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Tiger Woods needs wins to justify EA deals
Electronic Arts Inc has no immediate plans to drop Tiger Woods as the pitchman for its golf video games, but the world's former top golfer needs to get some wins under his belt, the video game publisher's top executive said on Monday.…
Three FIFA officials accused of taking bribe
Three senior Fifa officials who will vote on the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids took bribes in the 1990s, according to the BBC's Panorama.
Nicolas Leoz, Issa Hayatou and Ricardo Teixeira took the money from a sport marketing firm awarded…
Oil prices surge on cold weather
Oil prices surged on Monday as Europe's cold weather and hopes for better consumer demand lifted refined products futures and along with geopolitical worries offset the dollar's rise and fears the Ireland bailout plan might not keep…
Obama calls for two-year freeze on Federal pay
President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a two-year freeze of the salaries of some 2 million federal workers, trying to seize the deficit-cutting initiative from Republicans with a sudden, dramatic stroke. Though signaling White House…
London commuters hit by fourth Tube strike
Millions of Londoners battled to get to work in freezing conditions on Monday as the city's underground rail workers staged a 24-hour strike, their fourth walkout since September over proposed station job cuts.
Transport for London (TFL),…
Toyota to fix 650,000 Prius hybrids for heat risk
Toyota Motor Corp will pay to fix about 650,000 Prius models worldwide for a coolant pump glitch that could cause the top-selling hybrid to overheat and lose power, the automaker said.
The repair campaign covers Prius cars for the model…
WikiLeaks reveals plans for North Korea collapse
Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables show China's frustration with communist ally North Korea and speculate Beijing would accept a future Korean peninsula unified under South Korean rule, according to the documents released by whistle-blowing…
Google said to be near deal to buy Groupon
Google Inc is inching toward buying e-commerce coupon website Groupon Inc for as much as $6 billion, the New York Times said on Tuesday.
A deal, which could be in the range of $5 billion to $6 billion, could be struck as soon as this week…
More than 600,000 passive smokers killed every year – Study
Secondhand smoke kills more than 600,000 people worldwide every year, according to a new study.
In the first look at the global impact of secondhand smoking, researchers analyzed data from 2004 for 192 countries. They found 40 percent of…
“Harry Potter” rakes in over $50m
A fairy-tale princess gave young wizard Harry Potter a run for his money at the weekend box office.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" remained the No. 1 movie with $50.3 million over Thanksgiving weekend, closely followed by…