20-Feb-2013 16:18

Oscar Pistorius Charged With Premeditated Murder: Excerpts Of Prosecution's Affidavit [FULL TEXT] :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympic sprinter who has been charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend, 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp, attended <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/who-francois-hougaard-ex-boyfriend-reeva-steenkamp-under-scrutiny-oscar-pistorius-case-1093634">a bail hearing</a> on Tuesday where he denied intentionally killing her.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/oscar-pistorius-charged-premeditated-murder-excerpts-prosecutions-affidavit-full-text-1096286

Chuck E. Cheese Killer, Nathan Dunlap, Could Now Face Execution In Colorado After 20 Years On Death Row :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>After two decades on death row, Nathan Dunlap, known as the Chuck E. Cheese killer who gunned down four employees after being fired from the Aurora location, could now face execution in Colorado.</p>
<p>According to the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22619912/u-s-supreme-court-refuses-hear-death-penalty?source=rss">Denver Post</a>, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the 38-year-old's death penalty appeal on Tuesday. Dunlap was convicted in 1996 for killing four people in 1993 at an Aurora, Colorado Chuck E. Cheese from which he was fired.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/chuck-e-cheese-killer-nathan-dunlap-could-now-face-execution-colorado-after-20-years-death-row

Yen up as Japan PM plays down idea of foreign bond fund :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>(Reuters) - The yen rose versus the dollar on Wednesday after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the need to establish a public-private sector fund to buy foreign bonds has declined.</p>
<p>The possibility of setting up such a fund, tasked with measures including purchases of foreign <a class="mandelbrot_refrag" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.reuters.com/finance/bonds?lc=int_mb_1001">bonds</a>, had been included in a campaign platform drawn up by Abe's Liberal Democratic Party ahead of a national election last December.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/yen-japan-pm-plays-down-idea-foreign-bond-fund-1096288

Federal Judge Reserves Decision in Apple Case But Inclined To Greenlight :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A U.S. District Court judge reserved decision on Greenlight Capital management's challenge to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) after indicating sympathy with the challenger. Greenlight wants to stop a shareholder vote at next week's annual meeting it claims would bar it from passing on its $137.1 billion cash pile to shareholders.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/federal-judge-reserves-decision-apple-case-inclined-greenlight-1096280

Lear Capital: Gold Price at Tipping Point :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It's no secret, central banks are buying more gold than ever.  Early 2012 estimates were blown away as central bank gold buying, for the year, reached 534.6 tonnes.  While those numbers should have everyone clamoring for their own share of the world's gold supply, the average investor is still the weak hand when it comes to owning gold.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lear-capital-gold-price-tipping-point-1096284

Audible launches on iPad and redesigns for iPhone :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/1h8Gh7Qg8fU/story01.htm

Gold Bull Market `Still Intact' Says HSBC's Respected Steel :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/gold-bull-market-still-intact-says-hsbcs-respected-steel-1096282

NBA Trade Rumors: OKC Thunder Kendrick Perkins For Phoenix Suns Marcin Gortat? :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>There continues to be a race to add size for the second half of the NBA season, and the Oklahoma City Thunder are the next club seeking another big man as the Feb. 21 trade deadline looms.</p>
<p>Currently second in the West, the Thunder reportedly explored a trade that would send center Kendrick Perkins to the Phoenix Suns for Marcin Gortat, according to the Arizona Republic. The deal would also include Oklahoma City rookie Jeremy Lamb and a first round pick, and Phoenix's P.J. Tucker.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/nba-trade-rumors-okc-thunder-kendrick-perkins-phoenix-suns-marcin-gortat-1096224

The year-old iPhone 4S was world's 2nd most popular smartphone in Q4 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/LomoN1K8vH0/story01.htm

Oil prices mixed :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The spot WTI contract held range support and has now moved back to the middle of its trading range on the last day of trading for the March Nymex WTI contract. The soon to be spot April contract has been in a trading range (since the middle of January) of about $99/bbl on the upside and $95.40/bbl on the lower end. At the moment the contract is trading in the middle of its trading range. Both range support and resistance have been successfully defended several times since January. For now I would expect more of the same unless a strong directional catalyst emerges.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/oil-prices-mixed-1096226

Apple Plummets After Foxconn Hiring Freeze :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock/aapl#NASDAQ">AAPL</a> <a class="ino-url" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock-trends/AAPL/NASDAQ" target="_blank">[FREE Stock Trend Analysis]</a>) are trading down roughly one percent this morning after Foxconn, the company's chief manufacturer, announced that it will not hire any new employees this month.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-plummets-after-foxconn-hiring-freeze-1096222

Brent Bearish As Saudi Output Increases :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Brent traded below $118 on Wednesday as Saudi Arabia planned to produce more crude in the second quarter of 2013. The commodity traded steadily at $117.31 at 8:10 GMT on Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>According to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/100472643">CNBC</a>, an oil industry source said that Saudi Arabia plans to fulfill rising Chinese oil demand by increasing its output in the second quarter, but the exact volume of the increase has not been confirmed. An increase on the supply side drove prices down, but is also expected to drive economic recovery within the global market.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/brent-bearish-saudi-output-increases-1096220

Amazon's 'price parity' clause attracts attention of German antitrust regulator :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/XzEKg8dcxr0/story01.htm

AirAsia plans Indian budget carrier :: Asia's largest low-cost carrier, AirAsia, plans to launch an Indian budget airline with India's Tata and a third investor, Telestra Tradeplace.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21519003#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Ed tech accelerators go corporate: Pearson and Kaplan launch startup programs :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/aQ1aaZg2XLg/story01.htm

Sporting village plan for Belfast :: Discussions are under way about transforming the Boucher Road area of south Belfast into a sporting village.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21514346#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

4G auction raises less than forecast :: Telecoms regulator Ofcom announces the winners of its 4G mobile auction, which raises a lower-than-expected £2.34bn for the Treasury.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21516243#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

FBI probes potential Heinz deal insider trading :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Tmu3YHqdYhk/

Credit Agricole tax hit over Greece adds to losses :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/Bu0IxaVr-f4/

UK employment up, living standards fall :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/b792TtdVDoM/