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Down-on-luck singer steals show in Coen brothers Cannes film
Cast members Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, directors Joel and Ethan Cohen, cast member Oscar Isaac, and musician T-Bone Burnett are pictured by journalists as they arrive to attend a news conference for the film 'Inside Llewyn Davis' during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 19, 2013.
2 hrs ago | South China Morning Post
The tragic tale of the telephone's real inventor, Antonio Meucci
The invention of the telephone is wrongly attributed to a Scot when in fact it was a little-known Italian, Antonio Meucci This month, newspapers around the world including the South China Morning Post reported that a wax-covered cardboard disc with the voice of Alexander Graham Bell engraved on it had been recovered in the Smithsonian collections ... (more)
7 hrs ago | Reuters
Job market gains could lead Fed to taper QE3 early
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank Ben Bernanke attends the Treasury Department's Financial Stability Oversight Council in Washington April 25, 2013.
11 hrs ago | South China Morning Post
LGBT activists detained during celebrations of International Day Against Homophobia
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights advocates across China took to the street to celebrate International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on Friday Amy Li began her journalism career as a crime news reporter in Queens, New York, in 2004.
WTI Crude Rises on Speculation Economic Growth to Bolster Demand
West Texas Intermediate crude advanced to a one-week high on signals that global economic growth will accelerate, bolstering fuel consumption.
Hedge funds back to selling gold after propping market a month ago
Hedge funds and other big speculators in commodities have started selling gold in a big way, trade data showed on Friday, just a month after they had supported the precious metal amid a record tumble in its price.
Google Maps leads abducted Chinese boy home to family 23 years later
Amy Li began her journalism career as a crime news reporter in Queens, New York, in 2004.
COMMODITIES-Up broadly on strong US economic data; gold slumps
Gold fell, touching a 1-month low and closing down for a seventh straight session as the dollar hit its highest levels since 2008 after some Federal Reserve officials said the central bank should end its stimulus for the U.S. economy.
SAC Capital won't fully cooperate with government: letter
Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors told investors on Friday it would no longer cooperate "unconditionally" with the U.S. government's insider trading investigation.
UN Security Council mulls Syria cross-border aid push
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Unemployment rates drop in most states, Illinois climbs
Job seekers stand in line to meet with prospective employers at a career fair in New York City, October 24, 2012.
Amtrak suspends New York-Boston service after train accident
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U.S. Navy SEAL dies in Fort Knox training accident
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Canadian PM Harper: Tar Sands Are Awesome
Canada's right-wing Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in New York on Thursday championing tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline, saying "global emissions" from the crude are "almost nothing" and that the flow of tar sands from Canada's Mordor into the U.S. is an absolute certainty.
Premarket: Gold slides as U.S. stock futures rise
A Bloomberg terminal displays news while traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange A Bloomberg terminal displays news while traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday, indicating the S&P 500 will rebound from its worst decline in nearly three weeks, keeping the index on track for ... (more)
Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
** U.S.-insurer New York Life is in exclusive negotiations with Yuanta Financial to sell its Taiwan assets, two sources with close knowledge of the deal told Reuters on Friday.
Citi bans forex traders from using Bloomberg internal chat groups
Citigroup will move its traders, many of whom are based in London or New York, on to an internal platform by the end of the month.. Citigroup will move its traders, many of whom are based in London or New York, on to an internal platform by the end of the month.. Citigroup is banning traders in its foreign exchange division from accessing internal ... (more)
Mobile phone sales: Samsung TOPS, Nokia FALLS
The worldwide mobile phone sales totaled nearly 426 million units in the first quarter of 2013, a slight increase of 0.7 per cent from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc.
Reuters wrote a new blog post: Lifestyle change may ease heart risk from job stress
Being under stress at work is tied to a higher risk of heart problems, new research confirms - but putting down the beer bottle and going for a walk may help.
Tornadoes tear through Texas towns, killing six
Authorities warned the death toll could rise from the storms, which struck from early evening to around dusk, flattening homes and uprooting trees across at least four counties near the Dallas-Fort Worth area.