Yen's fall runs out of steam, earnings lift stocks

By Richard Hubbard

LONDON (Reuters) - A selloff in the yen paused on Tuesday as it neared 100 to the dollar, while a firm start to the U.S. corporate earnings season and a fall in Chinese inflation lifted share markets.

The Japanese currency hit 99.67 to the dollar in Asian trading, the greenback's strongest level versus the yen since May 2009, before the selloff ran out of steam. The euro stopped at a peak last seen in January 2010 of 129.94 yen.

The dollar has gained about 7 percent against the yen since the Bank of Japan (BOJ) unveiled a massive stimulus program last Thursday involving large purchases of long term Japanese government bonds (JGBs).

"Markets are increasingly focused on the notion that larger JGB purchases, at longer maturities, by the BOJ could push Japanese domestic long-term investors elsewhere," said Vassili Serebriakov, strategist at BNP Paribas.

In early European trading the dollar was at 98.91 yen, down 0.4 percent, while the euro was down 0.25 percent on the day at 128.93 yen.

The BOJ's bold measures are also having a major effect on the world's main bond markets by sending Japanese government yields down sharply and spurring a search for higher-yielding assets, sending yields lower on U.S. and euro zone debt.

The yield on 10-year Treasury notes stood at 1.74 percent, little changed from late U.S. trade on Monday, although not far from a four-month low of 1.677 percent.

German government 10-year bonds were steady at 1.24 percent having hit 1.2 percent on Friday, their lowest levels since mid-2012 when the European Central Bank promised to do whatever it took to save the euro.

EARNINGS LIFT

European equity markets rose in early trading, led by mining stocks as investors hoped for more accommodative monetary policy from China following benign inflation data, and after U.S. firm Alcoa posted solid earnings.

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 index <.fteu3> of top European shares was up 0.5 percent at 1,170.30 points. London's FTSE 100 <.ftse>, Paris's CAC-40 <.fchi> and Frankfurt's DAX <.gdaxi> all opened as much as 0.7 percent higher.

U.S. stock futures were also firmer, suggesting a firm Wall Street open. <.l><.eu><.n/>

Earlier, the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan <.miapj0000pus> rose 1 percent, led by Australian shares <.axjo> which gained 1.4 percent on rises in blue chip financials and miners.

China's annual consumer inflation cooled in March as food prices eased from nine-month highs and producer price deflation deepened, data showed on Tuesday, leaving policymakers room to keep monetary conditions easy and nurture a nascent recovery.

Alcoa Inc , the largest U.S. aluminum producer, kicked off U.S. earnings on Monday, reporting an increase in quarterly profit and easing concerns about corporate results in the first three months of 2013.

U.S. crude futures rose 0.2 percent to $93.54 a barrel and Brent rose 0.15 percent to $104.83.

Crude oil prices have seen some support from tensions on the Korean peninsula after words from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about the prospect for war with the south.

(Additional reporting by Chikako Mogi. Editing by David Stamp)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/yen-still-focus-u-earnings-seen-aiding-asian-001647531--finance.html

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Lindsay Lohan Calls Upcoming Rehab Stint 'A Blessing'

Actress has awkward exchange with David Letterman about her sobriety.
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Lindsay Lohan arrives at "The Late Show with David Letterman" Tuesday
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Sexting congressman Weiner weighing a run for NYC mayor

Anthony Weiner in 2011 (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Anthony Weiner, the former congressman who was forced out of office after he was busted sexting with women who were not his wife, says he?s considering a run for New York City mayor this year.

In an interview with the New York Times magazine, Weiner, who resigned under pressure in 2011, says he wants a ?second chance? from voters and calls the upcoming mayoral race a case of ?now or maybe never for me.?

?I don?t have this burning, overriding desire to go out and run for office,? Weiner tells the Times in an interview posted online early Wednesday. ?It?s not the single animating force in my life as it was for quite some time. But I do recognize, to some degree, it?s now or maybe never for me, in terms of running for something. I?m trying to gauge not only what?s right and what feels comfortable right this second, but I?m also thinking, How will I feel in a year or two years or five years? Is this the time that I should be doing it? And then there?s the other side of the coin, which is . . . am I still the same person who I thought would make a good mayor??

Weiner added, ?Also, I want to ask people to give me a second chance. I do want to have that conversation with people whom I let down and with people who put their faith in me and who wanted to support me. I think to some degree I do want to say to them, ?Give me another chance.??

But Weiner?s interview?his first major sitdown since being ousted from office two years ago?seems to contradict his claim that he doesn?t have a ?burning desire? to run for public office. It comes just weeks after word that he?d spent $100,000 polling New York City voters about whether they would accept him again. And in a sign of how serious he is, the Times article also includes comments from Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who married Weiner in 2010 who is not known for readily talking to reporters.

In the interview, Abedin recalls when her husband first told her of the brewing scandal, in which he was busted for sending lewd photos of himself to women he met on the Internet.

?Anthony said, ?I have something to tell you. I can?t lie to you anymore. It?s true. It?s me. The picture is me. I sent it. Yes, these stories about the other women are true.? And it was every emotion that one would imagine: rage and anger and shock. But more than anything else, in the immediate, it was disbelief,? Abedin tells the Times. ?The thing that I consciously remember saying over and over and over again is: ?I don?t understand. What is going on? What?s happening to our lives???

Two days after her husband held a press conference to admit the stories about his sexting were true, Abedin was on a plane to Abu Dhabi with Clinton when she says she broke down sobbing. Asked about whether Clinton--who stood by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, after he admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a former White House intern?offered her advice, Abedin suggests she did, but declines to say exactly what.

