| Latest worldwide news | Obama defends Summers as he mulls Fed pick | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended Lawrence Summers on Wednesday in the face of concerns by fellow Democrats that the president may name his former economic adviser as chairman of... |
| Family farming to cut poverty | | | In just 12 years leading up to 2010, Vietnam cut the country's malnutrition rate in half by investing in small scale farming. |
| Weiner Aide Lashes Out at Former Intern | | | In an interview she said she thought was off the record, the chief spokeswoman for Anthony Weiners mayoral campaign referred to the intern with vulgar and sexist terms. |
| Federer facing new world order | | | As Britain celebrates Andy Murray's Wimbledon title, things aren't going quite as well for Roger Federer as he slumps to his lowest world ranking in 10 years. |
| U.S. funds' equity allocation at six-year low | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. money management firms trimmed share holdings in July to their lowest in more than six years, taking profits after a strong first-half rally, and also shifted out of bonds... |
| Sarah Douglas, David Grosz | | | The bride is the culture editor at The New York Observer; the groom is the president of a company that creates artist catalogues raisonns in digital form. |
| Art on a Grand Scale | | | Walter De Marias multifaceted achievement and sly Dadaist humor helped give rise to earthworks, Conceptual Art and Minimal art. |
| Election blurring of church, state separation draws complaints | | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Political watchdog and secularist groups are asking the U.S. government to investigate whether Catholic bishops and a Christian evangelical group headed by preacher Billy Graham should lose tax breaks for telling followers how to vote in this year's election. |
| Consumer confidence slips in July as outlook dims | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence pulled back in July as consumers were less optimistic about the outlook for the economy and labor market, according to a private sector report released... |
| Republican Dave Camp seriously mulling Senate bid sources | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michigan Republican Dave Camp, chairman of the tax-writing House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, is seriously mulling a run for the Senate seat held by retiring Democrat Carl Levin, sources close to Camp said on Wednesday. |
| Zimbabwe poll | | | Zimbabwe's President Mugabe says he will respect the outcome of today's vote. The opposition cites irregularities. |
| Home Prices Up 12.2 Percent in May | | | The Standard Poors/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for May showed the biggest yearly gain since March 2006, a sign that the housing recovery is strengthening. |
| Olympic-size 'North Pole Lake' once again turns to ice | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Images of a scientific observation buoy floating in what appeared to be an Arctic lake near the North Pole lit up the online world in the past week, sparking questions about whether this was a sign of global warming. |
| Congress finally votes to cut student loan interest rates | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. college students will likely pay a reduced interest rate of 3.86 percent on their student loans for the new school year, after lawmakers on Wednesday finally passed a compromise bill that would reverse a recent rate hike. |
| Fed Meeting Ends With No Sign of New Direction | | | The Federal Reserve announced no changes after the latest meeting of its policy-making committee and offered no indication how soon it might start to reduce its monthly bond purchases. |
| Bosnia's mtel H1 profits fall on subscriber losses | | | SARAJEVO, July 31 (Reuters) - Bosnia's second-largest telecoms firm, mtel, posted a first-half net profit of 44.6 million Bosnian marka ($30.3 million) on Wednesday, down 13 percent after a fall in subscribers in fixed-line and mobile telephony. |
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