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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trusted aide with first-hand experience negotiating with Republicans has emerged as the favorite to become President Barack Obama's new top economic policy adviser, Democratic sources said on Monday.
Obama eyes ex-Clinton aide as top economic adviser (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/sQS3Pk2YGl0/idUSTRE7024JI20110104)
SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.S. envoy for North Korea policy said on Tuesday he hoped serious negotiations over Pyongyang's nuclear programme could start soon, signaling a diplomatic push after a surge in tension.
U.S. hopes for nuclear talks on North Korea soon (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/4psz5Dbvg8w/idUSTOE6BG05Y20110104)
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appealed to Republican congressional leaders on Tuesday to put politics aside and work to revive the U.S. economy.
Obama urges Republicans to help him revive economy (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/6i60Uf2tLBg/idUSTRE7031KK20110104)
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Republican state legislatures are ramping up a crackdown on illegal immigrants this year, in a concerted drive that risks alienating potential business allies and Latino voters.
States plan crackdown on immigration but risk Latino ire (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/K96j7uNBs34/idUSTRE7035ZX20110104)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's national security adviser pressed for efforts to reduce U.S.-China trade imbalances and also discussed ways to rein in North Korea in talks on Tuesday with China's foreign minister.
U.S. stresses need to reduce China trade imbalance (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/UTO66c6Ht48/idUSTRE70403Y20110105)
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr returned to Iraq on Wednesday from years of self-imposed exile in Iran, after his faction struck a deal to join a new government, Sadrist officials said.
U.S. foe, Sadr, returns to Iraq after exile (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/_alnxJO3dIs/idUSTRE7042D820110105)
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, faltering from recalls, has fallen into a statistical tie with Ford Motor Co for tops in U.S. consumer brand perception, influential magazine Consumer Reports said on Wednesday.
Toyota, Ford tied at top in U.S. perception survey (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/T495701O56Y/idUSTRE7044K920110105)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday renominated economist and Nobel laureate Peter Diamond to the Federal Reserve Board, sticking with a pick that has already been thwarted by Senate Republicans twice.
Obama renominates MIT economist Diamond for Fed Board (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ShBGREbnjeY/idUSTRE7050TB20110106)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, plans to go public in 2011 and has selected its financial underwriters, three sources familiar with the process told Reuters.
LinkedIn plans to go public in 2011: sources (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/k7Hsc915__g/idUSTRE7050DC20110106)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday named JPMorgan Chase executive William Daley as his chief of staff, bringing a politically seasoned businessman into the White House to help trigger job growth as he grapples with resurgent Republicans.
Obama names JPMorgan's Daley as top aide (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/nlXbeDyBT00/idUSTRE70540N20110106)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former CIA officer was arrested on Thursday on charges of illegally disclosing national defense information about Iran to a New York Times reporter who wrote a book.
Ex-CIA officer charged with giving reporter secrets (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/8RIqVdS8vFI/idUSTRE7055S520110107)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to cut $78 billion in defense spending over five years, including a reduction of up to 47,000 troops, in a politically contentious move that would trim the government's growing budget deficit.
U.S. aims to cut defense budget and slash troops (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/v3_Tt9d6Vj4/idUSTRE7053IR20110107)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama reshaped his economic team on Friday, picking another veteran of the Clinton administration in a staff shake-up aimed at driving the recovery and winning re-election in 2012.
Obama reshapes economic team, taps another Clinton vet (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/MVO6W-y31hc/idUSTRE7061A120110107)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has warned several hundred people worldwide it believes may be imperiled by WikiLeaks' release of classified U.S. diplomatic cables and has so far helped a handful of them relocate to safer locations, the State Department said on Friday.
U.S. relocates some people named in WikiLeaks cables (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/y5aPOWPSQa8/idUSTRE7065H220110107)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy may finally be hitting its stride even if growth remains too weak to put a real dent in the nation's jobless rate, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday.
Bernanke grows more confident in recovery (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Rnig7dMEQtE/idUSTRE7060UW20110108)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers hired fewer workers than expected in December and a surprisingly large number of people gave up searching for work, tempering the positive news of a big drop in the unemployment rate.
Jobs growth disappoints, but jobless rate falls (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/gAbrsdQKDDw/idUSTRE7062IY20110108)
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and France want Portugal to accept an international bailout as soon as possible in order to prevent its debt crisis spreading to other countries, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.
Germany and France want Portugal to accept aid: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/9YHU6kwqmK8/idUSTRE7070S620110108)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will offer Pakistan more military, intelligence and economic support, a message that Vice President Joe Biden will deliver next week during a visit to the country amid strained relations, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
U.S. to offer Pakistan support when VP visits: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Fo311Zumo90/idUSTRE7071BT20110108)
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal denied on Sunday that it is under pressure by France and Germany to seek a bailout from Brussels and the IMF to ease concerns over its debts, like Greece and Ireland before it.
Portugal says not under pressure to take bailout (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/hPS3zKXUfu0/idUSTRE7081N120110109)
BEIJING (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Chinese counterpart said on Monday stronger military ties were needed to avoid missteps between the two global giants, whose forces have pushed up against each other in Asia.
U.S. and China say deeper military ties needed to avoid (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/RdtA67mUy98/idUSTRE7090CA20110110)
KABUL (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Afghanistan on Monday on a surprise trip to assess a shift in security operations to Afghan forces before a gradual U.S. troop withdrawal starts in July.
Biden on surprise Afghan trip for talks with Karzai (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/YPhjIx91swQ/idUSTRE7093S220110110)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The co-founder of a New York hedge fund that once had just under $1 billion in assets was accused of insider trading by U.S. securities regulators, in an investigation that stems from the long-running Galleon hedge fund probe.
