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...takeover, is itself about to be taken over - and neither of its two main suitors is British. Deutsche Börse, operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange, has proposed a $2.41 billion bid to buy the L.S.E. And Euronext - an upstart rival that runs the Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon bourses - is drawing up a counteroffer. Both parties met last week with L.S.E. chief Clara Furse, who is expected to make a decision with her board as early as this week. The anticipated sale has ruffled feathers on both sides of the Channel. A similar bid by Deutsche...
...attempt to derail his election by attacking Israel. "There is a real sense that this is a moment of opportunity," says a senior U.S. official. "But everyone realizes that it might not last forever." - By Romesh Ratnesar and Jamil Hamad Long Road to Justice PORTUGAL The trial opened in Lisbon of seven people charged in relation to an alleged child sex ring in state-run children's homes. Revelations by a whistleblower in September 2002 outraged the nation when it emerged that reports of abuse spanning decades were ignored by authorities. Fair Play ZIMBABWE The England cricket team arrived...
...paid homage to the choreographer by opening and closing his Oscar-winning film Talk to Her with two Bausch performances. The Istanbul show is the latest in a series of pieces inspired by geographic locations that has seen Bausch and her colorful dance company Tanztheater Wuppertal visit Hong Kong, Lisbon and Los Angeles. A co-production of the Istanbul Theater Festival, Nefes is a three-hour show based on three weeks that Bausch and her 30 dancers spent in Istanbul, roaming the city's markets, back streets and waterfronts. Dressed typically in a classic black trouser suit, hair pulled back...
...iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder There's an old saying in Portugal: "Porto works, Lisbon plays and Braga prays." The largest city in the northwest Minho province, Braga is the religious center of the country, with more than 300 churches in and around the city - about one for every 600 people. One must-see church is the Sé cathedral; a 12th century masterpiece that...
...meant to prepare his lectures during the summer months, the opening of the College year found the Professor no further than the voyages of Columbus. Says he, "I kept just ahead of the class that year." From that time on the brainchild grew steadily. After a trip to Lisbon had established conclusively that Portuguese claims to prior discovery of the Americas had no basis in fact, Columbus' biographer set to work. "My profession is history; my avocation is sailing. I combined them." On more than four occasions since 1937, and with kindred spirits of the Harvard Columbus Expedition, Morison went...