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Japan PM Abe hops and flips in voter-wooing game app | | TOKYO (Reuters) - It's a bird, it's a plane ... It's a cartoon version of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hopping and somersaulting his way through the sky in a smartphone game app his party hopes will lure young voters ahead of a July 21 election. |
London. Tokyo. Athens. Tulsa? | | Tulsa, Okla., saying it can offer plenty of room, wants to host the 2024 Summer Games and join the likes of Athens, Beijing and London in Olympic history. |
Researchers project the future of smart phones | | June 30 - Researchers at the University of Tokyo are developing indoor projection technology that incorporates a sense of touch for interactive devices of the future. The system emits ultrasonic waves to generate pressure a user can feel and could one day render keyboards, smartphones, and even pens obsolete. Ben Gruber has more. |
Activist investors target UK oil and gas companies | | LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - UK-listed oil and gas companies that have lost favour with mainstream shareholders are attracting investors who want to push bosses out, access their cash and force asset sales. |
Gay pride parades draw huge crowds after marriage rulings | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dancing, cheering and toting placards, gay rights supporters took to the streets in huge numbers at annual gay pride parades across the United States on Sunday, with attendance boosted by recent Supreme Court rulings in support of same-sex marriage. |
Italy makes waves with sea power plan | | June 25 - A UK technology company is building the world's first sub-surface wave farm with machines designed to utilise the motion of the Mediterranean Sea for power generation. The first prototype generator - capable of powering 80 homes - is undergoing onshore tests before being towed out to sea to start work next month. Rob Muir reports. |
Amen Corner God's Golfers | | Forget hitting the greens -- it's the fairway to heaven which is on the minds of some of the world's top golfers. |
DIARY-NON SP WEEK AHEAD | | THOMSON REUTERS, Diary of Non SP 500 Corporate earnings for U.S. companies from Jul 01, 2013. SP 500 Earnings - Monthly SP 500 Earnings - Day Ahead SP 500 Earnings - Weekly Non SP 500 - Day Ahead ConferenceCall/Webcast - Weekly ConferenceCall/Webcast - Day Meetings - Weekly Meetings - Day Ahead Economic Indicators IPO events Dividends |
New species excites 'twitchers' | | At a time when most birdwatchers are counting the bird species on the way to extinction, to find a new species previously unknown to science might be cause to pop the champagne corks. |
Sarah Adler, Christopher Noelcke | | The bride is a director of strategy and consumer insights at Coach; the groom is a vice president for New Mountain Capital, a New York investment firm. |
Obama seeks to build Africa business ties on Tanzania stop | | DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is seeking to build a new economic partnership with Africa as he visits Tanzania on Monday at the end of a tour of the fast-growing continent where Washington faces competition from China. |
Hernandez Remains Focus of a Media Swarm | | Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez came under police and news media scrutiny shortly after the body of Odin Lloyd, 27, an acquaintance of his, was discovered on Monday. |
'Fast Furious' rolls over Will Smith's 'After Earth' | | June 2 (Reuters) - Car chase sequel "Fast Furious 6" kept racing at U.S. and Canadian box offices, leading all movies for a second straight weekend and finishing far in front of Will Smith and son's new sci-fi film "After Earth." |
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