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Technology International Site Blocked in China A new president for Mexi- Days After Xi Family (Reuters) - A recount on bought,” said Lopez Obra- Thursday showed Mexico’s dor, who trailed Pena Ni- Wealth Story Enrique Pena Nieto as the eto by more than 3.3 mil- clear winner of Sunday’s lion votes. BEIJING (Reuters) - Bloomberg’s news web- presidential election, but The fiery orator could Mike sites remained blocked in China five days after it the runner-up still refused still challenge the recount issued a story about the finances of the extended to concede, alleging Pena with the country’s elector- Sorrentino family of the country’s vice president, highlight- Nieto’s party bought mil- al tribunal, even though ing how Beijing is trying to shape public opinion lions of votes. electoral officials all but Happy Birthday, Mike “The ahead of a leadership transition. The results set up a re- ruled out any changes in Situation” Sorrentino! Jersey Bloomberg said it believes its English-language turn to power for the In- the outcome. Shore Star Turns 30 http://eon- website and its Business Week site were blocked stitutional Revolutionary “There is no reason not li.ne/O41RuW on Friday by Chinese authorities after it published Party, or PRI, which gov- to fully recognize the vot- details about the multi-million dollar fortunes of erned Mexico from 1929 ing results,” said Leonar- Vice President Xi Jinping’s extended family. to 2000, when it was fre- do Valdes, president of the Beijing will hold a once-a-decade leadership quently accused of vote- IFE board. transition this year during which Communist Party rigging. Vazquez Mota of the PAN chief, President Hu Jintao, and Premier Wen Jia- With 99 percent of poll- levied similar accusations bao will hand power to a younger group of lead- ing stations counted or re- that vote-buying took place ers, headed by the party chief heir apparent Xi. counted, Pena Nieto held ahead of the vote, but ac- The government is determined to guard against 38.2 percent of the vote, cepted defeat. any signs of discontent that could escalate into 6.7 points ahead of left- a full recount, but the IFE and Brazilian President Dil- “We need the electoral broader protests and threaten the Party’s authority ist Andres Manuel Lopez said it would only recount ma Rousseff. authority to review in de- as the new generation takes over amid destabilis- Obrador. ballots from 54 percent of Lopez Obrador alleged tail the campaign spending Selena ing scandals and economic uncertainties. Mexico’s Federal Elec- polling stations, saying it widespread irregularities and that evidently surpassed the In an emailed statement, Bloomberg spokes- toral Institute, or IFE, ex- was guided by specific con- gave a news conference on limits established by the Gomez woman Belina Tan said: “Our website is current- pected to conclude the final ditions of election law. Thursday in front of a wall law and moreover was as- Life’s a beach when you’re ly inaccessible in China in reaction, we believe, recount later on Thursday “It’s clear that I have won of gift cards he said the PRI sociated with buying and Selena Gomez! PHOTO: http:// to a Bloomberg News story that was published and certify the results on these elections with a wide distributed to voters before coercing voters,” she told eonli.ne/MTxgSI on June 29.” Sunday, when an official margin of the vote,” Pena the balloting, allowing them reporters. She would not comment on whether Bloomberg count of the congressional Nieto told CNN on Thurs- to buy merchandise at re- “We should correct these was in talks with the government over the issue, elections was also due. day, saying there were “no tail chain Soriana, which inequalities so that we can but said “there is no impact” to the company’s Pena Nieto claimed vic- grounds” for allegations of has denied its cards were have conditions of genuine other services, including terminal feeds used by tory last Sunday when ini- vote-buying. used to buy votes. competition and full de- clients to access economic data and news. tial results showed him win- The PRI called for an The 58-year-old Lopez mocracy.” Lopez Obrador Asked at a foreign ministry briefing last week ning some 38 percent of the investigation by the attor- Obrador said some of the also challenged the outcome about the blocked websites, a ministry spokesman vote, about 6.5 points more ney general’s office into voters had turned in their when he finished a much did not respond directly but said all websites must than Lopez Obrador. what it considered false cards to his leftist coali- closer second in the 2006 abide by China’s laws. Trailing in third was accusations. tion in regret at selling their presidential election. In its article, Bloomberg stated that no assets Josefina Vazquez Mota Pena Nieto has already votes. He refused to concede were traced to Xi, his wife or their daughter, add- of the ruling conservative been congratulated by out- “The magnitude of the then and called for street Andy ing there was no indication Xi intervened to ad- National Action Party, or going President Felipe Cal- vote-buying is becoming protests that blocked the vance his relatives’ business transactions, or of any PAN. deron and leaders such as apparent: Billions of pe- main boulevard in Mexi- Griffith wrongdoing by Xi or his extended family. Lopez Obrador asked for U.S. President Barack Obama sos and millions of votes co City for weeks. RIP Andy Griffith: Ron How- Privately-held Bloomberg competes with Thom- ard “Forever Grateful” to TV son Reuters, Dow Jones & Co, a unit of News Icon, Fellow Celebs Remem- Corp, and other news and data providers. ber Matlock Star http://eonli. China’s blocking of websites and censorship Economy ne/MRVL14 of search results for politically sensitive terms is known colloquially as the “Great Firewall of Chi- na”, though some Internet users have skirted re- strictions by using code words. Manchester United Picks NYSE Government censors ban numerous overseas websites, including Facebook, Twitter and You- Tube, and some foreign media outlets, fearing that sharing of images and information could cause so- for U.S. Public Offering cial instability and harm national security.

