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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Morning Digest: Apple to get Beats, music mogul Iovine for $3 billion

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05/29/2014

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Apple to get Beats, music mogul Iovine for $3 billion

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc will buy Beats for about $3 billion and bring recording mogul Jimmy Iovine into its ranks, hoping to win points with the music industry and help it catch up in fast-growing music streaming..

Egypt's Sisi wins presidential election with more than 90 percent of vote

CAIRO (Reuters) - Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt's first freely elected leader, took more than 90 percent of the vote in a presidential election, provisional results showed on Thursday, joining a long line of leaders drawn from the military..

Asian shares at one-year high, bonds fly high on ECB hopes

LONDON (Reuters) - Global shares flirted with an all-time peak on Thursday while the euro touched its weakest in more than two months on bets the European Central Bank would unveil new stimulus measures next week..

Prankster hits Brad Pitt in the face at "Maleficent" premiere

(Reuters) - An infamous red carpet prankster struck actor Brad Pitt in the face as he signed autographs at the Hollywood premiere of a film starring his partner Angelina Jolie on Wednesday, police said..

Pacers cool Heat to stave off playoff elimination

(Reuters) - The Indiana Pacers, with Paul George spectacularly leading the way, staved off playoff elimination with a pulsating 93-90 victory over the NBA champion Miami Heat in Game Five of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday..

Iranian hackers use fake Facebook accounts to spy on U.S., others

BOSTON (Reuters) - In an unprecedented, three-year cyber espionage campaign, Iranian hackers created false social networking accounts and a fake news website to spy on military and political leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries, a cyber intelligence firm said on Thursday..

Multinational crew blasts off, arrives at space station

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. (Reuters) - Leaving politics behind, a veteran Russian cosmonaut and a pair of rookie astronauts from the United States and Germany blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station..

Anonymous donor leaves San Francisco fans searching for hidden cash

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Some San Francisco-area residents are flush with cash, thanks to an anonymous donor who has been hiding envelopes full of money in secret spots around the city..