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News Feed Latest worldwide news Man Utd signs new sponsor Manchester United may face a new challenge on the field next season without Alex Ferguson but the English Premier League giant appears to have no domestic equals commercially with its ever expanding list of global sponsors. Can a team win 79-0? Two Nigerian matches that produced an incredible 146 goals are referred by the country's football authorities to the police as a "criminal matter." Kim honors Korean War veterans The new leader of this isolated country has inaugurated a new veterans' cemetery, on the first of what are expected to be several days of elaborate ceremonies celebrating the 60th anniversary of the conclusion of the Korean War. 49-Year-Old Woody Austin Wins Sanderson Farms Woody Austin said he feels he still has the skills and drive to play on the PGA Tour even as his 50th birthday approaches. Falling Apple dents TD Ameritrade's margin loan balances NEW YORK (Reuters) - The drop in Apple Inc's stock over the last year spread to a core business of discount broker TD Ameritrade Holding Corp - lending to customers against their stock portfolios. Maggie Careys To Do List Images from the film. Techquity Facebook jumps but can it pass IPO price? July 25 - Facebook surges but still trades below its $38 offer price. A look at how analysts see the stock. Plus, new features from LinkedIn. Breakingviews Credit Suisse exits capital doghouse July 25 - Credit Suisse grew its core equity sharply in Q2. That's a welcome change from a year ago, when Basel III loomed large, but the challenge is navigating uncertain interest rates, says Breakingviews. UPDATE 1-Southwest plane hit on its front landing gear, NTSB says NEW YORK, July 25 (Reuters) - U.S. safety investigators said on Thursday that a Southwest Airlines jetliner that crashed at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Monday landed on its front landing gear... TABLE-Foreign brokers set to sell Japanese stocks TOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - Following are orders for Japanese stocks placed through six foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Friday. Japanese Stocks SELL 16.9 million shares BUY 9.3 million shares ------------------------------------------------------ SELL 7.6 million shares DealBook SAC Capital Indicted on Fraud Charges in Insider Trading Case The unusually aggressive move by federal officials, the culmination of an investigation that spanned a decade, could debilitate one of Wall Streets most successful hedge funds. Motorsport Stoner back for Honda test Two-wheeled temptation has proved too much for retired MotoGP champion Casey Stoner. Labor Leaders Seek Government Aid for Detroit Top leaders of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. on Thursday called on President Obama and the Congress to offer an immediate financial infusion to Detroit, filed for bankruptcy last week. U.S. would get short-term job spike if spending cuts reversed CBO WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy would enjoy a short-term boost with up to 1.6 million jobs being added if Congress were to cancel more than $100 billion in upcoming automatic spending cuts... N.B.A. No Longer Sits Out the Summer For years, once the playoffs and the draft concluded, the league would concede its off-season months to baseball, but that began to change in 2004. Drug Companies Promise More Data Transparency The announcement signals a shift for the industry, which in the past has resisted calls to systematically share its data. Facing Woman in Race, McConnell Sharpens Pitch to Female Voters The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, will not only defend but also highlight his record to appeal to female voters in 2014, his team says. UPDATE 1-Raytheon CFO Too soon to mull financial consequences for failed missile test WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - Raytheon Co's chief financial officer said on Thursday that it was too soon to discuss whether the company would have to take any charges for a failed U.S. missile-defense test this month, when its interceptor failed to separate from the rest of the rocket. MALAYSIA PRESS-Petronas ends Uzbekistan hydrocarbon venture-Business Times NOTE Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Trailside Poll Shows Virtual Tie in Comptrollers Race Eliot Spitzer and Scott M. Stringer were within the margin of sampling error, though only a quarter of respondents said Mr. Spitzers prostitution scandal should disqualify him from office. Breakingviews DOJ's Cohen scapegoats July 25 - Antony Currie and Breakingviews columnists discuss how criminal charges against SAC may push the hedge fund under, unfairly punishing the fund's current staff. Tanzania raises stakes in border spat with Malawi * Tanzania president says army prepared to defend territory Businesses set to step up capital goods spending WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gauge of planned business spending on capital goods rose in June, buoying hopes of an acceleration in economic growth in the second half of 2013. UPDATE 1-U.S. municipal bond funds report ninth week of outflows WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - Investors pulled money out of U.S. municipal bond funds for a ninth week in a row, according to data released by Lipper on Thursday that showed net outflows of $1.23... Vodka maker eyes export markets CNN's Isa Soares visits a family-run distillery in the UK that is shipping its potato vodka overseas. 2 Koreas Fail to Agree on Terms to Reopen Factory Complex The sixth round of talks this month over the project ended without a date for further discussions on the Kaesong industrial park. 'He's got her looks, thankfully' A proud Prince William cradles his son as he and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, leave hospital amid a blizzard of camera flashes and smiles. Obama seeks second-term jolt with economic speech GALESBURG, Illinois (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama sought to inject momentum into his economic and domestic policy agenda on Wednesday with a speech designed to clarify his vision for his... Jacksons Mother, Defiant and at Times Forgetful, Wraps Up Her Testimony Katherine Jackson, 83, faced cross-examination in the wrongful-death lawsuit she brought against the promoters of her sons comeback tour. Glaxo Replaces Chief of China Unit at Center of Bribery Inquiry Herv Gisserot, who was co-head of Glaxos pharmaceutical business in Europe, will take over as general manager in China. Currents | Furniture New Uses for Rescued Timber Furniture made in Nicaragua from local tempest-tossed wood. 'Despicable' minions upset Depp's 'Lone Ranger' at box office July 7 (Reuters) - The yellow minions of "Despicable Me 2" upstaged Johnny Depp in the big-budget Western "The Lone Ranger" to win the weekend box office race in the United States and Canada, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Watch - Year in Review Take a look back at some of the major events and global elections that CNN Student News covered during the 2012-2013 school year. Bangladesh Pollution, Told in Colors and Smells A deadly building collapse brought the dangers of Bangladeshs clothing manufacturing to world notice, but the environmental destruction is taking a daily toll as well. UPDATE 3-Repsol eyes sale of $6 bln Gas Natural stake after Shell deal * Production up 12 percent, refining margins down 45 pct (Rewrites first paragraph, adds detail on sale, comment) DealBook Credit Suisse Reports Profit Rise Credit Suisse is joining Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street rivals in reporting improved results for the second quarter, helped by an increase in client activity in sales and trading and investment banking. Theater Review The Civil War, From Theatreworks USA, at Lucille Lortel Theatreworks USAs production of The Civil War is a musical that gives personal faces to some of the hundreds of thousands of casualties in Americas bloodiest war. Art in Review Beverly McIver Ms. McIvers self-portraiture, her signature mode, is sometimes disarming, other times wearyingly theatrical. Al Qaeda-linked prisoners escape An al Qaeda group claimed responsibility Tuesday for coordinated attacks on two Iraqi prisons that a lawmaker said freed more than 500 inmates, including some senior members of the militant group. New Defaults Trouble a Mortgage Program Loan servicers and banks have kept the money they received, even though more than a third of homeowners who received loan modifications have defaulted again, a report has found.

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