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TORONTO, July 24 (Reuters) - Canadian mining-focused investment bank Edgecrest Capital has put itself on the auction block, hurt by a prolonged downturn in the natural resource sector that has hit fees and activity, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

CURITIBA, Brazil, July 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors presented formal charges against Marcelo Odebrecht, head of Latin America's largest engineering firm Odebrecht SA , and Otavio Marques Azevedo, CEO of Andrade Gutierrez , and 20 others on Friday.

CURITIBA, Brazil, July 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors presented formal charges against Marcelo Odebrecht, head of Latin America's largest engineering firm Odebrecht SA , and Otavio Marques Azevedo, CEO of Andrade Gutierrez , and 20 others on Friday.

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - Staff economists at the Federal Reserve see a quarter-point U.S. interest rate increase this year, according to forecasts the Fed mistakenly published on its website in a gaffe that drew criticism about its ability to keep secrets.

CHICAGO, July 24 (Reuters) - A law aimed at shoring up two of Chicago's financially shaky public worker retirement systems violates pension protections in the Illinois constitution, a judge ruled on Friday.

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NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, his sister and other extended family members after arriving in Kenya for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland on Friday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama dined with his step grandmother, his sister and other extended family members after arriving in Kenya for his first presidential visit to his father's homeland on Friday.

NASA details the latest images of Pluto collected by its New Horizons mission. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

NASA details the latest images of Pluto collected by its New Horizons mission. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

NASA details the latest images of Pluto collected by its New Horizons mission. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

BERNE (Reuters) - Britain's Danny Willett, who was tied sixth at last week's British Open, produced another brilliant performance to lead the way in the European Masters before thunderstorms ended play early at Crans Montana on Friday.

OAKVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) - Four days after his near-miss at the British Open, Jason Day has exhibited no ill-effects from that Monday finish and his transatlantic flight to Canada.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it had approved Finnish telecom equipment group Nokia's planned purchase of Alcatel-Lucent because the two were not close competitors and would still face strong global competition.

U.S. new home sales fell to their lowest level in seven months, and May data was revised lower as well. Bobbi Rebell reports.

U.S. new home sales fell to their lowest level in seven months, and May data was revised lower as well. Bobbi Rebell reports.

U.S. new home sales fell to their lowest level in seven months, and May data was revised lower as well. Bobbi Rebell reports.

OAKVILLE, Ontario, July 24 (Reuters) - Four days after his near-miss at the British Open, Jason Day has exhibited no ill-effects from that Monday finish and his transatlantic flight to Canada.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium has arrested two former detainees of Guantanamo prison on charges of terrorism, saying the men are suspected of seeking recruits to fight in Syria, the federal prosecutor's office said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sent at least four emails containing classified material from her personal account while she was U.S. secretary of state, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday, citing an inspector general's review.

BAYREUTH, Germany (Reuters) - A renovated Richard Wagner Museum opening in Bayreuth this weekend to coincide with the Bavarian city's annual Wagner opera festival puts the composer's anti-Semitism and his family's later ties to Adolf Hitler center stage for the first time.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a potent new cholesterol-lowering drug from Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc on Friday but limited its approved use to patients with a hereditary form of the condition and those with cardiovascular disease.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a potent new cholesterol-lowering drug from Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc on Friday but limited its approved use to patients with a hereditary form of the condition and those with cardiovascular disease.

BERNE, July 24 (Reuters) - Britain's Danny Willett, who was tied sixth at last week's British Open, produced another brilliant performance to lead the way in the European Masters before thunderstorms ended play early at Crans Montana on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Vice-captain Tom Lehman believes the United States "are in very good shape to win the Ryder Cup" next year for the first time since 2008.