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UPDATE 1-British Land buys London site in bet on new rail line | | LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Property developer British Land bought the majority of a west London office complex for 470 million pounds ($708 million) in a bet the capital's Crossrail east-west train line, due to open in 2018, will boost real estate prices. |
Key U.S. missile interceptor test fails, Pentagon says | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A test of the only U.S. defense against long-range ballistic missiles failed on Friday, the third consecutive failure involving the interceptor system managed by Boeing Co, the Defense Department said. |
Can family farming end poverty? | | In just 12 years Vietnam cut the country's malnutrition rate in half by investing in small scale farming. Now a slew of other countries are following suit and investing in the sustainable solution. |
Japan's DoCoMo holds out to iPhone mania, but at what cost? | | TOKYO, July 5 (Reuters) - NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's largest mobile provider and a pioneer of the mobile Internet, is one of just a few holdouts among the world's big mobile carriers not offering Apple Inc's iPhone to its 60 million customers. |
India Ink Developing Indias Personality | | Personality development and self-grooming programs are becoming a booming business, as the common idea is that everyone in the country needs some kind of help with their personalities. |
Ally's ResCap unit files bankruptcy plan | | July 5 (Reuters) - Residential Capital LLC, the mortgage lending unit of U.S. government-owned Ally Financial Inc , has filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan that calls for unsecured creditors to... |
U.S. PGA Tour Agrees to Anchored Putting Ban | | The U.S. PGA Tour avoided a potentially damaging split over golf's rules by falling in line with the Royal Ancient and United States Golf Association (USGA) agreeing to a ban on anchored putting on Monday. |
Murray stars in great escape | | Andy Murray produced a remarkable comeback victory to defeat Fernando Verdasco in five sets and seal his place in the semifinal at Wimbledon. |
The Consumer New Approach to Depression | | Transcranial magnetic stimulation, which uses magnetic pulses to stimulate parts of the brain connected to mood, has helped some patients with severe depression. |
As a Tower Tilts, Coney Island Pauses | | For a time, two iconic attractions, the Wonder Wheel and the Cyclone, stood still as workers dismantled a former ride whose dangerous swaying had shut down part of the Boardwalk. |
German football embraces Israel | | Germany's Under-21 soccer team may have bowed out of the European Championship Finals in Israel this week, but their experiences in Israel have left a lasting impression. |
Europe tackles unemployment | | A grey day in Brussels provided an apt backdrop for addressing the bleak job prospects facing Europe's younger generations. |
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. |
Key U.S. missile interceptor test fails, Pentagon says | | WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - A test of the only U.S. defense against long-range ballistic missiles failed on Friday, the third consecutive failure involving the interceptor system managed by Boeing Co, the Defense Department said. |
Doping past haunts Tour | | Kenyan-born Briton Chris Froome is hot favorite for the 100th edition of the Tour de France which starts in Corsica Saturday as the race is once again overshadowed by doping controversy. |
South Africans pray for Mandela | | July 5 - South Africans pray for ailing anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela outside the Pretoria hospital where he is being treated. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
CANADA STOCKS-Gold miners drag TSX lower after U.S. jobs data | | * TSX falls 31.75 points, or 0.26 percent, to 12,134.91 * Six of 10 main index sectors decline * Barrick hits 21-year low on bullion drop By John Tilak TORONTO, July 5 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Friday after a robust U.S. jobs report revived worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve might be set to roll back its stimulus program, a concern that hit both bullion prices and gold-mining shares. Shares of gold producers dropped nearly 3 percent as the jobs figures |
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