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French watchdog tells Google to change privacy policy
PARIS (Reuters) - France's data protection watchdog ordered Google on Thursday to change its privacy policy or face fines, leading a Europe-wide push to get the Internet giant to clarify its intentions and methods for collecting user data.

French data watchdog tells Google to change privacy policy
PARIS (Reuters) - France's data protection watchdog ordered Google on Thursday to change its privacy policy or face fines, heading an EU-wide push to get the Internet giant to better spell out its intentions and methods for collecting user data.

Euro zone business slump eases but second quarter contraction likely: PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone's private sector slump has eased more than expected this month, business surveys showed on Thursday, but a continued slide in new orders suggested a full recovery is still some way off.

Asia dominates world's most expensive office spaces: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five of the six most expensive office areas in the world are in Asia, as demand by global companies to locate their outstripped the supply, according to a semiannual report released on Thursday by real estate services company CBRE Inc.

Syria's warring sides trade wheat for flour
IDLIB PROVINCE, Syria (Reuters) - Away from the battlefield, some Syrian rebels are doing business with the same government they are trying to topple.

Airbus pieces together air show order finale
PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus sought to finalize a flurry of orders on Thursday to avoid a rare defeat to U.S. arch-rival Boeing at its domestic Paris Airshow.

Bonds, shares slump as Fed signals end to stimulus
LONDON (Reuters) - Bonds, shares and commodities fell sharply around the world on Thursday and the dollar rose after the U.S. Federal Reserve explicitly signaled an end to easy money and data showed China's economy slowing down.

Asian markets hammered on China fears, Fed exit plan
TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian markets buckled badly on Thursday after the Federal Reserve heralded an eventual end to free money and China turned the screw on credit even as factory activity in the world's second-largest economy hit a nine-month low.

Toews on target and Blackhawks back on track
BOSTON (Reuters) - Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is what coaches like to call a "complete" ice hockey player.

GSK links with French venture firm to target rare diseases
LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline is investing 17.5 million euros ($23.5 million) in a new venture fund to invest in drugs for rare diseases, underscoring the growing role of big drugmakers in backing start-up companies.

Sony CEO asks for patience as shareholders press on spinoff plan
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp shareholders pressed its chief executive for a response to hedge fund Third Point's proposal for a partial spinoff of its profitable entertainment arm but Kazuo Hirai pleaded for patience as management reviews the bold plan.

UK watchdog details bank capital shortfalls
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Bank has a capital shortfall of 8.6 billion pounds, Britain's banking regulator said on Thursday, a day after the UK government signaled plans to return the part-state owned lender to the private sector.

Japan's Nomura cuts Australian jobs as banks trim costs
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japan's biggest brokerage firm Nomura Holdings Inc flagged redundancies in its Australian equities team, in an internal memo seen by Reuters.

India sets up elaborate system to tap phone calls, e-mail
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance program that will give its security agencies and even income tax officials the ability to tap directly into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by courts or parliament, several sources said.

Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies in Italy
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - James Gandolfini, the burly actor best known for his Emmy-winning portrayal of a conflicted New Jersey mob boss in the groundbreaking cable TV series "The Sopranos," died on Wednesday vacationing in Italy. He was 51.

U.S.-Taliban talks in Qatar not expected Thursday: source
DOHA (Reuters) - Preliminary Afghan peace talks in Qatar between U.S. and Taliban officials are unlikely to take place on Thursday as originally expected, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Kuwait Finance House says 20 percent capital increase oversubscribed
DUBAI (Reuters) - Kuwait Finance House (KFH), the Gulf Arab state's largest Islamic bank, said on Thursday its 20 percent capital increase had been oversubscribed by shareholders, without providing specific details.

SNB lauds UBS, Credit Suisse capital steps, warns on leverage
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank welcomed measures by Credit Suisse and UBS to bolster their capital levels, but said leverage ratios still lag international rivals.

Dotcom decries 'largest data massacre' after company deletes files
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The founder of the outlawed Megaupload file-sharing site denounced on Thursday "the largest data massacre in the history of the internet", after a European firm wiped out private photos, videos and documents stored on servers used by the site.

Intrepid Mines board survives coup over lost Indonesia mine
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Shareholders of Intrepid Mines backed their board and its attempt to reclaim rights to a $5 billion copper and gold project in Indonesia, defeating a plan by a private equity investor to oust the board on Thursday.