Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball jackpot sold in Florida May 19th, 2013 - 08:00h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - One winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday. No other information on the winning ticket was immediately available, but the grand prize accumulat... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : winning, ticket, $5905, million, powerball, jackpot, sold, florida, Top Keywords

Wall Street extends winning streak, euro slips May 15th, 2013 - 22:40h (CET +01.00) By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks scaled record highs on Wednesday as weak data reinforced expectations that stimulative central bank policies would continue, while evidence that Europe was stuck in recession pushed the euro to a six-... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : wall, street, extends, winning, streak, euro, slips, florida, Top Keywords

Wealthy businessman on way to winning Paraguayan presidency Apr 22nd, 2013 - 01:40h (CET +01.00) By Daniela Desantis and Hilary Burke ASUNCION (Reuters) - Millionaire businessman Horacio Cartes of the powerful, center-right Colorado Party appeared to be heading to victory in Paraguay's presidential election on Sunday, exit polls and partial... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : wealthy, businessman, winning, paraguayan, presidency, euro, slips, florida, Top Keywords

Award-winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies at age 85 Apr 3rd, 2013 - 19:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, author of "Heat and Dust" and many other books set in India, died on Wednesday at the age of 85, her Los Angeles agent said. Jhabvala died at her home in New York Cit... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : awardwinning, author, ruth, prawer, jhabvala, dies, slips, florida, Top Keywords

Award-winning screenwriter Fay Kanin dies at 95 Mar 28th, 2013 - 01:50h (CET +01.00) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Fay Kanin has died. She was 95. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : awardwinning, screenwriter, kanin, dies, jhabvala, dies, slips, florida, Top Keywords

Dow's winning streak ends; dollar falls Mar 15th, 2013 - 23:00h (CET +01.00) By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks fell on Friday as a drop in JPMorgan Chase led to the end of Dow Jones industrial average's 10-day rally, while the dollar retreated from a seven-month high despite more signs the U.S. eco... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dow's, winning, streak, ends, dollar, falls, slips, florida, Top Keywords

S&P 500 enjoys longest winning streak since January 2011 Feb 19th, 2013 - 21:00h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as this year's ongoing surge of merger activity suggested investors were still finding value in the market even as indexes hover near five-year highs. Office Depot Inc surged 12.4 percent to $5.15... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : s&p, enjoys, longest, winning, streak, since, january, 2011, Top Keywords

Ecuador votes for president, Correa seen winning new term Feb 17th, 2013 - 07:10h (CET +01.00) QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadoreans vote for president on Sunday in a ballot expected to hand incumbent Rafael Correa a new term to advance his socialist agenda of heavy government spending and expansion of state power that critics slam as creeping authori... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : ecuador, votes, president, correa, winning, term, january, 2011, Top Keywords

Jennifer Lawrence seen winning Best Actress Oscar Feb 13th, 2013 - 17:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Two rising Hollywood actresses are seen as front-runners for this year's Best Actress Oscar, with Jennifer Lawrence expected to steal the show from Jessica Chastain on awards night, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. In true Hollywo... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : jennifer, lawrence, winning, best, actress, oscar, january, 2011, Top Keywords

"Argo" extends winning streak with BAFTA for best film Feb 11th, 2013 - 04:00h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Ben Affleck's "Argo" was crowned best film at the BAFTAs on Sunday while Daniel Day-Lewis bagged yet another leading actor award for the title role in "Lincoln" as an increasingly familiar awards season scr... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : "argo", extends, winning, streak, bafta, best, film, 2011, Top Keywords