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News Feed Latest worldwide news CANADA FX DEBT-C$ firms despite weaker oil; focus on data at week's end * C$ at C$1.0418 vs US$, or 95.99 U.S. cents * Investors focus on ECB, North American employment data * Canadian bond prices rise across the curve By Cameron French TORONTO, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The... India asks IBM to pay $866 million in outstanding tax reports MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian tax authorities have asked IBM's Indian unit to pay 53.57 billion rupees ($866.20 million) in outstanding income tax on fiscal 2009 revenue, media reported on Saturday. The Learning Network Blog Test Yourself | Editing Practice, Nov. 1, 2013 Can you identify that or which as the better word to complete the sentence from the article? Facial recognition brings new look to shopping Aug. 19 - Scrambling for credit cards or mobile phones at the checkout counter could become a thing of the past as a Finnish company readies to launch the world's first face recognition payment system. Tara Cleary reports. Riding the Hashtag in Social Media Marketing Gary Vaynerchuk, a social media marketer, pounces on any trend tweeted or otherwise in his quest to sell, sell, sell. Countdown to Ryder Cup Tom Watson, American captain at the 2014 Ryder Cup, reflects on his 36-year long history with the golf competition. This Little LED of Mine The common complaint about compact fluorescent lights, the harsh glow, may have an energy-efficient answer, especially as LED bulbs fall under $10 each. Joy Freeman and Drew Freilich The bride is the director of guidance at a high school; the groom is a chief resident in urology. A Good Appetite Spaetzle at Home Crank Up the Fluegelhorn and Fill the Steins Add leeks and cabbage, cover with cheese, and bake until everything is bubbling and crunchy on top. U.S. Supreme Court weighs fight over changing clothes at work Nov 4 (Reuters) - Steel workers who do their jobs wearing flame-retardant gear tried to convince the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that they should be paid for the time they spend "donning and doffing" such items before and after their shifts. T Magazine The Look | Rosie Huntington-Whiteleys Jet-Set Chic The actress looked casual and cozy at Los Angeles International Airport yesterday. RBS, Meggitt lead UK stock fallers on weak results * RBS falls after unexpected loss, plan to set up "bad bank" Putting African art on the map A new video project is giving a voice to Ghana's best artists, and hopes to change attitudes to African art. Former dopers should come clean, says UCI boss PARIS (Reuters) - Riders and managers who have been involved in past doping practices have been urged to come forward by International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson so that the sport can draw a line under its troubled reputation. 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. Tennis Djokovic on high after Paris Novak Djokovic will head to London to defend his ATP World Tour Finals crown on a high after winning back the Paris Masters title Sunday. Canada panel says revised Taseko mine plan may harm environment (Reuters) - A revised mine plan for Taseko Mines' New Prosperity copper-gold project in British Columbia still poses significant threats to the environment and nearby communities, a Canadian federal review panel said late on Thursday. Graphene is creeping into your home Just under ten years ago, the Dutch-British physicist Andre Geim stumbled across a substance that would revolutionize the way we understand matter and win him and his colleague Kostya Novoselow the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics. It was graphene -- a one atom thin substance. The Professor of Physics at Manchester University talks to CNN about discovering the first ever 2-dimensional material. On Horse Racing Moving Moments Send Shivers, Both Good and Bad Mucho Macho Man won the Breeders Cup World Championships title by a nose, but the day was also marked by a filly who broke her leg and was euthanized. Ward Leads Capitals Rout Joel Ward scored three goals for his first NHL hat trick, and Braden Holtby coasted to a shutout in the Washington Capitals 7-0 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers. Adoption group calls for U.S. laws to stop online child trading (Reuters) - A study by a major U.S. adoption research group calls for "targeted laws, policies and practices" to stop adoptive parents from giving their unwanted children to strangers through the... Well Extra Care Curbs MRSA in Hospitals MRSA infections dropped in some Veterans Affairs hospital after a quality improvement program was instituted. Hedge fund titan Cohen to come under outside monitor's purview NEW YORK, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Steven A. Cohen is going to have a government minder as he winds down his SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund after it agreed on Monday to plead guilty in a nearly decade-long insider trading investigation. Dot Earth Blog 10,000-Year Study Finds Oceans Warming Fast, But From a Cool Baseline Recent ocean warming is from a relatively cool baseline, a new study finds. The Media Equation With Alpha House, Amazon Makes Bid for Living Room Screens and Beyond The show, Amazons first attempt at original programming, could create additional momentum for change in the concept of television. Deutsche Bank co-CEO Fitschen named suspect in Kirch case MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - German prosecutors named Deutsche Bank Co-Chief Executive Juergen Fitschen as a suspect on Monday in a dispute over the collapse of the Kirch media empire, adding to the bank's growing list of legal problems. A Memorial for Marcella Hazan The cooking teacher and author was remembered Sunday at a memorial dinner in New York, where she lived and taught for four decades. Kenya Charges Four Men With Aiding Shopping Mall Attackers A Kenyan court charged four Somali men with terrorist offenses for helping al Qaeda-linked militants carry out an attack on a shopping mall in Nairobi that killed 67 people. Hedge fund managers discuss their top stock picks LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers presented their stock-picking ideas at a conference this week organized by the Sohn Conference Foundation. The Foundation raises money to support initiatives to... Russia to Transfer Detained Greenpeace Activists The reason for moving the detainees, held since their ship was seized after an open-seas protest against oil drilling in the Arctic, to a St. Petersburg jail was not immediately clear. International Real Estate House Hunting in ... Portugal The market in resort areas like Cascais has significantly improved over the last six months, partly because legislation and tax-saving incentives known as the golden visa are attracting wealthy foreigners. Book About Amazon Is Reviewed on Amazon, by Founders Wife In her lengthy review, MacKenzie Bezos took issue with The Everything Store, about Amazon and Jeff Bezos. The weirdest things recently found on Mars Mars is a crazy place. In recent years we've discovered some of the strangest things on the Red Planet ice spiders, Swiss cheese terrain, and perfectly spiral-shaped lava tubes. Chinas Economic Surge Has Roots Before Deng, Book Finds The empress dowager is presented as neither the cruel despot nor the easily manipulated ruler whom the Communist Party and other critics have long portrayed. GLOBAL MARKETS-Euro recovers on factory data but ECB move key LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Robust euro zone factory data lifted the single currency off a six-week low on Monday and boosted shares, but did little to shift expectations that the European Central Bank... Twitter boosts IPO range amid strong investor demand NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc raised the top end of its IPO price range by 25 percent and will close its books a day early, signaling strong demand for the most closely watched Silicon Valley debut since Facebook Inc last year. Sunday Book Review A special issue of The New York Times Book Review is devoted to books about technology, both literature and nonfiction. Flaxseed may reduce blood pressure, early findings show NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eating a bit of flaxseed each day might help lower high blood pressure, a new study suggests. Snapshot Ben Schnetzer on The Book Thief The actor Ben Schnetzer talks about his first big role, in The Book Thief, which opens on Friday. Gillian Brody, Noah Zachary The bride teaches prekindergarten; the groom is an account executive at a public relations firm.

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