?We?ve had a lot of personal conversations, none of which I feel comfortable talking about. But what I will say about her, and for that matter her entire family, the unconditional love and support they have given me has been a real gift,? Abedin says. ?And I think she would be O.K. with me saying this, because I know she has said this before: at the end of the day, at the very least, every woman should have the ability and the confidence and the choice to make whatever decisions she wants to make that are right for her and not be judged by it.?

Abedin says she?s forgiven her husband, and both she and Weiner took great lengths to emphasize that after much counseling, he?s a changed man?more focused on their marriage and raising their 15-month-old son, Jordan.

Weiner says he has no timeline for when he?ll make a final decision about his possible mayoral bid. But he?d enter the race as a financial frontrunner, thanks to more than $4 million he raised for a possible mayoral bid back in 2009.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/anthony-weiner-weighing-run-nyc-mayor-111242379--election.html

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FeedsAPI Turns Truncated RSS Feeds into Full-Text, Delivers them to You Instantly

Truncated feeds can be a bummer, especially if you really enjoy reading your favorite blogs via RSS. FeedsAPI is a service that will take any truncated RSS feed, expand it to a full-text feed, and then deliver the resulting stories directly to your inbox, or to your preferred news reader. Best of all, it does this in real-time, so you don't have to wait hours for stories to process.

The video above shows you how the service works. Once you're signed up, you'll get an access key that you can use to add and expand any feed you want to your profile. Just give the service the feed URL you want expanded or added to your collection, your access key, and some details about how you'd like FeedsAPI to handle links in the text. From there, the service will do the rest of the work.

By default, every time a story is published, FeedsAPI will expand it and email the full text to you. That's fine for a few feeds, but once you get into dozens or more, it can overwhelm an inbox, so we'd suggest either setting up a different email address for feed reading or using a Gmail filter to pipe the articles over to a label or set of labels just for the news (and to keep your inbox organized). Alternatively, FeedsAPI can export your subscriptions as XML or RSS to be imported into whatever feedreading tool you prefer to use, whether you're rolling your own or a hosted alternative.

I've been playing with FeedsAPI for a while now, and while it works like a charm, it's definitely aimed at organizations that want to aggregate content for their own apps, or developers looking to build their own platform around it. That said, it still works for individuals who just want a better way to read and organize their feeds. You can try the service for free to see if it fits your needs. To continue using it you'll have to pony up either $54/yr ($4.50/mo) or $9/month if you don't want to pay for a year up front, which is a bit of a sour note. You can check out FeedAPI's pricing plans here.

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Swim In this Chlorine-Free Swiss Pool With 1999 of Your Closest Friends

Does the good weather have you hankering for a swim? In that case, check out the Naturbad Riehen, an "outdoor bathing lake" in Riehen Switzerland, and although it won't be open for another year or so, it looks utterly sublime. More »

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Rick Ross' 'U.O.E.N.O.' Lyric Is 'Just Hip-Hop,' Meek Mill Says

Meek compares his mentor's 'rape lyric' controversy to a Notorious B.I.G. line during D.C. radio interview.
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Margaret Thatcher: Her portrayals in pop culture

Margaret Thatcher, like other politicians before and after her, has appeared often in movies, TV shows and stage productions. Everyone from Meryl Streep (who received an Oscar for her performance) to Monty Python comedian Michael Palin has portrayed the 'Iron Lady.'

By Saba Hamedy / April 8, 2013

Margaret Thatcher was Britain's first female prime minister.

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As the legacy of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who passed away at age 87 on Monday, is honored, Thatcher is also remembered in everything from songs to films. Like many symbolic historical figures, the pop culture renditions are a mix of positive and negative.

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Here?s a list of some of the most notable:

"Saturday Night Live": The NBC comedy show ?Saturday Night Live? poked fun at Thatcher following her election in 1979. Guest host Michael Palin, known for his role in Monty Python films, played her in one skit on Weekend Update, donning a wig to imitate her voluptuous hair.

James Bond: In the closing scene of the 1981 Bond film "For Your Eyes Only," actress Janet Brown has a cameo as Thatcher. During the closing scene, Brown speaks with James Bond, portrayed by Roger Moore, on the phone and congratulates him on a successful mission. When he asks her to "give us a kiss," she responds with, ?Oh, really, Mr. Bond."

"House of Cards": Long before Netflix created a US version, the UK had its own political drama with the same title. Released in 1990 on the BBC, the four-part series took place as Thatcher has just left office. However, she is not portrayed onscreen.

"The Iron Lady": The most recent onscreen portrayal of Thatcher in 2011 had mixed reviews. While Hollywood favorite Meryl Streep won the Academy Award for the film in 2011 for what The Guardian called a ?note-perfect performance,? the film was still criticized for focusing on Thatcher?s personal life rather than her politics. In The New York Times, film critic A.O. Scott argued that those entering the film with strong stances on Thatcher ? either good or bad ? will leave more confused. ?Though the film pays lip service to Mrs. Thatcher?s analytic intelligence and tactical shrewdness, its focus is on the drama and pathos of her personal life,? Scott wrote in a statement issued on Monday, Streep herself gave her respects to the Thatcher family. ?To me she was a figure of awe for her personal strength and grit??I was honored to try to imagine her late life journey, after power; but I have only a glancing understanding of what her many struggles were, and how she managed to sail through to the other side," Streep said.

"The Audience": Playwright Peter Morgan is behind a play called ?The Audience,? in which Queen Elizabeth II, played by Helen Mirren, meets with 12 different historic prime ministers, including Thatcher, played by actress Haydn Gwynne. According to the show?s Facebook page, representatives for the production said the April 8 performance ?will go ahead as scheduled? at London?s Gielgud Theatre. However, ?as a mark of respect,? Morgan will give a short speech prior to the start.

Saba Hamedy is a Monitor contributor.

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