Australian bank agrees to takeover
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — St. George Bank on Tuesday agreed to a nearly 19 000 000 000 Australian bucks (USD 18 000 000 000; €12 000 000 000) takeover offer from Westpac Banking Corp. that would create Australia’s biggest bank and be one of the country’s largest corporate deals.
Westpac is currently Australia’s third largest bank […]
Car bomb kills at least 51 Iraqis, official says
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — In one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad in months, at least 51 Iraqis were killed and 75 were wounded Tuesday in an car bombing, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
U.S.-allied fighters collect the body of a comrade who was killed in a suicide bombing Tuesday in Baghdad.
Arsonists Sought in Fla. Wildfires; 100 Homes Burned
A police chief says investigators are searching for one or more arsonists who apparently started nine fast-moving wildfires around a city on Florida’s Atlantic coast, destroying or damaging about 100 homes.
Palm Bay, Fla., officials say they suspected arson after they received word of fires starting every 45 minutes Monday, beginning around 1:30 p.
Brit Competes at Wimbledon After Blood Disease Diagnosis
Two months after he was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening blood disease, British hopeful Jamie Baker is stepping onto the Wimbledon Court Tuesday, London’s Daily Telegraph reported.
Baker, 21, from Glasglow, England, was given a wildcard into the competition — even after he was diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).
Tyra Banks ‘Stalker’ Gets Free Pass
NEW YORK Talk-show host Tyra Banks is living in fear of a hulking stalker who’s been terrorizing her for months and was set free by a judge last week.
Cops finally busted the burly ex-con drifter Tuesday for allegedly stalking Banks, but he was released without bail - an act that has added to her anxiety.
Markets rally on expected Fed cut
(CNN) Europe’s main stock markets rebounded on Tuesday, after sharp losses the previous day, with London’s FTSE 100 index jumping 2.50 percent by early afternoon trading, while Wall Street also opened strongly.
Elsewhere, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 regained 2.87 percent to 6,360 points at 1410 GMT and in Paris the CAC 40 index was up […]
Injured Sharapova to sit out Fed Cup tie
(CNN) Maria Sharapova will not risk her shoulder injury to play for Russia in the Fed Cup semifinals against the United States later this days.
Sharapova has been hit by a shoulder problem after a storming start to the season.
The Australian Open champion is resting ahead of the three remaining grand slams and the Beijing […]
Cops: No Suspects, Few Clues, No Motive in Memphis Execution
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A day into one of the city’s biggest murder investigations in decades - two men, two women and two boys shot and stabbed - police conceded Tuesday they had virtually nothing to go on.
Investigators said they believed the attacker or attackers were not among the dead, ruling out a murder-suicide.