SEC sues ex-Trivium fund manager in Galleon case (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/mtbzq0Tvjc8/idUSTRE7094U320110110)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's $600 billion bond-buying program helped solidify a shaky economic recovery and looks increasingly set to run its course, three top Fed officials indicated on Monday.
QE2 helpful and likely to remain: Fed officials (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/rwmYUSSHdqY/idUSTRE7095YM20110110)
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - A troubled 22-year-old college dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remained in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head.
Suspect in Arizona shooting spree appears in court (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/YaPf-pfyQ5k/idUSTRE7071IA20110111)
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and foreign forces have caused more than $100 million damage to fruit crops and homes during security operations in southern Kandahar province, a government delegation said on Tuesday. (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/81NXo6Ttu3WStI3ZGRlL1EZjKjo/0/di) (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/81NXo6Ttu3WStI3ZGRlL1EZjKjo/1/di) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=BCDXcJIHXFs:hq5rFEOYUs0:V_sGLiPBpWU) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=BCDXcJIHXFs:hq5rFEOYUs0:-BTjWOF_DHI) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/BCDXcJIHXFs)
Afghan campaign caused $100 million damage: inquiry (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/BCDXcJIHXFs/idUSTRE70A3B620110111)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Charles Schwab Corp will pay $118.9 million to settle regulatory charges that it hid from investors the mortgage-related risks in a seemingly safe, multibillion-dollar bond mutual fund.
Schwab in $119 million SEC accord, two execs charged (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/c6m3RHnjhRk/idUSTRE70A53O20110111)
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The family of the accused gunman in the Arizona shooting spree expressed sorrow on Tuesday over the "heinous events" while the congresswoman who was shot in the head showed signs of improvement.
Arizona shooting suspect's family expresses sorrow (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/879N4OYgW1o/idUSTRE7071IA20110112)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is getting a bump in his approval ratings from an improving economy but Americans want him to focus on reducing debt and spending, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Wednesday.
Obama approval rises as economy improves: Reuters/Ipsos poll (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/oXAY40Brmw8/idUSTRE70B35020110112)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy strengthened as the year drew to a close, according to a report from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday that cited rising employment levels across the country.
Fed says economy, jobs outlook improving (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/xqU9pLtosLU/idUSTRE70B61G20110112)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banks will meet in New York City Thursday to make their case for the right to sell the U.S. Treasury's stake in American International Group, three people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
Banks to meet on AIG, recap to close this week (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/QS9O_57mfxg/idUSTRE70B73020110112)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. legislation pressing for a rise in the yuan currency looms as less of a threat for China on the eve of President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington, now that Republicans control one house of Congress.
U.S. currency legislation less of a threat for China (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/iiZL-lL1PT0/idUSTRE70C11R20110113)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banks seized more than a million U.S. homes in one year for the first time last year, despite a slowdown in the last few months as questions around foreclosure processing arose, a leading firm said on Thursday.
Home foreclosures in 2010 top 1 million for first time (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/gPWVdrO0eRw/idUSTRE70C0YD20110113)
MADRID/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Spain and Italy staged successful bond sales on Thursday, easing concerns about an escalation of euro zone debt strife and buying the bloc's leaders more time to come up with a new package of anti-crisis measures.
Euro zone escalation fears ease after Spain auction (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/TiU0qVAvgqI/idUSTRE70B3AU20110113)
TUCSON (Reuters) - The familiarity of a visit by close friends from Congress may have prompted Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords to open her eyes for the first time since she was shot, a doctor treating her said on Thursday, adding that it was an important sign in her recovery.
Congressional friends' visit roused Giffords: doctors (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/T2britbBL1k/idUSTRE7071IA20110113)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jobless claims hit a 10-week high last week while producer prices shot up in December, pointing to headwinds for an economy that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said was showing fresh vigor.
Economy facing headwinds, but Bernanke hopeful (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/MMOb3RHWA70/idUSTRE70A41H20110113)
(Reuters) - Bookseller Borders Group Inc told publishers in a meeting it was close to securing refinancing from GE Capital and other lenders, the New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Borders close to securing refinancing: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/pQ5MqhjSBME/idUSTRE70D15J20110114)
PARIS (Reuters) - A French state prosecutor was on Friday poised to launch an inquiry into industrial espionage at Renault after the carmaker filed a legal complaint alleging information was passed to a foreign power.
France poised to launch probe in Renault case (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/4HLYuLoRaNk/idUSTRE70D52V20110114)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co reported a greater-than-expected 47 percent increase in quarterly earnings and struck an upbeat tone that lifted the shares of major U.S. banks reporting next week.
JPMorgan beats, sets bullish tone for bank earnings (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/IslIgO2-ZDI/idUSTRE70D2BM20110114)
GENEVA/ABIDJAN (Reuters) - At least 247 people have been killed in violence in Ivory Coast since its disputed November 28 presidential election, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.
Toll in Ivory Coast rises to 247 dead: U.N. (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/sVnF1_2KE3o/idUSTRE70D3HD20110114)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein went to Chicago to pitch Groupon executives on hiring his bank to underwrite the online coupon company's initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
Goldman's Blankfein pitches for Groupon's IPO: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/3qsKJnKQLMc/idUSTRE70D7F220110115)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co is formulating what it calls a "bold" plan for its future under new chief executive Leo Apotheker, but dismissed a report that it would reshuffle its top executives.
Hewlett-Packard drafts plan, dismisses shake-up talk (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/v78xTUmCKAo/idUSTRE70E01K20110115)
OXON HILL, Maryland (Reuters) - Republican Party leaders refused Michael Steele a new term as party chairman on Friday and turned to a low-key insider to erase a $20 million debt and unify Republicans for the 2012 presidential election.
