Three of JPMorgan's top investors undecided on Dimon's role - WSJ

(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has yet to convince three of its largest shareholders to support the company in an upcoming vote on whether Jamie Dimon should retain both his CEO and Chairman titles, the Wall Street Journal said.

Some investors are pushing for a separation in Dimon's roles and seeking more oversight due to the "London Whale" trading losses. Votes on the non-binding recommendation will be tallied on May 21.

The investors, BlackRock Inc , Vanguard Group Inc and Fidelity Investments - which together control 12 percent of the shares - are still on the fence, the Journal said quoting people close to the firms. (http://r.reuters.com/kek87t)

Two of the bank's top 10 shareholders have told Reuters that they will consider voting in favour of the proposal.

JPMorgan's $6.2 billion (3.9 billion pounds) loss stemmed from bets by London-based Chief Investment Office trader Bruno Iksil on an index for credit default swaps. His outsized positions earned him the nickname "London Whale" from hedge fund traders taking the other sides of his positions.

The three investors and JPMorgan were not immediately for comment outside U.S. business hours. The bank's board has said it opposes the shareholder proposal and that the company's handling of the trading loss shows its current governance works.

(Reporting by Pallavi Ail in Bangalore; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/three-jpmorgans-top-investors-undecided-dimons-role-wsj-021427918.html

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Electronic filing means smaller crowds on tax day in New York

Apr 15 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $4,139,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $3,137,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,442,389 4. Adam Scott (Australia) $2,100,469 5. Steve Stricker $1,935,340 6. Phil Mickelson $1,764,680 7. Dustin Johnson $1,748,907 8. Jason Day $1,659,565 9. Hunter Mahan $1,553,965 10. Keegan Bradley $1,430,347 11. Charles Howell III $1,393,806 12. John Merrick $1,375,757 13. Russell Henley $1,331,434 14. Michael Thompson $1,310,709 15. Kevin Streelman $1,310,343 16. Bill Haas $1,271,553 17. Billy Horschel $1,254,224 18. ...

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/electronic-filing-means-smaller-crowds-tax-day-york-013409170--sector.html

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Will Ferrell Is A Comedic Genius -- Even When Fending Off Aubrey Plaza

Ferrell keeps things funny during MTV Movie Awards acceptance speech, despite an unscripted bit with 'Parks and Recreation' actress.
By Todd Gilchrist

Will Ferrell introduces his "family" as he accepts his 2013 MTV Movie Awards
Photo: Kevork Djansezian/ Getty Images

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1705653/will-ferrell-comedic-genius-mtv-movie-awards.jhtml

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Nuggets set NBA franchise mark with 55th win

DENVER (AP) ? The Denver Nuggets are getting good at bittersweet moments.

Andre Iguodala scored 28 points and the Nuggets set an NBA franchise record with their 55th win Sunday, beating the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers 118-109 but losing another starter.

On the day Ty Lawson (right heel) returned to Denver's starting lineup for the first time since March 27 and played an encouraging 31 minutes, forward Kenneth Faried sprained his left ankle in the opening minutes while driving for a layup and didn't return.

"We're dropping like flies, man," Lawson said. "Well, it's not too serious, I heard, so he might be out for a week or so. He's a tough guy."

Although Faried wasn't around afterward to speak, Iguodala also suggested the Nuggets had dodged a serious blow, saying, "the good thing is it wasn't as bad as he thought it might be, so I'm sure he'll be ready to go when we need him."

Although X-rays were negative, coach George Karl stressed that he didn't want to guess about Faried's availability for the playoffs that start next weekend until after his top rebounder goes for an MRI on Monday.

Faried crumpled to the floor, covering his face and holding his left ankle as the Nuggets called a timeout less than three minutes into the game. The Pepsi Center crowd grew quiet ? the way it had 10 days earlier when forward Danilo Gallinari blew out his left ACL driving to the same hoop against Dallas.

In an all-too-familiar sight, Quincy Miller and Anthony Randolph helped their teammate as he gingerly walked off the court, a towel covering his face. Randolph would get some of Faried's minutes and finish with 18 points.

Faried was averaging 11.7 points and a team-best 9.3 rebounds.

"I felt like we were snakebit or bad luck had come our way, our karma had turned the wrong way," Karl said. "I kind of saw it and then when he stayed down, I was worried. I don't think anything's broken. But we'll find out much more tomorrow."

As they did when Gallinari went down, the Nuggets rallied behind their latest fallen starter, and grabbed a piece of history with their 55th win.

