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News Feed Latest worldwide news Three challenges facing Twitter ahead of IPO 500 million tweets per day, but no profit. Here are three challenges facing Twitter as the company prepares to go public. Fred Katayama reports. Rookies Bruising Running Helps Open Up Packers Attack Led by Eddie Lacy, the top N.F.L. rookie rusher, Green Bay now has a formidable running game to complement the passing of Aaron Rodgers. Profit Surpasses Forecasts at Italian Oil Giant Eni Although Eni encountered setbacks in almost all of its business lines, net income rose and operating income beat analyst estimates. Improving McIlroy Will Win by End of Year Woods Tiger Woods believes Rory McIlroy is slowly getting his golf game back on track and predicted on Tuesday that the former world number one would claim a breakthrough first victory of the year by the end of December. Autonomous RoboBee no flight of fancy Oct. 29 - Researchers from Harvard University say the tiny robotic bees they unveiled last year should be ready for work in the real world by 2023. Called RoboBees, the miniature drones are being developed by Harvard's School of Engineering and Wyss Institute, to assist in crop pollination and search and rescue. Ben Gruber reports. Chocolate Factory, Trade War Victim A power struggle between the European Union and the Russian-backed Customs Union is squeezing Roshen, the largest confectioner in Ukraine. 'Stan the Man' makes mark Stanislas Wawrinka talks to CNN about his 2013 success and his Olympic gold with Roger Federer. Time Warner Cable Reports Record Quarterly Loss of TV Subscribers The cable company lost 306,000 television subscribers in the third quarter, hurt by a contract dispute that resulted in a blackout of CBS programming. Red Bulls Savor Being No. 1 ... for a Night The Red Bulls finished No. 1 over all in M.L.S. and will play either Houston or Montreal in the playoffs. Newsmaker RBS decision due in weeks - Osborne Oct. 22 - UK finance minister George Osborne says hell make a decision on splitting RBS into a good and bad bank within the next few weeks. Amid Debate, Turkey Unveils Rail Tunnel Under Bosporus The ceremony coincided with the 90th anniversary of the modern Turkish state and during debate about the tunnels safety. Syria chemical arms destroyed Syria has destroyed all its declared chemical weapons mixing, filling and production facilities, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Thursday. The Who's Roger Daltrey performs at the U.S. Capitol Oct. 30 - The Who's frontman, Roger Daltrey, performs Ben E. King's classic "Stand by Me" at an unveiling ceremony of a bust of Winston Churchill in the U.S. Capitol. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). British SMEs more confident but funding concerns persist survey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's small and medium-sized businesses are more confident about their prospects than they have been for three years but still want banks and the government to do more on... From China to Los Angeles, Taking the Electric Bus China-based BYD has contracts to provide electric buses, built at its plant in Southern California, to transit agencies in Los Angeles and Long Beach. New Yorkers target Barneys after black shoppers claim bias NEW YORK (Reuters) - A small group of demonstrators gathered at the Manhattan storefront of Barneys New York Inc on Wednesday to express outrage over black customers' complaints they were stopped by... Kodiak Oil profit skyrockets on jump in production Oct 31 (Reuters) - Kodiak Oil Gas Corp, which drills for oil and natural gas in North Dakota's Bakken shale formation, said on Thursday its quarterly profit jumped nearly nine times due to a surge... Woods Says the Next Step Is Up to Golf Channel Tiger Woods issued a veiled challenge to Golf Channel over a column written by analyst Brandel Chamblee that a series of rules violations by Woods amounted to cheating. Gadgetwise Tap and Swipe for a Good Cause The Global Gaming Initiative seeks to connect mobile games and charity; its first project raises money to buy bicycles for impoverished communities. Football Record for Roma Even without injured club legend Francesco Totti, Roma keeps on ticking. When Roma beat Chievo 1-0, it became the first team to win its opening 10 games of a Serie A season. Astronomers Find Earthlike Planet, but Its Infernally Hot Kepler 78b, a planet 400 light-years away, is the first planet that seems to be of similar size and made of the same mixture of