Republican Party dumps Steele, picks Priebus as chief (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/1fbd01fuiLA/idUSTRE70D5JQ20110115)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian minister said BP's experience in cleaning up the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill was one of the reasons Russia chose the British oil firm to help develop its fragile Arctic shelf oil fields.
BP's U.S. spill experience a plus: Russian Minister (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/-PNZsupcoPE/idUSTRE70E1DJ20110115)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel has tested a computer worm believed to have sabotaged Iran's nuclear centrifuges and slowed its ability to develop an atomic weapon, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Israel tested worm linked to Iran atom woes: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/jNkFCbjLubE/idUSTRE70F07N20110116)
ZURICH (Reuters) - A former Swiss private banker who was one of the first whistleblowers to use WikiLeaks by publishing internal bank documents on the site has pledged to hand over new data on offshore bank account holders on Monday, a newspaper said.
Swiss tax whistleblower to give WikiLeaks new data: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/kRm4UpCX_dc/idUSTRE70F0TF20110116)
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - J Crew Group Inc received no rival takeover bids during its "go shop" period and will remain with its original $2.86 billion buyout offer from TPG and Leonard Green, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
J Crew received no rival takeover bids: source (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wZUDzaT3L_A/idUSTRE70F1YU20110116)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sargent Shriver, a former Democratic vice presidential candidate and brother-in-law of former President John F. Kennedy, has been admitted to a hospital in suburban Washington, a hospital spokeswoman said on Sunday.
Sargent Shriver in Maryland hospital: spokeswoman (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/_Vegb4XVkRg/idUSTRE70G0BS20110117)
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - International observers gave south Sudan's independence referendum their seal of approval on Monday and said a vote for secession was now "virtually certain" in their first official judgment on the poll.
Observers approve south Sudan independence vote (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/n4J0wgs7ojc/idUSTRE70G1CE20110117)
LONDON (Reuters) - A former Swiss private banker handed over data on hundreds of offshore bank account holders to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday, saying he wanted to draw attention to financial abuses.
Swiss whistleblower hands bank data to WikiLeaks (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/KcNVPBlTH4E/idUSTRE70F0TF20110117)
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was recovering well from a pair of weekend surgeries to remove a breathing tube from her nose and the repair her right eye socket, doctors said on Monday.
Giffords doing well after weekend surgeries: doctors (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/gT-ztPn6WxM/idUSTRE7071IA20110117)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said it will limit its private placement of shares of social networking site Facebook to investors outside the United States, citing "intense media coverage."
Goldman to exclude U.S. from Facebook placement (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/E-adasguDrM/idUSTRE70G4LY20110118)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to take their time over beefing up the euro zone's rescue fund and to publish new stress tests on the region's shaky banks in the second half of the year.
Europe goes slow on rescue fund, stress tests (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/WLIWc0M1LxQ/idUSTRE70F1WP20110118)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Internal U.S. government reviews have determined that a mass leak of diplomatic cables caused only limited damage to U.S. interests abroad, despite the Obama administration's public statements to the contrary.
U.S. officials privately say WikiLeaks damage limited (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/3ko9jyhGsiQ/idUSTRE70H6TO20110118)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have charged two men with stealing and distributing email addresses for about 120,000 users of Apple Inc's popular iPad.
Two charged over iPad hacking on AT&T network (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/qhxgOACQbQw/idUSTRE70H3BH20110118)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti on Tuesday briefly detained former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, back from exile in France, and charged him with corruption, theft and abuses of power allegedly committed during his 15-year rule.
Haiti charges returned ex-dictator Duvalier (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/aukwtb4C0ug/idUSTRE70H4BJ20110118)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee who crossed the political aisle to back Republican John McCain in 2008 White House race, plans to announce on Wednesday that we won't seek re-election next year, a Lieberman aide said late on Tuesday.
Lieberman won't seek re-election: aide (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/g_KyQjp0VDk/idUSTRE70I02820110119)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc named investment bank chief John Havens president and chief operating officer on Wednesday, expanding its most senior level of executives and elevating a long-time friend of Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit.
Citi names John Havens president and COO (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/5pFy1zZ76kQ/idUSTRE70H0O220110119)
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss police arrested ex-banker Rudolf Elmer on Wednesday for giving data to Wikileaks, hours after he was found guilty of breaching strict Swiss bank secrecy laws in another case.
Swiss arrest ex-banker for giving data to WikiLeaks (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/DfydqWOeIhg/idUSTRE70H81N20110119)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online marketplace eBay Inc provided investors with a bullish 2011 profit outlook after the holiday quarter showed signs it is delivering a promised turnaround, as improvements in its buyer experience helped boost sales at its marketplaces unit.
EBay outlook beats Street as turnaround bears fruit (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/A-ViVVBUdm0/idUSTRE70I71W20110120)
BEIJING (Reuters) - China finished 2010 with a bang, its growth soaring past forecasts and inflation slowing less than expected, numbers that could prod the government to intensify its easy-does-it approach to tightening.
China's sizzling end to 2010 calls for tighter policy (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/iGj2rezjGbU/idUSTRE70J0K520110120)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday declined to rule out trying the men accused of planning the September 11, 2001 attacks in federal criminal courts, despite efforts by Congress to force military trials.
U.S. weighing all options for 9/11 trials: Holder (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/MxHvZoSOlEw/idUSTRE70J62620110120)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A government commission will urge the U.S. military this spring to allow women to serve as combat soldiers, but the Pentagon is not likely to adopt those recommendations any time soon as it struggles with two long wars and a new policy toward gay troops.
