| Latest worldwide news | Turning market hits "trend-following" quant funds | | | LONDON (Reuters) - The global equity pullback over the last month hit "trend-following" quantitative funds the hardest, but the strategy could remain the most profitable in the longer run, delegates... |
| Mortgages Awaiting Foreclosure Relief | | | Foreclosure prevention advocates are urging Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to sign legislation that would prevent lenders lawyers from leaving homeowners facing foreclosure in a state of legal limbo. |
| Manning Is Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy | | | Pfc. Bradley Manning was convicted of multiple counts of violating the Espionage Act for leaking documents to the antisecrecy group WikiLeaks, but was found not guilty of the more serious charge of aiding the enemy. |
| FCC nominee Wheeler clears Senate Commerce panel vote | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tom Wheeler, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission, moved a step closer to confirmation on Tuesday after receiving the approval of the Senate Commerce Committee. |
| Bianchi's Single Gives Brewers DH Sweep of Cubs | | | Jeff Bianchi delivered a two-run single off shortstop Starlin Castro's glove with two out in the ninth to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs and a day-night doubleheader sweep on Tuesday. |
| UPDATE 1-MetLife profit plunges on derivative losses | | | July 31 (Reuters) - MetLife Inc's second-quarter profit plunged 80 percent due to derivative losses but still managed to beat analysts' estimates as operating earnings increased in the company's retail insurance business. |
| Delayed Berlin airport costs Germany dear | | | June 19 - Berlin's new international airport should have been open for a year, but may not start operating until 2017. The cost has doubled to 4.3 billion euros, mostly due to the delays. Joanna Partridge reports from Berlin on what's gone wrong, and looks at other large German infrastructure projects facing delays. |
| Israel, Palestinians launch peace talks | | | The lead Israeli and Palestinian negotiators marked their first direct talks since 2010 by sitting down Tuesday morning with U.S. President Barack Obama ahead of a meeting intended to schedule and outline what could be a grueling, months-long process. |
| Franklin and Lochte through after contrasting heats | | | BARCELONA (Reuters) - American teenager Missy Franklin cut it fine to make the 50 meters backstroke semi-finals at the world swimming championships on Wednesday, while experienced compatriot Ryan Lochte rediscovered his form in the 200 meters medley heats. |
| Home Prices Up 12.2 Percent in May | | | The Standard Poors/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for May showed the biggest yearly gain since March 2006, a sign that the housing recovery is strengthening. |
| Washington's corpse flower ends its stinky reign | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For weeks, gawkers lined up at the U.S. Botanic Garden, hoping to be among the lucky ones to catch the show when a giant-sized corpse flower bloomed for the first time in seven years. |
| Well Australians Are Getting Fatter | | | Australia may be known for its rugged outdoor lifestyles but recent statistics suggest a different reality. Australia and its equally outdoorsy neighbor, New Zealand, are now two of the fattest countries in the developed world. |
| Astronomer finds new moon orbiting Neptune | | | CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An astronomer studying archived images of Neptune taken by the Hubble Space Telescope has found a 14th moon orbiting the planet, NASA said on Monday. |
| Murray the man behind the mask | | | When Andy Murray dedicated a tournament win to a friend, it revealed an unexpected personal side to one of the more guarded men in sport. |
| 13-pound baby | | | One of the heaviest babies ever born in Germany was born last week at the University Hospital Leipzig. |
| TSA misconduct on the rise | | | Their job is to keep air travelers safe in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. But just how good of a job are they doing? |
| Scientists create human liver from stem cells | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time created a functional human liver from stem cells derived from skin and blood and say their success points to a future where much-needed livers and other transplant organs could be made in a laboratory. |
| Crews battle wildfires threatening homes in Pacific Northwest | | | SEATTLE/ PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Firefighters in Washington state and Oregon were grappling on Wednesday with blazes that have blackened more than 200 square miles of terrain across the Pacific Northwest, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes. |
| House Republicans leery of 'Obamacare' defunding idea | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Tea Party-inspired plan to kill President Barack Obama's healthcare law by forcing a government shutdown unless funds to implement the law are denied has not gained traction among senior Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, lawmakers said on Wednesday. |
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