Web promotion - TUI bids $2bn for CP Ships Economic Times - 3 hours

Web promotion - TUI bids $2bn for CP Ships Economic Times - 3 hours

TUI bids $2bn for CP Ships
Economic Times - 3 hours ago BERLIN: German travel operator TUI said on Sunday it had made a $2bn cash offer for Canadian container shipping company CP Ships and would launch a rights issue of about $1.2bn to help fund the purchase. TUI

Israel Plans to Clear Last of 21 Gaza Strip Settlements Today
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli forces plan to evacuate the last of 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip today before turning to dismantle four outposts on the West Bank. Israeli soldiers and police will start

Leaders in Iraq Report Progress on Constitution
New York Times - 4 hours ago BAGHDAD, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 22 - Iraqi leaders moved to the brink of agreement on a new constitution on Sunday, solving several contentious issues but still struggling with the potentially explosive questions

'Virgin' seduces moviegoers in North America
Reuters - 11 hours ago By Dean Goodman. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Female moviegoers fell for the charm of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," propelling the comedy to the top of the North American box office in its first weekend of release, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

Widow 'encouraged' by Vioxx case
BBC News - 1 hour ago A woman whose husband died after taking the painkiller Vioxx has spoken of her hopes she can sue the drug's manufacturers in an American court. Maureen Watt, from Caerphilly, is one hundreds in the UK planning

US, S.Korea hold military drills ahead of nuclear talks
Reuters - 27 minutes ago SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea on Monday began annual war games that North Korea calls a show of force aimed at making Pyongyang cave in to US demands that it dismantle its nuclear weapons programs.