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UPDATE 2-Bankrupt Alabama county gets $300 million more | | BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct 31 (Reuters) - Alabama's bankrupt Jefferson County on Thursday approved a reworked settlement plan for its landmark $4.2 billion municipal bankruptcy that increases already stiff losses for Wall Street creditors by $300 million. |
Raikkonen no-show fuels speculation | | ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Kimi Raikkonen's strained relationship with his Lotus Formula One team was back in the spotlight on Thursday after the Finn failed to turn up for media interviews at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. |
Does the NSA follow its own rules? | | Christopher Slobogin says the NSA can't read the conversations and emails it collects unless a court agrees it's reasonable to suspect a threat. With the reports of hundreds of millions of monitored calls, is the NSA abiding by the rules? |
Pope Francis visits John Paul II's tomb | | Oct. 31 - Pope Francis made an unannounced visit to the tomb of John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica where he celebrated Mass with Polish priests and nuns. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
Immelt Economic efficiencies drive China ahead | | Jan 19 - In an exclusive interview with Reuters Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt says a large and educated workforce is fueling China's strength and not simply a deflated yuan. |
Even at $700, Apple is not a bubble Felix TV | | It took 15,000 data points to answer a question millions of investors are asking Is Apple stock overvalued? With the help of friends at Datastream, Reuters blogger Felix Salmon presents a unique visual analysis showing that even at $700 a share, Apple is not overvalued as Microsoft was before its bubble burst. (September 19, 2012) |
Well Quit Smoking? Its Probably Monday | | Researchers monitored Google search queries from 2008 to 2012 in English, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Almost every week, queries about smoking cessation peaked on Mondays. |
Surveillance is 'no joke' | | Angela Merkel might be the most powerful female politician in the world these days. She certainly is in Europe. We now know that her cell phone was monitored by U.S. intelligence, not just since she became the German Chancellor in 2005, but also for an additional three years before that. |
Football Real deal for Ronaldo, Bale | | Cristiano Ronaldo provides the perfect riposte to FIFA chief Sepp Blatter's mocking comments as the Portuguese claims a hat-trick in Real Madrid's 7-3 win over Sevilla, with Gareth Bale scoring twice. |
Well Quit Smoking? Its Probably Monday | | Researchers monitored Google search queries from 2008 to 2012 in English, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Almost every week, queries about smoking cessation peaked on Mondays. |
International court postpones Kenyan president's trial | | THE HAGUE/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court delayed Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's trial for crimes against humanity by three months on Thursday, while African ministers made an impassioned plea for the U.N. Security Council to defer the case for one year. |
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