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| Strategies Riding Out the Political Storm | | | Investment strategists say its likely that long-term investors who stick to a well-thought-out plan can ride out awkward periods like the current conflict in Washington with few ill effects. |
| 'Bones,' 'Arrow' and more What's next | | | Scoop on the Bones wedding (and honeymoon)! Fresh Arrow dish that hits the target! And some answers on how NCIS LA will deal with a real-life baby twist. All that and more in this week's Spoiler Room. |
| What's got into the Saudis? | | | It was certainly an unprecedented surprise when Saudi Arabia announced -- on 18 October, only a day after its election to one of the 10 rotating seats on the U.N. Security Council -- that it was turning down the chance to participate in the world's top forum for discussion of international issues. |
| Well Quit Smoking? Its Probably Monday | | | Researchers monitored Google search queries from 2008 to 2012 in English, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Almost every week, queries about smoking cessation peaked on Mondays. |
| EMERGING MARKETS-Petrobras drags Brazil stock index lower | | | MEXICO CITY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's Bovespa stock index fell to a three-week low on Friday, with shares of Petrobras pulling the bourse lower while investors profited from sharp gains in the state-run oil company earlier in the week. |
| The power of creative confidence | | | Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the "creative types." But it turns out every one of us is creative. |
| '12 Years A Slave' Agonizingly magnificent | | | Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave is an agonizingly magnificent movie the first great big-screen dramatization of slavery. Based on actual events, it begins in 1841 and tells the story of a free black man from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., a musician named Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who walks around in a natty gray suit, secure in the courtly modesty of his life as a husband and father of two. But then he accepts an offer to go to Washington, D.C., with a pair of traveling entertainers, and when they're out at a restaurant drinking wine, we get the queasy feeling this is too good to be true. It is. Solomon isn't being hired for his talents. He's being trafficked. |
| Cigna says will increase '14 profit despite pressures | | | (Reuters) - Insurer Cigna Corp said on Thursday it expects to increase its 2014 earnings from 2013, reflecting its smaller exposure to uncertainty around private Medicare and the rollout of individual insurance on new exchanges around the country. |
| This Little LED of Mine | | | The common complaint about compact fluorescent lights, the harsh glow, may have an energy-efficient answer, especially as LED bulbs fall under $10 each. |
| Murray's historic win | | | Andy Murray won Wimbledon, breaking Britain's 77-year drought for a men's singles champion. |
| Secret to Vettel's dominance? | | | Former Red Bull F1 driver David Coulthard explores the story behind Sebastian Vettel's dominance. Amanda Davies reports. |
| Well Whats Your Fitness Age? | | | Scientific research and on online calculator lets you assess how well your body functions physically, relative to how well it should work, given your age. |
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