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‘Jitters’ from Europe

“A change in leadership brings uncertainty because you don’t know exactly what you’re getting into,” said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer’s Investment Research.

“It won’t be a be-all end-all sell signal, but new leadership in France could cause investor jitters that reverberate throughout global financial markets,” said Detrick.

Hollande campaigned on the need to focus more on economic growth to reduce public debt, as opposed to austerity, which has been the main policy prescription for the three year-old European debt crisis.

While it remains to be seen to what extent Hollande will push his growth agenda, his countering approach causes concerns about how he might work with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the key proponent of austerity.

Even so, many economists and market strategists say Hollande is likely to pursue policies that maintain fiscal discipline and will also make efforts to keep good relations with Germany.

While there could be some “initial friction with Merkel,” Hollande will eventually form his own bond with the German leader, said Antonio Barroso, an analyst at political research firm Eurasia Group.

“Hollande is very pragmatic.” said Barroso. “He knows that Germany is his most important partner. They will have to agree on a solution for the crisis.”

 

Socialist Hollande in, Sarkozy out, as France elects a new president

In a victory speech to supporters in Tulle, Hollande declared his win “a great date for our country, and a new start for Europe.” The Socialist challenger promised to govern for all of France.

“Many people have been waiting for this moment for many long years. Others, younger, have never known such a time. … I am proud to be capable to bring about hope again,” he told the cheering crowd.

“Tonight, there are not two Frances. … There is only one France, only one nation that is united with the same destiny,” Hollande said.

The president-elect, who will be the nation’s first left-wing president since Francois Mitterrand left office in 1995, suggested there was a sense of relief in many European countries because of his win.

“Austerity can no longer be something that is inevitable,” he said.

Later, Hollande went to Paris, where he addressed a large crowd at the Bastille. Supporters waved flags and shouted his name.

“I know what many people feel — years and years of wounds, of ruptures, and we have to repair, recover, unite. That is what we’re going to do together,” he vowed.

Hollande congratulated Sarkozy, who earlier conceded to Hollande as results from exit polls and official tallies in the runoff election came in.

Entertainment News – 3/26/12

Mary Mary’s (sisters Tina and Erica) new reality show debuts on the WE Network next week. Thursday March 29th is the debut of their show called Mary Mary. The show will feature the gospel stars as they juggle their careers and their ever growing families. The ladies have a new song out called Go Get It, which is the title track to their new album due out in May. Congrats to Tina Campbell from the duo. She is expecting her fifth child. Tina’s sister Erica gave birth to a baby girl a few weeks ago.

In more gospel news, BET is gearing up for the fifth season of Sunday Best. Joining Yolanda Adams and Donnie McClurkin at the judges table will be CeCe Winans. Winans is replacing Mary Mary

A Detroit business deal has gone belly up for Singer Keith Sweat. Sweat has some real estate in the motor city, but the homes went into foreclosure. The banks took the homes saying he defaulted on the loan, and now he still has to pay $250,000.

 

Get ready for more Rapper/Actor T.I. on TV. His reality show, The Family Hustle on VH1 with his wife Tiny, has been renewed for another season. Plus, he has signed on for the Showtime series The Boss with Kelsey Grammer and Sanaa Lathan.

Braxton Family Values has been renewed for another season. Yes! It’s the further adventures of Toni and her sisters. Plus the breakout star Tamar is getting her own spinoff with her husband Vince.

Katie Couric’s new daytime talk show debuts September 10th.

Niecy Nash is getting a reality show based around her family life. The show, Leave It To Niecy, debuts Sunday at 10pm on the TLC network.

Mike Tyson…. the entertainer?

 The former boxer is putting together a Las Vegas show, and he hopes to take it to Broadway.

It’s another baby for Real Housewives Of Atlanta Star Kim Zolciak. Zolciak is four months pregnant. Nine months ago, she gave birth to a baby boy. This is her second child with Football Star Kroy Biermann.

Tiger Woods’ former Swing Coach Hank Haney is writing a book about his days with the golf great. Before infidelity destroyed his marriage and image, Tiger Woods was on top of the world. Now those who were closest to him are making money off of his life. In the book, Haney talks about Woods ex-wife Elin Nordegren. He claims she wasn’t allowed to smile on the golf course when Tiger won, and that Tiger wouldn’t let her be openly affectionate in public. So what was the reason for the no smiling? Haney says Woods told her you don’t have to smile and be happy for a win because he is supposed to win; that’s their way of life.

