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  • Healthcare reform faces challenges in Senate

    22 Nov 2009 | 11:36 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's U.S. healthcare overhaul plan has cleared an important Senate hurdle but lawmakers warned on Sunday of challenges ahead in winning support for passage, even among Obama's own Democrats.

  • Israeli president plays down settlement work

    22 Nov 2009 | 8:56 am
    CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel's president said on Sunday expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank was a "marginal" issue blocking resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians.

  • Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, most survive

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:45 am
    JAKARTA (Reuters) - An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday, killing 29 people, while 245 passengers survived the accident, officials said.

  • Denmark says 65 leaders enrolled for climate talks

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:38 am
    COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sixty-five world leaders have confirmed they will attend next month's U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen which Danish officials hope will bring strong political commitment for a new treaty to combat global warming.

  • Iran launches war games to protect nuclear sites

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:24 am
    TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's armed forces launched large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to show off the country's deterrence capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its nuclear program.
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  • Iran begins air defence war games

    22 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    Nov 22 - Iranian armed forces launch air defence war games to show off the country's deterrent capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its nuclear programme.

  • Assam on alert after blasts

    22 Nov 2009 | 5:10 am
    Nov 22 - Two deadly bombs hidden in bicycles explode in Nalbari town in the north east Indian state.

  • Death toll rises in China mine blast

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:25 am
    Nov 22 - Hopes are fading that more survivors will be found after China's latest mine diaster.

  • U.S. health reform moves on

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:10 am
    Nov 22 - Plans for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system narrowly clear their first hurdle.

  • Israeli warplanes pound Gaza

    22 Nov 2009 | 12:50 am
    Nov 22 - Israel launches air strikes in the Gaza Strip which it says were triggered when a rocket luanched from the enclave landed on its territory.
 
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  • Honduras prepares for elections

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:10 pm
    Nov 22 - Honduras gets ready to vote for a new president on November 29 in an election overshadowed by a military coup that toppled elected president Manuel Zelaya and plunged the impoverished nation into political turmoil.

  • California students protest fee hike

    22 Nov 2009 | 1:50 pm
    Nov 22 - Thousands of students at California's top public universities staged demonstrations against a 32 percent rise in tuition fees prompted in part by the state's budget crisis during the recession.

  • Overcrowded ferry sinks in Indonesia

    22 Nov 2009 | 8:25 am
    Nov 22 - An overloaded ferry sinks in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands.

  • U.S. hijack ship escapes second bid

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:05 am
    Nov 22 -The Maersk Alabama cargo ship captured by Somali pirates in April arrives in Kenya after foiling a second attempt.

  • Iran begins air defence war games

    22 Nov 2009 | 6:00 am
    Nov 22 - Iranian armed forces launch air defence war games to show off the country's deterrent capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its nuclear programme.
 
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  • Sudan delays elections by six days

    22 Nov 2009 | 11:21 am
    KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan on Sunday announced a six-day delay to long-awaited elections to make up for hold-ups in registering millions of voters in the oil-producing country.

  • Saudi troops killed in Yemen rebel clashes: report

    22 Nov 2009 | 9:23 am
    DUBAI (Reuters) - Three Saudi soldiers were killed and an unspecified number wounded as they fought to stop new cross-border raids by Yemeni rebels, the Saudi-owned daily Asharq al-Awsat reported on its website on Sunday.

  • Algeria court acquits two ex-Guantanamo detainees

    22 Nov 2009 | 9:15 am
    ALGIERS (Reuters) - Two men who had been held for seven years in the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of belonging to an extremist group were acquitted in an Algerian court on Sunday, state media reported.

  • Israeli president plays down settlement work

    22 Nov 2009 | 8:56 am
    CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel's president said on Sunday expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank was a "marginal" issue blocking resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians.

  • Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, most survive

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:45 am
    JAKARTA (Reuters) - An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday, killing 29 people, while 245 passengers survived the accident, officials said.
 
 
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  • Washington atwitter with tweets

    17 Nov 2009 | 2:54 pm
    Nov. 17 - Reuters White House Correspondent Tabassum (Toby) Zakaria describes how journalists in Washington follow the White House via tweets.

  • Obama's Afghanistan decision

    16 Nov 2009 | 12:04 pm
    Nov 16 - Reuters' Jon Decker talks about the various considerations President Barack Obama must weigh in deciding whether to commit additional U.S. combat troops to the war in Afghanistan.

  • Democrats get a wake-up call

    5 Nov 2009 | 8:50 am
    Nov 5 - Reuters' Jon Decker talks with MSNBC about the changing political landscape for Democrats after wins on Tuesday by Republicans in the races for Governor in New Jersey and Virginia.

  • Obama's smaller agenda

    4 Nov 2009 | 11:40 am
    Nov. 4 - Reuters columnist James Pethokoukis says that Democratic defeats in the Virginia and New Jersey governor's races imperil the ambitions of Obama's legislative agenda.

  • White House eyes Congressional race

    2 Nov 2009 | 1:16 pm
    Nov. 2 - The race in New York’s 23rd Congressional District highlights what could be a day of victories for the Republican Party.
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  • Healthcare reform faces challenges in Senate

    22 Nov 2009 | 11:36 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's U.S. healthcare overhaul plan has cleared an important Senate hurdle but lawmakers warned on Sunday of challenges ahead in winning support for passage, even among Obama's own Democrats.

  • Obama asks for patience on economy

    21 Nov 2009 | 3:02 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to show patience over the economy and argued that his just-concluded Asia trip was critical for U.S. exports, countering criticism he had returned empty-handed.

  • Honduras de facto leader says will step aside

    21 Nov 2009 | 12:23 am
    TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis.

  • Ex-State Dept official pleads guilty to spying for Cuba

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:46 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former U.S. State Department official and his wife pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that they spied for almost three decades for the Communist-led Cuban government.

  • Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:31 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday.
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  • HP outpaces Dell

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:25 pm
    Nov. 20 - Dell disappoints while HP had stronger preliminary results earlier in the week. Still, road to recovery won't be smooth.

  • Route to Recovery: Military homes

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:14 pm
    Nov. 20 - Sacrifice is familiar for members of the armed forces and their spouses, but Maritza Lee feels that losing large amounts of money on a house should not be one of them.

  • Tech worries

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:55 pm
    Nov. 20 - The Nasdaq finished lower for the first time in three weeks on worries the technology sector may signal a pause in the global recovery.

  • Ford bets on Brazil

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:40 pm
    Nov. 20 - Ford Motors is planning on investing more than $2 billion in Brazil.

  • Light at end of the recession tunnel

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:36 pm
    Nov. 20 - Reuters West Coast bureau chief Mary Milliken says LA has seen a rise in car commercials production, a hopeful economic sign.
 
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  • Fed independence doubts may hurt recovery: report

    22 Nov 2009 | 3:05 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - The independence of the Federal Reserve is essential for credible monetary policy and doubts about the U.S. central bank's ability to do its job without political interference could hurt the nascent economic recovery, a senior Federal Reserve official said on Sunday.