The Nuggets, who went 54-28 in both 1987-88 and 2008-09, also extended their franchise-best winning streak at home to 22 straight games but more importantly they moved a game ahead of the Clippers and Grizzlies in the race for the third seed in the Western Conference.

The Nuggets (55-25) can clinch home-court advantage in the first round with a win at Milwaukee on Monday night or a victory over Phoenix at home on Wednesday night.

"It's a 'wow' year for me," Karl said. "I've had a few before. I haven't had one since I was in Seattle, though. I've had the privilege to be on teams that won 60 a couple of times. That's pretty good. Fifty-five is the next-best thing.

"I do idealistic and realistic predictions and I thought the most we could squeeze out this year was 54, so we're above and beyond. I admire how much guys have stayed in this season and fought through some tough moments and continue to improve. So, it's a pretty special year."

Karl was thrilled at Lawson's return to the starting lineup. He had 12 points and 10 assists less than 48 hours after playing 20 minutes at Dallas.

"I don't think I could have asked for a better script out of Ty these last two games," Karl said.

Lawson said he's completely confident in his right heel now.

"Oh yeah, I think so. I pushed off it actually today going to the basket a couple of times, so I think I'm confident and just probably one or two more games I'll be back to regular," he said.

Iguodala also grabbed seven rebounds, dished out nine assists, blocked three shots and had three steals to go with his 28 points, marking the first time in his career he'd posted those numbers in a game.

And rookie Evan Fournier scored 24 points in his second career start, sinking a pair of crucial 3-pointers in the closing minutes after the Trail Blazers had cut a 20-point deficit to 104-101 with 3:33 left.

Portland was without three starters: LaMarcus Aldridge (right ankle), Wesley Matthews (right ankle) and Nicolas Batum (right shoulder), so coach Terry Stotts started four rookies, including Damian Lillard, who led the Trail Blazers with 30 points but also had eight of their 23 turnovers as Portland lost its 11th straight.

After Denver built a seemingly safe 83-63 lead, the Blazers made a game of it. J.J. Hickson's free throw with 3:33 left made it 104-101, but that was as close as it got. It was 106-102 when Lawson sank two free throws and Fournier swished a 3-pointer from the left corner to give Denver some breathing room. Fournier's 3-pointer from the other side made it 118-107, and their 55th win was secure.

"Ty Lawson just made some plays that we didn't have answers for," Stotts said. "But we played much better in the second half."

Karl would have preferred a blowout but said the tight game might pay dividends down the road, especially with so many backups playing key roles down the stretch.

With Gallinari done for the season and uncertainty surrounding Faried, the Nuggets' hopes of a strong playoff run will depend on what they get out of their deep lineup.

"It's a really good team," Iguodala said. "And it's been a really good year for us. But we don't want to get satisfied. We've still got work to do. We can't just settle for 55. We've got to try to get to 57."

With 55 wins, Lawson said this team has to be considered among the best in franchise history, "so hopefully it translates to the playoffs and we try to do what no Nuggets have ever done."

Win it all.

Notes: By improving to an NBA-best 37-3 at home, they also set a record Sunday for most home wins in a season since joining the NBA 37 years ago. Denver went 36-5 at home under Larry Brown in 1976-77. ... Portland has lost nine straight and 23 of its last 25 games in Denver.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nuggets-set-nba-franchise-mark-55th-win-011509119--spt.html

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Goal of nuclear-free NKorea tests US, China ties

BEIJING (AP) ? Bound by threats from North Korea, the U.S. and China agreed Saturday to rid the bellicose nation of nuclear weapons in a test of whether the world powers can shelve years of rivalry and discord, and unite in fostering global stability.

Beyond this latest attempt to restrain North Korea, the burgeoning nuclear crisis has so frustrated the U.S. and China that they are forming a new and tentative bond with the potential to carry over into areas that have vexed them for decades.

But they will need to overcome the longstanding prickly relations between Beijing's communist government and Washington's free-market democracy. The two are economic competitors, and China is far more reluctant than the U.S. to intervene in international military conflicts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday described a "synergy" between the two countries to achieve worldwide security and economic stability.

"We have a stake in China's success. And frankly, China has a stake in the success of the United States," Kerry told reporters in the Chinese capital. "And that became clear in all of our conversations here today. A constructive partnership that is based on mutual interest benefits everybody in the world."

