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| Murray's historic win | | | Andy Murray won Wimbledon, breaking Britain's 77-year drought for a men's singles champion. |
| For Furyk, Another One Lips Cup | | | Zach Johnson shot a six-under 65 and birdied three of the last seven holes to finish 16 under to win the BMW Championship, snatching victory from Jim Furyk, who shot a 71 and finished 13 under. |
| Bertelsmann sees 2013 sales, operating profit up | | | FRANKFURT, Aug 30 (Reuters) - German media group Bertelsmann expects sales and adjusted operating profit to grow this year, as cost cutting and bestsellers such as Dan Brown's "Inferno" will help offset slow economic growth in Europe. |
| Report What happened at In Amenas? | | | Inadequate security measures and an unprepared military are two factors that allowed a group of Islamists to attack and take hostages at a gas field in Algeria in December, a report says. |
| UPDATE 1-Foreigners push Kenyan shares to three-week high | | | * Safaricom hits new all-time high mid-session * Shilling seen targeting 87, but not breaching it (Recasts with stocks, adds market close) By Richard Lough NAIROBI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Kenyan shares hit a three-week high on Friday as local investors who had been supplying liquidity this week sat tight in the face of strong offshore demand, pushing prices higher, traders said. Kenya's benchmark NSE-20 Share Index climbed for a fourth straight session, adding 0.1 percent in the d |
| Suspected leader of Islamic militant cell arrested | | | The alleged leader of an Islamic militant cell in Spain who escaped arrest in June when eight of his suspected colleagues were detained has been taken into custody, the Spanish Interior Ministry said Monday. |
| Hackers want your smartphone | | | In the world of cyber security there are some well-known designations for anyone that considers him or herself to be a hacker, the term being so broad in scope now. |
| DealBook Hedge Fund Drops Opposition to Smithfield Deal | | | Starboard Value, the activist hedge fund that was seeking to block Smithfield Foods $4.7 billion sale to a Chinese meat processor, dropped its fight on Friday, saying that it could not formalize an alternative takeover bid. |
| Immelt Economic efficiencies drive China ahead | | | Jan 19 - In an exclusive interview with Reuters Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt says a large and educated workforce is fueling China's strength and not simply a deflated yuan. |
| Atop the Puck Building | | | The SoHo beacon, built in 1885, is going to be a residential destination for the first time in its history. |
| Breakingviews What the FICC? | | | The third-quarter stumble by Jefferies in fixed income raises questions for Breakingviews editors about whether it's a business suited for every bank. |
| China official sacked after belittling compatriots at banquet | | | BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese official has been sacked after an online video showed him complaining about the ingratitude of ordinary Chinese while he ate lobster and drank expensive liquor, in the latest instance of government excess to spark popular anger. |
| Iran Said to Seek a Nuclear Accord to End Sanctions | | | Seizing on a perceived flexibility in a letter from President Obama to President Hassan Rouhani, Irans leaders are focused on getting quick relief from crippling sanctions, a top adviser to the Iranian leadership said. |
| Autonomous quadcopter takes humans out of flying equation | | | Sept. 19 - A group of Austrian students has designed a quadcopter which flies autonomously using only the computing power of a smartphone. The reasearchers say the drone could one day be used for search and rescue scenarios or fighting fires without putting humans in harm's way. Jim Drury reports. |
| Most powerful female politician? | | | Frugal, discreet and boring -- just some of the ways Angela Merkel has been described by peers and in the global press. As Germans head to the polls Sunday, CNN looks at how the German chancellor became the most powerful woman in the world. |
| City Room The Week in Pictures for Sept. 20 | | | Watch a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include a fire on the Jersey Shore, prayers at the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in Queens, and vote counting in Brooklyn. |
| Boyds Touchdowns Lead Clemson Over N.C. State | | | Clemson struggled to get its offense running in high gear and spent much of Thursday night fighting to protect a slim lead. The third-ranked Tigers still did enough to stay unbeaten in the kind of game that often has slipped away in recent years. |
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