Thursday, May 19, 2016

Post-it note art war engulfs ad agencies on New York City street

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A conversation conducted using sticky Post-it notes on the windows of two offices in Lower Manhattan has delighted passersby and drawn a number of neighboring advertising...

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

DC Comics universe on display

Superman and Batman were brought together on Wednesday to lead a host of DC Comics' heroes and villains in a new exhibit on the Warner Bros' studio backlot in Los Angeles.  

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Blue diamond soars to world record $57.6 million at Christie's

GENEVA (Reuters) - The "Oppenheimer Blue", a large and rare diamond, sold for 56.837 million Swiss francs ($57.6 million) at auction on Wednesday, setting a world record for any gem after a dramatic...

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Pear-shaped pink diamond sells for $31.5 million at Sotheby's

GENEVA (Reuters) - A rare pear-shaped vivid pink diamond fetched 30.8 million Swiss francs ($31.46 million) at auction on Tuesday, Sotheby's said, but several other large stones failed to reach the...

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Got business in Beantown? What to do in historic-yet-hip Boston

NEW YORK - (The author is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are her own.)

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Panda in Belgium due to give birth imminently if indeed pregnant

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A giant panda could give birth "at any moment" if her artificial insemination earlier this year was successful, her keepers in a Belgian zoo said on Wednesday, saying they could...

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

'Bachelor ban' in Qatar tests relations with migrant workers

AL KHOR, QATAR (Reuters) - As Nami Hader, a 30-year-old gardener from Nepal, approached the entrance to a park outside Qatar's second city Al Khor one day last month, a security guard blocked his way.

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