rock and iron as Earth. AMC Orders a Fifth Season of The Walking Dead The zombie apocalypse drama is more popular than anything else on AMC. TABLE-DJ-UBS commodity index cuts natgas, WTI; hikes Brent for 2014 NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index will increase its weightings for Brent crude, gold and silver next year, while cutting back on natural gas, U.S. crude oil futures and some base metals, SP Dow Jones Indices LLC announced on Thursday. The index, one of the two biggest commodity investment benchmarks in the world with an estimated $75 billion of investment as of December 2012, made no changes in the 22 index components this year. The annual rebalancing is a After a Goof, Wainwright Takes a Jab at Himself The Cardinals ace and Gold Glove finalist didnt make an error in the regular season, but also didnt catch an easy pop-up in the World Series opener. Time Warner Cable Reports Record Quarterly Loss of TV Subscribers The cable company lost 306,000 television subscribers in the third quarter, hurt by a contract dispute that resulted in a blackout of CBS programming. Bombardier profit dips as plane deliveries, orders fall TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc reported a 15 percent fall in net profit on Thursday, pressured by fewer aircraft orders and deliveries in the third quarter and contract issues in its train unit. Rookie Lifts Penguins Past Hurricanes Jayson Megna, a rookie, had his first career goal and assist, and the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins snapped a three-game skid by defeating Carolina, 3-1. U.S. government posts smallest budget deficit in five years WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tax increases, spending cuts and a stronger economy nearly sliced America's budget deficit in half in fiscal 2013, lowering it to the lowest level since 2008, Treasury... Activists Feel Powerful Wrath as Russia Guards Its Arctic Claims The detained crew of a Greenpeace ship appears to have grossly underestimated Russias readiness to assert and expand its sovereignty in an Arctic region potentially rich with natural resources. Ask Well Glucosamine and MSM for Joint Pain? Many people swear by the dietary supplements glucosamine and MSM for lessening the creaking and soreness of knees, backs, hips and other joints. But the science on their effectiveness is mixed. Obama will use executive powers to conserve lands- Interior secretary * Future drilling on federal land should protect landscape - Jewell Photos In their own words The top 10 CNN Heroes of 2013 Orbital Sciences' cargo ship departs International Space Station CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp completed a successful test mission at the International Space Station on Tuesday, clearing the firm to begin regular cargo runs for NASA under a $1.9 billion contract. Possible ties between grenade in Mexico and U.S. U.S. authorities are looking for possible links between a grenade found at the scene of a drug cartel shootout in Mexico earlier this month that killed three police officers and an American who allegedly made similar improvised grenades from parts exported from the United States. Theater Review The Last Goodbye, From Michael Kimmel, in San Diego The Last Goodbye, based on Romeo and Juliet, relies on Jeff Buckleys music to supply the emotional resonance and depth of character established by Shakespeares verse. Senate Republicans Block 2 Obama Nominees Voting on the nominees, one to a powerful appeals court and another to a housing lending oversight post, fell short of the 60 votes required to break the Republican filibuster. Hingis Quizzed by Swiss Police for Alleged Assault Martina Hingis has been questioned by the Swiss police after her estranged husband, Thibault Hutin, said he was attacked by her and her family, a police spokesman said. Chamblee Resigns From Golf Magazine After Critical Remarks on Woods Brandel Chamblee, the Golf Channel commentator who suggested that Tiger Woods was a cheater, resigned from Golf magazine on Wednesday. COLUMN-Don't expect the euro's rally to last Oct 31 (Reuters) - What is happening to the euro? Currencies are more important than stock market prices or bond yields for many businesses and investors, not to mention for globe-trotting families... Intel Is Said to Weigh Sale of Online Cable TV Venture Intel has been frustrated with cable content providers and might sell to Verizon, people with direct knowledge of the discussions said.

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