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| Factbox: Winners of the 71st Golden Globe Awards Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 08:26 PM PST BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out the 71st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday for film and television. Following is a list of winners. ... Full Story | Top |
| '12 Years a Slave' wins Golden Globe for best drama film Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 08:05 PM PST BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - "12 Years a Slave" won the Golden Globe award on Sunday for the best dramatic film, the annual Hollywood award show's top prize. "12 Years a Slave," directed by British filmmaker Steve McQueen, is the true life story of a free black man who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in pre-Civil War America. The Golden Globes, handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were awarded at a star-studded dinner in Beverly Hills. (Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Sandra Maler) Full Story | Top |
| China's top drug distributor Sinopharm says ex-VP detained Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 07:54 PM PST Sinopharm Group Co Ltd, China's largest pharmaceutical distributor, said its former vice president has been detained as part of a probe into alleged corruption, the latest industry official to come under scrutiny. Shi Jinming was detained on Friday by Shanghai authorities, while Xu Yizhong, a former general manager of a wholly owned subsidiary, was also under investigation, Sinopharm said in a statement late on Sunday. Sinopharm said the case had no material impact on its operations and it had set up a special committee to examine and review its internal control system. The most high-profile investigation involved British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc, significantly denting the firm's China sales and spooking doctors more widely to reduce interaction with sales teams. Full Story | Top |
| 'American Hustle' wins Golden Globe for best comedy or musical film Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 07:47 PM PST BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - "American Hustle" won the Golden Globe award on Sunday for the best comedy or musical film, one of the top film prizes at the annual Hollywood award show. "American Hustle," directed by David O. Russell and starring Christian Bale and Amy Adams, tells the story of 1970s scam artists turned FBI informants who help the bureau ensnare politicians in a corruption sting. The Golden Globes, handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, were awarded at a star-studded dinner in Beverly Hills. (Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Sandra Maler) Full Story | Top |
| Volkswagen says it plans to invest $7 billion in North America Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 07:12 PM PST  By Edward Taylor and Laurence Frost DETROIT (Reuters) - Volkswagen AG said on Sunday it plans to make a sport utility vehicle tailored for the North American market and will invest $7 billion in the region as it seeks to increase sales. Europe's largest automaker reiterated its goal of selling 1 million Volkswagen and upscale Audi vehicles annually in the United States by 2018 as it launches more locally made cars. The company said the move was a sign of renewed commitment to the market after a sales decline by its core VW brand, which continues to achieve low U.S. quality scores. "The Volkswagen brand is and remains at the heart of our product strategy here," CEO Martin Winterkorn told reporters in Detroit on the eve of the North American Auto Show. Full Story | Top |
| Daimler CEO says building new U.S. factory 'an option' Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 07:02 PM PST  Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said the Germany-based auto maker may build another factory in North America as a way to ramp up global production capacity. "We are starting work on our next generation of compact cars, and as part of that discussion there is a discussion about additional plant capacity," Zetsche said on the sidelines of a Mercedes-Benz evening event in Detroit. "An additional plant in North America is one scenario," Zetsche said. Further expanding production capacity for compact cars at its factory in Tuscaloosa was not a likely scenario, Zetsche further said. Full Story | Top |
| Women lift 'American Hustle' at Golden Globe Awards Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 06:48 PM PST  By Mary Milliken BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Actresses Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence put 1970s corruption caper "American Hustle" at the front of the pack midway through Sunday's Golden Globes by winning top acting honors in Hollywood's kick-off to the awards season. Adams won best actress in a musical or comedy for her role as the conniving partner to a con-man played by Christian Bale, while Lawrence took best supporting actress for her turn as his loopy wife. The film directed David O. Russell is one of the frontrunners for the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards, an important but not entirely accurate barometer for the film industry's highest honors, the Academy Awards to be held on March 2. She starred in Russell's 2010 "The Fighter," while Lawrence won the best actress Oscar last year for his previous film, "Silver Linings Playbook." Jared Leto took the best supporting actor Globe for his role as Rayon, a transsexual with AIDS in the drama "Dallas Buyers Club." Director Spike Jonze won best screenplay for his quirky computer-age comedy "Her." "American Hustle" leads nominees with seven nods along with "12 Years a Slave," the brutal depiction of pre-Civil War slavery. Full Story | Top |
| Sexy performance meets 'green' ethic at Detroit auto show Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 06:33 PM PST  By Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - To look over the roster of racy new and future vehicles at the 2014 North American International Auto Show here, the initial impression is that U.S., European and Asian automakers want to turn back the clock to a time when performance and speed trumped concerns about energy and the environment. So-called green cars — electric vehicles, hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells — are being heavily overshadowed at the Detroit show by sports cars, in a broad spectrum of sizes, shapes and price segments, from Ford Motor Co's redesigned 2015 Mustang to Kia Motors' zippy GT4 Stinger concept. Speed sells," said Michael Tracy, principal at Michigan-based consultancy the Agile Group. "People don't talk about wanting to buy a Camaro because the base V6 gets great mileage." A HINT OF GREEN In fact, there is more than a hint of green lurking in even the sexiest sports cars at this year's Detroit auto show, which opens for media members this week. Full Story | Top |
