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LinkedIn's 2Q Impresses Street, Stock Climbs
LinkedIn's online professional networking service is still doing a good job of pleasing investors.


Increase in Urine Testing Raises Ethical Questions
The growth of tests for painkillers has led to concerns about their accuracy and whether some companies and doctors are exploiting them for profit.


CORRECTED-Fairfax Financial takes quarterly loss on bond investments
(Corrects currency throughout to U.S. dollars from Canadian dollars)


Well Australians Are Getting Fatter
Australia may be known for its rugged outdoor lifestyles but recent statistics suggest a different reality. Australia and its equally outdoorsy neighbor, New Zealand, are now two of the fattest countries in the developed world.


At Street Fair, Science Replaces Sausage
Google teamed up with the New York City government as part of an effort to try to entice more children to pursue careers in science.


RPT-Market Chatter-Corporate finance press digest
Aug 1 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Thursday


Google bets on custom colors with first flagship Moto X phone
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Motorola on Thursday unveiled its highly anticipated Moto X smartphone, which will be customizable with different colors for ATT customers and marks the cellphone maker's first flagship device since Google Inc bought the company in 2012.


Up Close The Marginalized, Front and Center
The photographer Peter Baryshnikov, the dance icons son, trains his camera on a destitute slice of life in Guatemala.


Insight Science for hire - Trial over plastic exposes disclosure deficit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - By 2012, Eastman Chemical seemed to be perfectly positioned when it came to producing plastic for drinking bottles. Concerns about a widely used chemical called bisphenol A (BPA) had become so great that Walmart stopped selling plastic baby bottles and children's sippy cups made with it and consumer groups were clamoring for regulators to ban it. Medical societies were warning that BPA's similarity to estrogens could disrupt the human hormone system and pose health risks, es


LeapFrog posts smaller loss on strong sales of tablets, toys
Aug 1(Reuters) - Educational toy maker LeapFrog Enterprises Inc reported a smaller second-quarter loss, helped by strong sales of its tablets and learning toys.


TV soaps avoid Egypt, Syria
Ramadan is a key time for the television soap industry. Traditionally, most TV shows are produced in Egypt and Syria.


Living Golf meets Bubba Watson
A sneak preview of Living Golf's shoot with defending Masters champion Bubba Watson.


Macau mogul hopes dinosaurs trump volcanoes in new casino resort
MACAU (Reuters) - Macau tycoon David Chow is ripping up the fake volcano and Roman amphitheatre that were the show pieces of a failed theme park he built in the Chinese gaming enclave seven years ago.


Currents | Outdoors An Outdoor Shower Inspired by P.S. 122
The shower manufactured by Oborain was named after the New York City school-turned-performance-space.


Op-ed Al Qaeda down in Yemen
News of the death of an al Qaeda leader demonstrates the weakness of a Yemeni militant group that once was surging, writes Peter Bergen


Germany asks Bieber to pay monkey costs
German authorities have asked pop star Justin Bieber to hand over nearly $8,000 for the costs of caring for the capuchin monkey he left behind in Munich after bringing it on tour without the right paperwork.


Op-Ed Columnist Women as a Force for Change
Womens empowerment isnt just a buzz phrase. Its a groundswell from Texas to Pakistan to give women a fair shot, so we all benefit.


Congo rebels face U.N. deadline
Rebels in an unstable part of the Democratic Republic of Congo have until Thursday afternoon to hand in their weapons to U.N. peacekeepers or risk being disarmed by force.


Mystery at Richard III burial site
First came the dramatic discovery of the long-lost remains of King Richard III. Now, there's the mystery of the coffin within the coffin. Archaeologists are puzzled.


BRICs will suffer from QE rollback - World Bank
June 19 - As quantitative easing slows, developing countries will struggle to access capital, warns World Bank President Jim Yong Kim at a newsmaker event in London.


Gadgetwise Plantronics Wireless Earbuds Get an Update
Plantronics extended the battery life of the BackBeat GO 2 in-ear headphones by adding a travel case that doubles as a charger.


STOCKS NEWS INDONESIA-Bahana cuts Astra International to 'reduce'
Bahana Securities downgraded conglomerate PT Astra International Tbk to "reduce" from "hold", citing potential earnings cut due to lower profit margins and weak commodities outlook.


NSA chief defends snooping, faces hecklers
The National Security Agency's controversial intelligence-gathering programs have prevented 54 terrorist attacks around the world, including 13 in the United States, according to Gen. Keith Alexander, NSA director.


Meyer, Ohio St Talk of the Big Ten on Season's Eve
Urban Meyer was hailed as a savior when he agreed to take over Ohio State in the wake of the tattoo scandal that sullied the program. That support became even more frenzied when he coached the Buckeyes to a 12-0 record in his first season.


Orioles Manager Sees Yankees Edge if A-Rod Suspended
Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter believes the New York Yankees could end up as the big winners if slugger Alex Rodriguez was given a lengthy suspension by MLB commissioner Bud Selig.


DealBook Lloyds Banking Group Returns to Profit
The British government has said that the break-even point on selling its 39 percent holding in Lloyds is around 61 pence, and the companys stock is currently trading above that price.


National Briefing | Plains Abortion Law Is Blocked in North Dakota
A state judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked enforcement of a law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.


Olympics Boycott calls over anti-gay laws
An international backlash against Russia's anti-gay propaganda law is gathering speed, from calls for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia to gay bars in Los Angeles planning "vodka-dumping" protests.


Riff Stop Blaming Jaws!
Jaws is accused of spawning the summer blockbuster which is weird, given that todays blockbusters have nothing in common with Jaws.


Congo rebels face U.N. deadline
Rebels in an unstable part of the Democratic Republic of Congo have until Thursday afternoon to hand in their weapons to U.N. peacekeepers or risk being disarmed by force.


Argentina crackdown on sleeping train conductors
Aug. 1 - Argentina's transport minister announces a crackdown on train conductors after startling videos show drivers asleep and reading books behind the wheel. Sophia Soo reports.


Snowden's attorney, rights groups welcome asylum news
Aug. 1 - Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden slipped quietly out of a Moscow airport after securing temporary asylum in Russia. Mana Rabiee reports.


U.S. Day Ahead Robust jobs report will "take us higher"
Aug 1 - The economy is expected to create 184,000 new jobs in July but that may not be enough to bring down the unemployment rate. Another D-day for Michael Dell and Viacom is betting on Brad Pitt.


India Ink Life in Indias Juvenile Homes
Experts and former inmates weigh in on the flaws of the Indian juvenile justice system.


Texas jury rules ban on registering cloned horses violates law
DALLAS (Reuters) - A Texas jury has ruled that a horse association violated anti-monopoly laws by banning cloned animals from its prestigious registry, a decision that could encourage cloning and open the way for the animals to participate in lucrative horse races.


OCBC Q2 profit falls 8 pct, hit by poor result of insurance unit
SINGAPORE, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp , Singapore's second-biggest bank, posted an 8 percent drop in quarterly profit, a below-forecast result after it was hit by lower contributions from its insurance unit.


Bits Blog A Shifting Workplace Experience
As mobility and collaboration become standards of work, the design and function of things like document creation and sharing are changing, too.


Whats On Thursday
Television highlights.


Shortcuts Those Wordy Contracts We All So Quickly Accept
Consumers rarely read the standardized language for online terms and conditions, and experts disagree on their significance.


Senate Panel Presses N.S.A. on Phone Logs
Senators of both parties challenged the collection of records of domestic phone calls, as the latest leak provided new details on the way the agency monitors Web browsing around the world.


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