Latest worldwide news STXNEWS LATAM-Brazil agency approves 11 companies for oil auction | | Brazil's petroleum regulator approved all 11 companies that paid to receive bidding information for the Oct. 21 sale of Brazil's Libra oil prospect, the country's largest-ever oil discovery. The approval, announced by the press office for the regulator, does not mean the companies will take part. Additional guarantees that the companies have resources to pay their share of an up-front 15 billion real ($6.73 billion) cash payment are needed before bids can be made. The prospective bidders are In |
Bitcoin buzz grows among venture investors, despite risks | | NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Venture capitalists show no sign of shying away from investing in startups related to Bitcoin even as authorities step up their scrutiny of the virtual currency and its possible connection to money laundering and other illegal activities. |
Howell Comes Through the Pain to Win Dunhill Title | | England's David Howell ended seven years in the golfing wilderness with a sudden-death playoff victory over American Peter Uihlein in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrew's, Scotland on Sunday. |
Fodor's 100 Hotel Award winners | | Whether you're seeking a blissful beach retreat, a funky conversion or the perfect exotic hideaway, there's a hotel for nearly everyone on the third annual Fodor's 100 Hotel Awards, released Friday. |
CEOs, learn from football coaches | | Football coaches are high-profile leaders of the sporting world, but can they also offer valuable insights in management to aspiring business or industry executives? |
Siege is new blow to Kenya tourism | | Kenya remains a safe place to visit despite an attack on a Nairobi shopping mall over the weekend in which at least 68 people, including foreigners, died, the country's tourism minister said yesterday. |
Independence day penguins? | | For one weekend in September more than 155 million people in six neighboring countries in one continent pull out all the stops to honor the birth of their nations. |
CFTC enforcement chief expected to resign on Tuesday - NYT | | Oct 1 (Reuters) - The head of enforcement at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, David Meister, is expected to step down as early as Tuesday, the New York Times reported, possibly leaving a leadership vacuum at the agency that regulates the derivatives market. |
Sea program for peace | | A program at sea looks to rock the boat on old hatreds in the Middle East. CNN's Sara Sidner reports. |
ArtsBeat Bloomberg Says City Opera Is On Its Own | | Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Monday that neither the city nor his private foundation would step in to save New York City Opera, which has said it will file for bankruptcy protection without support. |
Telenor finishes share buybacks for the year | | OSLO, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Norwegian telecoms group Telenor finished its share buyback programme and will cancel 15.17 million shares or about 1 percent of all outstanding shares, it said on Tuesday. |
Rouhani to change U.S. relations? | | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has made a series of gestures in an effort to end Iran's nuclear row with the West. But why has the move come and can it succeed? |
Will a nose job make you feel better about yourself? | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting that nose job could boost your self-esteem and quality of life, according to a new report. But the evidence is a bit shaky, researchers looking at studies of people who had plastic surgery found. |
The best of African street art | | Africa street art can be anything from beautifully painted shop fronts, to spray can graffiti, to inspiring murals. You sent your street art photos to CNN iReport - here are the best. |
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