UBS Confirms It Is Cutting Jobs In Canada
Tom Burroughes Group Editor in London, WealthBriefing UBS is shedding 20 staff from its Toronto office, including the chief executive of its Canadian operations, Rick Meslin, and chief Canadian economist George Vasic, the Zurich-listed bank has confirmed to this publication….
Fidel Castro votes in Cuba election
By Marc Frank From prcaribbean.com Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro voted in Cuba’s general election on Sunday and chatted with well wishers and Cuban reporters in Havana for more than an hour, in his first extended public appearance since 2010….
Richard III dig: DNA confirms bones are king’s
A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III. Experts from the University of Leicester said DNA from the bones matched that of descendants of the monarch’s family. Lead archaeologist…
Spain’s PM Mariano Rajoy pledges to battle on
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has fiercely denied corruption allegations, pledging that Spain will see off its worst financial crisis in recent years. He said his Popular Party (PP) was committed to reforms that would steer Spain away from the financial…
Alabama police kill kidnapper and save boy
Police in the US state of Alabama have killed a hostage-taker after a six-day standoff, saving the five-year-old boy he abducted, US media report. Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, shot dead the driver of the boy’s school bus before abducting the…
Validus Re sues US Govt for tax refund
By Marina Mello Royal Gazette Bermuda’s Validus Re is suing the US Government for failing to refund some $435,380 in tax and interest payments. The reinsurer, whose parent has a market cap of $3.3 billion, claims tax was wrongly assessed…
Match-fixing: Champions League tie played in England ‘was fixed’
A Champions League tie played in England is one of 680 matches across the world investigators say was fixed. European police did not reveal the identity of the match they believe was corrupt in England. But Europol did say that…
Lewis, Ravens fly away with Super Bowl title
By Steve Almasy, CNN Ray Lewis had to wait a half hour, but the Raven got the swan song he wanted. The renowned linebacker, considered by many to be one of the greatest to ever play the game, went out…
Superdome power outage halts Super Bowl XLVII
(CNN) — Super Bowl XLVII ground to a halt early in the third quarter Sunday night, when about half of the lights in the Superdome went out. Lights in the New Orleans stadium’s upper tier went dark with the Baltimore…
Beyonce takes to Super Bowl stage with Destiny’s Child
By Breeanna Hare, CNN By the time the clock ran out on Beyonce’s Super Bowl halftime performance on Sunday, the singer had put to rest doubts that she would give it her all. The 31-year-old had been at the center…
