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Coaches share their wisdom
The world's best golf coaches share their wisdom with CNN's Living Golf.


7 CEOs reveal business secrets
CNN takes a look at the pearls of wisdom shared by some of the world's leading businesswomen on getting to the top -- and staying there.


Most Brazil IPOs have lost money since 2005 -Credit Suisse
CAMPOS DO JORDO, Brazil, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Many initial public offerings in Brazil have led to investor losses over the past eight years, a senior Credit Suisse Group fund manager said on Friday,...


Fonterra products didn't have botulism bacteria after all, New Zealand tests show
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Dairy giant Fonterra's products at the center of a global contamination scare this month did not contain a bacteria that could cause botulism, and posed no food safety threat, New Zealand officials said on Wednesday.


Zale posts first full-year profit since 2008, shares soar
(Reuters) - Zale Corp posted higher-than-expected fourth-quarter comparable sales on Wednesday, led by big gains at its flagship chain, and reported its first profitable fiscal year since the...


Korea United Soccer star's goal
"My number one hope is for North and South Korea to become united," says soccer star Ryang Yong-Gi. "It will contribute to the development of the country in many ways ... it will open up new possibilities beyond soccer and sports."


Americans Abroad Johannsson Is Happy He Chose U.S.
Aron Johannsson, born in the U.S. to parents from Iceland, is the newest addition to the U.S. mens national soccer team.


Hackers want your smartphone
In the world of cyber security there are some well-known designations for anyone that considers him or herself to be a hacker, the term being so broad in scope now.


UPDATE 2-Yosemite's weather turns to firefighters' advantage
(Updates burned acreage figure for park; details on back-burning operations; impacts on business, tourism)


Justice Department talks with Microsoft and Google stall
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice's talks with Microsoft Corp and Google Inc have hit a wall as the government pushes back at the tech companies' demand for the ability to disclose the now-secret data requests they receive.


Why the Indian protests were not a surprise
Nov. 14 - Tulsi Tanti, the chairman and managing director of Suzlon Energy, sits down with Chrystia Freeland to discuss the Anna Hazare movement in India, and why protests like this are not surprising in emerging economies.


A Few Dollars to Help a Tennis Prospect
The Web site Involved Fan, much in the mold of Kickstarter, hopes to help finance lower-ranked professionals with online donations from fans.


Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet of Soil and Strife, Dies at 74
Mr. Heaney, a widely celebrated Irish poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995, is recognized as one of the major poets of the 20th century.


Summer movies 2013 What happened?
The summer movie season is over, and the results are mixed. Some tentpoles flopped, others did well. Who knows what the future holds?


Pro-Mursi protests spread to Egypt's provinces
Aug. 30 - Pro-Mursi protests take place in the port city of Suez and in the deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's hometown of Sharqiya. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Sports Briefing | Hockey Bruins Extend G.M.s Deal
The Bruins signed General Manager Peter Chiarelli to a four-year contract extension that would keep him in Boston through the 2017-18 season.


City Room After the Wedding, the Bus
Metropolitan Diary When an afternoon wedding ran late at the City Clerks office, the party took a crosstown bus to the reception.


N.C.A.A. Taking Flexible Approach to Basketball Tournament
The N.C.A.A. announced changes to the way it will select teams for the mens basketball tournament, adding flexibility in hopes of keeping teams properly seeded.


Australia shares tentative as next week's election, Syria eyed
SYDNEY, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged 0.1 percent higher in tentative trade on Friday morning, as many investors kept to the sidelines ahead of a looming general election and on...


L'Oreal could sell Sanofi stake to fund acquisitions-CEO
PARIS, Aug 30 (Reuters) - L'Oreal Chief Executive Jean-Paul Agon reiterated on Friday that the cosmetics group could sell its stake in drugmaker Sanofi to help fund acquisitions.


Sundance sees troubled Africa iron ore project online by 2018
PERTH, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Australia's Sundance Resources expects to bring its $4.7 billion iron ore project in West Africa online by early 2018, despite the collapse of a takeover by China's Hanlong Group in April that many expected to doom the project.


