| Latest worldwide news | UPDATE 1-Most Brazil IPOs have lost money since 2005 -Credit Suisse | | | CAMPOS DO JORDO, Brazil, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Many initial public offerings in Brazil have led to investor losses over the past eight years, a senior Credit Suisse Group fund manager said on Friday, with the worst results coming from oil and gas - a sector that for years was seen as the nation's most promising. |
| 'Breaking Bad' vet joins 'Community' | | | He commanded fear and respect as a hitman/fixer on "Breaking Bad," and now he will command fear and respect as... a community college professor. Jonathan Banks will appear in 11 episodes of "Community"'s fifth season, EW has learned. |
| And Now, a Spider-Man Tell-All | | | A new memoir, to be published in November, details backstage maneuvering and insults in the development of this $75 million musical. |
| Just married and homeless | | | Patricia Mawa, Host Managing Editor at Silvertrust Media, describes her incredible journey from rags to riches. |
| Pope appoints new secretary of state | | | Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Pietro Parolin to succeed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone as the Holy See's secretary of state, the Vatican said Saturday. |
| Olympic Wheel of Fortune | | | In a high-stakes financial battle, squash, wrestling, baseball and softball are vying for entry into the 2020 Games and the endorsements, government funds and vast prestige that come with it. |
| Chemical attack 2? | | | Evidence of another deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria has surfaced, opposition activists said Friday. |
| VMAs Complete winners list | | | There was no sleep in Brooklyn -- well, at least not at the Brooklyn Barclays Center -- as the MTV Video Music Awards handed out the prizes for 2013. |
| UPDATE 3-Microsoft offers ValueAct president seat on board | | | SEATTLE, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Friday offered a seat on its board to the president of ValueAct Capital Management, the activist fund manager that pressed for the ouster of Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and wanted a say on the software giant's strategy after taking a $2 billion stake earlier this year. |
| Understanding Bashar al-Assad | | | For 13 years, President Bashar al-Assad has governed Syria. For 2 of those years he's faced repeated calls from many inside and outside the country for his resignation. |
| QA Cooking With a New Computer | | | Unless a specific program is needed say, one for creating a cookbook choosing between Mac or Windows is a matter of preference. |
| Clooney, Bullock launch Venice into orbit with 'Gravity' | | | VENICE (Reuters) - The Venice Film Festival got off to an explosive start on Wednesday with the premiere of 3D space movie "Gravity", teaming George Clooney and Sandra Bullock as astronauts imperiled by a botched Russian missile shot. |
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