Women soldiers not seen picking up combat arms soon (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/LeOITS6HyXA/idUSTRE70J73K20110120)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao headed home on Friday after a U.S. visit both sides declared a success, but which left questions over how the world's top two economic powers will manage future frictions.
Hu's U.S. visit sets new tone but tensions remain (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Q_T17Xl-Ywk/idUSTRE70H07Z20110121)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation that would allow U.S. states to file for bankruptcy will likely be introduced in Congress within the next month, Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House of Representatives and a powerful Republican party figure, told Reuters on Friday.
State bankruptcy bill imminent, Gingrich says (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/PdDSHkbsXhk/idUSTRE70K6PI20110121)
HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords arrived in Texas on Friday to start the next phase of her recovery at a Houston rehabilitation center following 13 days of treatment at an Arizona hospital for a gunshot wound to the head.
Giffords flies to Texas rehab center (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/pfD1O1MLiko/idUSTRE70I0E520110121)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. cable news television network MSNBC and its top anchor, Keith Olbermann, abruptly parted ways on Friday, less than three months after the liberal broadcaster was suspended for campaign donations to Democrats.
Source: MSNBC and anchor Keith Olbermann abruptly part ways (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/z_CZhnZHKeQ/idUSTRE70L0HI20110122)
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Apple's App Store reached landmark 10 billion downloads on Saturday, further underlining the lead of the iPhone-maker in mobile online software battle, a counter on front page of the store showed.
Source: Apple's App Store hits 10 billion downloads (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/SKOfnv02xWA/idUSTRE70L0Y220110122)
DERRY, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney easily won a poll of several hundred Republican delegates Saturday about whom they would choose to take on Democrat Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.
Source: Mitt Romney easily wins New Hampshire Republican poll (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/b4KHvHFRqG8/idUSTRE70L20O20110122)
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's central banker said in a Sunday newspaper interview that talk of debt restructuring is hurting the country as it struggles to exit a huge fiscal crisis that has shaken the euro zone.
Source: Talk of debt restructuring hurts Greece: central banker (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Fw6ggyiDxFQ/idUSTRE70L1XL20110122)
LONDON (Reuters) - Consumers in most countries globally look set to keep a tight grip on spending in coming months as they worry about job security and rising inflation, a survey by the Nielsen Company showed on Sunday.
Source: Consumers downbeat on job, inflation worries: Nielsen (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wqfiB2n5k40/idUSTRE70M18E20110123)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal bankruptcy judges in Delaware are due to hold separate hearings Monday on requests by two defunct subprime mortgage lenders to destroy thousands of boxes or original loan documents.
Source: Judges to weigh mortgage document destruction (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/0b1s9cFlJbU/idUSTRE70M1YJ20110123)
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called in a speech laying out his G20 agenda Monday for new rules to curb commodity price volatility, warning that the world risks food riots and weaker growth if leaders fail to act.
Source: Sarkozy lays out G20 agenda, targets commodities (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/N28BKqwTonA/idUSTRE70N1S620110124)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian negotiators secretly told Israel it could keep swathes of occupied East Jerusalem, according to leaked documents that show Palestinians offering much bigger peace concessions than previously revealed.
Source: Leaks show Palestinians giving much ground to Israel (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Jt37b5e-mDw/idUSTRE70M0EM20110124)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three competing, politically charged tales of the financial crisis will emerge this week when a U.S. congressional panel finally concludes its 20-month investigation.
Source: Vampire Squid? Big Government? Crisis report splits (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/TLWlTnru5Ic/idUSTRE70N5KE20110124)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Express Co said fourth-quarter revenue grew 13 percent from a year earlier, as consumer spending increased.
Source: AmEx revenue rises, but regulatory issues linger (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/mqhnrq4_CJ4/idUSTRE70N6K220110124)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence rose in January to its highest level in eight months, underscoring the brightening economic outlook, although declining housing prices still cast a cloud on the recovery. (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zgJ022Lx1KIt-cH9yTB9V6Tok_E/0/di) (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zgJ022Lx1KIt-cH9yTB9V6Tok_E/1/di) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=i5WoboRJ47Y:LwNJ5dDMTzs:V_sGLiPBpWU) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=i5WoboRJ47Y:LwNJ5dDMTzs:-BTjWOF_DHI) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/i5WoboRJ47Y)
Source: Consumer morale at eight-month high (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/i5WoboRJ47Y/idUSTRE70O3MB20110125)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans do not want Congress to block funding for various new healthcare measures even as the nation remains split on the sweeping overhaul passed last year, a poll published on Tuesday found.
Source: Americans oppose yanking healthcare law funds: poll (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/zAXtQmwzxqc/idUSTRE70O62D20110125)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge sentenced the first former Guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial to life in prison on Tuesday, denying defense calls for leniency over his treatment by CIA interrogators.
Source: U.S. judge sentences ex-Guantanamo detainee to life (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Ps2qTBxpFmQ/idUSTRE70O0SN20110125)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leaders said on Tuesday they were considering introducing legislation to allow financially stressed U.S. states to declare bankruptcy, even though the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives has rebuffed the idea.
Source: Senate leaders eye option of state bankruptcy (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/BuPVdtJ3Ebo/idUSTRE70O66220110125)
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Representative Gabrielle Giffords was moved to a long-term rehabilitation hospital on Wednesday morning after doctors upgraded her condition from serious to good.
Source: Giffords moved to rehabilitation hospital (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/jcfGw7si-wc/idUSTRE70P4YY20110126)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co offered a weaker-than-expected 2011 earnings outlook as higher pension costs exacerbated the impact of potential defense spending cuts and delays to the 787 Dreamliner, sending its shares down 3.6 percent.
Source: Boeing profit falls; shares down on outlook (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/M56S-QGTKJo/idUSTRE70P3H020110126)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday it was in no rush to cut short its rescue of the U.S. economy, saying high unemployment still justified its $600 billion bond-buying plan even though the economy has shown some signs of improvement.
Source: Fed cautious on recovery, focused on joblessness (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/_w7w9Px0LMw/idUSTRE70P1HO20110127)
MANITOWOC, Wisc. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed his case on Wednesday for investment to grow the U.S. economy out of its budget woes, a job made tougher by a forecast that the deficit will surge 40 percent this year.
Source: Obama touts investment plan on middle America trip (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/-rR6TMgRSho/idUSTRE70N64B20110127)
MINEOLA, New York (Reuters) - At his January 2010 inauguration, Tea Party-backed Republican Edward Mangano marched up to the podium, pen in hand. Even before being officially declared Nassau County Executive, he signed a repeal of an unpopular home energy tax.
Source: Special Report: A Long Island tax cut backfires on the Tea Party (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/LN4R8b4pys4/idUSTRE70Q5NY20110127)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Motors Co has withdrawn its application for $14 billion in subsidized loans from the U.S. Department of Energy, saying it has the financial strength to fund investment in more fuel-efficient and electric vehicles on its own.
Source: GM drops U.S. loan application after turnaround (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/QmVRWtvHm14/idUSTRE70P7F120110127)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve of the 13 most important U.S. financial firms were at the brink of failure at the height of the credit crisis in 2008, according to previously undisclosed remarks made by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in November 2009 to an investigative panel.
Source: Bernanke: all but one major firm at risk in 2008 (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/-K38I6KyySI/us-financial-regulation-fcic-idUSTRE70Q51X20110127)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expects to be on the 2012 Democratic presidential ticket as President Barack Obama's running mate.
Source: Biden expects to be Obama's 2012 running mate (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ZR_RZ9yXJWM/us-usa-politics-biden-idUSTRE70R0IN20110128)
TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan and the United States faced new pressure to confront their swollen budget deficits as the IMF and rating agencies demanded more evidence they can bring their public debts under control. (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-1Lv55F2CN1bzPfgTRFDFYlKhDE/0/di) (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-1Lv55F2CN1bzPfgTRFDFYlKhDE/1/di) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=zljzVI4PpVw:RHpdiUfBZcM:V_sGLiPBpWU) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=zljzVI4PpVw:RHpdiUfBZcM:-BTjWOF_DHI) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/zljzVI4PpVw)
Source: U.S., Japan told time running out to deal with debt (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/zljzVI4PpVw/us-global-debt-idUSL3E7CS0BO20110128)
BEIJING/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The ultra-loose monetary policy of the United States is setting the stage for "a world credit war," a Chinese rating agency said on Friday, in the latest warning against soaring debt burdens in developed economies.
Source: China rating agency blames U.S. for "credit war" (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/tOhUoRCpf0Y/us-china-usa-rating-idUSTRE70R1X020110128)
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Sales of Microsoft Corp's Windows software fell short of outsized expectations, rekindling fears that the spread of mobile gadgets will erode its main PC-focused business.
Source: Microsoft's Windows disappoints on lukewarm PC sales (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ZDSaFhbnChU/us-microsoft-idUSTRE70Q12F20110128)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday his healthcare overhaul is an important part of efforts to cut the budget deficit and insisted he will not "refight" the battle to pass the law.
Source: Obama: will not refight battle over healthcare law (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/nEAIWdF2nlY/us-usa-healthcare-idUSTRE70H83H20110128)
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - European policymakers and international bankers at the Davos forum said on Saturday the euro zone's debt crisis had turned a corner and any doubt about the survival of the single currency area had passed.
Source: Euro zone crisis seen turning corner (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/SSpRFE6WkPE/us-davos-eurozone-idUSTRE70S1GK20110129)
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Top bankers adopted a softer tone after high-level meetings at the World Economic Forum on Saturday, thanking governments for shoring up the financial system in the hope of avoiding tighter regulation.
Source: Bankers play contrite, offer olive branch at Forum (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/yAcEgrUCMQk/us-davos-financial-regulation-idUSTRE70S1WM20110129)
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The global elite, dining on Norwegian lobster and reindeer at the end of the World Economic Forum on Saturday, felt pretty chipper despite growing concerns about the inequality of the economic recovery.
Source: Lobster in the mountains, riots on the Nile (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/6lS1A8Go9fE/us-davos-mood-idUSTRE70S27D20110129)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp has completed its takeover of NBC Universal, creating a $30 billion media behemoth that controls not just how television shows and movies are made but how they are delivered to people's homes.
Source: Comcast completes NBC Universal merger (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/F-2eLNkmMm8/us-comcast-nbc-idUSTRE70S2WZ20110129)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of hedge funds led by Elliott Associates and Black Diamond Offshore Ltd appealed the dismissal of their $2 billion lawsuit against German automaker Porsche SE.
Source: Hedge funds appeal dismissed $2 billion suit vs Porsche (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ctLOLYRpAMU/us-porsche-lawsuit-idUSTRE70S2QQ20110130)
NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Alpha Natural Resources said on Saturday it agreed to a $7.1 billion deal to buy Massey Energy Co, which was rocked by a deadly coal mining accident last year.
Source: Alpha agrees to buy Massey Energy for about $7.1 billion (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/VU0RJad9z38/us-alpha-massey-idUSTRE70S0PC20110130)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Sunday said that the United States must continue meeting its obligations to fund government debt or risk a global financial disaster.
Source: House Speaker Boehner warns against debt default (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/5iYneKrm6iw/us-usa-economy-debt-idUSTRE70T2ZT20110130)
(Reuters) - The founder of U.S. hedge fund firm Barai Capital Management has been drawn into the government's insider trading probe that involves "expert network" firms, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Source: Barai Capital hedge fund under U.S. government scanner: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/XWV46ho6gKk/us-baraicapital-idUSTRE70U0UH20110131)
PARIS/ATHENS (Reuters) - Support is growing in the euro zone for the idea of giving Greece more time to pay back its EU bailout in an effort to avoid a default, although details still have to be pinned down.
Source: Support grows for lengthening Greek debt payback (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/4WEeWsGtMb8/us-eurozone-idUSTRE70U02C20110131)
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC, the automaker managed by Fiat SpA, projected its sales would grow by a third in 2011, outpacing gains by the industry in a recovering market on the strength of revamped models.
Source: Chrysler projects profitable 2011 ahead of IPO (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/WPbeCFMi3kA/us-chrysler-idUSTRE70U2PM20110131)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Factory activity in the U.S. Midwest hit a 22-1/2 year high in January as orders surged and employment prospects brightened, providing a fresh signal that the economy would stay on a solid growth path this year.
Source: Factory and spending data support strong growth tone (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ghxPHw41dK0/us-usa-economy-spending-idUSTRE70U3FE20110131)
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Tuesday barred the government from handing over a U.S. diplomat arrested for killing two Pakistanis to the United States, in a case that could create new strains between the allies.
Source: Pakistan court blocks handing over of U.S. "diplomat" (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/khJr7GYD_rc/us-pakistan-us-shooting-idUSTRE7101FK20110201)
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland will vote on February 25 in the first general election in Europe dominated by the euro zone debt crisis and by demands to renegotiate an unpopular EU/IMF bailout.
Source: Ireland to vote on February 25 (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Zg65SeZ4iBA/us-ireland-idUSTRE71057C20110201)
AMMAN (Reuters) - King Abdullah of Jordan, a close U.S. ally, replaced his prime minister on Tuesday following protests inspired by mass demonstrations in Tunisia and Egypt, but the opposition dismissed the move as insufficient.
Source: Jordan's king appoints new PM after protests (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/MOgzk-MsT48/us-jordan-idUSTRE7103G720110202)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A monster winter storm stretching from New Mexico to Maine laid down a sheet of ice on the Plains and lower Midwest on Tuesday, turning to snow as it crept north, and forecasters said the worst was yet to come.
Source: Monster storm carves path across United States (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/QyP7wYOB9Ns/us-usa-weather-idUSTRE71068N20110202)
LONDON (Reuters) - A former Dresdner banker has been jailed for a record 3 years and 4 months for running an eight-year insider dealing scam in Britain as the financial regulator claimed its biggest victory in a battle against market abuse.
Source: Ex Dresdner banker jailed in UK for insider dealing (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/YFaxd0WXHOk/us-britain-insiderdealing-littlewood-idUSTRE7112OL20110202)
LONDON (Reuters) - BP said U.S. regulators were considering filing charges against it related to alleged manipulation of the gas market.
Source: U.S. probes BP for gas market manipulation (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/h0efv3XFdjc/us-bp-marketmanipulation-idUSTRE7111LY20110202)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed documents on Wednesday ratifying the New START nuclear arms treaty with Russia, an important component of the administration's "restart" of its relationship with Moscow.
Source: Obama signs New START treaty documents (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/nixDxp6FhlA/us-usa-russia-start-idUSTRE71177U20110202)
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - The administrator of BP Plc's $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the Gulf oil spill is not independent and the oil company must refrain from calling him "neutral," a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
Source: Judge finds Ken Feinberg not independent of BP (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/BhPsJD3kSqM/us-oil-spill-feinberg-independence-idUSTRE7120EG20110203)
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - The administrator of BP Plc's $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the Gulf oil spill is not independent and the oil company must refrain from calling him "neutral," a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
Source: Judge finds Feinberg not independent of BP (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/BhPsJD3kSqM/us-oil-spill-feinberg-independence-idUSTRE7120EG20110203)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - January sales at major U.S. retailers blew past analysts' expectations as shoppers braved snowstorms in an unexpected sign of consumer strength.
Source: Retailers beat estimates and January storms (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/PB7k_gvyNQs/us-usa-retail-sales-idUSTRE71013420110203)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives will seek $32 billion in spending cuts this year as part of an initial bid to shrink record budget deficits forecast to hit $1.5 trillion this year alone.
Source: House Republicans seek $32 billion in spending cuts (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/BmVHJ6Hc9s4/us-usa-congress-spending-idUSTRE7125Z420110203)
ROME (Reuters) - G20-leader France and the U.N. food agency FAO warned on Friday about the risk of a new global food crisis and ensuing riots, calling for greater regulation to curb speculation on commodities markets.
Source: France, FAO see food crisis risk as prices soar (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/E5k26DHAN-E/us-food-crisis-idUSTRE7132OI20110204)
At last week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the JPMorgan Chase chief executive once again lambasted the media and politicians for portraying all bankers as greedy evil-doers.
Source: Special report: Jamie Dimon wants some R-E-S-P-E-C-T (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ZeU7If9YJJw/us-jpmorgan-dimon-idUSTRE7133EE20110204)
NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - The owners of the New York Mets baseball team turned a blind eye to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme and should give up roughly $300 million of fictitious profits tied to the now imprisoned swindler, a lawsuit charges.
