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FACTBOX Solid Apple results fail to impress investors
Oct 28 - Apple's profit and margins slid despite selling a solid 33.8 million iPhones in its September quarter.


Health Site Puts Agency and Leader in Hot Seat
Marilyn Tavenner, who runs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will testify on Tuesday before a House panel on the problems with the health care website.


A Good Appetite Mussels, Difficult? A Myth Without Legs
Cooking mussels is simple and, with a vegetable along, you have an easy, tasty one-pot meal.


QA Editing Microsoft Word Files on an Android Tablet
Google Play has several apps for working with Microsoft Word files on Android tablets.


Sports Briefing | Baseball Strasburg Has Surgery
Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg had bone chips removed from his surgically repaired right elbow.


Poison Pen A Warning on Chemical Peels
Two influential agencies moved to classify an acid commonly used by dermatologists as a possible carcinogen.


Canadiens 2, Rangers 0 Rangers Fail to Sparkle in Debut at Refurbished Home
In their first game at Madison Square Garden since its renovation was completed, the Rangers fell to the Canadiens.


Chemical Arms Inspectors Say Syria Has Destroyed All Declared Sites
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Syria had met an important deadline. But the government still has 1,290 metric tons of chemical weapons it must destroy by mid-2014.


The Learning Network Blog 6 Qs About the News | How a Tick Sticks
When have you had a run-in with a tick or other potentially dangerous insect?


CNN Heroes announced
Today CNN announced the Top Ten Heroes of 2013. Anderson takes a look at each of their causes.


ArtsBeat Book Review Podcast Jung Chang Reconsiders Cixi
Ms. Chang discusses Empress Dowager Cixi The Concubine Who Launched Modern China.


Veteran chef to French leaders hangs up apron
PARIS, Oct 31 (Reuters) - For 40 years, Bernard Vaussion has stirred and sauteed, poached and parboiled, reduced and roasted for six French presidents and their guests. Now it's time to hang up the apron.


RPT-Fitch reviews Panamanian mid-sized banks' ratings
SAN SALVADOR, October 31 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has completed a peer review of the following seven Panamanian mid-sized banks Banco Aliado, S.A. (Aliado), Banco Panameno de la Vivienda, S.A. y...


NFL Networks 10-Year Gains 13 Games and 72 Million Homes
The all-football channel has gone from an uncertain start to 13 regular-season games, 17 studio shows and more than 70 on-air personalities.


T Magazine On Beauty | Morocco in a Bottle
Made with a blend of natural oils, the new body serum from the New York skin care line Kahina Giving Beauty has a scent thats intended to transport its wearer straight to Fez.


Ariad suspends sales of blood cancer drug, shares sink
(Reuters) - Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc will suspend sales of its blood cancer drug Iclusig, barely two weeks after the company stopped an ongoing trial of the drug due to safety concerns.


Chemical Arms Inspectors Say Syria Has Destroyed All Declared Sites
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Syria had met an important deadline. But the government still has 1,290 metric tons of chemical weapons it must destroy by mid-2014.


T Magazine Countess Marina Cicogna, a Woman of the World
The 79-year-old Italian who is also an award-winning movie producer, photographer of the jet-set and hostess of truly legendary parties continues to live her life on her own terms.


Bits Amazon Raises Threshold for Free Shipping
Amazon.com is expected to generate $75 billion in revenue this year by putting its customers first. Tuesday, in a very rare move, it put its bottom line first.


Serving Museum Patrons Something More
With the opening of a multimillion-dollar restaurant, the Brooklyn Museum joins the ranks of culture centers offering high-end dining experiences to their visitors.


Snags reported on first day of transcontinental train tunnel
Istanbul's new transcontinental train tunnel under the Bosphorus Strait had a bumpy first day of operation, a day after Turkey's Prime Minister called it a "project for whole humanity" at an inaugural ceremony.


Corner Office Never Duck Tough Questions, Says Drugstore.comx2019;s Chief
Dawn Lepore, chairwoman and chief executive of Drugstore.com, says good leaders direct employeesx2019; energies toward the mission at hand.


Centerra says shareholders won't give up more of Kumtor stake
Oct 31 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Centerra Gold Inc said on Thursday he had little wiggle room to agree to demands from the parliament of Kyrgyzstan, which is seeking control over the...


A Good Appetite Mussels, Difficult? A Myth Without Legs
Cooking mussels is simple and, with a vegetable along, you have an easy, tasty one-pot meal.


The top films at the North American box office
LOS ANGELES, Sept 29 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting Sept. 27, led by "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2" according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (*) Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 $ 35.0 million 2 (1) Prisoners...........................$ 11.3 million 3 (*) Rush................................$ 10.3 million 4 (*) Baggage Claim.......................$ 9.3 million 5 (*) Don Jon.........................


Photos Pandas artificially bred
Pandas on display at China's Chengdu Panda Base


The Boss Joel Peresman, Drawn to the Music
At the age of 6, Joel Peresman saved 63 cents to buy his first single record. Now he is C.E.O. of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.


Student Newspapers Scurry to Make Ends Meet
College newspapers have until recently managed to stave off industry challenges. Now many traditional papers are struggling for survival.


Dozens perish in desert in Niger
Dozens died of dehydration after their vehicles broke down in the Sahara desert in Niger, said Azaoua Mahaman of the Synergie nongovernmental organization. Nearly all of the 87 people were women and children.


Violence unsettles oil production
MME's John defterios sits down with Hussain Al-Shahristani, the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy.


Currents | Dcor Charley Harper Designs That Takes Cues From Flora and Fauna
Todd Oldham has partnered with Designtex to produce wallpaper and fabrics based on the artists patterns.


Scientists who took chemistry into cyberspace win Nobel Prize
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Three U.S. scientists won the Nobel chemistry prize on Wednesday for pioneering work on computer programs that simulate complex chemical processes and have revolutionized research in areas from drugs to solar energy.


Even at $700, Apple is not a bubble Felix TV
It took 15,000 data points to answer a question millions of investors are asking Is Apple stock overvalued? With the help of friends at Datastream, Reuters blogger Felix Salmon presents a unique visual analysis showing that even at $700 a share, Apple is not overvalued as Microsoft was before its bubble burst. (September 19, 2012)


The science of positive thinking
Whether it's infuriating colleagues, inept management or a lack of appreciation, the modern day workplace can be a positivity free zone.


Square Feet In a Healthy Apartment Market, Pockets of Worry
A few developers are beginning to wonder if the demand they expected to gallop in to their new construction will materialize.


Azarenka beaten in Istanbul
Victoria Azarenka's alarming slump shows no sign of stopping after the World No.2 was beaten in straight sets by Jelena Jankovic at the WTA Championships in Istanbul Wednesday.


Exhibition Review Beethovens Ninth A Masterpiece Reunited at the Morgan
Beethovens Ninth A Masterpiece Reunited, an exhibition at the Morgan Library Museum, focuses on two copied scores of that symphony that were edited by the composer.


Western Union's shares tumble as outlook disappoints
(Reuters) - Shares of Western Union Co fell as much as 19 percent on Wednesday, after the money transfer company said it did not expect earnings growth in 2014 due to higher compliance costs.


Shadow over NSA spying furor
Germans may be full of indignation at the alleged tapping of Angela Merkel's phone by the U.S National Security Agency -- but the outrage is more than the disappointment of being betrayed by a friend, for the shadows of Germany's past are never far away.


TV Talk Midseason Renewals
The Times reporters Bill Carter and Brian Stelter discuss this weeks TV cancellations and renewals.


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