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151. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With oil still gushing unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. lawmakers are set to turn up the heat on the offshore oil drilling industry.

152. "They have to look into new sources of revenue, including disinvestment of state-run firms," Suresh Tendulkar, chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council told Reuters.

153. Car companies are running open design contests. Reuters is carrying blog postings alongside its regular news feed. Microsoft is working overtime to fend off user-created Linux.

154. SINGAPORE, April 14 (Reuters) - Equity markets have found a bottom and are poised to hit new highs in the second half of this year, according to a senior chartist at Dutch-Belgian bank Fortis.

155. The euro rose 0.6 percent to $1.3718 after falling to a session low of $1.3535, according to Reuters data.

156. CANBERRA (Reuters) - Police in Australia have charged a man for drink driving in a motorized wheelchair after he was found to be six times over the legal alcohol limit, local media reported on Monday.

157. The zebra finch genome provides a tool that allows this exploration, " he told Reuters."

158. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -- South African automobile manufacturers and a union representing thousands of auto workers have reached a deal on wages, ending a costly eight-day strike.

159. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros on Tuesday predicted a "stop-go" economy for the United States, saying fears of inflation will drive up interest rates and choke off growth.

160. "The first and second quarter were the most difficult and now the whole economic situation is moving in a positive direction," Zhang Yongjian, COSCO's board secretary, told Reuters.

161. HONG KONG (Reuters) - European and American fashion designers feeling the pinch from the credit crisis can look to the growing ranks of China's nouveau riche to boost sales.

162. LONDON (Reuters) - Caffeine addiction is such a downer that regular coffee drinkers may get no real pick-me-up from their morning cup, according to a study by British scientists.

163. Seven people died in a cave-in at the wildcat gold mine in southern Venezuela, a senior member of the local emergency services told Reuters on August 24.

164. BANGKOK (Reuters) - In a bid to bolster the economy at a time of global gloom, Thailand is to allow retired civil servants to spend up to half their death benefits while they are still alive.

165. KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A sign outside the Shawnee Community Center states a clear goal: "A World Without Hunger."

166. NEW YORK Nov 1 (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare reform is likely to benefit hospital, drug and biopharmaceutical companies if it becomes reality this year or next,[www.Sentencedict.com] Barron's business weekly said on Sunday.

167. Sixty-seven percent of Americans interviewed in the Reuters/Ipsos poll said Obama had taken his eye off the ball on jobs and the economy to concentrate on less important issues.

168. Don't rush to conclusions (about the elections), " Zyuganov told Reuters in an interview at the party's central committee headquarters in Moscow."

169. RIYADH (Reuters Life!) - Illegal stunts in cars, joyriding, bullying and political dissent -- video-sharing Web site YouTube has taken off in Saudi Arabia.

170. "They will not be counted in the employment statistics; there will be a loss, in some sense, of productive capacity for the economy," Kramer told Reuters.

171. LDK did not respond to an email from Reuters seeking comment about its credit position.

172. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for state jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week for the first time since early April, suggesting the labor market recovery may have hit a speed bump.

173. LONDON (Reuters) - Britain needs to reflate its mortgage markets to save its economy and its banks. Problem is, few want to borrow and there is precious little money to lend.

174. Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, meanwhile, says the axis axi s has also shifted 25 cm as a result of the quake in Japan, according to a report released by Reuters.

175. July 13 (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N) has agreed to sell its private equity unit to StepStone Group LLC and Lexington Partners, the bank said on Tuesday.

176. Analysts on average expect Garmin to post a second-quarter profit of 51 cents a share, before special items, on revenue of $668.4 million, according to Reuters Estimates.

177. Theaddition of Reuters news service allows interactive reporting , thus improving market liquidity.

178. PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) - New York has more unwanted nocturnal guests than other urban areas and has been named the most bedbug infested city in the United States.

179. AET.N), the No. 3 health insurer, told Reuters that Obama's remarks were a "step in the right direction." CEO Ronald Williams also said Aetna would focus on promoting public-private partnerships.

180. The Chilean government says towns destroyed a volcanic eruption will be rebuilt 10 km away, Reuters reported.