Source: NY Mets owners hit with $300 million Madoff lawsuit (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Cj_svIq4t_E/us-madoff-mets-lawsuit-idUSTRE71353P20110204)
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NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - The owners of the New York Mets baseball team turned a blind eye to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme and should give up roughly $300 million of fictitious profits tied to the now imprisoned swindler, a lawsuit charges.
Source: NY Mets owners hit with $300 million Madoff lawsuit (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Cj_svIq4t_E/us-madoff-mets-lawsuit-idUSTRE71353P20110204)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House released a strategy to promote U.S. innovation on Friday, keeping its focus on the politically important jobs issue as the Labor Department issued a mixed unemployment report.
Source: Obama pushes on job creation, amid din over Egypt (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/xMQDBPFeQGo/us-usa-economy-jobs-obama-idUSTRE7136UE20110204)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Computer hackers repeatedly entered the network of the company that runs the Nasdaq stock market in the past year, but the trading platform was not compromised, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Source: Hackers penetrate Nasdaq computers: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/1v1oD12hhGI/us-nasdaq-hackers-idUSTRE7140KK20110205)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on U.S. businesses on Saturday to do more to boost the economy by hiring more workers and making investments.
Source: Obama calls on business to do more to boost U.S. (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/shxbS_7R0Pw/us-obama-business-idUSTRE7136ZN20110205)
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The world's biggest cellphone maker Nokia is likely to sack several executive board members in a management shake-up, a German weekly reported.
Source: Nokia likely to sack several executives: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/GzRqIYNW7ZY/us-nokia-management-idUSTRE71419S20110205)
MUNICH (Reuters) - The United States and Russia formally inaugurated their new START nuclear arms treaty on Saturday, capping two years of work to "reset" the sometimes strained ties between the former Cold War enemies.
Source: U.S. and Russia cap "reset" in ties with START treaty (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/dHTm3EkrMeA/us-russia-usa-start-idUSTRE7141ED20110205)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The operator of the Nasdaq Stock Market said it found "suspicious files" on its U.S. computer servers and determined that hackers could have affected one of its Internet-based client applications.
Source: Hackers breach Nasdaq's computers (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/1v1oD12hhGI/us-nasdaq-hackers-idUSTRE7140KK20110205)
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ireland has received a first tranche of 3.6 billion euros ($4.9 billion) from the euro zone rescue fund, slightly more than the initial amount agreed, a fund source told Reuters on Sunday.
Source: Ireland gets 3.6 billion euros from rescue fund: source (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/gPrLp_qfvfA/us-eurozone-bailout-idUSTRE7150TW20110206)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any fiscal plan that fails to tackle military spending, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security is "a sparrow's belch in the midst of a typhoon," a chairman of a presidential deficit-reduction commission said in an interview aired on Sunday.
Source: Fiscal panel co-chair blasts critics as "jerks" (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/QxlJV7KbjcI/us-economy-usa-commission-idUSTRE7151VN20110206)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he was confident that an orderly political transition in Egypt would produce a government that will remain a U.S. partner.
Source: Obama confident next Egypt government will be partner (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/nj-bIc4KLVU/us-egypt-usa-idUSTRE71175920110206)
DALLAS (Reuters) - The Green Bay Packers reclaimed the greatest prize in North American sport when they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 on Sunday to win the 45th Super Bowl.
Source: Packers hold off Steelers for classic Super Bowl win (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/eHZ0M2amcwE/us-nfl-superbowl-idUSTRE71601X20110207)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amtrak announced plans on Monday for a $13.5 billion commuter rail project connecting New York City and New Jersey, reviving an idea rejected late last year by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as too expensive.
Source: Amtrak, senators announce NY-NJ rail tunnels plan (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/LyN3itP9EmQ/us-tunnel-newjersey-idUSTRE7164BB20110207)
GENEVA (Reuters) - Activists vowed on Monday that former U.S. President George W. Bush will face a torture case against him wherever he travels outside the United States.
Source: Bush to face torture case whenever abroad: activists (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/q9MzHYoyhzA/us-bush-torture-idUSTRE7164IJ20110207)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama stepped up efforts to woo the U.S. business community on Monday, seeking its help to tackle "burdensome" corporate taxes in a speech to a business group that has long been a fierce critic.
Source: Obama tries to woo business, slams "burdensome" tax (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/2NdaWDbARZ0/us-obama-business-taxes-idUSTRE7163YC20110208)
PARIS (Reuters) - One warm July evening three years ago, John Leahy set off along London's river Thames in an electric punt. With Leahy, a sharp and energetic New Yorker who has been Airbus sales chief since 1994, were the company's Middle East president Habib Fekih and Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airlines, one of the fastest-growing airlines in the world.
Source: Special Report: The man who sold the sky (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/aaAgb3EeVro/us-airbus-leahy-idUSTRE7171ME20110208)
NEWARK, Delaware (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should seriously consider pulling back on its $600 billion stimulus program given stronger growth and a brighter jobs picture, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said on Tuesday.
Source: Fed should rethink stimulus given strong growth: Lacker (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/jH4tCVR4prI/us-usa-fed-lacker-idUSTRE7172XJ20110208)
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced an ambitious $53 billion U.S. program to build new high-speed rail networks and make existing ones faster over the next six years.
Source: U.S. plans to inject $53 billion into passenger rail (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/IZZ6zMvUvF8/us-usa-transport-rail-idUSTRE7173OM20110208)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wealthy tax evaders with assets stashed offshore can come clean with U.S. authorities under a new amnesty program with reduced penalties, the government said on Tuesday.
Source: U.S. starts new amnesty for offshore tax cheats (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/gGDe9nj3dPo/us-usa-taxes-amnesty-idUSTRE7174K920110208)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday moved to scale back markets' reliance on credit rating agencies, after the financial crisis laid bare the industry's shortcomings.
