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	05/25/2011
Good afternoon John LATEST NEWS Judgment Day forecaster points to new doomsday date LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The evangelical Christian broadcaster whose much-ballyhooed Judgment Day prophecy went conspicuously unfulfilled on Saturday has a simple explanation for what went wrong -- he miscalculated. | Full Article Cookies, potato chips, shirts help inmates to new life May 24, 2011 12:36 PM ET NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A jail-based brand that includes crispy potato chips, crunchy cookies and formal shirts seems an unlikely route back to life in the outside world for inmates in South Asia's largest prison. | Full Article Sales staff snorted salt not drugs? May 24, 2011 12:36 PM ET FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Munich Re unit Ergo said on Tuesday sales agents photographed snorting white powder at a company-sponsored party were inhaling salt rather than drugs, just as the insurer struggles to shake a tarnished image. | Full Article Princess's "toilet seat" hat sells for $131,000 May 23, 2011 12:39 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The much-mocked hat worn by Princess Beatrice to Britain's royal wedding last month -- widely described as looking like a toilet seat -- sold for 81,100 pounds ($131,000) on eBay, charities which will benefit from the sale said. | Full Article Major Jane Austen manuscript up for sale May 23, 2011 12:38 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The only major Jane Austen manuscript still in private hands comes up for auction on July 14th, auction house Sotheby's said on Monday. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Data points to slowing manufacturing activity May 25, 2011 12:36 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S. manufactured goods posted their largest drop in six months in April after a steep fall in demand for transportation equipment, suggesting some cooling in factory activity. | Full Article Democrat Kathy Hochul wins upstate New York race May 25, 2011 10:49 AM ET BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - Democrat Kathy Hochul drew on voter discontent over Republican plans to revamp Medicare to score an upset win on Tuesday in a special election to represent a conservative upstate New York congressional district. | Full Article France's Lagarde launches IMF bid as BRICs complain May 25, 2011 11:55 AM ET PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde joined the race to head the IMF on Wednesday despite anger in big emerging economies over Europe's "obsolete" lock on the job. | Full Article AIG stock dips after $8.7 billion share sale May 25, 2011 12:10 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of American International Group Inc fell 3.6 percent on Wednesday after the insurer and the U.S. Treasury sold $8.7 billion worth of AIG stock. | Full Article Divided SEC approves whistleblower rule May 25, 2011 12:19 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided Securities and Exchange Commission approved a new program that would compensate whistleblowers whose tips lead to sanctions of over $1 million. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall St advances on technical bounce OECD sees growth firm, but risks abounding U.S. sues big oil traders for 2008 manipulation Future crises unlikely as severe as last: Geithner Delay makes Chrysler stake buy costlier: Fiat CEO RELATED VIDEO New attraction is quiet as a tomb Manchurian tiger gives birth to quintuplets On your marks...get set... mow! 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 Twitter says to protect users' right to self-defense Full Article Zuckerberg says not opening Facebook to under-13s Social phenom Zynga on cusp of mega IPO: report Yahoo, Alibaba make progress in dispute talks Skype founder sees upside for Microsoft after deal Google to unveil mobile payments Thursday: source - 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