| Latest worldwide news | Art in Review Ten Years | | | Representing 76 artists, this show almost strains at the seams with artworks and high spirits. |
| McIlory rues 'brain dead' play | | | Unconscious. Brain dead. Rory McIlroy was in a brutally reflective mood in the words he chose to describe his opening round in the British Open |
| O.J. Simpson asks Nevada parole board to cut prison sentence | | | CARSON CITY, Nevada (Reuters) - Former football star O.J. Simpson asked the Nevada parole board on Thursday to reduce his prison sentence of up to 33 years for his role in the robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers and said he has missed key moments with family while he was behind bars. |
| Can humans beat machines in the workplace? | | | July 18 - Automation could destroy as much as 70 per cent of todays jobs by 2020, according to Wired magazine. Amy Gardner looks at some of the ways humans are trying to modify themselves to beat machines. She meets a cybernetics professor who turned himself into a cyborg, and looks at the pros and cons of a cognitive enhancing drug. |
| Zynga reports $231 million in revenue | | | SAN FRANCISCO, July 25 (Reuters) - Zynga Inc reported $231 million in quarterly revenue, a 31 percent drop from a year ago, as the struggling game publisher continued to lose fickle online gamers to its fierce rivals. |
| Bosch Associate Says He Turned Down MLB's $125K | | | A former associate of Biogenesis head Tony Bosch said he turned down a $125,000 offer from Major League Baseball for documents said to implicate players in the use of performance-enhancing drugs. |
| Giant King Kong robot comes to life | | | He is a towering figure in the history of cinema, a colossus who has frightened and thrilled audiences in equal measure. Now King Kong, the famous silverback from the silver screen, is roaring and pounding his way onto the theatrical stage. |
| Nikkei set to fall for 3rd day as yen strengthens | | | TOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average is set to fall for a third day on Friday as a firmer yen hurts investor sentiment, while a focus on quarterly earnings results may keep trading volumes thin. Market players said the Nikkei was likely to trade between 14,300 and 14,550, after falling 1.1 percent to 14,562.93 in the previous session. Nikkei futures in Chicago closed at 14,360, down 1.1 percent from the close in Osaka of 14,520. The first-quarter earnings season is |
| Obama, buoyed by election win, faces new battles | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama had little time to savor victory on Wednesday after voters gave him a second term in the White House where he faces urgent economic challenges, a looming fiscal showdown and a still-divided Congress able to block his every move. |
| Why women don't make partner | | | The scales of justice are beginning to balance as an increasing number of women enter the legal profession. But female lawyers are still struggling to become partners at top firms. CNN asked six leading lawyers in the United States and Britain to tell us what can be done to make the law a more balanced profession |
| Britains Recovery Picks Up | | | Gross domestic product grew 0.6 percent in the three months that ended in June, an uptick amid signs of improvement elsewhere in Europe. |
| Hong Kong Seizes Smuggled Elephant Tusks | | | The seizure of 1,148 tusks underscored the challenges facing Africas dwindling elephant populations as rising prosperity in Asia leads to greater demand for ivory. |
| Why is this guy a top thinker? | | | In the past, author and NYU professor, Clay Shirky's predictions haven't always come true, but it appears he was on the money in 2011. Foreign Policy Magazine named Shirky one of their "Top 100 Global Thinkers," for his musings on social media's impact on revolutions, which we saw come to full fruition in the Arab Spring. |
| Inside SAC's Dell trade | | | The federal indictment charging "substantial" insider trading at SAC Capital Advisors details how information allegedly leaked by a Dell insider found its way to SAC's portfolio managers, who allegedly profited from it. Here's how the Department of Justice says it worked. |
| Fire at Gulf rig wanes, gas flow stops regulators | | | HOUSTON (Reuters) - The flow of natural gas from a ruptured well at a shallow-water Gulf of Mexico drilling rig has stopped, and the fire on the rig off the coast of Louisiana has been reduced to a small flame, U.S. regulators said on Thursday. |
| Young athletes could shine as Kenya expectations cool | | | ITEN, Kenya (Reuters) - A new generation of Kenyan athletes will have the chance to shine at next month's world championships after the country's expectations were lowered following a series of big-name withdrawals from the team. |
| Foreign central banks' US debt holdings rise-Fed | | | NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) - Foreign central banks' overall holdings of U.S. marketable securities at the Federal Reserve rose in the latest week, data from the U.S. central bank showed on... |
| RPT-Australia's United Petroleum considers potential sale-sources | | | SYDNEY, July 25 (Reuters) - Australian petrol and convenience store retailer United Petroleum is exploring a potential sale or a joint venture of the business that has a value of about A$1 billion ($921 million) including debt, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. |
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