Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:30:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A woman pulls a child on a sleigh near a vehicle in Bucharest January 26, 2012. Romania has drafted in the army to rescue hundreds of travellers stranded by blizzards that dumped up to a metre of snow in 24 hours, derailing a train and forcing authorities to shut down motorways and ports and cancel flights. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (ROMANIA - Tags: TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT)
A stray dog sleeps on a snow-covered street in Bucharest January ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:30:01 +0100 (Reuters) - A stray dog sleeps on a snow-covered street in Bucharest January 26, 2012. Heavy snow and blizzards have swept across Romania over the past two days, not only causing chaotic traffic, blocking motorways and leaving hundreds stranded in snow, but also forcing the closure of the country's main Black Sea port.
REUTERS/Radu Sigheti (ROMANIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS)
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:30:17 +0100 Apple shares soared on Wednesday following blockbuster quarterly earnings and the California gadget-maker leapfrogged over ExxonMobil to become the largest US company in terms of market value. (Source: AFP)
Philippine Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares reads documents ...
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:40:01 +0100 (AP) - Philippine Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares reads documents as she takes the stand as witness for the prosecution during an impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona (not pictured) on the sixth day of the trial at the Philippine Senate in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. The Philippines' first impeachment trial of a Supreme Court justice started on Jan. 16, in a major battle of President Benigno Aquino III's anti-corruption campaign targeting his detained predecessor and her allies. Corona was impeached by the House of Representatives in December on corruption allegations as well as accusations that he tried to block prosecution of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who has been detained on vote-rigging charges. (AP Photo/Ted Aljibe, Pool)
Facebook to stop honoring trades in shares for 3 days: source
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:20:09 +0100 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook, the social networking company poised to go public this year, will not honor trades of its shares in the secondary markets for a three-day period beginning on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. Lawyers representing Facebook sent a letter last week to at least one of the special markets where private company shares are traded informing them of the move, the source said. The letter, from the law firm Fenwick & West, did not provide a reason for temporarily halting private transactions of Facebook shares. ... (Source: Reuters)
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