NEW YORK | Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:21pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Books about war-torn Iraq and post-World War II Eastern Europe, Lyndon Johnson and Mumbai were among 20 finalists announced on Wednesday for the annual National Book Awards, among the most

TOKYO | Fri Oct 12, 2012 3:47pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - British finance minister George Osborne on Saturday blamed an effective German veto for the failure of a $45 billion merger between British defense firm BAE (BAES.L) and European aerospace group EADS

NEW YORK | Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:33pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine will return to the conducting podium in May 2013 - initially in a wheelchair - after a fall more than a year ago that left him partially paralyzed,

A portrait of the late pop star Michael Jackson is displayed on a slot machine at Gaming Expo Asia in Macau May 22, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Bobby YipNEW YORK | Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:54pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson was the ultimate entertainer,

LONDON | Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:58am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - Frantic drilling activity across the United States has at last begun to moderate, as the industry responds to the plunge in prices for natural gas and now liquids such as butane and natural gasoline.Production

NEW YORK | Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:03pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third-quarter U.S. earnings have just begun, but already U.S. companies are sounding alarm bells about the fourth quarter.Outlooks for the fourth quarter - just two weeks old - are so far decidedly