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Tennis Nishikori ends Tsonga bid | | One French tennis star kept alive his hopes of a long-awaited return to the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday, but another has missed out on a third successive appearance. |
Well Children, Too, Need Flu Shots | | Flu vaccination is recommended for everyone 6 months or older, though many parents dont think of flu as being very serious, especially if their child has no health problems. |
Rocker Lou Reed of Velvet Underground dies at 71 | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lou Reed, the pioneering musician who fronted influential rock band The Velvet Underground in the 1960s and won mainstream acclaim with solo songs "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Perfect Day", died on Sunday aged 71. |
UPDATE 2-Sprint promises higher data speeds than rivals | | BURLINGAME, Calif., Oct 30 (Reuters) - Sprint Corp promised to gradually offer wireless data speeds far in excess of those offered by bigger rivals like Verizon, as it hopes to use recently acquired wireless airwaves to regain market share. |
U.S. meat-labeling law, a WTO issue, now farm bill target | | WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Members of a select House-Senate panel on Wednesday targeted for potential repeal a U.S. meat-labeling law that Mexico and Canada have challenged as a violation of world trade rules, and that U.S. meatpackers also oppose. |
U.S. security agency denies reports it targeted Vatican | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency, responsible for U.S. electronic eavesdropping, said on Wednesday that it does not target the Vatican, and called an Italian media report that it had done so "not true." |
4 Weeks That Could Shape Europe's Ryder Cup Team | | Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano grew up watching the famed "Spanish Armada" team of Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal, so the Ryder Cup means everything to him. He still recalls the encouragement from Olazabal a year ago. |
Canadian Oil Sands profits fall, Syncrude production guidance cut | | CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Canadian Oil Sands Ltd , which owns the largest stake in the Syncrude Canada Ltd oil sands project in northern Alberta, said on Wednesday its third-quarter profit fell 27 percent from a year earlier as maintenance issues reduced output. |
Hong Kong A gateway to China | | Andrew Stevens explores how Hong Kong's entry into China has revolutionized travel between the city and the mainland. |
Well Concussions and the Classroom | | The American Academy of Pediatrics on Sunday released new recommendations regarding students who return to school following a concussion. |
Boeing to place much of 777X design work outside Seattle | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co has decided to place a significant amount of design work for its coming 777X jetliner in cities outside the Seattle area, where the current 777 was designed and is being built, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters and confirmed by Boeing on Wednesday. |
Breakingviews The pains of Petrobras | | Oct 28 - Antony Currie and Christopher Swann explain how Brazilian government interference caused the oil giant's whopping Q3 earnings miss and why shareholders shouldn't expect much to change. |
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