Kerry met with the new Chinese leaders to discuss a range of issues, most notably the persistent and increasingly pitched threats that North Korea has issued against the U.S., South Korea and Japan the over the past several months.

North Korea appears to be readying a missile test, in what the U.S. says would be its third since December, and there are varying opinions in Washington as to whether the North is able to develop and launch nuclear-tipped missiles.

One U.S. intelligence assessment suggested North Korea had the capacity to put a nuclear warhead on a missile, even if any such weapon would have low reliability.

Kerry and the Chinese foreign policy chief, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, said the two nations would work together to create a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, effectively forcing North Korea to give up its arsenal.

The reclusive North Korean government and its young leader, Kim Jong Un, are more likely to listen to China, its main economic and diplomatic partner and lifeline to the outside world, than anyone else.

Yang, through an interpreter, described China's stance on North Korea as "clear cut" and called for resuming the six-nation talks that fell apart four years ago and are aimed at ending the nuclear threat.

"China is firmly committed to upholding peace and stability and advancing the denuclearization process on the Korean peninsula," Yang told reporters. "We maintain that the issue should be handled and resolved peacefully through dialogue. ... To properly address the Korean nuclear issue serves the interests of all parties."

But Kerry made clear that the U.S. would keep close watch on how China continues to deal with North Korea "to make sure that this is not rhetoric, but that it is real policy that is being implemented."

North Korea was but one issue that was high on the priority list of discussions, Kerry said.

China and the U.S. have the two most powerful economies and are two of the largest energy users. They agreed to hold high-level talks on climate change and to ease business investment cooperation.

Kerry also raised the possibility of scaling back America's military presence in the Asia-Pacific region once the Korean nuclear crisis is resolved. Beijing has been disgruntled about U.S. missile defense systems in China's backyard.

"Obviously, if the threat disappears," meaning a nuclear-free North Korea, "the same imperative does not exist at that point in time for us to have that kind of robust, forward-leaning posture of defense," Kerry said. "And it is our hope in the short run that we can address that."

Western experts predict that China will move slowly and cautiously, if at all, toward becoming a more reliable U.S. ally. China remains deeply skeptical of President Barack Obama's policy shift to Asia, which Beijing views as U.S. attempts to contain its economic might.

It's also unlikely that China will sever its long ties with North Korea. The Chinese dramatically have boosted trade with their neighbors and maintain close military relations some six decades after they fought side by side in the Korean War. They provide North Korea with most of its fuel and much of its food aid.

China has a history of quickly reversing course after talking tougher with North Korea. In late 2010, as American officials were praising Beijing for constructive efforts after the North shelled a South Korean island, a Chinese company agreed to invest $2 billion in a North Korean industrial zone.

"The U.S. has to be cautious in expecting a major breakthrough on North Korea out of the new Chinese leadership," said Christopher Johnson, a former CIA analyst who is now a China expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "There's a risk of too much exuberance on the U.S. side. ... The Chinese just can't turn the battleship as quickly as we might like."

But Johnson said even minor progress on North Korea could translate into a warming between Washington and Beijing, which appears now to be "at least willing to talk."

"If we can talk on an issue that is as sensitive as North Korea, we can talk about other issues," Johnson said. "It speaks very well for other touchy issues in the relationship at the moment."

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Jakes reported from Washington.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/goal-nuclear-free-nkorea-tests-us-china-ties-200746904--politics.html

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Why Friendships Are the New Marriage ? HowAboutWe ? Date Report

The longest relationships I?ve ever had have all spanned over a decade. They?ve been meaningful, intense at times, and deeply, deeply rewarding.

They?ve also all been with friends.

When I first arrived in New York ?City, a transplant from Canada without a single NYC number in my phone (actually I didn?t even have a cell phone) I met three women who have had a larger impact on my life than anyone else.

Those friendships shaped the usual roller coaster ride that is your twenties: break-ups, job losses, late rent checks, ?evictions,?diabolically ill-conceived nights out, and countless moves into fifth-floor walkups. In my thirties, we have supported each other through weddings, family crises, marriage, and children.

These relationships are as close to unconditional as I can hope to find, and they will continue throughout my life. It?s not hard for me to imagine meeting these women for happy hour on a beach in Miami before hitting the early-bird special at the retirement home cafeteria.

Sadly the same cannot be said for my romantic relationships.

Or maybe not sadly.

Most of us are still raised to believe the ideal life involves falling in love with one person and staying with them for as long as humanly possible. Needless to say, the reality is far more complicated.

