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Detroit sues bond insurer over blocked creditor talks | | (Reuters) - The city of Detroit filed a lawsuit against bond insurer Syncora Guarantee Inc claiming the company blocked an agreement the city hopes to conclude with major creditors involving revenue from the city's three casinos. |
Chinese lap up French vineyards | | The attack on Chinese students in Hostens, a small town in the South-west of France, allegedly by a group of French youngsters, followed by the largest international wine fair, Vinexpo, in Bordeaux, where Chinese investors were very much present -- and active -- have triggered much talk in France about Chinese investment in the country's vineyards and a backlash against it. |
When cooking can kill | | For nearly half of the world's population, building and maintaining a fire is a daily -- and often deadly -- chore. |
Hong Kong makes Snowden film | | While it's not a stretch to imagine the Edward Snowden saga would spawn books and movies, a group of amateur filmmakers in Hong Kong have already beaten Hollywood to the punch with a short thriller dramatizing the events that unfolded in the city last month. |
Erin Moyer, Manuel Carballea | | The bride manages online content development for The Biggest Loser; the groom provides sales support to account managers at a telecommunications software and hardware provider. |
UK must act to save $500 bln of oil, North Sea firms say | | LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - Britain must get tough with major oil firms that prevent smaller producers from getting access to platforms and pipelines, or risk leaving as much as $500 billion worth of oil in the ground, North Sea oil companies say. |
9 classic U.S. dive bars | | What makes a classic dive bar? Everything from octogenarian bartenders to surly bouncers, ghosts and incontinent chickens. |
F1 to change rules to help end tire chaos | | Formula One's governing body is taking the unusual step of rewriting its own rulebook in the middle of the season in a bid to end the tire crisis threatening to undermine the sport. |
Jeter Goes 0 for 2 With Walk in Rehab Start | | Derek Jeter finished 0 for 2 with a walk and played five innings at shortstop in a rehab game for the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in Saturday night's game against Lehigh Valley. |
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 |
Matter How Simple Can Life Get? Its Complicated | | Scientists have long wondered how much life can be stripped down and still remain alive. The answer seems to be that the true essence of life is not some handful of genes, but coexistence. |
Five stories you may have missed | | The dramatic overthrow of Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsy has dominated the news agenda for much of this week. |
'The man who made a nation cry' | | Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium was packed to the rafters 200,000 expectant spectators prepared to celebrate Brazil's first World Cup triumph and its arrival as a football superpower. But what happened next has left a burning scar in the nation's psyche. |
Wall St. gains as jobs data signals stronger economy | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose sharply on Friday after robust jobs data pointed to economic growth and investors overcame concerns that the Federal Reserve may begin scaling back its stimulus efforts as soon as September. |
Chinese law Visit your parents | | Call Mom or else A new Chinese law protecting the rights of the elderly requires children to visit their parents regularly and look after them financially. |
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