  • CORRECTED: "Black Friday" deals may not signal retail comeback

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:58 pm
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - When the U.S. holiday shopping season kicks off on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers can expect to see millions of less frightened, but even more bargain-hungry customers cross their thresholds.

  • NY Times to Goldman Sachs: Pay up to cut public debt

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:54 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York Times editorial slammed Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis and said that instead of paying big bonuses to its employees it should make a multibillion-dollar gift to help reduce the U.S. national debt.

  • Kraft weighs higher Cadbury bid as rivals circle: source

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    PHILADELPHIA/ZURICH (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc may raise its offer for Cadbury Plc or offer more cash in its bid if rival takeover offers emerge, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

  • BofA may extend CEO search into 2010: report

    22 Nov 2009 | 1:33 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America may extend its search for a new chief executive into next year if its board is unable to pick a candidate in the next four days, according to a report on the Bloomberg News website.
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  • Rio to get at least $741 million from Cloud Peak IPO

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:09 pm
    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto expects to receive at least $741 million from the flotation of its U.S. coal-mining unit, Cloud Peak Energy Inc , on the New York Stock Exchange, Rio said on Monday.

  • Kraft weighs higher Cadbury bid as rivals circle: source

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    PHILADELPHIA/ZURICH (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc may raise its offer for Cadbury Plc or offer more cash in its bid if rival takeover offers emerge, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

  • Ciena raises bid for some Nortel assets: sources

    22 Nov 2009 | 1:20 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ciena Corp has raised its offer for Nortel Networks Corp's optical networking and carrier ethernet business to $714 million, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, as the auction for these assets entered its third day.

  • Buyers ready bids for BHP nickel cast-off

    22 Nov 2009 | 1:15 pm
    SYDNEY (Reuters) - BHP Billiton is on the verge of selling its Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Australia, ending a disastrous $2 billion foray into specialty nickel mining.

  • Cadbury prefers merger with Hershey over Kraft: report

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:34 am
    LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co rather than Kraft Foods Inc, the British company's chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
 
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  • China wind power group seeks $2.2 bln in HK IPO: sources

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:44 am
    HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Longyuan Power Group Corp Ltd, Asia's largest wind power generator, plans to raise up to HK$17.1 billion (US$2.2 billion) from a Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO), sources close to the deal said on Sunday.

  • Bushfires burn as Australia prepares final ETS laws

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:59 pm
    SYDNEY (Reuters) - After months of political haggling the Australian government will unveil its revised carbon trading laws this week, with a vote expected by the year's final day of parliament on Thursday.

  • Trony Solar raises IPO target to $241.5 million

    21 Nov 2009 | 2:59 pm
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese thin film solar company Trony Solar Holdings Company Limited raised the amount of its initial public offering on Friday, adding to the buzz around the many U.S.-based publicly traded solar companies.

  • Poland says to sell CO2 permits to Ireland soon

    21 Nov 2009 | 4:42 am
    WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will sign an accord shortly under the global Kyoto Protocol to sell surplus carbon emission permits worth 15 million euros ($22.3 million) to Ireland, Environment Minister Maciej Nowicki said on Saturday.

  • Electric carmaker Tesla preparing IPO: sources

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:38 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. electric sports car maker Tesla Motors plans to go public soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, amid growing interest in green technology and battery-powered vehicles.
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  • Collider restarts after hitch

    20 Nov 2009 | 4:05 pm
    Nov. 21 - The Large Hadron particle acceleratior built to reproduce 'Big Bang' conditions restarts after a technical glitch caused a year-long delay.

  • Twitter to follow Google's lead

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:35 pm
    Nov 20 - The co-founder of the popular microblogging service Biz Stone tells Reuters TV that the company will eventually emulate the search company's lucrative ad model, but profit is not the priority at present.

  • PS3 video service launches in Europe

    19 Nov 2009 | 2:40 am
    Nov 19 - Sony Computer Entertainment is rolling out its PlayStation Video Delivery Service in France, Germany, Spain and the UK as competition intensifies in the console market.

  • Light therapy device fights acne

    17 Nov 2009 | 6:38 pm
    Nov 17 - Sufferers of acne, or facial spots, know all about the benefits of light therapy but they have only been able to receive it either in hospital or a clinic.

  • Japanese translation glasses

    17 Nov 2009 | 5:44 pm
    Nov 17 - NEC of Japan has unveiled a pair of hi-tech spectacles that allow wearers to see past language barriers, literally.
 
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  • Barnes & Noble says Nook sold out before holidays

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:22 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts said could boost sales of rival Amazon.com Inc's market leading Kindle.

  • Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.

  • Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans

    20 Nov 2009 | 2:04 am
    BARCELONA (Reuters) - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform.

  • Chinese cyber-spying seen growing against U.S.

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:03 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional advisory panel said on Thursday.

  • Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:02 am
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.
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  • Husband of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez attacked

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:18 pm
    HAVANA (Reuters) - The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said he was attacked by government supporters as he waited on Friday to confront state security agents accused of detaining and beating his wife two weeks ago.

  • Barnes & Noble says Nook sold out before holidays

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:22 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc said on Friday it had sold out of its newly-launched Nook electronic readers due to high demand -- a pre-holiday miscalculation that analysts said could boost sales of rival Amazon.com Inc's market leading Kindle.

  • Google says PC will start in seven seconds or less

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:30 am
    MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - New Google Inc software will start up a computer as fast as a television can be turned on, the search company said on Thursday as it showed off its Chrome operating system designed for PCs that do their work on the Web.

  • Chinese cyber-spying seen growing against U.S.

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:03 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's government appears increasingly to be piercing U.S. government and defense industry computer networks to gather useful data for its military, a congressional advisory panel said on Thursday.

  • Sony to launch online entertainment service in 2010

    20 Nov 2009 | 12:02 am
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Friday that its planned entertainment content distribution service for network-compatible TVs and other devices will be launched next year.
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  • Elephants rampage in eastern India

    22 Nov 2009 | 10:20 am
    Nov 22 - A herd of elephants goes on a rampage, destroying a tea garden in Doars region of India's eastern West Bengal state.

  • Mali: drought resistant maize

    21 Nov 2009 | 8:50 am
    Nov. 21 - The government in Mali is breeding drought resistant maize to help farmers there cope with the dry weather.

  • White farmers relocate to Nigeria

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:05 am
    Nov. 21 - Zimbabwe was once considered southern Africa's bread-basket until Presidents Mugabe's controversial land reforms gave white-owned farms to landless blacks.

  • Melting glacier panic

    18 Nov 2009 | 8:50 am
    Nov 18 - Retreating glaciers threaten devastating consequences as the planet warms, scientists warn.

  • Unlocking cancer cures in the Amazon

    17 Nov 2009 | 12:32 pm
    Nov 17 - Dr. Drauzio Varella and a small band of researchers make a monthly trip to the Cuieiras river in Amazonas state, with the belief that the forest's rich plant life can unlock new treatments for cancer.
 
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  • Brazil should hear Amazon Indians on dam: Sting

    22 Nov 2009 | 10:14 am
    SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's government should hear native Indians before deciding on the construction of a controversial $17.3 billion hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, rock star and environmental activist Sting said on Sunday.

