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| Merkel still needs to focus on euro zone | | | Sept 23 - Investors liked the German election result but what's first on Merkel's to do list when it comes to the rest of the euro zone? The EU's top economic official tells Reuters what he thinks she must focus on. Sonia Legg reports |
| Symantec's revenue falls, shares slump | | | Oct 23 (Reuters) - Symantec Corp, the maker of Norton anti-virus software, reported a 3.5 percent drop in revenue as demand fell for its storage, server management and security products. |
| UK's Prince George is christened | | | Prince George, the infant son of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, will be christened Wednesday in an untraditionally small ceremony at St. James's Palace. |
| A new sense of optimism in Iran | | | From bakery to barber shop, cafe to carpet store, Iranians stroll their capital with a renewed step, uplifted by how their newly elected president seeks something remarkable after decades of cold war-like relations between their country and the West. |
| Akamai profit rises 65 pct, shares jump | | | Oct 23 (Reuters) - Akamai Technologies Inc, whose products help to move content quickly over the Internet, reported a 65 percent rise in profit as mobile activity and app downloads increased after Apple Inc launched its iOS 7 platform. |
| Well Spankings Link to Bad Behavior | | | A new study suggests that although physical punishment may stop bad behavior in the short term, it increases the risk of long-term troubles. |
| Missouri Stands Behind Haith Despite NCAA Penalty | | | Missouri coach Frank Haith was suspended for five games by the NCAA on Tuesday after it was found that he inadequately monitored his former assistants' interactions with a disgraced Miami booster and then tried to cover up a five-figure hush money payment to keep potential violations hidden. |
| Tsarnaev linked to 2011 slayings | | | For the first time, prosecutors in the Boston Marathon bombing case confirmed that deceased suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was accused of participating in a gruesome 2011 triple homicide outside Boston. |
| Symantec forecast misses estimates as PC market weakens | | | (Reuters) - Symantec Corp, maker of Norton anti-virus software, reported lower-than-expected second-quarter revenue and forecast current-quarter results below expectations, hit by low demand for storage and security products and a weak PC market. |
| Mountain mirrors to bring light to dark Norwegian town | | | Oct. 22 - Three giant mirrors have been erected on a mountainside in Norway, to bring much needed sunlight to residents of a small town. The town is situated at the bottom of a narrow valley where the sun doesn't shine during the long Nordic winter, but its hoped the mirrors will change all that and bring its residents out of the shade and into the light. Jim Drury reports. |
| Why to take time to daydream | | | There's a story about a man who spent his hours daydreaming. He may have been at Ford; he may have been at IBM. He was simply a man who spent his time in his office, feet up on the desk, looking at everything and nothing. |
| Ensco profit rises on increased offshore drilling rates | | | Oct 23 (Reuters) - Offshore drilling contractor Ensco Plc reported on Wednesday a 10 percent rise in quarterly profit as rig rates increased, even as utilization of its most-valuable drillers declined from the year before. |
| U.S. Congress to consider law against 'patent trolls' | | | WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. congressman, who has led the charge against frivolous patent infringement lawsuits, introduced a bill on Wednesday to curb the behavior of so-called "patent trolls" but faced criticism that some of the proposals go too far. |
| Germany says U.S. may have monitored Merkel's phone | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government has obtained information that the United States may have monitored the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel and she called President Barack Obama on Wednesday to demand an immediate clarification, her spokesman said. |
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