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U.S. consumer bureau bars payment firm over debt-settlement fees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer watchdog said on Thursday it fined payment processor Meracord for helping to collect illegal debt-settlement fees, part of a broader crackdown on companies...


Fuel From Landfill Methane Goes on Sale
Clean Energy Fuels is selling Redeem, a vehicle fuel derived from landfill methane, in more than 40 California filling stations.


Eden Cardozo, Benjamin Levy
The bride is a fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital; the groom is a vice president at an investment firm in Boston.


Tunisian government and opposition to start talks Saturday mediator
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's ruling Islamists and their secular opponents will start three weeks of negotiations on Saturday to allow the government to step down and make way for a caretaker cabinet until elections, a labor union mediating the talks said.


RPT-Fitch Korea Well-Positioned to Cope with Global Economic Volatility
Oct 3 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency)


Cobb, Rays Roll 4-0 Over Indians in AL Wild Card
They shut off the lights, cranked up the music and turned their clubhouse into a nightclub.


REFILE-Shutdown, debt fight highlight Republican distance from 'big business'
* Chamber lobbyist says can no longer work with 16 in House


Exclusive Security firm says iPhone bug can thwart device wiper
BOSTON (Reuters) - A German security company has uncovered a bug in the new iPhone's software that it said enables hackers to overcome a safeguard allowing users to remotely wipe stolen or lost phones.


T Magazine On View | A Curious Path to Auction for Indias Modernist Furniture
The artist Amie Siegel realized the elegant midcentury chairs and tables she saw in an auction catalog were the same that had been left stacked in decaying piles in Chandigarh, the first built-from-scratch city in postcolonial India.


Shackles drop off fundraising for startups. Should we worry?
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Entrepreneur Nicole O'Rourke has a novel idea for raising cash that would have been illegal until this week smacking a "fund me" sticker on every bottle or can of hair...


Tipsarevic's clay master class
Pat Cash caught up with world number 10, Janko Tipsarevic at the Tecnifibre clay court training camp in Nice, France.


Shutdown threat getting old, fast
The more legislators use threats to pressure presidents, the more accepted they become as tactics, writes Julian Zelizer


Boat capsizes near Italy, leaving scores of migrants dead or missing
Oct. 3 - The Italian Coast Guard is searching for survivors after a boat full of African migrants capsized off the coast of Sicily, leaving many dead or missing. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Tiger outfoxed by feral friend?
The sight of a Tiger prowling the fairways may be familiar sight but at a golf club in Switzerland it is a fox that has emerged as a new star of the game.


COMMODITIES-Copper dives on US gov't shutdown; oil, gold down too
By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Copper prices tumbled more than 1 percent on Thursday and gold and oil fell too, as data showing slower service sector growth in September compounded worries about raw materials demand given a budget crisis and the U.S. government's partial shutdown. Grain market fundamentals lifted wheat to 3-1/2 month highs and its highest premium to corn since 2010, due to strong export demand and supply risks in major producing countries. Cocoa had i


Members of Congress point blame for government shutdown
Oct. 1 - Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress continue to blame each other for the current battle over funding and the ensuing government shutdown. Multimedia display (no reporter narration).


Woods Paired With Kuchar for Opening Cup Fourballs
Tiger Woods will link up with his 19th different partner in team play for the United States after being paired with Matt Kuchar for Thursday's opening fourballs at the Presidents Cup.


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?


DealBook Loeb Raises Stake in Sothebys and Seeks Board Seat
The activist investor Daniel S. Loeb disclosed that he is now the auction houses biggest shareholder with a 9.3 percent stake in the company.


Bits Blog The Numbers Behind Twitter
Like many tech companies seeking to go public, Twitter is growing fast but still isnt making a profit, according to its newly filed prospectus.


Fight Over Energy Finds a New Front in a Corner of Idaho
The Nez Perce Indians were drawn into the national brawl over the future of energy last month when they tried to stop a load of oil-processing equipment from moving through their lands.


Whats On Saturday
Television highlights.


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.


How Rose shines under pressure
CNN's Alex Thomas speaks with U.S. Open Champion Justin Rose, the first Englishman to claim the title since 1970.


Square Feet Austin, Tex., Stands Out in Hotel Recovery That Has Hugged Coasts
In Austin, Tex., and in coastal markets around the United States, signs of a building boom are emerging as prices rise.


Scientists more convinced mankind is main cause of warming
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Leading climate scientists said on Friday they were more convinced than ever that humans are the main culprits for global warming, and predicted the impact from greenhouse gas emissions could linger for centuries.


Clean Energy shares drop after promised "big news" disappoints
LOS ANGELES, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Shares of Clean Energy Fuels Corp fell 5.5 percent on Thursday after the company said it would distribute a renewable natural gas at some fueling stations,...


Key to football success? Luck
Football author Chris Anderson explains why football is a game of luck and why it's not the most expensive players that improve teams the most.


Union Pacific forecasts third-quarter profit below estimates
Oct 3 (Reuters) - Union Pacific Corp, the No.1 U.S. railroad, forecast third-quarter profit below analysts' expectations as mild summer weather and flooding in Colorado hurt coal shipments.


NZ new car registrations rise in Sept - NZTA
WELLINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The number of new cars registered in New Zealand rose 6.5 percent in September from the previous month, figures from the New Zealand Transport Agency showed on Friday,...


UPDATE 1-Samsung Electronics record Q3 guidance beats analyst estimates
* Chip division profit seen at highest level in three years


Former Texas QB James Street Dies at 65
Small, tough and determined, James Street for nearly 40 years was the standard of excellence that all Texas quarterbacks were measured by.


Behind scenes with Solheim stars
Living Golf goes behind the scenes at the biggest tournament in women's golf.


Shopping With West Chin Cleansing the Palette Black White Accessories
The look is graphic and the combination timeless.


U.S., Iran No overnight miracles
There is a story that the first time a Persian 'Qajar dynasty' king attended a concert during a European tour, he was asked what he liked most about it. "The beginning," he answered, having assumed that the sound check was part of the performance.


Giants Close-Up
A quick look at key moments from the Chiefs win over the Giants.


Girls flee bombs, start over in U.S.
Blair Brettschneider didn't experience war or genocide as a young girl in suburban Michigan. She has never received a death threat, and she has never seen a family member murdered. But the 49 teenagers she helps every week have.


Pakistan in dire need of bomb disposal help
Oct. 3 - Peshawar bomb disposal unit lacking funds, manpower. Julie Noce reports.


The top films at the North American box office
July 21 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting July 19, led by "The Conjuring," according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (*) The Conjuring..........................$ 41.5 million 2 (1) Despicable Me 2........................$ 25.1 million 3 (*) Turbo..................................$ 21.5 million 4 (2) Grown Ups 2............................$ 20.0 million 5 (*) Red 2..................................$ 18.5 mill


Dozens killed in building collapse
Authorities say they now know what may have caused a five-story building in Mumbai to collapse last week a decorator who removed a central wall and supporting beams without permission.


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