  • East Antarctic ice began to melt faster in 2006: study

    22 Nov 2009 | 10:06 am
    LONDON (Reuters) - East Antarctica's ice started to melt faster from 2006, which could cause sea levels to rise sooner than anticipated, according to a study by scientists at the University of Texas.

  • Denmark says 65 leaders enrolled for climate talks

    22 Nov 2009 | 7:38 am
    COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sixty-five world leaders have confirmed they will attend next month's U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen which Danish officials hope will bring strong political commitment for a new treaty to combat global warming.

  • Feared Asian carp may be near U.S. Great Lakes

    20 Nov 2009 | 3:12 pm
    CHICAGO (Reuters) - There are signs Asian carp may have breached barriers designed to keep the prolific fish out of the Great Lakes, which could spell ecological disaster for the vital source of fresh water, authorities said on Friday.

  • Conoco to pay air quality fine to Pennsylvania

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm
    TORONTO (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips Corp will pay $38,137 for 2009 air quality violations at its 190,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania, state environmental regulators said on Friday.
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  • Stolen puppies give the game away

    18 Nov 2009 | 8:10 am
    Nov 18 - Thieves who carried out a pet shop heist in Australia were given away by their haul - 17 squealing puppies who were then rescued by police.

  • Thief gets trapped, drops trousers

    17 Nov 2009 | 10:05 am
    NOTE: Natural sound only - no reporter narration Nov 17 - A thief gets himself stuck in a tiny window while trying to break into a supermarket in Almancil, southern Portugal.

  • France's human hamster hotel

    16 Nov 2009 | 9:35 am
    Nov 16 - A hotel in France gives guests the chance to live like a hamster - where you can eat grain, run in a giant wheel and sleep on hay. Text here: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5AG1QX20091117

  • Metal monk quits rock

    13 Nov 2009 | 8:30 am
    Nov 13 - Italy's heavy metal playing monk says he's retiring from the limelight because the devil's made celebrity go to his head.

  • India fire crews turn snake-catchers

    8 Nov 2009 | 5:28 am
    Nov. 8 - Fire fighters in the Indian state of Orissa are taking special courses in snake catching.
 
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  • Philippines welcomes hero boxer

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:20 am
    Nov. 21 - Seven-times world boxing champ Manny Pacquiao arrives home to a new fight for a career in politics.

  • White farmers relocate to Nigeria

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:05 am
    Nov. 21 - Zimbabwe was once considered southern Africa's bread-basket until Presidents Mugabe's controversial land reforms gave white-owned farms to landless blacks.

  • Kenya's forest dwellers evicted

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    Nov 20 - Residents of Mau forest in Kenya are being evicted over government claims that illegal settlement and deforestation have already destroyed a quarter of the forest.

  • Vienna-born panda heads to China

    20 Nov 2009 | 7:45 am
    Nov 20 - A panda born in Austria is moved to native habitat in China's Sichuan province.

  • Beckham fired up ahead of MLS final

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:45 am
    Nov 20 - Soccer star David Beckham says he and his L.A. Galaxy teammates are ready for the Major League Soccer Cup final against Real Salt Lake on Sunday (November 22).
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  • British royal heirlooms fetch $3.4 million at sale

    22 Nov 2009 | 12:20 pm
    LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Royal heirlooms from the collection of Prince George Duke of Kent, son of King George V, and his wife Princess Marina, fetched 2.1 million pounds ($3.5 million) at an auction late Friday, nearly double pre-sale estimates.

  • Pope tells artists beauty can be a path to God

    21 Nov 2009 | 7:13 am
    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."

  • Actress Audrey Hepburn's wardrobe up for auction

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:42 am
    NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Audrey Hepburn once declared her look was "attainable" and an upcoming auction of some of the fashionable film star's wardrobe will make that possible.

  • Albanian town plans statue of Bush

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:06 am
    TIRANA (Reuters) - The small Albanian town of Fushe-Kruje plans to erect a statue of former U.S. President George W. Bush to commemorate his June 2007 visit, when he was feted as a hero in an outpouring of love for America.

  • Montreux unveils 2010 poster by Brazil's Britto

    20 Nov 2009 | 9:41 am
    ZURICH (Reuters Life!) - Brazilian Romero Britto has created the 2010 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival's poster, adding to a long list of striking images by famous artists that have made the posters desirable objects among collectors.
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  • African movie gets people talking

    21 Nov 2009 | 5:45 am
    Nov. 21 - At this year's London Film Festival, an African documentary got people talking. The movie was about ordinary people taking on the government and winning.

  • Dali's art displayed on Alps top

    20 Nov 2009 | 11:40 am
    Nov 20 - Giant sculptures by the late surrealist Salvador Dali are installed on mountain tops in France's Courchevel ski resort.

  • Showbiz Week

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:30 pm
    Nov. 20 - The week's top showbiz news and headlines including Janet Jackson talks about Michael, Chris Brown gets good report, and Johnny Depp is sexiest man alive.

  • Talk of the Town

    19 Nov 2009 | 4:10 pm
    NOv. 20 - The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including Will Ferrell is most overpaid, Gallagher brothers going solo and Bon Jovi gets another number one album.

  • Talk of the Town

    18 Nov 2009 | 3:15 pm
    Nov 18 - The latest celebrity and entertainment headlines including Johnny Depp named Sexiest Man, Andrew Lloyd Webber is back in the hospital and Paul McCartney to be honored by the Library of Congress.
 
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  • Sen.Gregg knocks curbs on Fed role

    18 Nov 2009 | 4:55 pm
    Nov 18 - Republican U.S. Senator Judd Gregg on Wednesday criticized the Democrats' plan to impose sweeping curbs on the Federal Reserve.

  • IMF: Let yuan rise

    17 Nov 2009 | 2:20 am
    Nov 17 - The director of the International Monetary Fund says China should let yuan rise sooner rather than later.

  • APEC nations call for free trade

    14 Nov 2009 | 5:50 am
    Nov 14 - APEC leaders tackle climate change negotiations and economic integration, as Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stresses the need for free trade zone.

  • Obama seeks stronger links in Asia

    14 Nov 2009 | 3:50 am
    Nov 14 - United States President Barack Obama pushes for greater U.S. involvement in Asia, welcoming a "strong, prosperous" China.

  • APEC leaders address CEOs

    12 Nov 2009 | 11:05 pm
    Nov 13 - APEC leaders addressed businessmen and industry heads at the regional summit in Singapore
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  • Smash "Twilight" sequel enters record books

    22 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "Twilight" sequel scored the third-biggest opening weekend of all time at the North American box office on Sunday, as millions of young women swooned over the complex love triangle involving a high school girl, a vampire and a werewolf.

  • Jackson's glove sells for $350,000 at auction

    22 Nov 2009 | 6:03 am
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000.

  • Singer Robbie Williams to court investors: report

    21 Nov 2009 | 9:41 am
    LONDON (Reuters) - British singer Robbie Williams may sell the right to half his future album, touring and sponsorship earnings in a 50 million pound ($83 million) deal, one of his managers was reported to say on Saturday.

