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News Feed Latest worldwide news Manassero Masters incredible The youngest-ever player to qualify for the Masters reflects on his career and the boy who will break one of his records. UPDATE 1-Market Chatter-Corporate finance press digest July 25 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday The Politics of Black Masculinity The Op-Ed columnist Charles M. Blow on the difficulty of explaining the Zimmerman verdict to his sons. Astronauts Replace a Pump, Hoping to Stop Leak Two astronauts spent five and a half hours outside the International Space Station. They were unable to locate the source of the leak, but did install a new pump, which appeared to solve the problem. Manchester United Rejects Chelseas Bid for Rooney Manchester United, the Premier League champion, rejected Chelseas ambitious bid to sign striker Wayne Rooney, who has pushed for a move. 2 Koreas Fail to Agree on Terms to Reopen Factory Complex The sixth round of talks this month over the project ended without a date for further discussions on the Kaesong industrial park. US STOCKS-Nasdaq likes Facebook's surge, but earnings curb Dow, SP * Caterpillar, the Dow's biggest drag, falls for second day Oaktree taps Goldman to sell packaging firm Tekni-Plex -sources NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Oaktree Capital Group LLC has tapped Goldman Sachs Group to find a buyer for packaging company Tekni-Plex, in a deal that could fetch around $800 million, two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Tina Turner weds July 17 - The veteran singer marries her long-time partner in Switzerland. Alicia Powell reports. T Magazine By Design | Josef Alberss Interaction of Color Goes Interactive Fifty years after its publication, the influential color theorists seminal text has been repackaged as an iPad app that lets anyone experiment with its principles. ArtsBeat New York Musical Theater Festival Report Icarus The Boston-based ensemble Liars Believers sets the famliar story in a Depression-era traveling sideshow. Frugal Traveler Memphis on the Cheap Elvis, Barbecue and Baseball Part 2 of the Frugal Travelers summer road trip takes him to Memphis, where he searches for the tacky and the tasty while (generally) trying to avoid the touristy. Snooki's plans to set TV show on Jersey shore upset some locals NEW YORK (Reuters) - Even the Jersey shore might have had enough of Snooki. World Briefing | Asia Chinese Rights Advocate Is Detained Hu Jia, a human rights activist, was held for several hours by the police in the southern city of Shenzhen, along with his daughter and a lawyer. Daimler to take stake in Aston Martin in new engine deal LONDON (Reuters) - Luxury sports car maker Aston Martin is to team up with Daimler's high-performance Mercedes-AMG GmbH division to develop a new generation of bespoke V8 engines for the British... Facebook Second-Quarter Revenue Grows 53 Percent Facebook revenue in the second quarter increased 53 percent, surpassing Wall Street targets, as the social network continued to grow its mobile ads business. Fire at Gulf rig wanes, gas flow stops regulators HOUSTON (Reuters) - The flow of natural gas from a ruptured well at a shallow-water Gulf of Mexico drilling rig has stopped, and the fire on the rig off the coast of Louisiana has been reduced to a small flame, U.S. regulators said on Thursday. Fitch Affirms Cox Enterprises and Cox Communications IDR at 'BBB+'; Outlook Stable (The following statement was released by the rating agency) CHICAGO, July 25 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'BBB+' Issuer Default Rating (IDR) for Cox Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) and its wholly owned subsidiary Cox Communications, Inc. (CCI). In addition, Fitch has affirmed the individual issue ratings of CEI and its subsidiaries (as outlined below). The Rating Outlook is Stable. As of March 31, 2013, CEI had approximately $11.2 billion of debt outstanding including approximately $8.3 Clowney, Jay-Z Talks Were Within NCAA Rules A South Carolina spokesman says the school found no impermissible contact between All-American defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and Jay-Z, the rap mogul turned sports agency head. Logitech shares jump after unexpected move into profit ZURICH, July 25 (Reuters) - Computer accessories firm Logitech swung to an unexpected first-quarter net profit, sending its shares over 10 percent higher and suggesting its shift to focus on... Steam Detected at Damaged Fukushima Reactor The operator of the ravaged