the bar, that however transformed in recent decades by the realities of the market, law is at heart still a guild, a brotherhood (and increasingly a sisterhood) - in short, a profession more than a business."
Spanish Banks Resist a 'Bad Bank' Rescue Proposal The largest Spanish commercial banks, Santander and BBVA, which have big investments overseas, have opposed the idea of having the government set up an asset management company to house banks' toxic assets, The New York Times reports.
Spain Said to Plan a Rescue of Bankia Spain plans to provide Bankia with cash injections and new managers, as part of a rescue of a bank whose toxic loans have placed it at the center of the country's crisis, Reuters reports, citing unidentified people.
Regulators Unveil Tighter Rules for Municipal Bonds Looking to prevent debt disasters like the one in Jefferson County, Ala., federal regulators issued new rules on Friday that are intended to curb practices like Wall Street firms' underwriting a state's bonds while helping other customers trade against them, The New York Times reports.
Crackdown on Corruption Overseas James Surowiecki writes in The New Yorker: "When you read the business pages these days, you can be forgiven for thinking that international commerce is a cesspool of graft. Yet, by historical standards, things have never been cleaner. What's changed is how strenuously governments are cracking down on corruption."
India Said to Begin an Antitrust Investigation of Google Indian regulators are looking into Google's online advertising business, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing unidentified government officials familiar with the matter.
A Case for Regulatory Robots Jason Zweig writes in The Wall Street Journal: "Investment advisers are being examined infrequently, inconsistently and incompletely - largely because regulators are outnumbered and reliant on outmoded technology. In a business world that routinely runs on 'big data,' it's time to put computers on the case."
