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  • Paulina Rubio to be judge on `X Factor

    Paulina Rubio will join the panel of judges for the popular Fox television show "The X Factor" next season, the Mexican singer's representative announced Tuesday. Rubio will join the judging panel - which includes show creator Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child and Disney star Demi Lovato - during the musical contest show's third season. "I love 'The X Factor'! I can't wait to find ...

  • Mexican firm to acquire US wireless operator

    Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil says it has agreed to buy US mobile operator Start Wireless Group for an undisclosed amount. In a filing with the Mexican Stock Exchange, the Mexico City-based company announced its US unit Tracfone Wireless had reached a deal to acquire the assets of Start Wireless Group, an Ohio-based mobile virtual network operator. The transaction is expected ...

  • Mexican Retail Sales Unexpectedly Fall for Second Month in a Row

    sales (MXWRTRYO) surprised analysts in March by contracting for a second straight month for the first time since 2009, bolstering bets policy makers will cut interest rates again this year. Sales fell 2.4 percent from a year earlier, the national statistics agency said today, more than forecast by any of the 19 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The median estimate was for an increase of 0.3 ...

  • Sugar prices risk further decline as China eyes import curbs

    * High Chinese domestic prices stimulate imports - trade * Several dealers doubt China will raise import duty * Authorities could step up efforts against smuggling By David Brough and Dominique Patton LONDON/BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) - A slide ...

  • UPDATE 1-US not respecting WTO ruling on meat labeling -Mexico

    (Updates with agriculture minister's quotes) By Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY, May 21 (Reuters) - The United States is not respecting a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on meat labeling, Mexico's Agriculture Minister Enrique Martinez ...

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Three Kings

A lot of bodies get hit by a lot of bullets in movies these days. And a lot of those movies don't take much time to contemplate what it means to be struck by a bullet--the violence of the impact beyond the immediate visceral excitement experienced by an audience watching at a safe distance in the movie theater. ...

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  • Family of B.C. man missing in Mexico frustrated with police probe

    The family of a Canadian man who went missing in Mexico two weeks ago fear they are unable to trust the local police who are leading the investigation. Diego Hernandez, a 22-year-old martial arts instructor from British Columbia, and his American friend Craig Silva, disappeared from the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta on May 8. The two were in the country to organize a mixed martial ...

  • RPT-Fitch Revises BPs Outlook to Stable IDR Affirmed at A

    May 22 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on BP plc's (BP) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Stable from Positive. A full list of rating actions is at the end ...

  • Soccer-Moses out of Nigerias matches Obi Mikel wants a rest

    May 22 (Reuters) - Victor Moses has withdrawn from Nigeria's squad for next month's World Cup soccer qualifiers and Confederation Cup tournament while Chelsea team mate John Obi Mikel has asked to be rested for a friendly against Mexico next ...

  • TABLE-Indias April Iran oil imports drop 34.2 pct vs March -trade

    May 22 (Reuters) - India's oil imports from Iran fell about 34.2 percent in April from March to about 117,3000 barrels per day (bpd), while shipments in the first four months of the year declined 46.3 percent, tanker arrival data made available ...

  • UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Weds. May 22

    LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 is seen opening mixed on Wednesday with financial bookmakers calling the index to open between down by 11 points and up by 13 points. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on ...

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