| Latest worldwide news | Wild-Card Wizardry Hamilton, Salazar Could Be Key | | | Major league teams start spring training in February, grind through 162 games or 163, for Texas and Tampa Bay and if they're lucky, reach the playoffs. For wild cards, it's a chance to become a World Series champion. Or have a whole season's worth of work wiped out in nine innings. |
| A Quake Shakes Loose an Island | | | An island that emerged in the Arabian Sea, off the Pakistani coast, after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake last week was probably created as freed methane gas pushed up a section of shallow seafloor. |
| A gift of U.S. diplomacy to Iran? | | | A 2,700 year-old silver chalice may be a new token of friendship between the United States and Iran, at least that's the way Iran's cultural heritage chief sees it. |
| SE Asia Stocks-Thailand, Indonesia rebound after inflation data | | | BANGKOK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stocks gained on Tuesday, with upbeat inflation data helping lift sentiment on Thailand and Indonesia, but trading was subdued across the region with global markets wary of the U.S. government shutdown. Thai SET index climbed 1.8 percent as a lower-than-expected annual inflation rate of 1.42 percent in September helped ease concerns over inflationary pressure, supportive for the prospect of corporate earnings, brokers said. A handful of la |
| Even at $700, Apple is not a bubble Felix TV | | | It took 15,000 data points to answer a question millions of investors are asking Is Apple stock overvalued? With the help of friends at Datastream, Reuters blogger Felix Salmon presents a unique visual analysis showing that even at $700 a share, Apple is not overvalued as Microsoft was before its bubble burst. (September 19, 2012) |
| UPDATE 1-Apple shares jump on Icahn dinner with CEO Cook | | | NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Shares of Apple Inc. rose about 2.5 percent on Tuesday on news that billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn had dinner with Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Monday and "pushed hard" for a share buyback. |
| Why women 'owe' Billie Jean | | | When the winner of the women's singles at the U.S. Open picks up her check for $2.6 million -- buck for buck the same as the men's champion -- she might well reflect that, if not for Billie Jean King's pioneering efforts, those riches might not exist. |
| Red Wings Beat Maple Leafs 5-2 in Preseason | | | Henrik Zetterberg, Daniel Alfredsson and Johan Franzen each had a goal and an assist, helping the Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Friday night in a preseason game. |
| Rihanna's Instagram Arrests made | | | Two men in Thailand are in trouble with the law thanks to an Instagram photo posted by pop star Rihanna during her recent visit to the holiday island of Phuket. |
| Kenyans debate Should we stay or go? | | | After the deadly attack at a Nairobi mall by terrorists claiming to members of a Somali-based group, Kenyans are debating whether it's time to pull their troops out of Somalia. |
| Why we still love Archie | | | If a fellow is going to spend 55 years working in the same place, he would be wise to count his blessings that the place is Riverdale. |
| Boyle Scores 2 PP Goals as Sharks Beat Ducks, 6-5 | | | Dan Boyle scored two power-play goals, Joe Pavelski and Patrick Marleau each had a goal and an assist, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-5 Saturday night in the teams' preseason finale. |
| Sex, lies and lithographs | | | The "Shahnameh The Persian Book of the Kings" is an epic poem that is as much a literary and cultural touchstone in Iran as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are to the Western Tradition. Now a new illustrated, English version is presenting the ancient tales to a new audience outside of Iran. |
| BP lied about size of U.S. Gulf oil spill, lawyers tell trial | | | NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - In the frantic days after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, BP lied about how much oil was leaking from its Macondo well and took too long to cap it, plaintiffs' lawyers said on Monday at the opening of the second phase of the company's trial. |
| Can Tiger win 15th? | | | Shane O'Donoghue previews the PGA Championship and discusses Tiger Wood's elusive 15th major. |
| Venezuela fledgling currency system spawns $859 million mystery | | | CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's efforts to put hard currency in the hands of dollar-starved businesses, to ease embarrassing shortages of consumer goods, are instead drawing complaints from trade groups who say they have no idea where the money has gone. |
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