Provo, Raleigh ranked as best U.S. business cities
NEW YORK - Provo, Utah, the home of Brigham Young University, displaced Raleigh, North Carolina, as the best U.S. city for business in a new ranking released on Wednesday.
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Heart of Marrakesh feels impact of euro zone crisis
MARRAKESH, Morocco - An Islamist bombing of a cafe last year hurt trade for the snake charmers and trinket sellers who entice foreign tourists to Marrakesh's Jamaa el-Fna square, but the euro zone debt crisis risks doing far more lasting damage to business.
Mosque doubles as work haven to Israel's Bedouin women
JERUSALEM - Attired in traditional dress, Bedouin women gather in a desert mosque in Israel. They find their seats in a room near the prayer hall and then, speaking confidently in Hebrew, take calls from customers seeking help with phone problems.
Switzerland to build second Gotthard road tunnel
ZURICH - The Swiss government said on Wednesday it had decided to build a second road tunnel through the Gotthard mountain range in central Switzerland as it unveiled one of the country's largest road infrastructure projects in years.
Spanish forced to pay for drugs as cuts take toll
MADRID - Patients in Spain will have to pay the full price for some prescription medicines under a new measure to cut healthcare costs approved on Wednesday, Health Minister Ana Mato confirmed at a press conference.
From cuisine to circuses, summer camps target bored kids
HIGHGATE, Vermont - Ten-year-old Max Oreck had been planning to spend much of his summer vacation playing computer games and watching television.
Tablet wars
A look at the intense competition of tablets and ebooks as they try to take on the Apple iPad.
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