  • "Idol" wild child Adam Lambert readies first album

    20 Nov 2009 | 8:34 pm
    LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Adam Lambert -- the man with the outsize personality who delivered an audacious octave-and-a-half sitar-tinged purr of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" on the most-watched TV show in the country, dodged sex toys thrown at him onstage during the "American Idol" tour and did it all without smearing his eyeliner -- is curled in the fetal position.

  • LA attorneys distance Polanski from French lawyer

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:43 pm
    PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday.
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  • Houston, we have a baby

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:15 pm
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born.

  • Soviet Union's non-Communist astronaut dies age 83

    22 Nov 2009 | 9:35 am
    MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday.

  • Dark ocean depths home to exotic, unknown life

    22 Nov 2009 | 9:20 am
    OSLO (Reuters) - The permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought, scientists said on Sunday.

  • Delayed spacewalk ends successfully

    21 Nov 2009 | 3:25 pm
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk on Saturday at the International Space Station that had been delayed after a false alarm woke the crews of the station and the visiting space shuttle Atlantis.

  • "Big Bang" experiment advancing fast

    21 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm
    GENEVA (Reuters) - After a year's delay, scientists at the world's biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate "Big Bang" conditions that had sparked suggestions the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.
 
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  • Healthcare reform faces challenges in Senate

    22 Nov 2009 | 11:36 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's U.S. healthcare overhaul plan has cleared an important Senate hurdle but lawmakers warned on Sunday of challenges ahead in winning support for passage, even among Obama's own Democrats.

  • Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come

    22 Nov 2009 | 2:51 am
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over.

  • Los Angeles gets tough on medical marijuana shops

    20 Nov 2009 | 6:29 pm
    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.

  • Funeral workers risk cancer from formaldehyde

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:58 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies have a higher risk of leukemia, researchers reported on Friday.

  • Swine flu may be peaking in U.S.

    20 Nov 2009 | 1:27 pm
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the United States, health experts said on Friday.
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  • Crisis? What Crisis?

    Jeremy Gaunt
    18 Nov 2009 | 2:22 am
    The title of this post is taken from two sources. One was a headline in British tabloid, The Sun, in January 1979, when then-prime minister James Callaghan denied that strike-torn Britain was in chaos. The second was the title of a 1975 album by prog rock band Supertramp that famously showed someone sunbathing amidst the grey awfulness of the declining industrial landscape. Are we now getting blasé about the latest crisis? Not so long ago, perfectly respectable economists and financial analysts were talking about a new Great Depression. The world was on the brink, it was said. Now, though,…

  • Should Barack Obama be in Berlin to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall?

    Erik Kirschbaum
    9 Nov 2009 | 5:30 am
    There is one world leader who is not coming to Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall -U.S. President Barack Obama. Much to the chagrin of the German government that spent months trying to get him, Obama won’t be here. It’s turned into a bit of a political controversy in the United States. But it’s also intriguing to Germans and German media. Why isn’t Obama here? Berlin loves (most) American presidents — going back to John F. Kennedy’s “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech. Is there more than meets the eye to Obama’s…

  • POLL: Is Goldman Sachs “doing God’s work”? Its CEO thinks so

    Reuters Staff
    8 Nov 2009 | 6:43 am
    Check out the headline at the bottom left of the Sunday Times front page. The man the London paper calls the most powerful banker on Earth says he is "just a banker 'doing God’s work'" . The report says Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein"proudly pays himself more in a year than most of us could ever dream of — $68m in 2007 alone, a record for any Wall Street CEO, to add to the more than $500m of Goldman stock he owns" . Goldman Sachs looks set to pay about $20 billion in bonuses for its top traders this year, at a time when the fallout from last year's financial crisis is…

  • Which dead celebrity would you tweet?

    Julie Mollins
    29 Oct 2009 | 11:19 am
    An online Twitter seance kicks off in London on Friday, October 30, the day before Halloween, in an attempt to communicate with the spirits of dead celebrities. Psychic medium Jayne Wallace will try and contact the stars, and will act as online intermediary between the living and the dead by tweeting any responses she receives. Tweets for the "tweance" can be sent to the social networking site http://twitter.com/tweance Which dead celebrity would you tweet?

  • Do you like your boss?

    Mario Di Simine
    14 Oct 2009 | 10:39 am
    I once worked for a managing editor who felt it was his duty to pay for the majority of drinks when joining the charges after work.  Needless to say, he was well liked. But leading a group of people — and yes, journalists are people, too — takes more than a few dollars in the pub to do well. A recent survey proves the point: A majority of U.S. workers do not think their bosses are truthful and one in four would fire their boss if they could. It gets worse: The poll, conducted for a human resources and placement company, found 53 percent of workers did not think their boss was…
 
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  • A freakonomic view of climate change

    Julie Mollins
    18 Nov 2009 | 11:08 pm
    Ahead of a U.N. summit in Copenhagen next month, scepticism is growing that an agreement will be reached on a global climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, due to expire in 2012. The protocol set targets aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which are believed to be responsible for the gradual rise in the Earth's average temperature. Many scientists say that reducing carbon dioxide emissions is key to preventing climate change. But authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner argue in their new book SuperFreakonomics that humanity can take an alternative route to try and save…

  • Antarctica’s wandering ice shelf

    Alister Doyle
    18 Nov 2009 | 3:02 am
    GPS markers usually pinpoint a spot on the earth’s surface to help everything from map-making to navigation. This one (left) spectacularly didn’t. In fact, it wandered hundreds of miles (km) this year on an iceberg, blown by winds or carried by ocean currents in huge pirouettes off the coast of Antarctica. When glaciologist David Vaughan (above) of the British Antarctic Survey stuck the pole holding the GPS (global positioning system) tracking device into the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January, the ice felt solid as rock. Stuart McDill of Reuters TV and I…

  • Blame aside, help Ecuador’s oil damage victims - former ad man

    Braden Reddall
    16 Nov 2009 | 11:20 am
    Doing good should be good business. At least that’s how Richie Goldman, a former Men’s Wearhouse executive/ad man turned motivational book writer, believes Chevron should approach the environmental damage in Ecuador that has resulted from decades of oil extraction. Chevron is fighting a claim of up to $27 billion for rainforest pollution in a court in Ecuador, where the oil major insists the deck is stacked against it. Goldman, who grew up in a Pennsylvania coal-mining town, worries the 16-year case against Texaco (bought by Chevron in 2001) is distracting…

  • Trade lessons for climate negotiators

    John Kemp
    16 Nov 2009 | 9:27 am
    - John Kemp is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own – As hopes for reaching a binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the Copenhagen summit die, climate negotiators could learn useful lessons on how to structure the negotiations from the multiple rounds of trade talks within the GATT/WTO framework. Climate negotiations are about limiting carbon dioxide emissions, but the negotiators are also hammering out a complex economic instrument that will define the distribution of production, energy use and income in the next few decades. It is the agreement’s…

