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News Feed Latest worldwide news A. Schulman drops bid for Ferro, shares fall (Reuters) - Chemical maker A. Schulman Inc said it dropped its bid for Ferro Corp , about four months after it had offered $563 million for its smaller rival. 'Unseen' Pop Art at London art fair A painting by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, which has not been seen in public for more than 30 years, and a massive pearl once owned by Mary Tudor have been unveiled as the highlights of London's Masterpiece art fair. Good news is good again on Wall Street July 5 - Wall Street recovered from a roller coaster ride as investors ultimately viewed stronger-than-expected jobs data as a good thing. Conway G. Gittens reports. Luxury layovers (yes, they exist) Not so long ago, having a layover between flights was like having skin graft surgery between root canals. Not anymore. The Search How to Rebound From a Wrong Career Choice Many young people can be steered into careers and discover much later that the choice was wrong. REFILE-UK seeks fairer share for small firms from outsourcing "oligopoly" LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - When a modest IT firm in southern England won a 13-million pound local authority contract in 1988, it was a huge coup for a business that had annual revenue of just 4.3 million pounds. Mubarak retrial adjourned July 6 - The retrial of deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak has been adjourned until August 17 after a brief hearing. Tom Dinham reports. Richer than Trump or Oprah Zhang Xin grew up in poverty and at the age of 14 began a laboring job in a factory. Today, she is richer than Donald Trump, Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey. NASAs New Class of Astronauts Gives Parity to Men and Women The eight recruits were selected from 6,300 applicants and will start training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in August. Weak China data, Portuguese woes hit UK's FTSE LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - Britain's benchmark equity index fell on Wednesday, with construction and mining stocks among the worst-performers, as lacklustre Chinese data and a political crisis in... UPDATE 1-Train in Canadian derailment headed by Chicago rail veteran July 6 (Reuters) - The railroad whose train of tanker cars derailed and burst into an oil-fueled fire in a Canadian town on Saturday is headed by a Chicago-area railroad veteran whose career included work with railways in Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Estonia and Poland. Wood-eating gribble to power next generation of liquid biofuels British and American scientists are unlocking the destructive powers of a wood-eating marine pest to produce cheap liquid biofuels.Helen Long has more. Egypt Crisis Finds Washington Largely Ambivalent and Aloof A muted White House reaction to the turmoil reflects both mixed feelings about President Mohamed Morsis ouster and Egypts shrinking role in American policy. Conservatives Aggressive Ad Campaign Seeks to Cast Doubt on Health Law Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group, will begin running television commercials asserting that the law will limit Americans health care choices. FDA draft guidance on generic eye drug push Allergen shares lower WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shares of Allergan Inc fell 12 percent on Monday after U.S. regulators issued draft guidance that would enable generic versions of the company's dry eye drug Restasis to come... Sunderland Makes a Deal for Altidore The Dutch club AZ on Saturday said it had reached agreement with the Premier League for the transfer of the U.S. international striker Jozy Altidore. Panasonic to buy stake in Slovenia's Gorenje LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Japanese consumer electronics firm Panasonic Corp will buy up to 13 percent of Gorenje, one of the biggest household appliance makers in Eastern Europe, as it aims to tap... An open letter to texting-mad teenagers Put your phone down for a second, teen texters -- there are some things you've got to hear. T Magazine The Scene | Paris Couture Fashion Week Versace Scenes from the couture fashion week photo diary of Kasia Bobula. NASCAR's 'Bad Brad' NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski talks to CNN's Carol Costello about winning and honoring the tradition of the sport. Column Dwight Howard, Yes, but How About Collins? The Los Angeles Lakers want Dwight Howard so badly they put up billboards urging him to stay in town, then got Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to get on bended knee before him. 'Change game, not just players' Two days before Hosni Mubarak was ousted as president of Egypt, I wrote an article for CNN calling for the Muslim Brotherhood to have a place in the post-Mubarak Egypt. Changing Tastes Fuel an Amenities Arms Race Out with party rooms! In with stroller space! That ripping sound you hear all over town is old amenities falling for new ones. NEWSMAKER Liberia will reform land ownership law, education Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the audit of her country's government has not dampened growth momentum, and feels further reforms will be implemented in land laws and in education Venezuela, Nicaragua offer Snowden assylum July 6 - Leaders in Venezuela and Nicaragua offer asylum to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Julie Noce reports. California pot shop billed as world's largest may stay open for now -judge SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A medical marijuana dispensary billed as the world's largest cannabis store may stay open while the city of Oakland fights a U.S. government effort to shut it down or seize the property, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. UPDATE 1-Shares of Brazil OGX plummet as regulator starts probe * OGX says has enough cash to meet mid-term obligations (Adds regulator statement, details of filing) Motorsport Hamilton pips Vettel Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's German Grand Prix from the front of the grid after a stunning lap at the end of qualifying on Saturday at the Nurburgring. Field Notes People Will Say Theyre in Love, and They Are Romances on the stage or behind it can blossom into love, marriage and families. F.C.C. Is Told Verizon Underpaid Data Refunds A lawyer told the Federal Communications Commission that Verizon might have collected more than $240 million from false charges, more than four times the amount it agreed to refund. Turkish Police Break Up Protest With Tear Gas Demonstrators had converged on Istanbuls Taksim Square with the aim of entering Gezi Park, whose redevelopment plans prompted widespread protests in June. Dot Earth Blog A Song for the Fallen on Independence Day A musical look at the storied past and uncertain future of the last resting place of fallen American heroes. Yahoo acquires email management app Xobni SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc acquired email and address book management app Xobni, the Internet company's third acquisition in as many days as it seeks to revamp its online products and boost... COLUMN-Pot and your power bill Kemp (John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views are his own) The Last Mermaid Show In the shadow of Disney World, an endangered species is practicing the secrets of the deep. Gene Sleuths Find How Some Naturally Resist Cholera People living in the Ganges Delta have adapted genetically to the ancient scourge through variations in some 300 genes, researchers say. Telecom Italia will not start talks with Hutchison at present MILAN (Reuters) - Italian phone company Telecom Italia said on Thursday it would not start talks "at present" with Hutchison Whampoa on merging their Italian mobile phone businesses. Kerrigan in Copenhagen, by Thomas E. Kennedy A dipsomaniac writes a bar guide in Thomas Kennedys novel. Mortgages Making Green More Affordable A Senate bill known as the SAVE Act could make energy-efficient features more affordable to home buyers by allowing them to qualify for a larger loan amount. 15 Is Enough for the ACC for Now The Atlantic Coast Conference is now a 15-team league and it might just stay that way for a while.

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