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The Architects industry derives the bulk of its revenue from non-residential building design. Only a small share of revenue is derived from contracts in the housing construction market;...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equtiy firm Apollo Global Management LLC raised its cash offer to buy Great Wolf Resorts Inc by 35 percent to $225.7 million, outbidding a rival for North America's largest operator of indoor water parks. Great Wolf said in a statement late on Friday it had agreed to amend its previous agreement with Apollo after the private equity firm, headed by billionaire Leon Black, raised its offer to $6.75 per share in cash from $5. ...

(Reuters) - Bank executives face great expectations from investors when they report first-quarter results beginning Friday. Bank stocks have shot up 24 percent this year, as measured by the KBW Banks index, in their steepest ascent in any quarter since the end of September 2009. Now investors want to know if they should stick with their bets that the economy will strengthen and lift bank lending margins and profits, or take their gains and get out. "Investors are out on a limb," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris Private Bank. ...

PARIS (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus won 90 net plane orders in the first three months of the year, dominated by single-aisle aircraft such as the A320, it said on Friday. The net figure takes into account 10 cancellations so far this year, the company said on its website. Airbus, which competes with Boeing , said it delivered 131 planes in the first three months of the year, including four of its A380 superjumbo aircraft. (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Lionel Laurent)

FRIDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Anxiety improves a person's ability to smell potentially threatening odors, according to a new study.

People diagnosed with cancer have a sharply higher risk of suicide and fatal heart attacks immediately after receiving their diagnosis, a Swedish study published on Thursday showed.

The success of an AIDS vaccine trial that in 2009 was shown to protect 31 percent of people studied may have been due to varying levels of antibody responses in the patients, researchers said Thursday.

A ban on tobacco displays in large shops and supermarkets came into force in England on Friday, meaning such stores must hide cigarettes from public view.

The National League's youngest team gave baseball's oldest player fits.

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Golf fuel reviews can now be submitted to the new golf fuel supplement reviews department that has just been set up at Golfers advice Ltd. People who have used golf fuel in the past can send in their ...

Phil Mickelson set off roars at Augusta National with a 20-foot eagle putt for a share of the lead, and an amazing flop shot behind the 15th green that only he would dare try.

Tiger Woods is subject to discipline by the PGA Tour for kicking his golf club after a poor shot at the Masters.

If you missed any of Mashable's resources this week, hopefully it wasn't because you were dealing with that nasty "Flashback" virus (make sure you check if your Mac has been infected by using this nifty script).

Tom Winter, 68-year-old University of Nebraska classics professor, rose to Internet stardom after a picture of him riding his skateboard, with a briefcase in hand, became a Reddit top post on Thursday.

If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.

In the Star Trek universe, the tricorder is a handheld device used by Kirk, Spock, and various red-shirted crew members to make detailed scans of unfamiliar planets and even less familiar life-forms. It can be used in sick bay to diagnose intergalactic patients, and in engineering to find which part of the warp core is [...]

Afghan forces will take the lead on special operations, including controversial night raids, under an agreement signed Sunday by Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, and Afghan defense minister Abdul Rahim Wardak.

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni air force officers shut down the capital's airport on Saturday, stopping all flights in protest at the sacking of their commander, a half-brother of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, an aviation official said. A source on the military committee tasked with overseeing a planned restructuring of the army told Reuters the head of the air force, General Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar, had refused to leave his post unless General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, an opponent of Saleh, was also fired. ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's government said on Sunday it had reached agreement with the NATO-led coalition in the country on changes to controversial night raids on Afghan homes. The deal would be signed later on Sunday by Afghan Defence Minister General Abdul Rahim Wardak and NATO's top commander in the country, U.S. Marine General John Allen, at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government said. (Editing by Ron Popeski)

The civilian attorney representing the U.S. soldier accused of murdering 17 Afghan villagers wants to replace the military lawyer assigned to the case after disagreements over how to handle his defense. "You are fired, sorry, but we have much more experience than you," Seattle-based John Henry Browne, the outspoken lawyer who has been the public face of the defense of Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, said in an email to military lawyer Major Thomas Hurley. ...