 

So what did you think of week one of Dancing With The Stars?

 Empress Of Soul Gladys Knight surprised everyone with her fancy footwork. Other standouts included Actor Jaleel White (Urkel) and Disney Star Rashon Fagan. Sherri Shepherd of The View also did her thing.

Former Basketball Star Shaquille O’Neal is getting a reputation as a heartbreaker. O’Neal recently dumped longtime girlfriend Nikki “Hoopz” Alexander. Hoopz became famous as the first season winner of the VH1 reality show Flavor Of Love with Flavor Flav. Since winning the show, she had gained quite a reputation. Then she hooked up with Shaq, and they appeared to be in love. Despite her past, he was very open about their relationship. Well, Shaq recently turned 40, and he showed up to his party with a new woman. What happened to Hoopz? Apparently, he had his security detail put her out of his home. He felt it was time move on with another woman. What will Hoopz do now? She was hoping to marry Shaq. Maybe Basketball Wives will contact her…oops…uh oh…. that won’t happen! Shaq’s ex-wife Shaunie O’Neal is the producer of that show. This world is too small!

In the next few weeks, you are going to see Will Smith everywhere.

 He’s hosting The Kids Choice Awards on Nickelodeon on the 31st. His new Men In Black movie is opening in theatres Memorial Day weekend. The past few weeks have been rough for Will and his wife Actress Jada Pinkett Smith. The tabloids have been running wild with stories of marital strife, but the two appeared at a recent 76ers’ basketball game kissing, hugging and spending family time with their children.

 

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Former Janitor Buys Factory And Saves Jobs

Tony Lee, a former janitor for Ring Masters, a company that makes engine rings in Massillon, Ohio, bought the factory he was working in after it cut several workers and turned the company into a profitable business.

Lee studied business on his own and raised $25,000 to buy the factory after taking out a second mortgage on his house.

Today Ring Masters has over $4 million in annual sales.

For Tony, this was just one more obstacle to overcome. After taking a second mortgage on his house, selling his motorcycle and literally scrounging for loose change, Tony had the money and was in on the deal. Actually he was “all in;” failure was not an option for Tony.

Now, 9 years later, Ring Masters is a thriving business with over $4 million in annual sales. From 15 workers at the start, the company now has over 20 employees, a growing list of clients and plans for further expansion.

Tony says he’s recouped his $25,000 investment “several times over” and is now a co-owner of a growing business. For anyone who’s ever thought ‘I can run the company better than my boss’, Tony Lee is an inspiration. And he’s still inspiring his co-workers and employees by working side-by-side with them on the factory floor. Tony says he “leads by example” and would never ask an employee to do a job he wasn’t willing to do.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS – 3/20/12

Tamar Braxton is getting ready for her new reality show with her husband Vince. Tamar was the breakout star of the Braxton Family Values show, and now she is getting her own spinoff, which will show her as a successful wife. She is also embarking on her solo career. She just signed a deal with a record label for her own album. Tamar’s husband Vince is a very successful producer. He is the force behind Lady Gaga.

Idol Winner Ruben Studdard is back with a new album called Letters From Birmingham. The first single, June 28th I’m Single, is causing quite a stir. Is there a message in the music? Studdard is no longer with his wife of three years Surata Zuri McCants. Studdard wants a family, but she didn’t want any more kids. This has been a tough time for Studdard. He is working out his tax troubles and is trying to lose the weight he regained. Yes! He lost weight and gained it back. He blames it on eating out and stress. Studdard says he is losing weight and happily single.

Lionel Richie is coming to TV. Richie will be one of the hosts of ABC’s new reality singing show Duets. Richie will star along with American Idol Winner Kelly Clarkson and Singer Robin Thicke. They will be traveling across the country looking for undiscovered talent. The show debuts this summer. This summer is going to be exciting for Richie. He is also being inducted into the Apollo Theatre Hall Of Fame. The late Etta James will also be inducted with Richie. They are in good company with previous Inductees Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson and Patti LaBelle

Football Star Deion Sanders is teaming up with Producer Tracey Edmonds for a new reality show. Sanders is building a charter school, and he wants to show his life as a single dad. Sanders wants to be known for the good that he is doing and not the nasty divorce he is going through with his current wife Pilar. Pilar has accused Tracey Edmonds, the former wife of Babyface and former fiancée of Eddie Murphy, of having an affair with Sanders.

