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Unibail sells German mall operator stake to Canada's CPPIB

French real estate group Unibail-Rodamco said it signed an agreement to sell a 46.1 percent stake in German shopping center operator mfi AG to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) for 394 million euros ($450 million). The move extends an existing German joint venture between Unibail and CPPIB created when Unibail took a stake in the CentrO shopping center in Oberhausen a year ago.

Aaron Hernandez lawyers ask judge to throw out conviction (Yahoo Sports)

Lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez have asked a judge to throw out his murder conviction, saying it was based on ”improper speculation, conjecture and guesswork.” The lawyers say in papers filed this week with the trial judge that ”no reasonable jury” could have found Hernandez guilty of killing Odin Lloyd in June 2013, and cite insufficient evidence for a conviction. Hernandez was convicted in April of

Federer and Djokovic reach Italian Open semifinals (Yahoo Sports)

Roger Federer kept up his pursuit of the elusive Italian Open title with a 6-3, 6-3 win over sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych on Friday to reach the semifinals of the clay-court tournament. Along with Monte Carlo, Rome is one of only two Masters series titles that the 17-time Grand Slam champion has never won. Federer will next face either seven-time Rome champion Rafael Nadal or eigth-seeded Stan Wawrinka, who were playing