  • Government intervention key to low-carbon economy

    Julie Mollins
    16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    Scientists argue that rich nations must make drastic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to prevent dangerous climate change. The way energy is used, priced and created would have to change in order to institute these cuts. Ahead of elections in Britain, which must be held before June 2010, Dave Timms of Friends of the Earth shared his thoughts with Reuters on what the group thinks the next government needs to do in order to build a low-carbon economy.
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  • The day ahead: Friday

    Eric Martyn
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:52 am
    D.R. Horton, the second-largest U.S. homebuilder, reports its fourth quarter and fiscal year results. Investors will listen for any comments on the builder’s order trends and commentary as they try to discern whether the nascent housing market recovery will buoy the new home sector. Other Highlights: *  Nortel assets hit the auction block. Nokia Siemens Networks and private equity firm One Equity Partners have jointly bid for Nortel Networks Corp’s optical networking and carrier ethernet business, a person familiar with the sale said on Wednesday. *  The Bank of Japan announces…

  • The day ahead: Thursday

    Eric Martyn
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:55 am
    Dell reports quarterly results for the first time as the No. 3 maker of personal computers — unfamiliar territory for a company that not so long ago was the world’s largest PC maker. Other Highlights: *  In what promises to be a fiery debate, the Senate Banking Committee begins discussion on Committee Chair Christopher Dodd’s Restoring American Financial Stability Act, a comprehensive bill to reform the financial system. *  Also in Washington, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies on financial regulatory reform before the Joint Economic Committee. *  Quarterly results…

  • The day ahead: Wednesday

    Eric Martyn
    17 Nov 2009 | 11:08 am
    Consumer prices are forecast to have risen 0.2 percent in October, unchanged from the mild rise seen in September. Housing starts are expected to edge higher. Other Highlights: *  Limited Brands, operator of the Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works chains, is set to post a third-quarter loss, having struggled with sales of what are seen as non-necessities. *  BJ’s Wholesale Club is forecast to report lower profit as it contends with falling food prices and lackluster demand for its general merchandise.

  • Graphic: Iran’s nuclear program

    Corinne Perkins
    17 Nov 2009 | 6:44 am
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  • The day ahead: Tuesday

    Eric Martyn
    16 Nov 2009 | 11:48 am
    Home Depot reports quarterly earnings. The top home improvement chain has been banking on a slow-but-steady growth strategy and cost cuts to fight lackluster demand for big-ticket remodeling projects. Other highlights: *  Brian Moynihan, on the short-list of CEO candidates at Bank of America, is expected to testify at a House Oversight Committee hearing. *  Target has reported eight consecutive declines in quarterly profit but it may break that streak with its third quarter results. *  Producer prices are expected to have risen 0.5 percent in October after an unexpected 0.6 percent in…
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  • CBOT fund-led wheat rally another Wall Street hurdle for grain exporters?

    Christine Stebbins
    22 Nov 2009 | 6:27 am
                                                        The weakest U.S. dollar in 15 months along with ample American wheat supplies should be spurring strong U.S. wheat exports this season. But the United States, typically the world’s largest wheat exporter every year, is seeing exports of that grain down 30 percent from a year ago as many big overseas buyers source wheat from cheaper suppliers, namely Russia, France and Germany.    What’s more, nearby Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures prices have jumped nearly 25 percent since…

  • OPEC moves from grey to sparkling white

    Barbara Lewis
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:40 am
    For more than four decades, OPEC occupied a grey building on the banks of the Danube Canal, a premises with which the press became wearily familiar during long nights of waiting for the ministers to agree to raise, lower or maintain oil output. The old headquarters at Obere Donaustrasse 93 will be closed down from 1630 GMT on Nov. 25 and the organization is moving into its new Secretariat at Helferstorferstrasse 17 in Vienna’s first district. OPEC hasn’t disclosed the cost of its new building, which is near the old stock exchange in a busy part of Vienna. Having acquired new members…

  • Weather, dollar likely to keep grains in recent ranges at harvest

    Christine Stebbins
    16 Nov 2009 | 5:34 am
    If this week in Chicago Board of Trade grains is anything like the last couple, traders can expect plenty of volatility — lots of sound and fury — but with prices likely to stay in recent ranges.      “This really isn’t a trending kind of market,” said senior analyst Anne Frick with Prudential Bache Commodities.      Mother Nature and the dollar have had the biggest impact on grain prices this autumn. That looks set to continue. Analysts say those two uncertain and thus supportive price factors, countered by rising supplies of harvested grain, will tend…

  • Michael Pollan: “What’s in the beef?”

    Adam Pasick
    12 Nov 2009 | 10:27 am
    Photo by Kris Krüg Where does your burger come from? Journalist and food writer Michael Pollan has traced back the source of much of what we eat, and says that the ultimate answer is oil. Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, argues that it takes massive amounts of petroleum-derived fertilizers and pesticides to run industrial farms and feed lots, with dire consequences for human health and the Earth’s climate. Check out Pollan’s multimedia presentation below, from the Poptech conference in Camden, Maine last month. [Editor's note: After some Reuters fact-checking,…

  • Millions Fed: some solutions close at hand

    Roberta Rampton
    11 Nov 2009 | 1:28 pm
    More than a billion people go hungry each day — about the same number as did in the late 1950s. That’s both a “tragedy on a grand scale” and an “astounding success,” according to a new report called “Millions Fed,” produced by the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.      While the absolute number of hungry people is the same as it was 40 years ago, the proportion is dramatically smaller — one in six today, compared to one in three then, the report said. It illustrates 20 successful…
 
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  • Layoffs hit The Washington Post after BusinessWeek, AP

    Robert MacMillan
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:38 am
    Several media reporters wrote on Twitter on Thursday that this was one of the worst weeks in journalism, and it’s hard to argue with them. BusinessWeek is canning a third of its staff as Bloomberg gets ready to buy the magazine. The Associated Press is laying off 90 people as part of its effort to cut payroll costs by 10 percent this year. And now The Washington Post is laying off staff, sources told me on Friday, and a spokeswoman confirmed. The Post has cut an unknown number of washingtonpost.com workers, the website folks who until now have worked separately at the dot-com…

  • Remembering how to forget in the Web 2.0 era

    Julie Mollins
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:39 pm
    Amid ongoing debates over the hazards of excessive digital exposure through such Web 2.0 social networking platforms as Facebook and Twitter, a new book by Viktor Mayer-Schonberger extols the virtues of forgetfulness. Since the emergence of digital technology and global networks, forgetting has become an exception, Mayer-Schonberger writes in "Delete". "Forgetting plays a central role in human decision-making," he argues. "It lets us act in time, cognizant of, but not shackled by, past events." Mayer-Schonberger shared his theory on how to fight back against the digital panopticon with…

  • What’s Happening, Twitter?

