Новости за 01.02.2016

MILAN, Feb 1 (Reuters) - U.S. investment fund Elliott said on Monday that it considered Hitachi's offer to buy out minority shareholders in Italian train signalling group Ansaldo STS as too low and does not intend to sell its stake, drawing strong criticism from the Japanese company.

FIFA Presidential candidate Gianni Infantino re-iterates his commitment to the race, saying he feels optimistic he can land the job despite Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa being touted as the front-runner.

(Reuters) - Jim Furyk's hopes of competing in this year's Masters were dealt a major blow on Monday with the news he needs surgery to resolve an ongoing wrist injury and is expected to be sidelined for another three months, his management company said.

Feb 1 (Reuters) - Jim Furyk's hopes of competing in this year's Masters were dealt a major blow on Monday with the news he needs surgery to resolve an ongoing wrist injury and is expected to be sidelined for another three months, his management company said.

LONDON (Reuters) - England coach Eddie Jones says he wants fiery captain Dylan Hartley to play like Tarzan when the Six Nations tournament kicks off against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France and Belgium vowed on Monday to intensify cooperation in the fight against Islamist radicals, including a more rapid exchange of information on potential militants and efforts to prevent forgery of documents.

LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - England coach Eddie Jones says he wants fiery captain Dylan Hartley to play like Tarzan when the Six Nations tournament kicks off against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Feb 1 (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund Hudson Executive Capital LP wants CIT Group Inc to break up, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

(Adds latest prices) Feb 1 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures fell over 6 percent to the lowest level in almost two weeks on Monday on forecasts for warmer weather through the middle of February that should reduce heating demand. After ending up over 5 percent on Friday, front-month gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed down 14.6 cents, or 6.4 percent, at $2.152 per million British thermal units. That was the biggest decline since late December. Gas prices for J

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Lionel Messi will not chase a second Olympic football gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Games in August, Argentina coach Gerardo Martino said on Monday.

NEW YORK/BUENOS AIRES, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Argentina's government returned to debt talks in New York on Monday, expecting to make an offer this week to U.S. creditors suing over unpaid bonds hoping to resolve a decade-long stand-off that has locked the country out of global capital markets.

WASHINGTON — Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John Kasich and Chris Christie, the four Republican candidates in a showdown for their party’s traditional supporters, closed last year with roughly as much money in the bank combined as Ted Cruz, the conservative insurgent they hope to topple.

The last weekend of the 2016 recruiting campaign brought good news for South Carolina and Clemson. The Gamecocks turned a big-time receiver from an SEC rival and the Tigers added another major offensive lineman to their 2017 class.

Candidates' spouses have converged on Iowa to help their partners make the case to Iowans that they should be the next president. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Candidates' spouses have converged on Iowa to help their partners make the case to Iowans that they should be the next president. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Candidates' spouses have converged on Iowa to help their partners make the case to Iowans that they should be the next president. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

SAO PAULO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge sentenced the former head of state-run oil company Petrobras' international division to 12 years and two months in jail for corruption and money laundering on Monday, part of the country's largest-ever graft investigation.

Si vivimos en un entorno mediterráneo -lo que implica a la mayor parte de la península exceptuando el cuadrante noroeste- y solemos pasear por el campo, notaremos la existencia de numerosas hierbas ruderales, propias de caminos y descampados si no yermos, sí al menos incultivados. Allí, igual que en otras ubicaciones más recónditas o rocosas, habitan una serie de plantas comunes, en las que nunca repararíamos. La albahaca, la uña de gato, el ajo silvestre o la achicoria entre otras.

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Formula One driver Max Chilton has signed up for a full season with Chip Ganassi Racing in the U.S. Indy Car series, the team announced on Monday.

LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Former Formula One driver Max Chilton has signed up for a full season with Chip Ganassi Racing in the U.S. Indy Car series, the team announced on Monday.

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is set to reveal cost-cutting plans that include slashing 15 percent of its workforce, or roughly 1,600 jobs, and closing several business units, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

PARIS (Reuters) - North Korea's recent nuclear test shows a ratification of an international ban on nuclear bomb tests is more urgent than ever, the head of the Vienna-based organisation tasked with enforcing the ban said on Monday.

The World Health Organization declares the Zika virus to be a global health emergency as the disease linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil spreads rapidly. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

The World Health Organization declares the Zika virus to be a global health emergency as the disease linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil spreads rapidly. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)

The World Health Organization declares the Zika virus to be a global health emergency as the disease linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil spreads rapidly. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)