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| Al Fayed Fulham farewell | | | Mohamed Al Fayed, the charismatic former owner of department store Harrods, sells Fulham of soccer's English Premier League to billionaire Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan. |
| 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. |
| London prime property fears | | | July 23 - Foreign investors using London property as a safe haven are warned they may need to think again if quantitative easing is pulled back but, as Joanne Nicholson reports, matters in the hands of the central banks could prevent a bursting of a so-called bubble. |
| The power of friendship | | | World number 2 Andy Murray focuses on his friend, ATP doubles player Ross Hutchins, who is battling cancer. |
| Geeks take on bullying at Comic-Con | | | "Raise your hand if you still remember a specific incidence of being taunted," Carrie Goldman told a crowd at San Diego Comic-Con this year. The number of hands that went up told her that the bullying her Star Wars-loving daughter faced is still a problem. |
| The Activism Files | | | At the Interference Archive in Gowanus, Brooklyn, posters, fliers, zines, stickers, T-shirts, books, newspapers, games and videos tell the story of radical political movements. |
| Looking forward to Muirfield | | | Phil Mickelson won the Scottish Open to end a 20-year drought in Europe. With the British Open starting this week, it was perfect timing. |
| Impact Your World How to help | | | CNN Films' "Girl Rising" tells the stories of girls across the globe and the power of education to change the world. Are you inspired to help the cause of girls' education around the world? You can make an impact in many ways, but by just being aware of the issue, you can spread the word. By acting in your own community, you can make a global difference. |
| Sharapova hires Connors | | | Two of the biggest names in tennis are teaming up after Maria Sharapova hired eight-time grand slam winner Jimmy Connors as her new coach. |
| Breakingviews Detroits next hurdle | | | July 23 - Breakingviews columnists explain why Detroits bankruptcy filing doesn't just pit bondholders against retirees, but also federal versus states' rights in an 80-year-old legal dispute. |
| Man Booker fiction prize nominees span the globe | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Life in London's Jewish community and Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, billionaires in China and hard times in Ireland all feature in the novels vying for this year's Man Booker Prize. |
| Nikkei may see soft start, Apple-related shares set to outperform | | | TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average may open lower on Wednesday after its two-day rally, but the market could push higher later in the day from gains in Apple Inc related stocks after the iPhone-maker reported stellar sales. Market players said the Nikkei was likely to trade between 14,650 to 14,850 on Wednesday after rising 0.8 percent to 14,778.51 on the previous day. The benchmark has risen 1.3 percent over the past two days. Nikkei futures in Chicago closed at 14 |
| Dubai offers gold to fight obesity epidemic | | | DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's government will pay residents in gold for losing those extra pounds as part of a government campaign to fight growing obesity in the Gulf Arab emirate. |
| Lockheed hopes for next Pentagon deal on F-35 jets soon | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Co is making "good progress" in negotiations with the Pentagon about the next two batches of F-35 fighter jets and hopes to reach agreement soon, Chief Executive Marillyn Hewson said on Tuesday. |
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