Campbell Soup sales disappoint, shares fall
(Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co , the world's largest soup maker, reported quarterly revenue that fell short of analysts' expectations as sales in its core U.S. soup business slowed, sending its shares...


Speculators raise bearish bets on U.S. 10-year T-note futures-CFTC
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Speculators increased their net bearish bets on U.S. 10-year Treasury note futures in the latest week to the highest level in more than a year, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.


Wealth Matters A Guessing Game for Taxpayers on What They Owe
With the next estimated tax payment around the corner, here are some tips to avoid overpaying.


Britain and U.S. to continue cooperating PM Cameron
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said he had spoken to President Barack Obama and the two men had agreed British-U.S. cooperation would continue, after Britain's decision not to support military action in Syria.


Microsoft gives ValueAct president option to join board
Aug 30 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it signed an agreement with ValueAct Capital Management LP that provides the activist shareholder's president Mason Morfit an option to join Microsoft's board...


The Learning Network Blog Student Crossword | Classic Poems
Learn more about classic poems by playing our crossword, either online or in print.


U.S. Sets Roster for Two September World Cup Qualifiers
Coach Jurgen Klinsmann on Thursday announced his 23-man roster for coming matches at Costa Rica and against Mexico.


California wildfire heads deeper into Yosemite, entry road closed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park, faced with the spread of a massive California wildfire, closed a second key route into the park on Wednesday that could keep some visitors from reaching one of the nation's top outdoor destinations over the Labor Day weekend.


Hingis Double Faults Match Away in Return to Open
Martina Hingis closed out the first match in her return to Grand Slam tennis with back-to-back double faults in a 6-3, 7-5 doubles loss to top-seeded Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci at the U.S. Open.


Japan displays its military firepower
Aug. 21 - Japan's military shows off its firepower in major exercise amid tensions with China over a territorial dispute. Jessica Gray reports.


Rocco Mediate Leads Champions Tour Event
Rocco Mediate eagled two of the final four holes to take the first-round lead in the Champions Tour's inaugural Shaw Charity Classic.


UPDATE 1-Icahn raises Nuance stake, may push for board seats
Aug 29 (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn said he had raised his stake in speech recognition software maker Nuance Communications Inc to 16.9 percent and that he may discuss the possibility of...


Syria 5 lessons from Iraq
The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq led to nearly 10 years of occupation, nearly 5,000 deaths among the U.S. military and the few allies that joined "Operation Iraqi Freedom," a visceral sectarian-based insurgency and the meddling of neighbors all seeking to influence post-Saddam Iraq. What was intended as an act of liberation -- then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expected the troops to be coming home in a few months -- became a quagmire.


UPDATE 3-Brazil's Batista sells more of stake in oil company OGX to pay debt
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista, the controlling shareholder of OGX Petrleo e Gas Participaes SA, sold 1.54 percent of the oil company's stock to pay debts of his Grupo EBX, according to a securities filing on Thursday.


Amateur videos show Syrian burn victims
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT. Amateur videos released on a social media website purport to show a number of wounded people in Syria's Urum al-Kubra on August 26, 2013, with severe burns to their bodies. One of the videos shows staff treating a wounded young man lying on a hospital bed as a man off-camera claims this to be the result of a phosphorus attack and calls for God to "avenge Bashar al-Assad," who he says is, "killing innocent people." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


Forecast Darkens for Indian Economy
Data released Friday by the Indian government showed the economy slowed in the quarter ended in June to the weakest rate since the worst of the global downturn.


The most expensive education in America - Felix TV
The Poway school district in San Diego County, Calif., is investing $105 million in education. But the final cost will actually be much more.


Seamus Heaney dies
Aug 30 - The poet passes away in Dublin after a brief illness. Alicia Powell reports.


News Analysis With Britain Haunted by Iraq, a Harsh Lesson for Cameron
Prime Minister David Cameron will be weakened at home and abroad after Parliament refused to support his effort for military intervention in Syria.


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