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By Silvia Ognibene SIENA, Italy (Reuters) – An Italian judge has rejected an order to seize around 1. 8 billion euros ($2. 3 billion) of assets from Nomura as part of a probe into suspected fraud involving troubled lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena, legal sources said on Saturday. Assets worth 140 million euros that were already seized from the Japanese bank have been released under the judge’s ruling, which was made on Friday, the judicial source said. A spokeswoman for Nomura in Italy declined to comment. . . .

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By Wanfeng Zhou NEW YORK (Reuters) – With signs of a slower economy mounting, the near-term outlook for U. S. stocks isn’t rosy, but investors may find comfort next week from the world’s major central banks. The Federal Reserve will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the report of weaker-than-expected, first-quarter growth could reinforce expectations the Fed will keep purchasing bonds at a pace of $85 billion a month. . . .

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As he nears the end of a dozen years as director of the FBI, Robert Mueller finds himself defending the agency over its handling of two high-profile cases.

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Cue up the mariachi band-Cinco de Mayo is fast approaching. The celebration of Mexican heritage on May 5 is sometimes mistaken for Mexico’s Independence Day .

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President Barack Obama chided lawmakers Saturday over their fix for widespread flight delays, deeming it an irresponsible way to govern even as he prepared to sign the legislation they hurriedly pushed through Congress.

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Saturday reported its first case of H7N9 bird flu in the southern province of Hunan, the latest sign the virus that has killed 23 people in the country is continuing to spread. The official Xinhua news agency said the patient was a 64-year-old woman from Shaoyang city who developed a fever on April 14, four days after having contact with poultry. Her condition had improved with treatment, it added. The flu was first detected in March. . . .

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NEW YORK (AP) ? The members of the Tony Award nominations committee better look out: They’ve snubbed four girls who play a tough little telekinetic heroine on Broadway.

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(Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd grabbed more smartphone market share from archrival Apple Inc in the latest quarter, with sales of its phones jumping to account for one third of the global market. Sales of the iPhone 5 helped Apple’s volumes grow 6. 6 percent to 37. 4 million phones in the quarter from a year earlier, but that was not enough to stop its share of the market dropping to 17. 3 percent from 23 percent, research firm IDC said. A flood of cheaper Android-powered devices from the South Korean maker lifted its shipments about 60 percent to 70. 7 million, giving it a 32. . . .

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Veteran character actor Jeffrey Wright was arrested in NYC early Saturday morning for DWI . . . TMZ has learned.

Holy music!!!!No one hypnotizes us with their sound quite like James Blake!Fresh off his Coachella gigs, the supernaturally gifted musician has left us almost speechless after performing Overgrown and Retrograde LIVE on KCRW. We’re not sure we’ll ever fully understand how he continues to make such unique and eerily captivating rhythms, but we’re okay with that as long as get to witness his genius. Pr-pr-press play (above) and we PROMISE you’ll be left with chills! Then check out the rest . . . AFTER THE JUMP!!!

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