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| Foxtons, the London bubble stock James Saft | | | (Reuters) - It is hard to imagine, much less find, a better exemplar of how capital gets misallocated in a bubble than British property agent Foxtons, whose stock was publicly listed last week. |
| US lawmakers seek to end bulk NSA telephone records collection | | | WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' communication records and set other new controls on the government's electronic eavesdropping programs. |
| CEE MARKETS 2 - Region's FX stable, markets lack direction for now | | | * Lack of clarity over U.S. Fed keeps investors on edge * Polish long-awaited switch tender fails to offer a spark * In Prague, investors await Thursday's central bank meeting WARSAW, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Central European currencies were stable on Wednesday after Poland's long-awaited bond switch tender. At 1453 GMT, the zloty was steady against the euro, the forint was 0.1 percent weaker, while the Czech crown was flat. Analysts said uncertainty over what course of action th |
| Russia denies agreement on core of U.N. Syria resolution | | | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday rejected suggestions by Western diplomats that there was an agreement between the five permanent U.N. Security Council members on the core of a draft resolution on eradicating Syria's chemical weapons. |
| Phys Ed Why Runners Dont Get Knee Arthritis | | | One of the most entrenched beliefs about running is that it can ruin knees by causing arthritis. But a new study finds that distance running is unlikely to contribute to the development of arthritis. |
| Planet penetrator offers high-speed path to Europa | | | Sept. 24 - Scientists curious about possible life on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, are developing a capsule that can be fired at high speed into the moon's surface to dislodge and collect samples. Astrium, a subsidiary of aerospace giant EADS, could be involved in a proposed European Space Agency (ESA) mission to Europa within the decade, and has been test-firing its planet penetrating rockets to prepare. Jim Drury reports. |
| Hacker "mercenaries" linked to Japan, South Korea spying -researchers | | | Washington, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A small, sophisticated international hacking group was responsible for a widely publicized 2011 spying attack on members of Japan's parliament as well as dozens of previously undisclosed breaches at government agencies and strategic companies in Japan and South Korea, security researchers said. |
| The top films at the North American box office | | | LOS ANGELES, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at North American (U.S. and Canadian) box offices for Friday to Sunday, led by "Lee Daniels' The Butler" at No. 1, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (1) Lee Daniels' The Butler.............$ 17.0 million 2 (2) We're the Millers...................$ 13.5 million 3 (*) Mortal Instruments City of Bones...$ 9.3 million 4 (*) The World's End.....................$ 8.9 million 5 (5) Planes......... |
| IRS rides 1884 'dead horse' law to defense of tax preparer rules | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Tuesday defended its effort to regulate the tax return preparation business for the first time in U.S. history, basing its case largely on a 19th century law dealing with horses lost or killed in the Civil War. |
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