Fresh from the Broadway stage, Angela Bassett is set to return to TV. Bassett will be one of the stars one of a new spy drama on FOX. Bassett was last on TV in the final season of ER in 208-2009.

The Steve Harvey talk show will be filmed in Chicago. The show debuts in the fall. Alex Duda will be the executive producer. He formerly worked on The Tyra Banks Show, the Style network show Jerseylicious and its spinoff Glam Fairy.

It’s official! Halle Berry is getting married for a third time. Is the third the charm after failed marriages to Baseball’s David Justice and Singer Eric Benet? Berry is engaged to Actor Oliver Martinez. Her previous mates have all cheated on her. Let’s hope Martinez will stay faithful. Berry’s baby daddy Gabriel Aubry thinks the marriage is a ploy to get Martinez to adopt his daughter.

Usher says he will not pay his ex-wife’s lawyers’ fees. Usher is involved in a nasty custody battle with his ex-wife Tameka Foster. He has already paid $25,000 for her lawyers’ fees, and now she is looking for an additional $50,000. Usher says no way because enough is enough. Usher has had trouble with this woman from day one, but now the future of their two children is at stake.

The wedding is on for Football’s Chad Ochocinco and Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada. Their reality show for VH1 is getting them a lot of money: $300,000 each for two months’ work.

Roland is back! Roland Martin returns to CNN after a long suspension following tweets he made during the Superbowl that were called homophobic. The GLADD organization came down hard on him, but they have since met and had discussions. The CNN network subsequently suspended him for his remarks, but now his suspension has been lifted. Martin is known for his candid off the cuff remarks, and we will see a lot of him during the political season.

We remember Singer Jimmy Ellis. Ellis was the lead singer of the group The Trammps. It’s Ellis’ voice on their hits Love Epidemic, Where Do We Go From Here, The Night The Lights Went Out In New York City and their smash Disco Inferno. Ellis was 74-years old, and died after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He leaves behind a wife and two children.

Raven-Symoné is headed to Broadway. Raven best known for her Disney hit That’s So Raven and for getting her start on The Cosby Show. Raven is joining the cast of Sister Act staring in the lead role. She takes over on March 27th. Raven started on Broadway with The Boys Choir Of Harlem at the age of five.

In more Broadway news, Blair Underwood makes his debut on the Great White Way in A Street Car Named Desire beginning April 3rd. The cast also includes Nicole Ari Parker, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Wood Harris.

 

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Vladimir Putin assassination plot: Chechen rebel Adam Osmayev captured

The Russian security services have previously claimed that Osmayev was ‘a graduate of a prestigious institution of higher learning in Great Britain’, and is from a prominent Chechen family opposed to Putin.

Shown on Russian state-run TV with his hands bandaged and wounds on his face, Osmayev has been on Russia’s wanted list for a number of years.

He is believed to have lived ‘for many years’ in London, which, if true, will inflame Russian concerns that Britain is a safe haven for alleged Islamic extremist terrorist suspects from Chechnya.

The arrests of two suspects was made by the Ukrainian special services anti-terrorist unit Alfa after an accidental explosion early last month in an Odessa apartment which killed a third alleged terrorist, Ruslan Madayev.

The revelation comes in the final week of campaigning for Sunday’s presidential election which Putin is virtually certain to win convincingly despite recent opposition street protests against his authoritarian rule.

Osmayev, believed to be 30, and fellow gang members were on a mission ordered by Chechnya’s most wanted rebel leader Doku Umarov, it was claimed.

In January last year, Umarov targeted passengers emerging from British flights at a Moscow airport. A total of 37 died and 180 were injured.

His goal is an Islamic state based on Chechnya and run under Sharia law in the tinderbox Caucasus region.

The alleged plotters, all ethnic Chechens, came to Ukraine from the United Arab Emirates via Turkey with ‘clear instructions from representatives of Doku Umarov’, it was claimed.

On Osmayev’s laptop was found hidden camera footage of Putin’s motorcade in Moscow, and it is believed this was to be the target of the assassination bid.

