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Italian tax police seize assets of steel magnate Riva

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

BARI, Italy (Reuters) - Italy's tax police have seized assets worth 8.1 billion euros belonging to the Riva family, owners of the Italian steel group ILVA, in connection with allegations of environmental crimes, investigative sources said on Friday. The order to seize the assets was is...

U.S. tornado insured losses estimated at $2 billion-$5 billion

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

(Reuters) - Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused between $2 billion to $5 billion of insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said late Thursday. At the high end of the range, the tornado outbreak may rank as the second-worst ever in terms of insured...

BA jet makes emergency landing after engine fire

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

By Rhys Jones and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - A British Airways plane with 80 people on board made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after the right engine burst into flames shortly after take-off and the casing ripped away from the left. ...

Tornado insured losses estimated at $2 billion-$5 billion

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

(Reuters) - Tornadoes that struck the United States from May 18 to May 20 caused anywhere from $2 billion to $5 billion in insured losses, disaster modeling company Eqecat said. The firm said most of the losses were attributed to the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, last Monday.

Tornado insured losses estimated at $2-$5 billion: modeling firm

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

Market turbulence poses first serious test for Abenomics

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

By William Mallard TOKYO (Reuters) - This week's turbulence in Tokyo markets exposes a key risk of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's all-in strategy to revive Japan's economy - if investor confidence falters, the government and the Bank of Japan may be left with few options to turn t...

Magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes Russian Far East

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Russia's eastern coast on Friday, briefly prompting a tsunami scare but causing no casualties or substantial damage, Russian emergency authorities said. The epicentre of the quake was located at a depth of 385 miles in the Sea of...

Russia lifts tsunami warning on Russia's Sakhalin, Kurile islands

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian emergency authorities lifted a tsunami warning on Friday several minutes after they announced one, following an earthquake in the Sea of Okhotsk off Russia's eastern coast. The main city of Kamchatka is home to a nuclear submarine base and Russia's larges...

Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Northern California

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Northern California on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was 6 miles northwest of the town of Greenville, and near the smaller community of Canyondam, the USGS said. There were n...

Magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes Russian Far East off Kamchatka

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Russia'a Far East in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was located 244 miles west north west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy at a depth of 385 miles, the ...