Chris Entertainment Hemsworth Heart Melter of the Day: Chris Hemsworth & daughter In- British Comedian Eric dia Rose! http://instagr.am/p/ MoTOu4GwIy/ Sykes Dies Aged 89

Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez Flashes Kill- er Abs in Brazil, Where Was Beau Casper Smart? http://eon- (Reuters) - Here is a look at the life of British li.ne/LNAyba comic actor and writer Eric Sykes who died on (Reuters) - Manchester has been English champi- “It remains to be seen to the valuation. U.S. inves- Wednesday. United has picked the New ons a record 19 times and how much the football club tors are not going to jump Eric Sykes was born in in May 1923. York Stock Exchange to features players such as is going to benefit in the on it right away,” IPOX He forged a successful career both in front of make its stock market England’s Wayne Rooney, U.S. where the sport is not Schuster LLC’s Schuster and behind the camera. A gifted comic performer debut, ending months of had dropped its plans for very popular ... The perfect said. in his own right, he was also an acclaimed writer speculation over where an Asian listing in favor place for it to have list- The Glazer family will and director for some of the best British comedi- the world’s best-supported of a U.S. listing. ed should have been Lon- hold class B shares, which ans in the business. soccer club would list. The company filing for don,” Jay Ritter, a Univer- will have 10 votes each rep- was again to be one of the main After first eyeing a Hong a much lower amount than sity of Florida IPO expert resenting 67 percent of the beneficiaries of Sykes’ writing skills, with such Kong IPO, the former Eng- $1 billion originally ex- told Reuters. voting power of all share- shows as The Howerd Crowd and The Frankie lish Premier League cham- pected does not come as The club, founded in 1878 holders, keeping the club’s Howerd Show, the latter co-written with Spike pions had planned a $1 bil- much of a surprise, said as Newton Heath LYR Foot- management within their Adam Milligan. lion listing in Singapore Josef Schuster, founder ball Club, plays its home control. It was with his first series of his own, Sykes in the second half of last of Chicago-based finan- games at Old Trafford in U.S. investors are famil- Levine and a... (BBC, 1960-65), in which he and Hattie year before putting plans cial services firm IPOX Greater Manchester. iar with the dual-class share Jacques played brother and sister, that they were on hold because of mar- Schuster LLC. The club’s American pro- structure, which has been What do you think of Adam to become firmly linked in the public’s mind as ket turmoil. “The smaller the float, prietors, the Glazer fami- used by household names Levine’s new stache?! PHO- a comedy duo. Following a seven-year break, The U.S.-owned club the higher the relative val- ly, are well known in the such as Google, Facebook TO: http://eonli.ne/MU6vxx they successfully reprised the format with Sykes filed with the Securities uation can be...This may United States as owners of and News Corp. from 1972-79. and Exchange Commis- just be a strategy initially American football team the Jefferies, Credit Su- Inspired by his love of visual humor, “The Plank” sion on Tuesday to raise to make it appear like a Tampa Bay Buccaneers. isse, J.P. Morgan, Bank (1967) was a virtually dialogue-free comedy, writ- up to $100 million in an low float IPO,” Schuster However, they have faced of America Merrill Lynch ten and directed by Sykes, in which he and come- initial public offering of said. “Traders may believe opposition from United fans and Deutsche Bank Secu- dian appeared as two accident- its Class A ordinary shares if the deal is very low, then after taking over the club rities are underwriting the prone workmen attempting to transport a plank in New York. the company can pop at in 2005 in a leveraged buy- IPO, Manchester United from a lumber yard to a building site. In the United States, the opening.” out that left it saddled with said in a preliminary pro- Despite his disabilities - he has been deaf since the amount of money a Manchester United has hefty debt repayments. spectus. This leaves out the early 1960s and, following years of gradual eye company says it plans to a global fan base of 659 The club’s total debt as Morgan Stanley, which h failure, blind from the early 1990s - Sykes found raise in its first IPO fil- million, according to a on March 31 was 423.3 was one of the investment a new lease of life on the stage, enjoying renewed ings is used to calculate survey commissioned by million pounds ($663.67 banks originally expected Jena success in works by Ray Cooney, Molière, Alan registration fees. The fi- the club and carried out million), according to the to underwrite the Singa- Bennett and others. He also appeared as caretakers nal size of the IPO could last year by market re- filing. pore listing. Malone in two different movies: “The Others” (2001) and be different. searcher Kantar. Almost It intends to use the net United did not reveal Catching Fire: Jena Malone in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (2005). Thomson Reuters pub- half of United’s support- proceeds from this offer- how many shares it plans Talks for Hunger Games Se- He was awarded the OBE in 1986 for his servic- lication IFR reported last ers were in the Asia-Pa- ing to repay debt. to sell or their expected quel! http://eonli.ne/OlCdoQ es to drama. In 2004 he was elevated to CBE. month that the club, which cific region. “It is going to come down price.