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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 ...

  • Youth Festival to Be Celebrated in Sinaloa Mexico

    Mexico, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The 2013 Youth Festival of Pop and Rock Music will be held since Wednesday, up to Friday, in six cities of the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The event will count on the participation of 20 groups in 36 concerts in auditoriums and public places. The venues will be Culiacan -the capital of Sinaloa- Los Mochis, Mazatlan, Guasave, Guamuchil and El Fuerte. In the opening ...

  • Mexican volcano on verge of eruption

    A cloud of ash belches out of Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano, some 35 miles from Mexico City, May 20, 2013. Authorities have raised the alert level to "Yellow Phase Three," the fifth of a seven-stage warning system, restricting access to an area of about seven miles around the volcano while preparing evacuation routes and ...

  • Exclusive Mexico sees mine industry investment through 2018 at ...

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico sees total mining investment between 2013-2018 of at least $25 billion, holding steady from the previous six years despite the prospect of less favorable metals prices, Mexico's top government mining official ...

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Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne [DVD]

Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne [DVD]

Robert Bresson is most often thought of as an uncompromising minimalist, a director whose unique (to some maddening) aesthetic insisted on unprofessional actors, flat dialogue, simple camerawork, and almost no nondiegetic music. His best films, including Diary of a Country Priest (1950), Pickpocket (1959), and, to a lesser extent, Lancelot du Lac (1974), are all masterpieces ... ...

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  • UPDATE 2-Mexicos Homex says some creditors could seek early ...

    MEXICO CITY, May 22 (Reuters) - Creditors of struggling Mexican homebuilder Homex could seek accelerated payment of the company's debt after Homex missed payments on derivative positions, according to a filing on Wednesday. Failure to meet ...

  • Viva Mexican Grill in Wayland fails alcohol compliance check

    The Wayland Police Department reported Viva Mexican Grill y Tequileri, located at 15 East Plain St., was the only one of 12 establishments that failed an undercover alcohol compliance check on Tuesday. On Tuesday, two youths, aged 18 and 19, were sent into the establishments with instructions to attempt to purchase alcohol without showing any ...

  • The Deal Philip Morris Inhales Mexican JV

    said Tuesday, May 21, it will acquire the remaining 20% stake in its joint venture Philip Morris Mexico SA de CV it does not own for about $700 ...

  • Fitch ratifico en A- la calificacion del Estado de Oaxaca la perspectiva se mantiene estable

    Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ...

  • Mexican peso erases gains stocks turn negative

    MEXICO CITY | Wed May 22, 2013 11:44am EDT MEXICO CITY May 22 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso and stocks pared gains on Wednesday that stemmed from comments by U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, who hinted it was not time to rein in monetary stimulus that supports appetite for risky assets. The IPC Index dipped 0.69 percent to 40,251 points while the peso fell 0.238 percent to ...

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