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	08/31/2011
Good afternoon John LATEST NEWS City introduces "tax meters" for prostitutes BERLIN (Reuters) - Prostitutes in the German city of Bonn must carry a ticket purchased from a new parking meter-like machine while working the streets or face hefty fines from tax authorities in a scheme launched on Monday night. | Full Article Man nabbed at U.S. airport with snakes in his pants August 31, 2011 11:47 AM ET MIAMI (Reuters) - Never mind ants in your pants, what about snakes and tortoises? | Full Article Florida lawmaker hands out belts under saggy pants ban August 31, 2011 11:46 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A Florida lawmaker is welcoming students back to school by handing out 200 leather belts to help them comply with a new state law that bans saggy pants on campuses. | Full Article Dutch mull bringing the mountain to them August 30, 2011 11:03 AM ET UTRECHT, The Netherlands (Reuters) - What started as a joke about creating an artificial mountain in the utterly flat Netherlands may actually be feasible. | Full Article China reinterprets untying the knot August 30, 2011 11:01 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - After Jia Lin divorced twenty years ago, his wife got both house and son, leaving the Beijing cook with little more than a fresh start. | Full Article US TOP NEWS U.S. moves to block AT&T, T-Mobile deal August 31, 2011 12:24 PM ET WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government sued to block AT&T's $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA because of anti-competition concerns, launching the biggest challenge to a takeover by the Obama administration. | Full Article Data shows softening in economy, no recession August 31, 2011 10:38 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of U.S. private sector job growth slowed in August for the second month in a row, but factory activity in the Chicago area continued to expand, suggesting the economy would dodge a recession. | Full Article Investors slash equities in August melt: Reuters poll August 31, 2011 09:31 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Global investors slashed their holdings of equities below 50 percent this month and piled into cash, reflecting what was lining up to be the worst August for world stocks since 1998. | Full Article Arctic has great riches, but greater challenges August 31, 2011 11:52 AM ET IQALUIT, Nunavut/BAKER LAKE, Nunavut (Reuters) - At the rim of the Arctic Circle in Canada, gold mining firm Agnico-Eagle is learning how tough it is to operate in a remote region with temptingly large, but frustratingly inaccessible, reserves of oil, gas and minerals. | Full Article New blow for BP in Russia as office raided August 31, 2011 12:18 PM ET MOSCOW (Reuters) - Black-clad special forces raided BP's Moscow offices on Wednesday, deepening the British company's problems in Russia after its attempts to salvage an oil exploration agreement in the Russian Arctic collapsed. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Stimulus hopes lift Wall St but telecoms drag Motorola deal offers Google tax, patent benefits Roche to maintain lead in targeted drugs Rate cuts may face stiff resistance at ECB Plan tomorrow's leadership today, investors urge RELATED VIDEO Notting Hill Carnival heavily policed Entrants stuck on bog snorkelling Buoyant Latvian milk carton boat race A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. » MORE NEWSLETTERS TECHNOLOGY NEWS AT&T vows to bring back 5,000 U.S. jobs if merger approved Full Article Sony's tablets may be a tough sell with price tag Financial Times pulls its apps from Apple store Openwave alleges Apple, RIM infringed patents Japan backs Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi LCD merger WikiLeaks says website was target of cyber attack - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend