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Dashboard Today in Small Business AdWords or Bing?
Retail sales fall. Redirecting food waste to the hungry. An entrepreneurship conference for those 50 and older.


3rd teen charged in Australian's murder
A third Oklahoma teen is now facing a felony murder charge months after the shooting death of a college baseball player from Australia.


Editor's choice
Our top photos from the last 24 hours.


Arts, Briefly History Channel Is Eying Remake of Roots
The History Channel may remake the ABC mini-series that made history when it was broadcast in 1977.


ArtsBeat Ali, Tyson and Captain Kirk Coil Festival Announces Lineup
Among the offerings of the Coil Festival in January will be an imagined match between Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and a video remix of Captain Kirks observations from the original Star Trek television series.


Your Money Adviser Keeping a Foot in the Office Door Can Ease Mothers Anxiety
Experts recommend that women stay connected to the working world, which can help in case of divorce and also narrow the wage gap between men and women.


True godfathers of 'Narcoland'
Drug money allows Mexican cartels to buy whatever they want -- whether that is people, governments, police, land or impunity -- and their customers should realize they have blood on their hands, writes journalist Anabel Hernandez.


The origami kayak
Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is believed to date back as far as the 17th century. Traditionally done with a single sheet of paper, its elegant principles have come to influence package design, mathematics and -- more recently -- an unusual new folding kayak.


UPDATE 1-UAW leaders give nod to Williams as next president
DEARBORN, Mich., Nov 7 (Reuters) - Dennis Williams, the secretary-treasurer of the United Auto Workers, is the choice of the union's leaders to be its next president, the UAW announced on Thursday.


UK should remain in EU on reformed basis - Osborne
Oct. 22 - UK finance minister George Osborne wants Britain to remain in the EU but only on a reformed basis, as the continent is in danger of pricing itself out of the world economy.


Advertising The Jackpots Smaller, and the Winners More Relatable
A new campaign from the New York Lottery that promotes its scratch-off games, with prizes that are significant but not in the millions, is showing winners who are not that rich.


UPDATE 2-IBM's CFO Loughridge to retire by year-end
Nov 7 (Reuters) - IBM's Chief Financial Officer Mark Loughridge is retiring at the end of the year after almost a decade on the job as the technology services provider struggles with declining...


Sports Briefing | Soccer Club Declines De Rosarios Option
D.C. United declined its contract option on midfielder Dwayne De Rosario, two years after he was the leading scorer and the most valuable player of Major League Soccer.


Telecom Italia launches convertible bond, warns on targets
MILAN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Italy's largest telecoms operator Telecom Italia launched mandatory convertible bond worth up to 1.3 billion euros ($1.7 billion) on Thursday and said full-year results may differ from its 2013 targets.


Astronomers discover most distant galaxy yet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronomers have found the most distant galaxy yet, a discovery that pushes back scientists' view of the universe to about 700 million years after it is thought to have come into existence.


Well Babys Gaze May Signal Autism, a Study Finds
Researchers using eye-tracking technology found that 3-year-olds who were found to have autism looked less at peoples eyes when they were babies than those who did not develop autism.


Hedge fund managers discuss their top stock picks
LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers presented their stock-picking ideas at a conference this week organised by the Sohn Conference Foundation. The Foundation raises money to support initiatives to...


UPDATE 2-Apache quarterly profit up, oil output grows
Nov 7 (Reuters) - Apache Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by increased crude prices and record oil production from its wells in the Permian Basin in West Texas and the central United States.


Bats Fantasy Baseball The Mets and Cano
The Mets maybe should, but most assuredly wont, defy all expectations and make a legitimate bid to lure Robinson Cano away from the Yankees.


Streetscapes | The Extell Tower West 57ths Hodgepodge Block
West 57th Street between Broadway and Seventh has long been a jumbled block. Now Extell will add a 1,400-foot tower to the mix.


Fierce Fed critic in Senate says Yellen likely to be confirmed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen will likely secure sufficient votes to be confirmed as the next head of the central bank, according to one of her harshest critics in the Senate who sits on the banking panel that will vet her for the job.


REUTERS SUMMIT-What China? Energy traders see money in the good old USA
LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - China may have overtaken the United States as the world's biggest oil importer, but America is now the land of opportunity for traders looking to profit off energy markets, thanks to changes brought by the shale gas revolution.


Swiss banks tout stability and secrecy to lure rich
GENEVA (Reuters) - Switzerland's banking industry is relying on its stability and expertise to ensure it has a bright future as a leading center for managing the assets of the rich, despite a...


FDA takes step to ban trans fats
Nov. 7 - Agency says ingredient in many processed foods is a health risk. Jennifer Davis reports.


TAKE A LOOK-Twitter shares soar in NYSE debut
Nov 7 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc soared as much as 92 percent in its first day of trading on Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange as investors snapped up shares in the popular microblogging site in a frenzy that recalled the days of the dot-com bubble. To open stories, double click in the square brackets. LATEST STORIES gt; Twitter shares soar 92 pct in frenzied NYSE debut gt; Twitter Pivotal cuts to sell gt; Wall St lower despite dat


New Kendrick Johnson video released
New surveillance video released in the case of Kendrick Johnson, a Georgia teen found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat at his high school, raises more questions than it answers.


Youre the Boss Blog Today in Small Business Working Weekends
Why start-ups run out of money. How a chocolate company built a community through social media. Business tactics you can learn from Disney villains.


Wealth
Want to buy an Irish castle? For those of means, the price is right.


Former Leader of Pakistan Is Freed on Bail
Pervez Musharraf, who faces a range of criminal charges, can now travel freely within the country after six months of house arrest.


The origami kayak
Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is believed to date back as far as the 17th century. Traditionally done with a single sheet of paper, its elegant principles have come to influence package design, mathematics and -- more recently -- an unusual new folding kayak.


India's boomtown for surrogates
Surrogacy in India is booming, thanks to its relatively low cost and plentiful availability of surrogates. But critics say the practice exploits poor women and is akin to "organ sale."


Federal judge orders 4th-largest U.S. tax prep business closed
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The fourth-largest tax preparation business in the United States, Instant Tax Service, has been ordered to shut down by a federal judge, the Justice Department said on...


UPDATE 3-Nestle sells most of Jenny Craig in slimming drive
* North Castle Partners buys Jenny Craig for undisclosed sum


UK spy chiefs emerge from shadows to blast Edward Snowden
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's intelligence chiefs used their first ever joint public appearance to complain that documents leaked by former U.S. intelligence operative Edward Snowden had put secret operations at risk and were being "lapped up" by al Qaeda.


UPDATE 1-MSCI reclassifies stocks in emerging, frontier market indexes
NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Equity index provider MSCI on Thursday reclassified equities across a broad spectrum of emerging, developed and frontier markets as part of its November semiannual index review.


World Briefing | Europe International Court Postpones Kenyattas Trial
The International Criminal Court on Thursday postponed the trial of President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya on crimes against humanity charges until February.


U.S. VP Biden congratulates wrong man in Boston mayor's race
BOSTON (Reuters) - As he watched the returns in Boston's most competitive mayoral race in two decades on Tuesday night, Marty Walsh's cell phone rang.


Low bids cause Crestview to pull Munder auction
NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Crestview Partners has called off the sale of Munder Capital Management, four sources told peHUB, a private equity news website owned by Thomson Reuters.


Sports Briefing | Soccer Club Declines De Rosarios Option
D.C. United declined its contract option on midfielder Dwayne De Rosario, two years after he was the leading scorer and the most valuable player of Major League Soccer.


Obama says 'we weren't as clear as we needed to be' on Obamacare
WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in an interview on Thursday that he regrets that "we weren't as clear as we needed to be" about Obamacare healthcare reforms and apologized to Americans who are losing their healthcare insurance policies.


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