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U.S., Asian sales boost Ford
Ford CFO Bob Shanks speaks with Nina dos Santos about how the Chinese market is helping Ford's global bottom line.


Dozens Killed as Bus Plunges in Italy
Highway police in Italy told state radio that the bus slammed into the cars, which had slowed for heavy traffic, before plunging off the road and falling dozens of feet.


Bolt and Gebrselassie's protege?
When Haile Gebrselassie speaks people listen.


Italian bus crash kills 39; second European transport disaster in five days
MONTEFORTE IRPINO, Italy (Reuters) - Thirty-nine people were killed and around 10 injured when a bus plunged off a viaduct in southern Italy in what Prime Minister Enrico Letta described on Monday as a huge tragedy.


Stars on treadmill to boost globalization drive
Business is booming for English Premier League clubs touring Asia, but is it the best way for their players to prepare for the new season?


DealBook Voting Rule Change Is Seen as Crucial to Dell Founders Takeover Bid
While more votes have been cast in favor of Michael S. Dell and Silver Lakes takeover proposal, the tally is not enough to win without a change in rules.


IBM to receive 21 mln euros state-aid for Romania investment-report
BUCHAREST, July 29 (Reuters) - IBM, the world's largest technology services company, will receive 21 million euros ($27.86 million) state-aid from the Romanian government for investment that will generate 900 jobs, daily Ziarul Financiar reported on Monday.


Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume this week
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have been invited to resume peace talks in Washington on Monday and Tuesday, the U.S. State Department said, after a break of nearly three years.


China's city of sinkholes
Four months after he built a new, two-story brick house in his village in northern China's Shandong Province, Xiao Guoqiang was alarmed to find a huge crack on the living room wall.


In City Weary of Scandal, Calls Grow for Mayor of San Diego to Step Down
Mayor Bob Filners announcement on Friday that he would seek therapy has angered many residents, who complained that he was dragging the city through the mud in hopes of salvaging his own career.


Benghazi, Boston State of jihad
Every July in the lush, green mountains of Aspen, Colorado, many of the top present and former U.S. national security officials and other experts gather to discuss how the war against al Qaeda and its allies is going.


12 VIP experiences worth the cash
Where and when does it pay up for the VIP package? Here are 12 answers.


The New Audio Geeks
A high-tech audience catches on to the appeal of high fidelity.


Last year's top ten
The top 10 Heroes In their own words


The Learning Network Blog Summer Reading Contest Winner | The Cover of Rolling Stone
The New York Times Upfront chooses the winner and runner-up for our fifth week of this contest.


Well Cancer Risk Increases With Height
Height is associated with a greater risk of cancer for both men and women, new research shows.


Rendezvous With Destiny, by Michael Fullilove
In Rendezvous With Destiny, Michael Fullilove tells the story of how America joined World War II by focusing on the missions of five men he identifies as Franklin Roosevelts personal envoys.


38 People Killed as Bus Plunges Off Highway in Italy
The highway police told state radio that the bus slammed into slowing cars and plunged down a ravine about 160 miles south of Rome.


Icahn opposes voting rule change proposed by Dell founder
July 29 (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn urged Dell Inc's special committee to not change voting rules, as proposed by the company's founder Michael Dell, which would make it easier for a...


Top 10 stopover stays
TOKYO (Reuters) - Spending a night between destinations in a stopover city and need a place to stay? Online boutique hotel experts Mr Mrs Smith (www.mrandmrssmith.com) have come up with 10 hotels for a memorable stopover. Reuters has not endorsed this list.


Preoccupations The Urban Lands of Opportunity
Where we live, rather than whox2019;s employing us, may now be attaching us to our work and careers.


The life of a tennis umpire
CNN's Christina MacFarlane shows us what it takes to be an umpire at Roland Garros.


Motherlode Blog So Much More Than Peter Rabbit
Ill take the rougher of the Beatrix Potter books over Peter Rabbit, the ones in which her humor is as delightful to adult readers as it is to children, books about muss and mud and dinner.


UK seeks fairer share for small firms from outsourcing 'oligopoly'
LONDON (Reuters) - When a modest IT firm in southern England won a 13-million pound local authority contract in 1988, it was a huge coup for a business that had annual revenue of just 4.3 million...


Music Review The JACK Quartet Plays Bryant Park
The JACK Quartets concert was part of a free music series at Bryant Park in Manhattan.


Wedeman What I saw in Egypt
CNN Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman talks about his experiences covering the Egyptian crisis.


U.S. Day Ahead What's Einhorn eying next
July 29 - David Einhorn's hedge fund Greenlight Capital reports second-quarter results. He is expected to talk about trading ideas and investors will be listening for what companies he mentions.


FOREX-Dollar drops, hits 1-month low against the yen
* Plenty of event risks ECB and BoE meetings, major data


Asia demand drives up art sales with China, India targeted
LONDON (Reuters) - Increasing demand from Asian buyers boosted sales at major international auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's in the first half of 2013 with expectations of growing participation by Chinese and Indian collectors in the global art marketplace.


Outrage as Homeowners Prepare for Substantially Higher Flood Insurance Rates
Changes in the federal flood insurance program last year and the impact of Hurricane Sandy are helping to drive up rates in the New York region by many thousands of dollars.


Currents | QA Taking a Load Off, Together
Francis Cape, a wood sculptor, on his Utopian Benches project.


Tennis baby takes Internet by storm
The daughter of Bob Bryan, part of of tennis' greatest double act in history, has become a social media phenomenon.


The Learning Network Blog A Midsummer Hiatus
While were taking a break this week, our Summer Reading Contest, of course, will continue. Stay cool.


Quebec orders MMA Railway, World Fuel to pay for crash cleanup
* July 6 crash killed 47, destroyed center of Lac Megantic


Developing countries to vastly outpace OECD in carbon emissions EIA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions from developing countries will be 127 percent higher than in the world's most developed economies by 2040, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).


Hosszu takes gold in women's 200 meters medley
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Hungary's Katinka Hosszu won the women's 200 meters individual medley at the world championships on Monday as Olympic champion Ye Shiwen of China surprisingly finished outside the medals in fourth.


Clip Air brings air travel by train
June 19 - Swiss researchers have released futuristic designs for attachable modular aircraft that will allow passengers to board a plane at a railway station and disembark at their destination without ever setting foot in an airport. EPFL says its Clip Air project is no flight of fancy. Jim Drury reports.


U.S. FDA proposes food companies verify safety of imports
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed rules on Friday that would require food companies to verify that the products they import meet certain safety standards.


U.S. regulators moving cautiously on mortgage reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators, wary of upsetting the fragile housing market, are moving cautiously in fashioning dozens of new rules to prevent reckless underwriting and other mortgage market abuses.


U.S., Japanese stocks boosts Loeb's Third Point fund
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bets on U.S. and Japanese stocks helped Daniel Loeb's hedge fund, Third Point, gain 3.3 percent during the second quarter, even as equity and bond markets suffered rapid sell offs in June, the manager told his investors on Monday.


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