UPDATE 3-News Corp to take charge of up to $1.4 bln this quarter

Friday, May 24, 2013

May 24 (Reuters) - News Corp said on Friday it will write down the value of its Australian and U.S. publishing assets by up to $1.4 billion, as the company prepares to split its business between its newspaper and entertainment operations.

UPDATE 1-Ex-Virginia bank executives guilty in financial crisis case

Friday, May 24, 2013

May 24 (Reuters) - The former chief executive of a failed U.S. bank in Norfolk, Virginia, and three others were convicted Friday of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges in connection with a scheme to conceal loan losses that contributed to the bank's collapse in 2011.

REUTERS SUMMIT-Colombia cenbank chief worries about medium-term external shocks

Friday, May 24, 2013

* Concerned about shocks coming from EU, US in medium term