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London, Sept 8 : Internet services company Yahoo could be sold before it appoints a new chief executive to replace recently fired Carol Bartz, according to sources.

Software giant Microsoft that tried to buy Yahoo in 2008 for 45 billion dollars is likely to reprise its bid.

"Some of the same rationale, in terms of expertise in display advertising and search - still stands, so if Microsoft can get it for half the price, it will want to do so," the Telegraph quoted a source, as saying.

Mumbai, Sep 8 - A benchmark index for Indian equities markets was trading on a weak note soon after opening bell Thursday, a day after rallying past the 17,000-mark.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which opened at 17,118.08 points, was ruling at 17,016.86 points, down 42.84 points or 0.25 percent from its previous close at 17,065 points.

The 50-scrip S&P CNX Nifty of the National Stock Exchange was also trading lower, 0.21 percent down at 5,113.75 points.

London, Sept 8 : Can't stop eating junk food while watching TV? You may think it may be because you like the taste, but it's not the case.

It is because we are such creatures of habit that once we have associated a place with a certain kind of food, like popcorn at the cinema, we will keep eating it - even if it''s stale, scientists say.

Researchers from the University of Southern California devised a test to see what causes us to overeat.

They gave people about to enter a cinema a bucket of just-popped fresh popcorn, or stale week-old popcorn.

Washington, Sept 8 : Overweight and obese adults referred to Weight Watchers, a community based provider of weight-loss services, lost more than twice as much weight when compared with those who received standard care, according to a new study.

The study, the first of its kind, included participants who were recruited by primary care practices in the UK, Germany and Australia.

New York, Sept 8 : After over four decades in Bollywood, Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan will finally grace the Hollywood silver screen with Leanardo Di Caprio starrer ''The Great Gatsby''.

Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed on Wednesday that the 68-year-old Bollywood superstar, who has acted in more than 100 Indian films over more than 40 years, will play the role of Meyer Wolfsheim in the blockbuster 3D big screen adaptation of the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same name, reports the New York Post.