nuclear plant in Japan stood ready Thursday to inject boric acid into the reactor if temperature or radiation levels rose. Liu Advances in US Junior Amateur Qualifying medalist Jim Liu advanced to the second round of the match play in the U.S. Junior Amateur on Wednesday, beating Matthew Lowe with an 8-foot birdie putt on the 19th hole. US farm bill on hold while House tries again on food stamp cuts WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House will try to cut billions of dollars from the food stamp program before negotiating an overall farm bill with the Senate, the House majority leader said on Thursday two months before the current farm law expires. All flights to and from Tunisia cancelled on Friday TUNIS, July 26 (Reuters) - All flights to and from Tunisia will be cancelled on Friday after a general strike was called by the main labour organisation in protest at the killing of a prominent opposition figure, the civil aviation office said. MAC Remains Stable Amid Realignment Drama The Mid-American Conference will have a hard time topping the last 12 months, when Northern Illinois made it to the Orange Bowl and Central Michigan's Eric Fisher was the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. Pet pig Nemo's lymphoma treatment makes research history WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When George Goldner went to feed his six pet pigs earlier this year, his 730-pound (331-kg) companion Nemo was acting strangely. Nemo had suddenly stopped eating and laid in the mud. Obama warns House Republicans against 'deadbeat' budget tactics JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - With a busy commercial port in Florida as his backdrop, President Barack Obama warned Republican lawmakers on Thursday that threatening a government shutdown or debt default jeopardizes the fragile U.S. economic recovery. UPDATE 2-Redbox owner Outerwall's forecast falls short of expectations * Sees 3rd-qtr adj EPS of $1.36/share to $1.51/share vs est $1.63/share Louisiana agency sues big oil firms for hurting wetlands NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A Louisiana agency sued 97 oil companies - including BP Plc, Exxon Mobil Corp, Chevron Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc - in state court on Wednesday for allegedly damaging hundreds of miles of sensitive wetlands by cutting through them with pipelines and transportation canals. No Six-Figure Pay, but Making a Difference The Venture for America program offers jobs in start-up companies that arent the usual magnets for recent college graduates. Observatory Some Dinosaurs Grew New Sets of Teeth Rapidly In a study, a Stony Brook University paleontologist and his colleagues reported that some herbivorous dinosaurs replaced their teeth as quickly as every 35 days. India Ink An Acid Attack Survivor Helps India Change Its Laws The resilience of an Indian acid attack survivor makes the countrys Supreme Court amend Indias criminal law. The New Old Age Blog A Novel Way to Document End-of-Life Preferences Researchers have stumbled on a way to persuade patients to plan for end-of-life care convince their doctors to ask about it. App City Cant Whistle? Try One of These to Hail a Taxi Hailo and Uber Taxi have similar pros and cons convenient in cab deserts but pointless in cab rivers. Well Farmers Market Chickens Higher in Bacteria Up to 52 percent of grocery store chickens tested positive for bacteria that can cause food poisoning. But chickens bought at farmers markets were the most contaminated of all, according to a small study in Pennsylvania. Legacy on Line in Fierce Drive on Health Law With the health care rollout on Oct. 1, an Obama administration team of political operators and data-crunching technocrats is working to sell the law to Americans. Motherlode Blog The Half-Life of the Divorced Parent In the years since my divorce, Ive grown used to our shared custody arrangement, but Ive never fully accepted how estranged Ive become from my daughters other life. Currents | Lighting Bathed in the Glow of Splashing Water Tony Duquettes Splashing Water chandeliers are put into production by Remains Lighting. Mark Dendys Ritual Cyclical Unfolds at Lincoln Center Ritual Cyclical, choreographed by Mark Dendy with music by the Kronos Quartet, will have its premiere this week, presented by Lincoln Center Out of Doors and the American Dance Festival. RPT-Fitch European Companies Face Negative Free Cash Flow in 2013 July 15 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency)

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