| Latest worldwide news | EU threatens to suspend data-sharing with US over spying reports | | | BRUSSELS, July 5 (Reuters) - The European Union is threatening to suspend two agreements granting the United States access to European financial and travel data unless Washington shows it is respecting EU rules on data privacy, EU officials said on Friday. |
| F1 drivers threaten German boycott | | | Formula One drivers threatened to boycott the German GP this weekend if the tire problems which blighted the British round at Silverstone are repeated. |
| Unilever raises stake in Indian unit to 67 pct | | | July 4 (Reuters) - Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever said it had acquired a little over two-thirds of Indian unit Hindustan Unilever following the close of a voluntary tender offer, falling short of its plan to raise its stake to as much as 75 percent. |
| Well Getting Insurance to Pay for Midwives | | | Nearly all births in the United States take place in hospital labor and delivery wards. But in many European countries, midwives attend to a vast majority of pregnancies, often in clinics, resulting in maternity charges that are a fraction of those in the United States. |
| Well How Carbs Can Trigger Food Cravings | | | Sugary foods and drinks, white bread and other processed carbohydrates appear to stimulate parts of the brain involved in hunger, craving and reward, which may explain why they might drive some people to overeat. |
| 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. |
| Rose Victory Was Casey's Irish Open Inspiration | | | Paul Casey has suffered his share of trials and tribulations in recent years and it was close friend Justin Rose's first major victory at last month's U.S. Open that inspired him to land the Irish Open title on Sunday. |
| FDA approves Orexo drug to treat opioid addiction | | | (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Swedish drugmaker Orexo AB's drug to treat opioid addiction, the company said on Thursday, sending its shares up as much as 14.3 percent in Stockholm. |
| 36 Hours in Munich | | | While the citys beer gardens are as lively as ever, Munich is pushing to challenge Berlin as Germanys cultural capital. |
| Yankees Jeter to Start Playing Again | | | Derek Jeter, who has been out since October with a broken left ankle, will begin a rehabilitation assignment for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. |
| TIMELINE-JPMorgan requests rehearing in California power sale fight | | | July 5 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase and Co Inc has requested a rehearing of a ruling by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it and other power traders benefited from a flaw in the California electricity market. The FERC ruled in June in favor of the California grid operator and said the traders would need to reimburse $52 million in excess profits made from 2009 through 2011. The California Independent System Operator (ISO), which operates the state's power system, chang |
| Now air-con grounds Dreamliner | | | An All Nippon Airways 787 Dreamliner was held in Tokyo after a mechanical problem, the fourth such incident for Dreamliners in 10 days. |
| Egypt's economic challenges remain | | | July 5 - The ousting of Egypt's president Mohamed Mursi leaves behind many familiar economic problems - which don't look likely to be solved anytime soon. Kirsty Basset reports. |
| SE Asia Stocks-Mostly higher; Indonesia poised for loss on week | | | BANGKOK, July 5 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets edged higher on Friday as signs of easier policies ahead by central banks in the UK and Europe prompted investors to again build up holdings in riskier assets in the emerging region. Thai stocks were among the outperformers, with the benchmark SET index up 0.8 percent at 1,441.95 by the midday trading break, recouping some of the 2.3 percent loss sustained in the last two trading sessions. However, market participants still kept t |
| Monaco's F1 transformation | | | The most famous race in Formula One -- the Monaco Grand Prix -- brings a change of pace to Monaco's Mediterranean idyll. |
| UPDATE 1-"Monsters University" scares zombies to lead box office | | | June 23 (Reuters) - "Monsters University," the prequel to Pixar's 2001 animated blockbuster "Monsters, Inc.," scared up $82 million in weekend ticket sales to easily outdistance the week's other new movie, the big-budget apocalyptic thriller "World War Z," which came in with an impressive haul of $66 million. |
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