    Ian Sherr
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    Twitter’s been making a lot of changes lately. They’ve introduced new technologies like lists — which is kind of like a friend filter on Facebook — and a new way to share one another’s Tweets. Usage on the company’s website has taken off like a rocket, up 1,703 percent year-over-year in September, and that doesn’t even count people who access the service through text messaging or specialized applications on their smartphones or computers. But today was perhaps the most radical change of all. Twitter changed its cosmically deep and evocative…

  • DirecTV adds to media merger excitement

    Chris Kaufman
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:24 am
    With media titans GE and Vivendi still negotiating a deal to bring cable operator Comcast into a mega-media joint venture, a management move at DirecTV is giving dealwatchers a fresh programming alternative. Yinka Adegoke and Sinead Carew report the appointment of PepsiCo veteran Michael White (pictured below), who has no experience in pay TV, as DirecTV CEO is being read as a sign the company's parent, Liberty Media, just wants a baby-sitter until its sells the operation in the next couple of years. Telecom leaders Verizon and AT&T approached Liberty earlier this year, they report. Both…

  • Cease & Adapt: Dealer of Facebook friends responds to legal threats

    Alexei Oreskovic
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:37 pm
    Remember Leon Hill, the controversial peddler of Facebook souls? Not surprisingly, Hill said he has received a letter from Facebook’s lawyers informing him that his service selling Facebook friends ran afoul of the site’s terms of service and possibly a slew of trademark and computer fraud laws. After some back and forth with the lawyers, Hill said that he has stopped offering one of his two Facebook marketing services and will no longer solicit friends for customers that have standard Facebook accounts. And he’s removed Facebook’s logos from his site. “If they…
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  • More gratuitous Victoria’s Secret shots?

    Robert Basler
    22 Nov 2009 | 11:16 am
    Blog Guy, don’t get me wrong. I love the fact that you post fresh stuff on Saturdays and Sundays, and I enjoyed learning about balloon animal makers and naked hokey pokey this weekend. Thanks. But? Well, I thought maybe if you used a few more gratuitous photos from the big Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York it might artificially pump up your weekend numbers. I know it’s a cheap trick, but times are hard. Indeed. I take your point, stranger. Three fresh photos from the big show, and I’ll throw in tags like lingerie and models and fashion and stuff like that.

  • Kids, who wants to swing the cleaver?

    Robert Basler
    22 Nov 2009 | 5:27 am
    Blog Guy, I’m looking to hire an entertainer for my daughter’s fourth birthday party. Can you recommend somebody who makes balloon animals? I want the very best. Sure. I’d go for this guy in China. Look how good he is. What the hell is he making there? Uh, I think that’s his famous Yellow Earthworm with Green Scales.” Blog Guy, you’re a dolt. That man is a chef. He’s cutting cucumbers with a sharp cleaver on a balloon, to show his technique. Whatever. So are you going to hire him for the party? You’re deranged, Blog Guy. Why would I bring a man…

  • Get naked for the hokey pokey!

    Robert Basler
    21 Nov 2009 | 6:55 am
    Blog Guy, help settle an argument with my wife. What’s the most popular dance? I say it’s the tango, but she says it’s the samba. So? So? Which is it? You’re both wrong. It’s the naked hokey pokey. Haven’t you noticed the proliferation of naked hokey pokey dance clubs and cable shows?  Where do you live, Wyoming? I think I would know about something like that. How did this craze get started, anyway? Think about it. If you’re dressed, there are limits to the body parts you can put in and out and shake them all about. But if you get buck-naked, it…

  • Who appraised it, Bernie Madoff?

    Robert Basler
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:44 am
    Okay, this is the point we’ve come to in America. We are told in a bunch of captions that this is a $3 million bra, but we are given no clue as to why it costs at least two and a half million dollars more than a regular bra. Here are some possible reasons for that price tag, but these are only wild guesses… The model comes with it? It’s made from real t-bone steak? All proceeds from the sale go to fight Lupus? It’s half of an outfit worn by Lee Majors in a very special episode of The Six Million Dollar Man? Victoria’s Secret slideshow Join the Oddly Enough blog…

  • He must be quite a guy…

    Robert Basler
    20 Nov 2009 | 5:06 am
    You all know me, I’m not a judgmental kind of guy. But on some rare occasions I DO form strong opinions, and gosh darn it, if I’m not careful I’m afraid I’ll go after somebody with this pickle fork I’m holding. What do I see on our photo file? Levi Johnston at TWO glitzy Los Angeles galas in one evening, including the GQ magazine “Men of the Year” party. In one of the photos, he’s shown with his “bodyguard.” I am not making this up. I won’t bother telling you who this guy is - if you’ve been awake at some point over the…
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  • Slaying Goliath to save the Dragon

    Quentin Webb
    20 Nov 2009 | 11:01 am
    In the blue corner - Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), which recently hired proxy solicitation firm Georgeson to get out the shareholder vote in favour of its $1.9 billion bid to buy out the 48 percent of Dragon Oil it doesn’t already own. (Georgeson say they are the oldest and best shareholder consultancy in the business, and helped engineer a record turnout for the HBOS AGM that approved Lloyds’s takeover of the bank.) In the red corner - retail investors keen to “Save Dragon Oil”. Armed with a website and a 3,000-page printout detailing of the…

  • Noted: Why BHP won’t revisit Rio

    Quentin Webb
    20 Nov 2009 | 10:10 am
    The year-long ban BHP Billiton has had on revisiting a takeover of rival miner Rio Tinto will soon end, but it seems as if the moment has passed. Liberum and Investec said earlier this week that most of the synergies were captured anyway by the duo’s iron-ore joint venture.  If regulators nix that deal, analysts say a full takeover could be back on — but how that would pass muster if a JV doesn’t is not clear. On Friday, Credit Suisse joined the chorus of disapproval, saying a takeover would cut BHP’s return on equity (ROE) in half. From the CS note: “We have…

  • Haider’s heirs disown troubled Hypo bank

    Boris Groendahl
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:56 am
    When the late Joerg Haider, the hard-right populist governor of the southern Austrian state of Carinthia, sold most of his government’s stake in Hypo Group Alpe Adria in 2007, he said, beaming: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Carinthia is rich.” BayernLB, which like many other German landesbanken appears to have never met a toxic asset it didn’t like, had just paid 1.65 billion euros for a 50 percent stake in Hypo. Around half of that went into Haider’s government’s coffers. True to his pork-barrel politics, Haider used the funds to, among other things, subsidise…

  • Keeping score: Breaking records in Qatar, Taiwan

    Quentin Webb
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:32 am
    Highlights from the Thomson Reuters Investment Banking scorecard: QATAR PRICES BIGGEST MIDDLE EASTERN BOND ON RECORD This week’s $7 billion offering from the State of Qatar marked the largest bond offering from a Middle Eastern issuer on record and the second multibillion dollar offering from Qatar this year.  For year-to-date 2009, debt capital markets activity from Middle Eastern issuers totals $38.6 billion, a 120% increase over last year at this time. The offering, which was led by Barclays, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Qatar National Bank, bested the previous Middle…

  • DealZone Daily

    Victoria Howley
    20 Nov 2009 | 4:23 am
    For the latest deals news from Reuters, click here. And here’s the top stories from the newspapers (some external links may require subscription): Italian chocolate maker Ferrero could be interested in Cadbury’s gum and candy division, a unit worth about 5 billion euros ($7.4 billion), in a possible joint takeover bid, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Friday. TPG, Blackstone, Warburg Pincus, BC Partners and Advent are among the first-round bidders for discount retailer Matalan, which is being auctioned with an estimated price tag of about 1.5 billion pounds, the FT said. Some…
 
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  • Journalism you can admire, and honour

    Sean Maguire
    13 Nov 2009 | 7:07 am
    There is hope for journalism. At least that is what I took away from the shining examples of the craft awarded prizes by the Kurt Schork Memorial fund this year. Since 2002 the Fund has been honouring journalists for accomplished reporting that is all the more to be admired because they have worked as freelancers, without the security of being employed by a large news organisation. The Fund also honours local journalists; their particular bravery lies in working in the knowledge they cannot flee a country’s persecution and harassment, as foreign journalists may, because it is their…

  • Are we now too speedy for our own good?

