SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - The Asian naphtha price rose on Monday to reach $875.75 a tonne, the highest since May 10, while its margin hit a four-session high of $93.50 a tonne on spot and term demand. ... More »Asia Naphtha/Gasoline-Naphtha rises boosted by Lotte tender
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disasters such as Monday's tornado that wiped out much of Moore, Oklahoma often prompt people to help victims by collecting goods or launching blood drives, but charitable groups said money, not goods, is the best way to help. AMERICAN RED CROSS: * "What this enables us to do is send those funds to the area where they're needed most immediately," Red Cross spokeswoman Anne Marie Borrego said of financial contributions. * Donating food or clothing can hurt relief efforts as organizations must take time to sort and process them, the Red Cross said. ... More »Factbox: Groups urge cash, not stuff, for Oklahoma victims
Sharing a bed with their parents increased the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in babies under three months old by at least a factor of five, even without any other risk factors, the largest ever analysis of individual cases suggests. More »Sleeping with parents always risky for infants, study suggests
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Indexes are slightly higher at midday on Wall Street, pushing the stock market further into record territory. More »Stocks edge higher in midday trading on Wall Street; Cisco leads the Dow higher
NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge has agreed to postpone the trial of a former BP engineer charged with deleting text messages about the company's response to its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. More »Judge postpones trial of ex-BP engineer charged with deleting texts about Gulf oil spill
By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) - When investors unloaded their shares in Hewlett-Packard Co. last year, the computer giant's rank-and-file did the opposite. They bought nearly four times as much stock as they did in the previous year despite a raft of bad news. It was a smart bet, and outside investors would have done even better than the insiders had they followed employees into the stock. HP's stock is trading at a 27 percent premium over the average $17 a share price paid by workers during fiscal 2012. ... More »Analysis: Discount employee stock plans offer outsiders trading tips
By Ratnajyoti Dutta NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The monsoon rains may arrive on the southern coast around June 3, the weather office forecast on Wednesday, a late debut that will raise fears any revival for ... More »Monsoon may arrive late as southwest thirsts
A new team has taken over at Hay River Community Counselling, which saw four of its employees leave last year after being asked to take demotions. More »New team hired at Hay River counselling centre
The City of Charlottetown unveiled a strategic plan for its largest park at a public meeting Wednesday night. More »New boardwalk part of long-term Victoria Park plan
Every Saturday, Scott Budnick and his wife, Maureen, peel 75 pounds of potatoes. At 5 o'clock the next morning, Mr. Budnick packs up the potatoes, 500 eggs, 250 sausages, and a host of other items contributed by his friends and neighbors. He drives it all to the Mathewson Street United Methodist Church in Providence, R.I., in time to welcome the first wave of volunteers – some homeless, some not – to the kitchen. More »Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless
By Ian Chua and Vidya Ranganathan SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street with Japan's Nikkei reaching a 5-1/2 year high, while the yen took a defensive ... More »Asian stocks cheered by Fed reassurance, yen awaits BOJ
MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Denmark won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday before an international TV audience of around 125 million, winning with the annual competition with a barefoot performance backed by flutes and drums. The 20-year-old won with the song "Only Teardrops", competing against 25 other countries in a final held in Malmo in southern Sweden. (Reporting by Mia Shanley) More »Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision Song Contest
An ongoing conflict between neighbours was the prelude last month to a dog shooting east of Saskatoon — and now the RCMP are involved. More »Mounties investigate St. Bernard shooting
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc faces another grilling over its tax affairs from a committee of MPs on Thursday who have called the company back after questions were raised about testimony given in an earlier hearing. Corporate tax avoidance has become a major issue in Britain, where there are concerns over rising government debt and accusations from MPs that the UK tax authority has adopted a light touch approach to taxing big businesses. ... More »Google to face MPs again over tax
HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd increased its stake in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) from 6.71 to 7.04 percent, according to a regulatory filing the Singaporean ... More »Temasek raises stake in ICBC to 7.04 percent
It's the end of a long, tough and very physically demanding television season for "Beauty and The Beast" star Jay Ryan, and with the finale of the show rolling out tonight on The CW, the actor is in very good spirits. More »Jay Ryan: We Achieved Something 'Kind Of Special' With Beauty And The Beast Season 1
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock markets around the world edged higher on Tuesday amid signs of improving growth, even though questions about monetary policy limited gains. The Dow Jones industrial average and ... More »Global shares end higher as eyes turn to Fed
A new project aimed at improving social skills among youngsters is getting a test run at two Regina schools. More »Youngsters focus on friendship in new project
WASHINGTON —The first humans to live on Mars might not identify as astronauts, but farmers. To establish a sustainable settlement on Earth's solar system neighbor, space travelers will have to learn how to grow food on Mars — a job that could turn out to be one of the most vital, challenging and labor-intensive tasks at hand, experts say. More »Farming on Mars: NASA Ponders Food Supply for 2030s Mission
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Music mogul and rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs will not be appearing in British period TV drama "Downtown Abbey," U.S. broadcaster PBS said on Wednesday, despite tweets saying he would be joining the hit show's upcoming season. Diddy set social media abuzz on Wednesday after posts on his verified Twitter account said, "MY BIG NEWS: So happy to announce that Im a series regular on DOWNTON ABBEY-my favorite show+i'll be debuting a sneak peek tonight 12am PST!." "It's not true," PBS spokeswoman Carrie Johnson said in an email to Reuters. ... More »PBS says rapper Diddy will not appear on 'Downton Abbey'