Determined: The demonstrators want to keep up the pressure on Putin as he prepares to extend his rule for six more years

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Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer-winning journalist, dies in Syria

Anthony Shadid, a newspaper correspondent whose dispatches for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Associated Press covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict and turmoil, died, apparently of an asthma attack, on Thursday while on a reporting assignment in eastern Syria.

Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. Shadid, carried his body across the border to Turkey.

Mr. Shadid, 43, had been reporting inside Syria for a week, gathering information on the Free Syrian Army and other armed elements of the resistance to the government of President Bashar Assad.

The Syrian government, which tightly controls foreign journalists’ activities in the country, had not been informed of his assignment by The Times.

The exact circumstances of Mr. Shadid’s death and his precise location inside Syria when it happened were not immediately clear.

But Hicks said that Mr. Shadid, who had asthma and had carried medication with him, began to show symptoms as both were preparing to leave Syria on Thursday, and the symptoms escalated into what became a fatal attack.

Hicks said he administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation for 30 minutes but was unable to revive Mr. Shadid.

Hicks telephoned his editors at The Times, and a few hours later he was able to take Mr. Shadid’s body into Turkey.

 

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Whitney Houston

Houston leaves behind a family torn apart with a lot of bickering and finger pointing. Who could have saved Whitney Houston? Her last days were crazy, and the end result: she’s dead at the age of 48. A lot of criticism and blame has been aimed at her ex-husband Bobby Brown. Brown, who has battled his own demons, cannot be blamed for her demise. They had a tumultuous relationship and marriage from 1992-2007. They had a daughter Bobbi Kris. The split wasn’t pleasant, and they both moved on with their lives. Their relationship was well chronicled in the reality show Being Bobby Brown. Brown is devastated. Over the past year, he has lost both his parents and now his ex-wife. He is going to have to be strong for his daughter, who needs him right now. Brown is currently on tour with New Edition. Look for the leeches to come out of the woodwork to sell their stories about Houston. Those around her have a lot to say, but who could have stepped in to really help her? A lot of people who were close to her are feeling guilty, and wondering what they could have done to really help Whitney Houston. One of the greatest voices ever: she may be gone, but she’ll never be forgotten.

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Coast Guard told captain: go back aboard

Do you hear me? the Coast Guard officer shouted as the captain of the grounded. Costa Concordia sat safe in a life raft and frantic passengers struggled to escape after the ship rammed into a reef off the Tuscan coast. The dramatic recording made public Tuesday shows Capt. Francesco Schettino resisted orders to return to his ship to direct the evacuation, saying it was too dark and the ship was tipping perilously. The exchange came to light as the death toll nearly doubled to 11 after divers pulled the bodies of four men and a woman, all wearing life vests, from the wreckage. The Costa Concordia had more than 4,200 passengers and crew on board when it slammed into the reef Friday off the tiny island of Giglio after Schettino made an unauthorized maneuver from the ship’s programmed course — apparently to show off the luxury liner to the island’s residents. [...] the recording of his conversation with Italian Coast Guard Capt. Gregorio De Falco makes clear he fled before all passengers were off — and then defied De Falco’s repeated orders to go back. The audio, first made available on the website of the Corriere della Sera newspaper and authenticated by the Coast Guard, was broadcast throughout the day on Italian television to a stunned nation. The five bodies discovered Tuesday were adults in their 50s or 60s, each wearing the orange vests that passengers use, indicating they were not crew members, said a Coast Guard spokesman, Cmdr. Filippo Marini. Navy spokesman Alessandro Busonero told Sky TV 24 the holes would help divers enter the wreck more easily. Mediterranean waters in the area were relatively calm Tuesday with waves just a foot high, but they were expected to reach nearly 6 feet (1.8 meters) Wednesday, according to meteorological forecasts. The safe removal of the fuel has become a priority second only to finding the missing, as the wreckage site lies in a maritime sanctuary for dolphins, porpoises and whales. Smit’s operations manager, Kees van Essen, said the company was confident the fuel could safely be extracted using pumps and valves to vacuum the oil out to waiting tanks.

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Something is not right with this Captain, something smells funny. Was he paid a large amount of money to do this and walk away, like a mafia hit. Or was he drinking or drugs on the job and didn’t give a damn. Or is he a heartless SOB and everyone for themselves so to speak. He should definitely be held accountable for all those innocent lives, that thought they where traveling in safety, and security.

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