    Sean Maguire
    27 Oct 2009 | 9:57 am
    Last week I was told that Reuters has lost its ethical bearings. You’ve sacrificed the sacred tenet of accuracy by rushing to publish information without checking if it is true. Your credibility has suffered, the value of your brand will wither and the service you offer to clients has been devalued, I heard. It was a meaty accusation, especially as it came in the midst of a debate on ethics in journalism held at the London home of ThomsonReuters, the parent of the Reuters news organisation. The charge came from former Reuters journalists and a senior member of the trustees body…

  • Pomegranates, dust, rose gardens and war

    Sean Maguire
    18 Oct 2009 | 7:14 pm
    On a hilltop in central Kabul, the relics of Soviet armoured vehicles sit in the shadow of an incongruously vast and empty swimming pool. A tower of diving boards looks down into the concrete carcass built by the Russians. Boys play football there and on Fridays the basin is used for dog fights; combat is the only option for the canine gladiators, as they cannot climb up the sheer, steep sides. From the vantage point you can see the city's graveyards, its bright new mosques, the narco-palaces of drug-funded business potentates and the spread of modest brick homes where most Kabulis live. It's…

  • Transparency and the role of media in China

    David Schlesinger
    7 Oct 2009 | 5:00 pm
    The following is the text of a speech to be given to the Xinhua World Media Summit on October 9. David Schlesinger is the Editor-in-Chief of Reuters. Ladies and Gentlemen: It is my great honour to address this gathering here today in Beijing. Reuters association with China began in the 19th century, when the agency began supplying financial and commodities information to clients here. By the 1930’s, Shanghai was our Asian headquarters. Today, our offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong provide vibrant newsgathering for our global clients who demand information about this vital economy…

  • Content, convergence and creativity

    Chris Cramer
    7 Oct 2009 | 9:20 am
    The following speech was given at the Association of Online Publishers conference in London on October 7. Chris Cramer is Reuters Global Editor, Multimedia. In the spirit of a real debate I’d like to talk today about some trends in the so-called traditional media. But I can see you sitting out there and thinking: “Here we have a traditional mainstream media guy.” And I’m happy to own up to 40 years or so working for mainstream companies: The BBC for 26 years - always in news. CNN for 11 years - always in news and channel management. And now at Reuters — this time…
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  • Straight off the bat

    Corinne Perkins
    19 Nov 2009 | 9:07 am
    It certainly is the best seat in the house, but sitting close to the boundary of a cricket field does not necessarily ensure you would have a good time watching the match. Cricket is like a religion in India. An unusual game, that goes on all day even through lunch and tea. Naturally then, covering this game in India is like covering it nowhere else in the world. At least four hours before a match, photographers start out for the stadium, winding through noisy, mile-long lines. The lines of spectators are so long that one wonders if the last man actually gets to see the full match. Security…

  • Editor’s choice - November 19

    Corinne Perkins
    19 Nov 2009 | 5:44 am
    A tourist poses next to Victoria’s Secret models following their appearance in New York’s Times Square to celebrate the return of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show to New York, November 18, 2009.  REUTERS/Brendan McDermid President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall of China in Badaling, November 18, 2009.      REUTERS/Jason Reed Uruguay’s Luis Suarez (L-R), Diego Perez and Alvaro Fernandez celebrate on top of the goal at the end of their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match against Costa Rica in Montevideo, November 18, 2009. Uruguay reached the World Cup…

  • Editor’s choice - November 18

    Corinne Perkins
    18 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am
    Virginia Labrador, 26, as a contestant in the Miss Sevilla pageant pose during a presentation in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 17, 2009. The winner of the pageant held on December 5 in Seville, will go on to compete in the Miss Spain beauty contest in 2010. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo Taxis line up to get their tanks filled on a viaduct in Chongqing municipality November 17, 2009. Central and eastern Chinese provinces faced the worst natural gas shortage in years as supplies were diverted to snowstorm-hit northern China, while producers lacked incentives to expand output because of…

  • Editor’s choice - November 17

    Corinne Perkins
    17 Nov 2009 | 8:36 am
    A fisherman stands on the shore of the swollen Capilano River in North Vancouver, British Columbia November 16, 2009. Several days of steady rain have some areas on flood watch.        REUTERS/Andy Clark A Jewish settler carries roof tiles after a house was demolished at an outpost near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Negohot November 16, 2009. According to witnesses,several structures were demolished by Israeli authorities on Monday at an outpost that Israel considers illegal.  REUTERS/Baz Ratner Afghan boys play soccer along a road in Kabul November16, 2009.   REUTERS/Jerry…

  • Editor’s Choice - November 16

    Jeremy Schultz
    16 Nov 2009 | 6:19 am
    A 15-year-old girl with a gunshot wound on her leg rests in the emergency room of a hospital near the Petare slum in Caracas November 14, 2009. Gun laws are lax in Venezuela, where the government estimates there are 6 million firearms circulating among the population of about 28 million. Venezuela’s murder rate is about 8 times that of the United States. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins An Iraqi policeman stands guard in front of a damaged helicopter which police believed have belonged to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s family near Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad,…
 
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  • Check Out Line: More holiday reality checks from retailers

    Nicole Maestri
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:56 am
    Check out more retailers reminding Wall Street that all is not well on Main Street. On Friday morning,  AnnTaylor Stores reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue and gave a cautious forecast for the current holiday quarter. The operator of the Ann Taylor and Ann Taylor LOFT chains said its fourth-quarter sales would be slightly below those of the third quarter, and that its gross margins would be lower as well, due to heightened promotions it expects to use to drive sales throughout the holiday shopping period. Meanwhile, Foot Locker late on Thursday reported third-quarter results that…

  • Too much turkey to fell Americans: Dunkin’ Donuts

    Phil Wahba
    19 Nov 2009 | 2:43 pm
    Heaps of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce will induce a collective food coma on Thanksgiving, sending a majority Americans to their beds for a much-needed nap, if one is to believe a survey released on Thursday by coffee and doughnut chain Dunkin’ Donuts. About 58 percent of the 500 Americans Dunkin’ Donuts surveyed this week predicted they would succumb to sleep during the holiday next week, according to the chain. Overeating will do that to you. Unsurprisingly, more men than women are expected to nap, and the number of people jealous of those napping will…

  • Turkey Talk Time

    Lisa Baertlein
    19 Nov 2009 | 10:38 am
    Thanksgiving is a week away, let’s talk turkey. It’s time to defrost your bird, says Mary Clingman, director of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line (1-800-BUTTERBALL). Clingman and her fellow Turkey talk specialists field about 100,000 panicked calls from home cooks each year and have dubbed this Thursday ”national thaw day.” To avoid a “turkey-cicle” Butterball competitor Foster Farms (1-800-255-7227) suggests that cooks allow two days to defrost a 12-lb bird in the refigerator and about five days for a turkey twice that size. Retailers like Wal-Mart…

  • Check Out Line: Consumers spending again?

