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Paris tackles rudeness to tourists with … Reuters - 14 minutes agoPARIS (Reuters) - One of the world's most visited cities but also famous for its rudeness, Paris has embarked on a campaign to improve its reputation and better … More »
BlackBerry shares fall as analyst downgrades … Reuters - 17 minutes agoTORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry shares fell 4 percent on Wednesday after a Bernstein Research analyst cut his rating on the stock to "underperform" ahead of the … More »
As Tea Party rallies, FBI says IRS probe … Reuters - 21 minutes agoBy David Ingram and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a dozen FBI agents are assigned to a criminal probe into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny … More »
- NBC's 'The Voice' finale attracts 15.3 … Reuters - 26 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC said on Wednesday that its singing competition "The Voice", which included the first live TV performance by Cher in more than a decade, … More »
- Instant View: Fed to keep buying bonds, … Reuters - 27 minutes ago
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would keep buying $85 billion in bonds per month and gave no explicit indication that it was close to scaling … More »
Budget cuts hit security checks for … Reuters - 31 minutes agoBy Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A budget shortfall has forced a Pentagon security unit to sharply cut back on regular investigations used to update … More »
- Harvard hires Xia from Morgan Stanley … Reuters - 32 minutes ago
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Wednesday that it had hired Wall Street veteran Jake Xia as its chief risk officer to analyze … More »
Bernanke points to reduced Fed bond … Reuters - 33 minutes agoBy Alister Bull and Pedro da Costa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday the central bank expects to slow the pace of its … More »
Nvidia's stock jumps on license plan; … Reuters - 52 minutes agoBy Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Shares of chipmaker Nvidia surged nearly 6 percent on Wednesday after the company said it plans to license its graphics technology, … More »
Russian official says statement on railway … Reuters - 52 minutes agoMOSCOW (Reuters) - A statement announcing that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev had dismissed Russian Railways chief Vladimir Yakunin was a hoax, Medvedev's … More »
Brazil protests proceed as smaller cities … Reuters - 59 minutes agoBy Asher Levine and Tatiana Ramil SAO PAULO/FORTALEZA (Reuters) - Protesters blocked roads in Sao Paulo and marched toward a stadium hosting a major international … More »
Icahn reiterates commitment for Dell … Reuters - 1 hour 1 minute agoBy Michelle Sierra NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carl Icahn reiterated his interest in owning Dell Inc and said the $5.2 billion in financing he's putting together to back … More »
New 'Obamacare' exchanges could miss … Reuters - 1 hour 1 minute agoBy David Morgan and Caroline Humer (Reuters) - New health insurance exchanges being set up by the federal government in more than 30 states under President Barack … More »
- Exclusive - Forest keen to bid for Irish … Reuters - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
By Jessica Toonkel and Soyoung Kim NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forest Laboratories Inc, the specialty drugmaker that counts investor Carl Icahn as a major shareholder, is … More »
- RCS Mediagroup accepts offer from PRS … Reuters - 1 hour 8 minutes ago
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian publisher RCS Mediagroup said on Wednesday it accepted an offer from PRS Srl to buy 14 magazines it had put up for sale as part of a … More »
Greek party leaders to meet Thursday … Reuters - 1 hour 14 minutes agoATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's ruling coalition leaders will meet again on Thursday to resolve an impasse over last week's closure of state broadcaster ERT after … More »
Analysis: Putin basks in isolation over … Reuters - 1 hour 18 minutes agoBy Guy Faulconbridge and Timothy Heritage ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/MOSCOW (Reuters) - At the end of a tense two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir … More »
Advocacy groups urge new US envoy to … Reuters - 1 hour 24 minutes agoKINSHASA (Reuters) - More than a dozen advocacy groups urged the first U.S. special representative to Africa's war-torn Great Lakes region on Wednesday to push for … More »
Theft of F-35 design data is helping … Reuters - 1 hour 27 minutes agoBy David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The theft of sensitive design data by hackers targeting programs like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter takes away a big U.S. … More »
- James Cameron on the New Age of Exploration, … Scientific American - Fri 31 May, 2013
James Cameron on the New Age of Exploration, Part 2 … More »
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