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	12/13/2011
Good afternoon LATEST NEWS Croat's Christmas now comes with a million lights GRABOVNICA, Croatia (Reuters) - Zlatko Salaj has come a long way from the bleak Christmases of his youth. | Full Article Albanian makes world's largest coffee bean mosaic December 12, 2011 05:19 PM ET TIRANA (Reuters) - A mosaic made with a million coffee beans by Albanian artist Saimir Strati, depicting five musicians, entered the Guinness World Records Monday as the world's largest coffee bean mosaic. | Full Article "Chavez Nativity" creates controversy in Venezuela December 09, 2011 12:28 PM ET CARACAS (Reuters) - In the Bible, shepherds and wise men paid homage to the newborn baby Jesus. In Venezuela, it seems Hugo Chavez turned up in the manger, too. | Full Article Jewel of a gift lands in Kansas City area Salvation Army kettle December 09, 2011 01:25 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - Tossing a stone into a Salvation Army kettle at Christmas wouldn't be a nice thing to do. Unless it's a diamond, of course. | Full Article Cannonball hits home in "MythBusters" TV shoot December 08, 2011 01:56 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A cannonball shot during an experiment gone awry on the television show "MythBusters" crashed into a home in Northern California, but no one was injured, the company behind the program said on Wednesday. | Full Article US TOP NEWS Fed likely to stay on sidelines at policy meeting December 13, 2011 09:54 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is likely to hold off offering the economy fresh stimulus at a meeting on Tuesday as it weighs encouraging signs on the recovery against risks coming from Europe. | Full Article Lawmakers irritated by lack of MF Global answers December 13, 2011 11:42 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers investigating the collapse of futures brokerage MF Global showed frustration with the firm's leaders about what happened to hundreds of millions of dollars in missing customer funds. | Full Article Syria death toll hits 5,000 as insurgency spreads December 13, 2011 12:15 PM ET AMMAN (Reuters) - Security forces shot dead 17 people in Syria on Tuesday and rebels killed seven police in an ambush, activists said, after the U.N. human rights chief put the death toll from nine months of protest against President Bashar al-Assad at 5,000. | Full Article FDIC settles with former WaMu executives: sources December 13, 2011 12:01 PM ET (Reuters) - Three former executives of Washington Mutual Inc have agreed to a payment of about $75 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp over their role in the biggest bank failure in U.S. history, two sources familiar with the talks said on Tuesday. | Full Article EU, without Britain, moves towards fiscal deal December 13, 2011 11:52 AM ET STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Up to 26 European Union countries will finalize a pact to enforce budget discipline more strictly in the euro zone by March, a top official said on Tuesday, as the bloc tries to move quickly to rebuild confidence but without Britain's backing. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street rises with oil prices, Fed eyed Retail sales growth weak in November Morgan Stanley settles with MBIA, sees $1.8 billion charge Best Buy's profits squeezed by discounts Southwest to be first operator of Boeing 737 MAX RELATED VIDEO Croatian man lights up residents' lives Santa-clad cop plays in traffic Flamingos flock to Mexican oasis 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 Woodford says could win fight for control of Olympus Full Article New music service courts tech-averse listeners Cloud tech firm CloudShare sees 2012 sales surge Amazon extends Christmas shipping deadline AT&T, rivals delay legal fights over T-Mobile EU telecom ministers aim to end bandwidth favoritism - 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