Paris Police Hunt Gunman After Shootings At Newspaper Office And Bank – Dozens of French police backed up by a helicopter and gendarmes are searching for a gunman who opened fire with a hunting rifle inside the offices of the left-wing newspaper Libération, leaving a staff member seriously injured, and was last seen on the Champs-Élysées. [guardian]

Auction Alliance in Constitutional Court To Keep Paper Trail Private – Allowing the Estate Agency Affairs Board access to the records of Auction Alliance would be an “obliteration” of the auction house’s right to privacy, the Constitutional Court heard on Monday. [bdlive]

Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig Suffers Stroke – Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig suffered a minor stroke on Monday, 18 November 2013, and is currently recovering in hospital, the mobile network operator said in a statement today. [biztec]

Growthpoint In R6.6bn Prime Property Deal – Growthpoint Properties and Tiber Group announced on Monday that Growthpoint will acquire the entire Tiber Group portfolio of properties and management business. [fin24]

Rob Ford Stripped Of Power As Mayor By Toronto Council – Mayor Rob Ford has been reduced to the role of a figurehead, losing most of his powers and budget. [thestar]

Sony Sells Over 1 Million PlayStation 4 Consoles In Just 24 Hours – Sony’s next-gen PlayStation 4 console is off to a good start. The company announced today that it has sold over 1 million consoles in just 24 hours. [verge]

Forbes Is Latest Old Media For Sale – With Help From The New York Times –  Forbes used articles in the Times to help create an illusion of success. In fact, illusion is what Forbes has largely become. [guardian]

Kanye West Says He’s ‘Past’ Obama, Feels Used By President – Rapper Kanye West is done with President Obama. Mr. West, in a radio interview Monday morning, said he feels used by Mr. Obama and he’s not going to think about the president anymore. [washtim]

German ‘Luxury Bishop’ Tebartz-van Elst Pays Fine For Lying Under Oath – Catholic Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst has paid a fine of 20,000 euros to end a case for lying under oath. The scandal surrounding the ‘bling bishop’ and his lavish lifestyle has rocked Germany’s Catholic Church. [dw]

Malema Gets Freedom To Fight 2014 Elections – Julius Malema is free to contest the 2014 elections. Monday’s postponement of the corruption case against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader was the best possible outcome he could have hoped for. [daimav]

iPad Mini vs. iPad Air: The Case for Going Small – Both tablets have the same A7 processor and same screen resolution, and there’s only a $100 price difference between them. Judging by how many friends have asked me for buying advice already, iPad Mini vs. iPad Air seems to be the paralyzing tech dilemma of the moment. [time]

Bitcoin Price Beats One Apple Share, but Is It Worth Buying? – The upstart electronic currency bitcoin has soared from zero five years ago and under $150 apiece six weeks ago to above $600 Monday – more than a share of Apple Inc. (AAPL) is worth, and quite a sum for an instrument with only limited use as money and which few consumers understand. [yahoo]

Man Dies Trying To Set Freediving Record – A New York man trying to set a freediving record died Sunday after he surfaced from a depth of more than 200 feet. Nicholas Mevoli, a 32-year-old from Brooklyn, hoped to reach 236 feet (72 meters) with one breath of oxygen and without the assistance of fins. [cnn]

Dropbox Could Be A Bargain At An $8 Billion Valuation – According to BloombergBusinessWeek, cloud file storage firm Dropbox is looking to raise an additional $250 million at a valuation of around $8 billion. [tc]

Charlize Theron’s Adorable Son Jackson Sports Mountain Man Vest In Paris [Gallery] – While shopping in Paris on Monday, Charlize Theron made sure to bring her number one man along for the day of retail therapy. The 38-year-old was spotted hip-carrying her adorable son Jackson as the pair perused a high end conceptual fashion store in the City Of Lights.[daimai]

Jennifer Lawrence’s Most Revealing Look Yet – Star Rocks Cleavage and Legs Up-to-There in Sheer Dress at Catching Fire Premiere. [eonline]

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