But paradigms are changing. Recent research reveals more and more people are choosing to stay single ??permanently.? The Daily Beast recently reported that?44% of millennials say that marriage is becoming ?obsolete.???In his oft-quoted book?Going Solo,?Eric Klinenberg notes that remaining single has become??a mark of distinction, not a social failure.?

This new ?singling? of America is also a measure of the shifting economics of modern life: ?Marriage is for people who have money and want to spend money just on the wedding itself,??Gail Wyatt, the director of the?University of California?Los Angeles?s sexual health program recently told Bloomberg.??Diminished societal pressures, meanwhile, often mean that having babies doesn?t require a husband (or a wife, for that matter).

And when we do get married, we are doing it when we?re older ? a data point that?s especially true in New York City?(where marriage before thirty sometimes seems as rare as affordable housing).? The result?? Well, among other things, a whole generation of people is trying to navigate through life outside what has for centuries been the norm for human existence.

Throughout my adulthood, [friendships] not only provided the emotional support I needed but also the intense emotional buffer I required to figure out who I was and where I was going.

Granted, some things will never ever change. We will always need ? as in really truly need for survival ? companionship and support.? So if we?re not looking for it from marriage then we?re clearly getting it somewhere else.

Marie Claire?recently speculated?that girlfriends are the new husbands, filling a role ?somewhere between spouse and therapist.?

In place of marriage, there?s a new, ultramodern partnership that melds the camaraderie and loyalty of a friendship with the intimacy, support, and pragmatism of a husband.

This new way of thinking about friendship ? as the primary emotional backbone in life instead of a strong but spidery support system ? seems to be picking up steam.? In a 2012 interview with?Interview?magazine??Girls? creator and current arbiter of what the kids are thinking these days Lena Dunham said she considers ?my best friendship?.as like a great romance of my young life.?

?Romance? is arguably too strong a word.? Romance is romance, after all, and as much as I love my friends, they are no substitute for the zing of a great first date, or the electric satisfaction of?well, you know.

Nor do I, like a number of the women quoted in?Marie Claire, plan to build a ?quasi-union? with any of them. I mean, love in New York may be challenging, but there?s an air of hopelessness to saying ?I?m giving up on men/romantic relationships for good.?

That said, my friends are committed, and that?s something I treasure and will never doubt. They are steadfast. They are honest. And they are there through better or worse (and, Lord knows, richer or poorer).??In short, they tick off a whole bunch of relationship boxes people profess to look for in marriage.??And throughout my adulthood, they not only provided the emotional support I needed but also the intense emotional buffer I required to figure out who I was and where I was going and what I needed (and oftentimes didn?t!) except without many of the complications and high stakes that accompany romantic relationships.

Can they be as satisfying as husbands???I can?t answer that question. At the end of the day, at least this day, thus far, they have played a greater, more satisfying role in making me who I am than many of my romances. Any potential husband would have some big shoes to fill.

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Source: http://www.howaboutwe.com/date-report/why-friendships-are-the-new-marriage/

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Arrhythmia drug may increase cancer risk - Cancer -Drug Abuse -

? Cancer ? ? Drug Abuse ? Apr 07, 2013

One of the most widely used medications to treat arrhythmias may increase the risk of developing cancer, especially in men and people exposed to high amounts of the drug. That is the conclusion of a new retrospective study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study?s results indicate that a potential link between amiodarone and cancer warrants further investigation.

Amiodarone was approved in 1985 for the treatment of arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats. Because the drug is fat-soluble and degrades very slowly, large amounts can accumulate in soft tissues after a long-term prescription. Previous studies have shown that amiodarone might increase the risk of certain cancers, but no large-scale study has looked at the issue.

To investigate, Vincent Yi-Fong Su, MD, of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, and his colleagues studied 6,418 individuals taking the drug, following them for an average of 2.57 years. A total of 280 participants developed cancer.

Patients who were male or who received high cumulative daily doses of amiodarone within the first year had an increased risk of developing cancer. Those with both factors were 46 percent more likely to develop cancer than those with neither factor. After taking age, sex, and illnesses into account, individuals taking a high amount of amiodarone had nearly twice the risk of developing cancer as those taking a low amount of the drug.

"We suggest that cancer events should be routinely reported in future amiodarone trials, and further observational research is necessary,? said Dr. Su. ?Also, when prescribing amiodarone, doctors need to keep in mind that this medication may increase cancer risk.?

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sciencenewsroom@wiley.com
Wiley

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