| Asian shares mostly firmer, gold hits one-month high Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 06:15 PM PST  By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares and currencies were mostly firmer on Monday in the wake of surprisingly weak U.S. jobs numbers that revived speculation the Federal Reserve could keep policy loose for longer. Friday's soft report pulled down bond yields and the dollar, while lifting prices for gold and many commodities. Activity in Asia on Monday was curbed by a holiday in Japan. Full Story | Top |
| Restaurants reopen with bottled water after West Virginia spill Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 05:07 PM PST  By Ann Moore CHARLESTON, West Virginia (Reuters) - Restaurants and shops began reopening on Sunday in parts of West Virginia where the water supply was poisoned by a chemical spill, although up to 300,000 people spent a fourth day unable to use tap water for anything besides flushing toilets. State government officials, the utility company West Virginia American Water and the National Guard continued to test the water supply after as much as 7,500 gallons (28,000 liters) of an industrial chemical leaked into the Elk River on Thursday. It could still be several days before people in nine counties and Charleston, the state capital and largest city, can once again use the water from their faucets for drinking, cooking and bathing. Full Story | Top |
| Toyota sees future where others don't in fuel cell technology Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 04:50 PM PST Toyota Motor Corp , the global leader in hybrid vehicles, believes that hydrogen fuel cells are a "viable technology for the foreseeable future", the head of the Japanese automaker's North American operations said on Sunday. "I know some of the automotive world have been negative on fuel cell vehicles but other automakers as well as Toyota are moving forward with this technology," Jim Lentz said in a speech ahead of the annual North American International Auto Show. Toyota unveiled a fuel cell concept sedan at the Tokyo Motor Show in November. Full Story | Top |
| GM close to reintroducing common stock dividend, CFO says Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 04:42 PM PST  General Motors Co's chief financial officer said on Sunday that the U.S. automaker is close to reintroducing a common stock dividend, but he declined to provide any details on timing. "It's clear to us that investors are anticipating a dividend," Dan Ammann, who is set to become GM president on Thursday, said on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. When we have something to announce we'll do it." GM last paid a dividend on its common stock in May 2008. He said GM continues to believe it will break even financially in Europe - where it currently loses money - by mid-decade. Full Story | Top |
| Batman, cowboys and Norman conquerors inspire men's fashion in Milan Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 04:12 PM PST By Isla Binnie MILAN (Reuters) - Inspired by Batman, cowboys and Norman conquerors, fashion designers in Milan showed casual and vibrant outfits alongside sharp tailoring for male shoppers who are looking beyond the classic suit. Italy's fashion capital on Saturday kicked off events on 39 catwalks spanning four days for a men's fashion market which consultancy Bain & Co says is growing faster than womenswear globally. At Iceberg, designer Federico Curradi drew on the sporty brand's history of using cartoon images to create clothes intended to be as suitable at the office as at a party. "The focus for me was to think about one fantastic cartoon and I thought about Bruce Wayne," Curradi told Reuters after showing long tunic tops under mohair sweaters, blazers and bomber jackets, mostly in black and grey with flashes of red. Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: NFL seeks bids to boost ratings for Thursday night games Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 04:09 PM PST  By Ronald Grover and Liana B. Baker LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League is asking television networks that currently televise its games to bid on a package of Thursday night matchups, a process that in the past has produced bidding wars for the hugely popular U.S. sport. Brian Rolapp, NFL Media's chief operating officer, confirmed that requests for proposal were sent to broadcast and cable companies, including the NFL's current partners. The NFL is seeking bids for as many as eight of the games currently telecast on the league-owned NFL Network in an effort to get higher ratings than those on its cable channel, according to two people with knowledge of the requests. Formal requests for proposal went out to Disney's ESPN cable network, which shows games on Monday night, and to Comcast's NBC network, CBS and to Twenty-First Century Fox's Fox network, all of which show regular season games, mostly on Sundays. Full Story | Top |
| New London finance jobs rise for first time since early 2012 Sunday, Jan 12, 2014 04:01 PM PST  By Clare Hutchison LONDON (Reuters) - The number of new financial services jobs in London rose for the first time in almost two years last month, research showed on Monday, which recruiters said was a sign that banks are starting to think about growth after years of restructuring. In December, 1,340 new jobs were created in the City financial district, up by two thirds versus the same month in 2012, according to research by recruitment firm Astbury Marsden. Investment banks created 67 percent more jobs than in December 2012. Astbury Marsden said steady trading volumes encouraged City firms to continue to support growth in equity and derivatives trading and a buoyant shares listings market encouraged banks to devote more resources to deal-making and execution teams. Full Story | Top |
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