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News Feed Latest worldwide news Day 1 on HealthCare.gov Fewer Than a Dozen Signed Up Notes from internal government meetings show a handful of enrollments on the federal health insurance website though millions tried to use it. India Ink The Life of an Undocumented South Asian Immigrant Nirmal, a chef in New York, has been away from his family in Nepal for 14 years and has never seen his only child. Private Hiring Slows; Consumer Inflation Stays Muted Private-sector employers in the United States hired the fewest number of workers in six months in October, while tepid domestic demand kept inflation benign last month. Sketch Guy An Eye for Bargains Can Be Bigger Than the Stomach Indigestion results when consumers lose the connection between their money and their needs, as when a sale price induces the purchase of unnecessary items. Your Money Finance Class on the Web, for Students of All Ages The 10 video lectures, which will be offered free, bring the graduate-level class of a Stanford finance professor to the general public. Cooper Tire in tentative deal with workers over merger (Reuters) - Cooper Tire Rubber Co said it reached a tentative agreement with workers represented by United Steelworkers union as part of its push to close its planned $2.5 billion sale to India's Apollo Tyres Ltd . Tunnel for Smuggling Found Under U.S.-Mexico Border; Tons of Drugs Seized The sophisticated underground passageway featured electricity, ventilation and an electronic rail system and took about a year to build, officials said. Astronaut Scott Carpenter, fourth American in space, dies at 88 (Reuters) - Astronaut Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 became the fourth American in space and the second to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday in Colorado at age 88 of complications from a stroke, his wife Patty Carpenter said. Market Ready Should I Remove Built-Ins? Advice on repairing or redecorating a home before selling it. Sony tumbles 10 percent to five-month low after cutting guidance TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Sony Corp tumbled as much as 10 percent to a five-month low of 1,690 yen on Friday morning after it slashed its full-year operating profit forecast by 26 percent as its... Government criticized as malaria deaths spike in Cameroon Nearly 800 people have died in a recent malaria outbreak in northern Cameroon, one described by public health officials as "a severe and sudden epidemic." Chelsea Eliminates Arsenal From League Cup Csar Azpilicueta seized on a defensive blunder and Juan Mata scored a slick second goal as Chelsea dumped its London rival Arsenal out of the League Cup with a 2-0 victory. Amy Metzger, Hootan Yaghoobzadeh The bride is a lawyer; the groom is a managing director of an investment firm. De Blasio Attracts Silicon Valley Donors A list of donors to Bill de Blasios campaign shows the growing clout of technology entrepreneurs and investors. Pee-powered cell phone points to 'smart toilet' technology Aug. 13 - Does the call of nature hold the answer to a new form of renewable energy? Scientists in the UK are confident that it does. With backing from both the British government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the researchers have developed a method for charging mobile phones with human urine. Matthew Stock reports. Social Qs Tipping Points Advice on if and when to tip, what a child can say when adults comment on his height and how to handle interruptions when visiting friends at a retirement home. Italian police bust ring of corrupt morticians ROME (Reuters) - Italian police arrested five morticians on Wednesday on charges of making tens of thousands of euros a month in bribes from funeral homes and profiting from grieving families of the dead. Smartphones to last a lifetime What if you could buy a smartphone that would last you for the rest of your life? On Tennis On Road to Fed Cup Final, Top Russians Jump Off Russia, once the dominant force in womens tennis, is playing the Fed Cup finals against Italy without any of its top-ranked players. Seeing is believing IMAX to launch $250,000 home theatres in China BEIJING, Nov 1 (Reuters) - China's newly minted rich can now get up close and personal to the movies after mega-screen maker IMAX Corp signed a deal to produce luxury home theatres in the company's second largest market. Treasure trove of Neapolitan jewels shown in rare Rome exhibition ROME (Reuters) - A rarely seen Neapolitan collection of sumptuous jewellery, hidden away for centuries and estimated to be more valuable than England's crown jewels, opened in Rome on Tuesday. Fish 'n fashion stars of Red Sea photo contest October 29 - Dozens of underwater photographers film fish, corals and fashion models in the Eilat Red Sea competition. Sharon Reich reports. Bug parts, rat hair in your spices You may inadvertently be getting more than you bargained for when you put paprika in your chicken paprikash. Well The Father Who Fought for Lorenzos Oil Augusto Odone, the father whose story was told in the movie Lorenzos Oil, left an indelible mark on the world of disease activism, setting a gold standard for what patients and their families might achieve with determination, good luck and the media. 'Rush' F1's death or glory days F1's wacky races run during the 1970s provided the sport with some of its most celebrated and reviled moments which are now the subject of two feature-length films released this autumn. PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - Nov 1 Nov 1 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Violin that played as Titanic sank sells for $1.5 million LONDON (Reuters) - A violin that was being played as the Titanic went down was sold for 900,000 pounds ($1.46 million) at auction on Saturday, a record price for memorabilia from the doomed ocean liner. Dashboard Today in Small Business Why Loans Are So Hard to Get The business of fake eyes. Why stocks may fall. How to deal with clients who dont want to pay. Troubled Start for Health Law Has Democrats Feeling Anxious Democrats say that the laws woes are cutting into the momentum they gained after the government shutdown, and that the troubles could cost them in the 2014 midterm races. Brazil FX intervention program has no set end date -central bank SAO PAULO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The Brazilian central bank's current intervention program in foreign exchange markets has no set end date, the bank's director of monetary policy, Aldo Mendes said on... Vodafone keeps UK FTSE afloat on MA speculation LONDON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Heavyweight Vodafone kept Britain's top share index afloat on Friday as speculation about a bid from U.S. peers ATT fuelled a rally in Europe's largest mobile carrier. SP affirms Benin's ratings, then withdraws ratings at issuer's request Nov 1 (Reuters) -(Caryn Trokie, New York Ratings Unit) Property Values What You Get for ... $525,000 A contemporary in Santa Fe, N.M.; a midcentury modern in McHenry, Ill.; and a condo in downtown Nashville Koch Brother Wages 12-Year Fight Over Wind Farm The billionaire industrialist William I. Koch has donated about $5 million fighting Cape Wind, a vast wind farm proposed for Nantucket Sound. Snorkeler finds rare giant oarfish off California coast (Reuters) - A California marine instructor's leisurely weekend snorkel turned into the discovery of a lifetime when she found the carcass of a massive, eel-like creature of a species thought to have inspired legends of giant sea serpents. At Notre Dame, Parents Day May Require a Red Carpet The singer Jon Bon Jovi and athletes like Torii Hunter and David Robinson, among other celebrities, have sons on the Fighting Irish football team. Breakingviews Ranking Big Oil Nov 1 - Antony Currie and Christopher Swann drill into the quarterly results of the major players in black gold and explain why Conoco and Chevron are the standouts, for very different reasons. BRIEF-Tavistock Investments confirms a placing at discount to current share price Nov 1 (Reuters) - Tavistock Investments PLC * Investment - stmnt re share price movement * Note the recent rise in the company's share price * Confirms is currently concluding a placing at a discount to the current share price * Placing to provide additional working capital to Tavistock in order to progress acquisition, investment policy * Source text for Eikon * For more news, please click here Youre the Boss Blog Business Owners Weigh Their (Often Frustrating) Software Options While Google offers some solutions, one owner said, she sees drawbacks Google keeps changing things and their privacy stuff really concerns me. South Africa Know before you go With apartheid two decades behind it, South Africa has claimed a spot as a top Africa destination. Here's why.

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