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Murray out to crash Big Three's Wimbledon party
LONDON (Reuters) - There will be an unfamiliar whiff of British success in the air at Wimbledon this year when Andy Murray, and thousands of patriotic fans, will try to stop the party-pooping antics of champions Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal.

Williams has mental edge over rest at Wimbledon
LONDON (Reuters) - Serena Williams heads to Wimbledon to defend her title with seeds of doubt and defeatism already sown in the minds of her opponents.

Ex-UBS, Citi trader Hayes in UK court on Libor charges
LONDON (Reuters) - Former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes appeared in a London court on Thursday accused of conspiracy to defraud in connection with a global investigation into the Libor interest rate rigging scandal.

Stock futures drop in wake of Fed's stimulus-tapering outline
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures fell on Thursday, adding to a more than 1 percent drop in U.S. equities a day earlier, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke outlined the start of a wind-down of stimuli that has been instrumental to the market's rally.

Pope blames speculation, corruption for 'scandalous' food crisis
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Thursday that financial speculation and corruption were keeping millions of people in hunger and the financial crisis could not be used as an alibi for failing to help the poor.

Palestinian children tortured, used as shields by Israel: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields.

UK's new watchdog tells banks to raise another $20.4 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks will have to raise 13 billion pounds ($20.4 billion) of extra capital and meet new a new cap on lending ahead of international peers as the Bank of England seeks to curb risk in the financial sector.

Rite Aid posts third straight quarterly profit
(Reuters) - Rite Aid Corp , the No. 3 U.S. drugstore chain, posted its third consecutive quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by sales of higher-margin generic drugs.

Airbus bags firm orders worth $39 billion at show
PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus clinched deals for another 90 planes on Thursday, taking its total orders and commitments at the Paris Airshow to 466 aircraft worth $68.7 billion at list prices.

Exclusive: British investors step back from executive pay battle
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors in Britain's largest companies have rowed back on the protests over pay which most readily symbolized public distaste over perceived corporate greed during last year's 'shareholder spring'.

Mubarak PM Nazif to be freed
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court ordered the release of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif on Thursday, because of a limit on pretrial detention in a corruption case for which he had been held since the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Security tight as Iraqis vote in Sunni-dominated provinces
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi electoral official was killed in a roadside bombing on Thursday, police said, as two Sunni Muslim-dominated provinces went to the polls under tight security.

India may have to wait to join sensitive nuclear export body
VIENNA (Reuters) - Some states appear to be skeptical about letting nuclear-armed India into an influential body regulating sensitive atomic trade, diplomats said on Thursday, suggesting Indian membership may not be imminent.

End to Fed stimulus, China slowdown spark world sell-off
LONDON (Reuters) - The clear signal from the U.S. Federal Reserve that it will soon stop pumping money into the global economy and data pointing to Chinese growth slowing sparked sharp falls in bonds, shares and commodities on Thursday.

Insight: Pakistan influence on Taliban commanders helped Afghan breakthrough
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful military has played a central role in convincing Afghanistan's Taliban rebels to hold talks with the United States, U.S. and Pakistani officials said, a shift from widely held views in Washington that it was obstructing peace in the region.

Rebound in UK retail sales signals solid second quarter
LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales bounced back much more than expected in May, adding to evidence of accelerating economic growth in the second quarter and easing some of the pressure on the central bank to boost the economy.

UK watchdog says Lloyds must raise $13.5 billion capital
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group must plug a capital shortfall of 8.6 billion pounds ($13.5 billion), Britain's banking regulator said on Thursday, a day after the government signaled plans to return the part-state owned lender to the private sector.

Egypt court orders Mubarak PM Nazif freed
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court ordered the release of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif on Thursday, because of a limit on pretrial detention in a corruption case for which he had been held since the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Dixons sees no let up in UK tablets boom
LONDON (Reuters) - British sales of tablet computers are booming, Europe's second-biggest electricals retailer Dixons said, underpinning profit growth and offsetting weak markets in debt-squeezed southern Europe.

Palestinians step up campaign for Gaza "Arab Idol" star
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian fans and big business are rallying behind a 22-year-old singer from the Gaza Strip in a final push to vote him the next "Arab Idol" in a TV talent contest choosing a winner in Beirut on Saturday.