| Latest worldwide news | Jobless Claims at Six-Year Low | | | Labor Department figures reinforced the results of private surveys that service companies added jobs in August at the fastest pace in six months. |
| Is Kenya still safe for tourists? | | | Kenya remains a safe place to visit despite an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall over the weekend in which at least 68 people, including foreigners, died, the country's tourism minister said yesterday. |
| JCPenney mulls pre-holiday cash boost - sources | | | Sep. 25 - Struggling retailer J.C. Penney could seek to raise up to $1 billion to build up reserves before the holiday season, say sources. But the company says it is pleased with turnaround efforts. Fred Katayama reports. |
| Hardware heroes in our gadgets | | | Next time you marvel at the computer hardware in your hand, spare a thought for the tiny transistors contained within. Without them our modern gizmos wouldn't work. |
| AEG expert MJ was a drug addict | | | Michael Jackson suffered a "quite extensive" drug addiction the last 15 years of his life, according to an addiction expert testifying Tuesday in the AEG Live wrongful death trial. |
| Hers to Lose | | | Christine C. Quinn, the longtime front-runner in the New York mayoral race, lost in the Democratic primary. A behind-the-scenes film captures the final weeks of her bid. |
| Connecticut commuters struggle with crippled railroad | | | (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers and corporate types used to Wall Street's lightning pace, as well as ordinary Connecticut citizens, faced weeks of delays as a power outage on the Metro North railway brought their commutes to a crawl for a second day on Thursday. |
| PRESS DIGEST-Canada-Sept 26 | | | Sept 26 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. |
| American invasion damp squib for some Man Booker diehards | | | LONDON (Reuters) - No one but the jurors can say which of six short-listed books will receive the Man Booker Prize for fiction on October 15, but one thing for certain is the Americans are coming into the competition next year and the literary world is in an uproar. |
| Filling up on petrol station offices | | | (Reuters.com) - Seeking a place to work out of the office that is quieter than a bustling coffee shop and provides drinks, printers, Wi-Fi and even petrol? |
| Exclusive Nokia weighs Alcatel tie-up after Microsoft deal - sources | | | NEW YORK/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia is discussing internally whether to approach French rival Alcatel-Lucent about a tie-up, part of the Finnish company's review of how it can grow after the planned sale of its handset business to Microsoft Corp, several people close to the matter said. |
| Google introduces new 'Hummingbird' search algorithm | | | MENLO PARK, California (Reuters) - Google Inc has overhauled its search algorithm, the foundation of the Internet's dominant search engine, to better cope with the longer, more complex queries it has been getting from Web users. |
| South Carolina man who won nearly $400 million jackpot withholds name | | | CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The winner of a nearly $400 million Powerball jackpot has declined to be named, lottery officials said on Monday, but they said the winner who lives near Columbia, South Carolina, told them he bought the ticket while on a mission to buy hot dog buns. |
| Bertelsmann sees 2013 sales, operating profit up | | | FRANKFURT, Aug 30 (Reuters) - German media group Bertelsmann expects sales and adjusted operating profit to grow this year, as cost cutting and bestsellers such as Dan Brown's "Inferno" will help offset slow economic growth in Europe. |
| Challenges Await Plan to Reduce Emissions | | | A proposal from the Obama administration to limit carbon emissions might be curtailed in a legal quagmire if the required technology does not meet current standards. |
| Ronaldo inspires Bale-less Real | | | If Cristiano Ronaldo feels threatened by Gareth Bale's arrival at Real Madrid, it certainly isn't showing in his performances -- he added another two goals Sunday as his new colleague missed out due to injury. |
| 'Snake Man' moves like a serpent | | | The "Snake Man" is real. The mythical creature with the body of a serpent and face of a human folds himself into a tight coil for the gasping crowds, before slithering into his next impossible position. |
| Electronic Arts says no "NCAA Football" game next year | | | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Electronic Arts will not publish a new version of its college football video game "NCAA Football" next year and is evaluating the fate of the game franchise, which is mired in legal disputes with former collegiate athletes, the company said on Thursday. |
| BlackBerry's Heins, Fairfax's Watsa and the $55 million handshake | | | TORONTO (Reuters) - Months before Fairfax Financial Holdings Inc bid $4.7 billion for BlackBerry Ltd, Fairfax boss Prem Watsa played a role in securing a golden parachute worth as much as $55 million for the smartphone maker's chief executive, according to company filings. |
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