Thursday, 11 October 2012

 
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BAE Systems employees walk together at Roysth naval yard in Rosyth, Scotland October 2, 2012. REUTERS/David Moir

After BAE-EADS - small deals, not mega-mergers

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - The collapse of the proposed merger between BAE Systems and EADS will shift the focus to smaller deals among global weapons makers as companies strive to keep revenue rising in the face of cuts in military spending by the United States and Europe. Full Article | Video

IMF calls for action as euro zone crisis festers 7:13am BST

TOKYO - The IMF prodded the world's rich countries for swifter action on Thursday as Europe's debt crisis drags on while the United States and Japan show scant progress handling their budget deficits. | Video


Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron delivers his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, central England October 10, 2012. REUTERS/Darren Staples
Politics

Anti-European tide sets Tories against Brussels

At this year's Conservative Party conference, hostility to the European Union and to the euro has reached new heights. It's a mood that is forcing policy changes on David Cameron's government. Full Article
Foxconn worker Zhang Tingzhen, 26, plays with a doll given by his mother at a Shenzhen hospital in southern China September 26, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer
China

In the spotlight - injured Foxconn worker's plight

HONG KONG - Apple's largest contract manufacturer has been pushing for a Chinese worker left severely brain-damaged in a factory accident to be removed from a hospital in a case that throws a harsh new spotlight on labour rights in China. Full Article
A Lenovo Ultrabook is displayed during Reuters China Investment Summit in Hong Kong November 14, 2011. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Technology

Lenovo knocks HP off top of global PC market

SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG - China's Lenovo Group edged out Silicon Valley icon Hewlett-Packard to become the world's No. 1 PC maker in the third quarter, according to data released by research house Gartner. Full Article
U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden attend a campaign event at the University of Iowa's Jessup Hall Lawn in Iowa City, Iowa, September 7, 2012. REUTERS/Larry Downing
U.S. Elections 2012

Biden seeks to reclaim campaign momentum

DANVILLE, Kentucky - With the Republicans grabbing the momentum in a shifting White House race, Vice President Joe Biden will look to recover some ground and ease Democratic worries in a high-stakes debate against Republican challenger Paul Ryan. Full Article | Video
Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz,(L), a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Duke University, pictured in an undated handout photo and Dr Brian Kobilka of Stanford University, also pictured in an undated handout photo are pictured in this combination photo. Lefkowitz, 69, and Kobilka, 57, were awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry October 10, 2012 for discovering the inner workings of G-protein-coupled receptors, which allow cells to respond to chemical messages such as adrenaline rushes. REUTERS/Stewart Waller/PR Newswire, HHMI (L)/Stanford University (R)/Handout
Science

Cell receptor work wins Nobel for chemistry

STOCKHOLM - Two American scientists win the 2012 Nobel Prize for chemistry for research into how cells respond to external stimuli that is helping to develop better drugs to fight diseases such as diabetes, cancer and depression. Full Article | Factbox
Lance Armstrongrides with U.S. flags as he celebrates his victory on the Champs Elysees in Paris, July 23, 2000. REUTERS/Staff
Sports

Armstrong was doping ringleader - investigators

NEW YORK - If the United States Anti-Doping Agency is right, then Lance Armstrong cheated his way to the top of the cycling world through an elaborate doping scheme never seen before in the sport. Full Article | Slideshow



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