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PRESS DIGEST - British Business - July 5 | | July 5 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. |
Britain's Murray wins Wimbledon | | Andy Murray ends Britain's 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men's singles champion by defeating World No.1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets. |
U.S. drought expands for 3rd straight week-US drought monitor | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drought conditions expanded in the contiguous United States over the past week given persistent heat and dryness in the southern Plains, while the eastern half of the country is out of drought amid steady rains, according to a weekly drought report. |
Artist stirs privacy debate with portraits from DNA | | July 1 - DNA extracted from cigarette butts and bubble gum found on the streets of Brooklyn is being used by artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg to create realistic portraits of anonymous New Yorkers. The artist says her project is designed to spark debate about the use - or potential misuse - of DNA profiling in society. Ben Gruber reports. |
The grand slam that got away | | Paris in the spring is the most romantic of all settings for a grand slam, but for some of the biggest names in tennis the French Open's red clay courts mean only heartbreak and shattered dreams. |
Button F1 perfect in Austin | | Jenson Button says Formula 1 is perfect in Austin, Texas. He talks to CNN about his successes and struggles. |
Red Bulls Rewind On to the Dog Days | | Connor Lade, the Red Bulls homegrown defender/midfielder, started his first game of the M.L.S. season on Sunday in the Red Bulls only victory in June. |
North, South Korea agree to hold talks | | North and South Korea have agreed "in principle to hold working-level talks on reopening" the Kaesong Industrial Complex, the South's Yonhap news agency said Thursday, citing a government official. |
Nightingale 9 | | Inside the restaurant in Carroll Gardens that borrows Vietnamese flavors from a distance. |
Royal baby | | Way back in the mists of time, when schoolkids were expected to learn seemingly endless lists of facts off by heart, they chanted a poem to remember the names of England's kings and queens. |
What's wrong with using tech to distract kids? | | "Half of Parents Admit to Using Tech as Baby Sitters," the headline shouted in bold, alarmist Helvetica. As I sat staring at the words, I knew I was supposed to feel some kind of outrage, but all I could muster was a "so what?" |
India's frugal innovators | | Frugal inventors across India are recycling old technologies to solve local problems with wild inventions such as seaworthy bicycles, wind-powered irrigation systems and tree-climbing machines |
Internet big boys take aim at Singapore's "regressive" new rules | | SINGAPORE, July 8 (Reuters) - Singapore's move to tighten regulation of news web sites, already under fire from bloggers and human rights groups, has attracted criticism from an unexpected quarter - large internet firms with a big presence in the city-state who say the new rules will hurt the industry. |
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