BERLIN (Reuters) - Second seed Kei Nishikori eased into the last eight of the Halle Open on Thursday, beating serve and volleyer Dustin Brown 7-5 6-1 to set up a clash with Poland's Jerzy Janowicz.
NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch hired 20 brokers over the last week who managed a combined $1.8 billion in assets at their previous firms, including a dozen from the recently sold Barclays Plc's U.S. wealth and investment management unit, according to Bank of America news release.
LUXEMBOURG, June 18 (Reuters) - Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Thursday the euro zone was dangerously close to accepting an "accident", criticising other ministers who he said did not want to discuss his proposal to set up an automatic brake on the country's public deficit.
The modern curse of the Under-21s European championships continued for Gareth Southgate’s England team, beaten by Portugal and now one game into their third tournament without a single victory. Depleted by injuries, out-passed at times by their opponent, English men’s football is in danger of facing another summer of early flights home.
Mexico now deports more Central American migrants than the United States, a dramatic shift since the U.S. asked Mexico for help a year ago with a spike in illegal migration, especially among unaccompanied minors.
Fitbit flexed some muscle Thursday and its shares rocketed almost 50 percent higher in the first day of trading for the fitness tracking gear maker.
DETROIT, June 18 (Reuters) - United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams said on Thursday he wants to enter talks with the three major U.S. automakers to pool active union and nonunion workers and UAW retirees to bargain for lower healthcare costs.
NAIROBI, June 18 (Reuters) - President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday said Kenya will return licences to 13 money transfer firms that were banned after a deadly attack on a university in April and whose names are on a list of 85 entities with alleged links to Somalia's al Shabaab.
NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - The great commodities gold rush of the last decade may not have paid off exactly as investors hoped, but some evidence indicates the asset class is performing more or less as advertised.
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Brazilian senators seeking to visit jailed opposition leaders in Venezuela on Thursday said their minibus was stoned and blocked, forcing them to return to the airport.
(Reuters Health) - Adult daughters of women exposed to the once-common pesticide DDT during pregnancy may have an increased risk for developing breast cancer, a study suggests.
(Reuters Health) - Adult daughters of women exposed to the once-common pesticide DDT during pregnancy may have an increased risk for developing breast cancer, a study suggests.
(Reuters Health) - Older mothers may have babies who grow up healthier and better educated than infants born to women in their twenties, an international study found.
(Reuters Health) - Older mothers may have babies who grow up healthier and better educated than infants born to women in their twenties, an international study found.
Brian Williams will not return to anchor "NBC Nightly News" but will take on new role at the organization. Bob Mezan reports.
Brian Williams will not return to anchor "NBC Nightly News" but will take on new role at the organization. Bob Mezan reports.
(Reuters) - Justin Bieber and Usher were ordered by a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to face a $10 million lawsuit claiming the singers illegally copied parts of a song composed by two Virginia songwriters.
DHAKA (Reuters) - Mustafizur Rahman made a dream ODI debut as Bangladesh crushed two-time world champions India by 79 runs on Thursday in the first of three one-day internationals to underline their progress in the 50-over format.
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - The Sahara-based Islamist group al-Mourabitoun on Thursday denied reports that veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, one of its leaders, was killed in a U.S. air strike in eastern Libya last week.
BERNE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - FIFA's embattled president, Sepp Blatter, and his second-in-command have hired high-powered lawyers to represent them as Swiss authorities identified suspicious bank transactions in a corruption probe engulfing football's global governing body.
DETROIT (Reuters) - Jeralean Talley, the world's oldest-known person, has died in Michigan 26 days after her 116th birthday, a family spokeswoman said on Thursday.
DETROIT (Reuters) - Jeralean Talley, the world's oldest-known person, has died in Michigan 26 days after her 116th birthday, a family spokeswoman said on Thursday.
LONDON (Reuters) - Liberia football association chairman Musa Bility announced he would stand as a candidate to become the next president of FIFA following the resignation of Sepp Blatter, the BBC reported on Thursday.
SPIELBERG, Austria (Reuters) - Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is hoping to win Austria for real on Sunday after only previously mastering it as a video game.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co's interactive unit is considering bringing Disney Infinity or other video games into the world of virtual reality.