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Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions
Nov 5 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Tuesday


Rare Roman eagle found underneath London
Becky Anderson looks at what is believed to be a rare Roman eagle statue that has been buried in London for centuries.


Mandela movie hits big screen
The long-awaited film "Mandela Long Walk To Freedom," has premiered in South Africa.


Sawgrass Architects Dye Designs Plan First London Venture
Dye Designs, one of the world's top golf architects, are planning to build their first British course on the outskirts of London and hope to complete the project by the end of the decade.


Indonesian volcano erupts, forcing evacuation of hundreds
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A volcano erupted for the third time in as many months on the western Indonesian island of Sumatra, forcing hundreds of villagers to evacuate, officials said.


Saudis round up thousands of illegal immigrants
DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Saudi authorities rounded up thousands of illegal foreign workers at the start of a nationwide crackdown ultimately aimed at creating more jobs for locals, media reported on Tuesday.


Sports Briefing | Tennis Police Question Hingis
Martina Hingis has been questioned by the Swiss police after her estranged husband, Thibault Hutin, said he was attacked by her and her family, a police spokesman said.


Mandela movie hits big screen
The long-awaited film "Mandela Long Walk To Freedom," has premiered in South Africa.


Bits Blog Helpouts From Google Connects People With Experts Over Live Video
Acknowledging that its search engine cannot answer everybodys questions, Google introduced Helpouts, for live, one-on-one video chats with experts.


California insurer delays policy cancellations tied to Obamacare
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Health insurer Blue Shield of California said on Tuesday it will delay policy cancellations for 113,000 customers who were due to lose coverage at the end of the year as a result of new requirements from President Barack Obama's healthcare law.


Square Feet Recent Commercial Real Estate
Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased.


TI Media says 9-mth net loss including discontinued ops widens
MILAN, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Italian broadcasting company Telecom Italia Media said its nine-month net loss including discontinued operations rose to 128.1 million euros ($173 million) from 53.8 million euros a year ago.


Hingis Quizzed by Swiss Police for Alleged Assault
Martina Hingis has been questioned by the Swiss police after her estranged husband, Thibault Hutin, said he was attacked by her and her family, a police spokesman said.


DealBook Home Builders to Merge in $2.7 Billion Deal
Tri Pointe Homes, the West Coast builder controlled by Barry S. Sternlichts Starwood Capital, is merging with the home-building subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser, a large owner of timberlands.


In Practice In Kentucky, a Glimpse of Health Insurance Help
To watch the health insurance sign-up process last month in Louisville, a city of 600,000, was to get a glimpse of how the rollout of the exchanges was supposed to work from coast to coast.


Graffiti artist to BMX bandit
Your city is Maxime Charveron's blank canvas, and it's no longer spray cans he is painting with. After a serious brush with the law he is now a BMX freestyle trailblazer.


Mandela movie hits the big screen
Relatives, friends, ex-fighters join cast at emotional screening.


Tennis Nadal, Federer at odds
Tennis' year-end championships are supposed to showcase the top eight players in the world but Monday's opening matches in London took a backseat to another butting of heads between the two biggest names in the sport.


When Thanksgiving and Hanukkah Collide
The convergence of Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah offers options for an epic feast.


Sony to charge monthly fee for multiplayer games on PS4 - Nikkei
Nov 5 (Reuters) - Sony Corp plans to charge a monthly fee of $9.99 in the United States and 6.99 euros ($9.40) in Europe for playing multiplayer online games on its PlayStation 4 (PS4) console scheduled to debut this month, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.


UPDATE 1-Ex-Michigan Treasurer skeptical of Detroit pre-bankruptcy deal
DETROIT, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Former Michigan Treasurer Andy Dillon said on Tuesday that he was "very skeptical" that Detroit would be able to cut an out-of-court deal with its creditors to avoid bankruptcy after reviewing the city's June 14 report that said unsecured creditors would only receive pennies on the dollar.


China premier warns against loose money policies
BEIJING (Reuters) - China needs to sustain economic growth of 7.2 percent to ensure a stable job market, Premier Li Keqiang said as he warned the government against further expanding already loose money policies.


Whats On Tuesday
Television highlights.


Dance Listings for Nov. 1-7
A selected guide to a range of works involving movement.


Mysterious disease turning starfish to 'slime' on U.S. West Coast
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Scientists are struggling to find the trigger for a disease that appears to be ravaging starfish in record numbers along the U.S. West Coast, causing the sea creatures to lose their limbs and turn to slime in a matter of days.


DealBook Building a Portfolio With a Focus on a Single Sector Water
Rebuffing a strategy of diversification, the venture capital firm XPV Capital believes it can find success by developing expertise in one area.


Youre the Boss Blog New Options for Small Businesses Looking to Go Paperless
Three new tools designed to make it easier to manage a small business.


Power costs shrink as share of Europe's rising energy bills
* Energy consumers to pay for energy modernisation, renewable targets


Tiger outfoxed by feral friend?
A Tiger prowling the fairways may be familiar sight but at a golf club in Switzerland it is a fox that has emerged as a new star of the game.


UPDATE 1-Beijing slashes car sales quota in anti-pollution drive
SHANGHAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - China's capital, Beijing, infamous for its thick smog and heavy traffic, will slash the city's new car sales quotas by almost 40 percent next year, as it looks to curb vehicle emissions and hazardous levels of pollution, the city government website said.


CFTC anti-speculation plan may not be so tough, data shows
* CME uses far tighter limits than planned CFTC caps, data shows


Dot Earth Blog To Those Influencing Environmental Policy But Opposed to Nuclear Power
Four climate scientists press environmental organizations to embrace efforts to develop and deploy a new generation of nuclear power plants.


UPDATE 1-China Development Bank to sell at least 3 bln yuan dim sum bond -sources
HONG KONG, Nov 5 (Reuters) - China Development Bank will return to the offshore yuan debt market and start selling at least 3 billion yuan ($492 million) in bonds on Wednesday, two sources with direct knowledge of the deal said.


Advertising Buy One, Give One Spirit Imbues an Online Store
The altruistic shoemaker Toms is blazing a trail for like-minded companies with a new online store that features retailers with a social bent.


Sports Briefing | Baseball Ausmus to Manage Tigers
The Detroit Tigers have chosen the former catcher Brad Ausmus to succeed Jim Leyland as manager, the team said Sunday.


Motherlode Blog During I.V.F., Keeping a Marriage Strong
A loving partnership can make fertility treatments far easier to bear but we have to protect our partnerships from the toll that in vitro fertilization can take.


World's unusual camping spots
Camping used to mean a canvas tent, freeze-dried ration packs and a local muddy field. No longer.


'Way past time' for gay rights law
John Sutter says senators must make the moral decision and ban anti-LGBT discrimination in the workplace


The Learning Network Blog Test Yourself | History, Nov. 5, 2013
Answer this question about the 1968 presidential election.


Refugees inside their own country
The ongoing violence in Syria has left millions of people displaced. And while many Syrians fled to neighboring countries to escape the bloodshed, others have remained despite being in harm's way, though they have been forced from their homes.


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