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| Smiths terminates talks over medical unit sale | | | LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - British engineering company Smiths Group said it had terminated discussions over a sale of its medical division after it failed to agree on terms with the bidder. |
| Well Back Pain Remains Overtreated | | | Conservative management is often recommended for back pain, but doctors are performing more CT and M.R.I. scans, prescribing more opiates and referring more patients to specialists, which may lead to expensive and ineffective surgeries. |
| Well The Ticktock of the Death Clock | | | I recently found myself at DeathClock.com, the Internets friendly reminder that life is slipping away second by second. Then, not allowing myself to wallow one grain of sand longer, I decided to quit my day job. |
| Obama to nominate new IRS head | | | President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that he will nominate John Koskinen, a veteran of both public service and the private sector, to take over the embattled Internal Revenue Service. |
| Luanda World's priciest city | | | For the second time in three years, the African city of Luanda has been declared the most expensive city in the world for expats. |
| UPDATE 2-Rogers designs plan to thwart Verizon move into Canada | | | TORONTO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc , Canada's largest wireless company, is attempting to thwart Verizon Communications Inc's entry into the country by backing a private equity bid for two small carriers that the U.S. telecom giant wants to acquire. |
| Boeing requests aircraft checks | | | As part of Boeing's ongoing efforts to resolve Dreamliner problems, the passenger jet maker has put out a request that airlines inspect an emergency beacon used to find aircraft in the event of a crash. |
| One Direction singer signs on as a soccer player | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Louis Tomlinson of boy band One Direction has signed for English Championship side Doncaster Rovers on a non-contract basis and could play for their development squad this season, the club has announced. |
| Taking on the Taliban | | | It's time to "start holding rackets and bats rather than holding guns and grenade," says Maria Toorpakai Wazir, who can finally indulge her life's greatest love without fear of persecution. |
| Why Goldman's board falls short - Felix TV | | | The Goldman Sachs board of directors is supposed to keep management in check, but Reuters' blogger Felix Salmon says it is stacked with company insiders, conflicting interests and inexperience. (October 15, 2012) |
| Obama Narrows Field for Fed Chairman to 3 | | | President Obama is said to be choosing between Larry Summers, his former economic adviser; Janet L. Yellen, the Federal Reserves vice chairwoman; and Donald L. Kohn, a former Fed vice chairman. |
| Brazil enacts tough anti-bribery law required by OECD | | | BRASILIA (Reuters) - Bribing a public official in Brazil could become a very onerous mistake for local and foreign businesses under a law enacted on Friday that for the first time makes companies liable for bribes paid by their employees. |
| Martino lays out his ambitions for Barcelona | | | Gerardo Martino is unveiled as Barcelona's new manager Friday -- promising not to change their attacking style of play but introducing "new ideas" to help the Catalan giants dominate European club football. |
| The One Direction soccer star? | | | One Direction have already taken the music world by storm and now Louis Tomlinson is hoping to become a star in the football world after signing a deal with English second division club Doncaster Rovers. |
| Russia Olympics 'gayest ever'? | | | You don't have to be gay or even Russian to feel the wrath of the Russian government's homophobia. You could go to jail if you are "pro-gay," whatever that means. And that's under just one of a growing number of hate-infused bills becoming law at a time when, as it happens, Russia is preparing to host the world in the next Winter Olympics. |
| Stars on global treadmill | | | 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? |
| New EPA chief takes on critics of U.S. agency's policies | | | CAMBRIDGE, Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delivering her first speech as the top U.S. environmental steward, Gina McCarthy on Tuesday pre-empted a frequent mantra of critics of the Environmental Protection Agency - that the agency's regulations disrupt the economy and cost jobs. |
| How impressive is the Chromebook Pixel? Very! | | | I've been using a Chromebook Pixel for the past two days and a single phrase comes to mind blown away. Is it worth $1,299 or more? Take a look to see and then stack it up against your mobile computing needs. |
| Brazil's real gains 1 pct on U.S. jobs data | | | RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The Brazilian real firmed 1 percent on Friday after data showed the number of jobs created in the United States in July was lower than forecast, supporting the idea... |
| UPDATE 1-U.S. says states' lawsuits vs SP belong in state courts | | | Aug 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. government, which is pursuing a $5 billion lawsuit accusing Standard Poor's of misleading investors by inflating its credit ratings, on Friday asked a federal judge to move similar cases by 15 U.S. states and the District of Columbia back to state courts. |
| Official Security tightened in Yemen amid al Qaeda threat | | | Security has been greatly tightened in Yemen's major cities as a result of Yemeni-gathered intelligence that al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula was planning attacks in major cities, such as the capital, Sanaa, or Aden, a senior Yemeni national security official told CNN on Friday. |
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