    Martinne Geller
    19 Nov 2009 | 8:47 am
    Check Out home-related retailers Sears Holdings and Williams-Sonoma reporting better-than-expected quarterly results. Does this mean consumers are feathering their nests again? Somewhat, according to Barclays analyst Michael Lasser, who said Williams-Sonoma’s results were “an indication that upper-income consumers are spending a bit more, which is not surprising given the rally in the stock market and the stabilization in the housing market.” Williams-Sonoma, which also operates Pottery Barn and West Elm, has updated its styles and slashed prices on some items to woo…

  • Chico’s sexes it up a little

    Phil Wahba
    18 Nov 2009 | 1:31 pm
    Who says people have to dress frumpy or dowdy in a recession? Apparently notChico’s FAS.  The mature women’s chain, which operates Chico’s, White House/Black Market and Soma Intimates chains, has made major strides in making its merchandise more fashionable in the past year, and has been rewarded with stellar results in the third quarter and shares that are up eightfold in the last year. The move towards trendier– dare we say, sexier – clothes helped sales this autumn  rise 13.3 percent and allowed the chain to win market share while rivals such as…
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  • The First Draft: Will Giuliani try for the U.S. Senate?

    David Morgan
    20 Nov 2009 | 6:34 am
    He probably won’t run for New York governor but might for the U.S. Senate … or will he?       That’s the speculation swirling around Rudy Giuliani, the Republican former New York City mayor who walked tall after the Sept. 11 attacks and ran for U.S. president in 2008.      A spokeswoman says the 65-year-old former federal prosecutor has made no decisions.      But the New York Daily News, the New York Times  and the New York Post  all report that Giuliani has decided not to run for New York governor in 2010.      Analysts think he could defeat…

  • Cuba travel ban debate elicits strong feelings

    Susan Cornwell
    19 Nov 2009 | 3:30 pm
    No one can remember the last time they had a full House of Representatives committee hearing on whether to lift the U.S. travel ban on Castro’s Cuba. Perhaps that’s why some strong feelings spilled out into the open. Florida Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a staunch defender of keeping the decades-old travel ban, told one witness who had advocated lifting it that she found some of his comments “shameful.” The witness, retired U.S. General Barry McCaffrey, riposted that he was offended by Ros-Lehtinen’s “marginalization” of his…

  • On book tour, it’s Palin unplugged

    Steve Holland
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:54 pm
    Like one of those grizzly bears way up yonder in Alaska, Sarah Palin was in hibernation for months while she wrote her book. And now that the book is out, she’s become unplugged. The conservative firebrand, who says she was all “bottled up” by the John McCain staff on the campaign trail last year, is chock full of opinions and letting lose on all manner of subjects. Let’s go over several of them. The shootings at Fort Hood were “an act of terrorism” and authorities missed “massive warning flags” about the alleged shooter, Major Nidal Malik…

  • Has abortion role been overblown in U.S. healthcare debate?

    Ed Stoddard
    19 Nov 2009 | 12:26 pm
    A new poll by the Pew Research Center and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life suggests that concern about federal funding for abortion is very low on the list of factors driving opposition to President Barack Obama’s effort to overhaul America’s healthcare system. The results of the poll, released on Thursday, show that just 3 percent of healthcare opponents cited abortion funding as their main reason for opposing congressional healthcare proposals. The biggest reasons, cited by 27 percent of respondents to an open-ended question about their opposition, were that the…

  • Obama nominates Bush spokeswoman to broadcast board

    Tabassum Zakaria
    19 Nov 2009 | 11:01 am
    She represented President George W. Bush before the world’s media and now is a commentator for Fox News. And she’s been quite a vocal critic of the current White House. But he nominated her anyway. President Barack Obama nominated his predecessor’s press secretary, Dana Perino, to the bipartisan Broadcasting Board of Governors. We asked Perino about it, and she told us that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell put her name forward for the position. “I was honored that Senator McConnell recommended me, and humbled when I found out it was accepted. I look forward to…
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  • The President’s book…

    Robert Basler
    20 Nov 2009 | 7:06 am
    Obama gets five minutes with half-brother in China “It’s no secret that my father was a troubled person. Anybody who’s read my first book, ‘Dreams of My Father’, knows that, you know, he had an alcoholism problem and that he didn’t treat his families very well,” the president said. Regarding your article about President Obama meeting briefly with his half-brother in China, you listed the name of his book incorrectly as “Dreams OF My Father.” The correct title of the book is “Dreams FROM My Father.” F.W. Several readers pointed…

  • Police unmasked?

    Robert Basler
    18 Nov 2009 | 10:14 am
    In your video section is a “new” video about the arrest of a top sicilian mafia boss. The title of the video is: Top Sicilian Mafia Boss Arrested. Now the big problem is, near the end of the video you are showing the face of one of the police agents (I think he is a police agent). You can see that this agent shortly before he puts his “mask” on the face, (all other agents also have a “mask” on the face) so that no one can recognize him. I think you are showing the scene in error, because this can be very dangerous for this police agent. Please take action…

  • Hey you, make my day?

    Robert Basler
    16 Nov 2009 | 6:51 am
    France makes Eastwood’s day, gives him top honor He called Eastwood, whose line “Come on, make my day” from Dirty Harry became a global catchphrase, “a myth, a giant, an example of the admiration we have for American culture.” The Dirty Harry quote in the Clint Eastwood story reads “Come on, make my day,” but should read: “Go ahead, make my day.” Jim S. Several readers noticed that one. We corrected: GBU Editor U.S. director and actor Clint Eastwood reacts after he was named as a Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur during a ceremony at…

  • Why not the full name?

    Robert Basler
    12 Nov 2009 | 11:00 pm
    Conoco says Sweeny compressor shut during FCC start up NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips said on Thursday a hydrogen purification unit compressor shut briefly in association with start-up of a gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracker at its Sweeny, Texas, refinery. “The compressor was brought back on-line as soon as possible,” Conoco said in a filing with the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality, but added that some residual flaring occurred while units were stabilizing. I am getting sick of seeing your news organization refer to ConocoPhillips as Conoco. The merger…

  • A Columban priest…

    Robert Basler
    12 Nov 2009 | 9:00 am
    Kidnapped Irish priest freed in Philippines MANILA (Reuters) – An Irish priest kidnapped in the southern Philippines a month ago was freed unharmed on Thursday, a senior church official and members of a Muslim rebel group said. They said Michael Sinnott, a 78-year-old Columban priest who was snatched from the garden of a church on Oct 11, was handed over to police and government officials in the city of Zamboanga in the southern region of Mindanao shortly before dawn. This is faulty editing. This article discusses the release of a priest held captive by rebels. However, the article claims…
 
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