By Alessandra Migliaccio
(Updates with closing share price.)
July 19 (Bloomberg) — Edison SpA’s shareholders may seek an Italian chairman with veto power as part of an agreement to cede control of the company to Electricite de France SA, said two people with knowledge of the talks.
The concession could help assuage government concerns that a [...]

* Investors snap up dollar, euro vs won on stop losses
* Slides in peso, rupiah prompt intervention
By Kevin Yao
 
SINGAPORE – The South Korean won tumbled to its lowest in seven months on Thursday as investors scrambled to buy dollars to cut losses, leading other Asian currencies lower amid nagging worries over the euro [...]

LOS ANGELES – The on-again, off-again affair of British actors Jude Law and Sienna Miller is off Fake Watches, again.
Law’s spokesman on Wednesday confirmed reports that the couple had broken up, but declined any further comment.
The pair famously met on the set of 2004 movie "Alfie" and began dating. They became engaged, but were never [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Angel Capili Jr., the suspect in the murder of Charice’s father Ricky Pempengco, underwent inquest proceedings at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in San Pedro, Laguna on Friday morning.
Capili, who confessed that he stabbed Pempengco at Barangay Laram last October 31, is now facing murder charges.
Charice, her mother Raquel and younger brother were [...]

MANILA, Philippines – Azkals heartthrob Phil Younghusband has admitted that he misses actress Angel Locsin now that they are miles apart.
In an interview with ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau, Younghusband said: “Yes, I do miss Angel.”
He revealed that he always grabs the opportunity to get in touch with the actress whenever he has free time.
“It’s important [...]

The Dancing With the Stars cast has been revealed for Season 13! The twelve celebrities who will be competing in this seasons line-up for the mirrored ball are:
David Arquette, Chaz Bono Fake Watches, and Nancy Grace are among the big-name celebrities who will compete for the coveted mirror ball trophy on the new season of [...]

New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Ankit Varma pores over his worn out, slightly yellowed diary, tracks his own smudged handwriting for a number and thumbs in the digits on his wired landline.

For those glued to the cellphone – and, mind you, there are over 850 million such connections in India already — it’s hard [...]