Source: SEC to wean markets off credit ratings (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/IeDz-UaGXow/us-financial-regulation-creditraters-idUSTRE7180OD20110209)
LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) - Suspected Somali pirates captured a U.S.-bound tanker carrying around $200 million worth of crude oil in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday in one of the biggest hijackings in the area so far.
Source: Pirates hijack U.S.-bound oil tanker off Oman (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/IyHVDtNbcdI/us-oman-supertanker-idUSTRE7182Q220110209)
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Representative Gabrielle Giffords has begun to regain her speech a month after being shot in the head in an assassination attempt, and has even requested toast for breakfast, her spokesman said on Wednesday.
Source: Wounded Rep. Giffords speaking again: reports (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Od1x7KaN8ow/us-usa-shooting-giffords-idUSTRE71863K20110209)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc's CEO John Chambers spooked investors for the third time in as many quarters, warning of dwindling public spending and weaker margins from tough competition.
Source: Cisco spooks Street again with weak outlook, margins (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/aji-tjpmSus/us-cisco-idUSTRE71853J20110210)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will outline his plan on Thursday for expanding high speed wireless Internet service to 98 percent of Americans while reducing the U.S. deficit by $9.6 billion over the next ten years.
Source: Obama lays out plan for wireless Internet expansion (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/sF9_HvAmNvw/us-obama-broadband-idUSTRE7192FH20110210)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a 2-1/2-year low last week, pointing to a stronger footing for the labor market as the economic recovery gathers momentum.
Source: Jobless claims data boosts labor market outlook (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/YLvS2PWGbQA/us-usa-economy-idUSTRE70R0SG20110210)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's 2012 budget plan will bring a simmering deficit debate to a head when he sends it to Congress on Monday, but the United States is still far from tackling its huge fiscal gap as bond markets watch anxiously.
Source: Obama budget to ignite deficit debate (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/3QZ7v9XioEY/us-usa-budget-idUSTRE7196RF20110210)
BERLIN/PARIS (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Axel Weber will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday to discuss his future after the leaked disclosure of his withdrawal from the ECB presidency race hit markets and put her under fire.
Source: Weber to meet Merkel over his shock ECB withdrawal (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/A3sACtQC99M/us-ecb-weber-idUSTRE71826620110211)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Potential Republican presidential candidates flocked to a gathering of conservatives on Thursday to road-test a message that basically boiled down to this: Beat President Barack Obama in 2012.
Source: Possible Republican presidential candidates gather (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/UojsrZly-bs/us-usa-election-republicans-idUSTRE71913C20110211)
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd may knock on the doors of the tech-heavy Nasdaq or Chicago's CBOE as the world's most valuable stock exchange operator eyes a partner amid a frenzy of merger activity engulfing the sector.
Source: HKEx could look to join hands with Nasdaq and CBOE (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Vks_ckjlqLk/us-hkex-idUSTRE71A1O620110211)
BERLIN (Reuters) - Axel Weber will step down as head of the Bundesbank a year before his term ends, the German government said on Friday, formally ending his chances of becoming the next president of the European Central Bank.
Source: Germany confirms Weber to leave Bundesbank (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/A3sACtQC99M/us-ecb-weber-idUSTRE71826620110211)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Friday of presiding over "the greatest job loss in modern American history" in a speech to conservatives that hinted strongly at a run for president.
Source: Romney takes on Obama on handling of economy (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/o64IDV4ow5k/us-usa-politics-republicans-idUSTRE71A5D020110211)
CAIRO (Reuters) - People took to the streets in their thousands demanding the end of the government. They marched on the headquarters of the state broadcaster which had been churning out the government line. The president fell. The army took charge.
Source: Witness: Will history repeat itself in Egypt? (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/UjqXda9LUu8/us-witness-egypt-sudan-idUSTRE71B11620110212)
BEIJING, Feb 12 (Reuters) - China will launch a state-level investment review body to check that merger and acquisition deals struck by foreign firms in one of the world's fastest-growing economies do not endanger "national security," China's State Council, the cabinet, said on Saturday.
Source: China to vet inward M&A deals for national security (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/XZ237Sik2gs/us-china-ma-idUSTRE71B12M20110212)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a sales pitch on Saturday for his forthcoming fiscal year 2012 budget, pledging that it would help the United States "live within our means while investing in our future."
Source: Obama makes sales pitch for his 2012 budget (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/qd5U-kBmQR0/us-usa-budget-obama-idUSTRE71B1QU20110212)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for elections before September, but rival Islamist group Hamas quickly rejected the move, underscoring a crippling division among Palestinians.
Source: Hamas rejects Palestinian Authority call for election (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/enKsbsAPI5M/us-palestinians-election-idUSTRE71B1OB20110212)
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Thousands of police in riot gear blocked off the center of Algeria's capital on Saturday and stopped government opponents from staging a protest march that sought to emulate Egypt's popular revolt.
Source: Algeria police stifle Egypt-inspired protest (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Tazn5v7VhZ8/us-algeria-protest-idUSTRE71B0RG20110212)
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext may call a merged company "DB NYSE Group," according to two people close to the negotiations, though the companies said no name for what could become the world's largest exchange operator has been picked.
Source: D.Boerse, NYSE narrow in on name as talks intensify (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/13iCp8g5qM0/us-deutscheboerse-exchanges-idUSTRE71B1H220110212)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers this week will test their strategy of stifling the Obama administration's financial reform law through oversight hearings when some of the biggest financial policymakers appear before Congress.
Source: Dodd-Frank ready for congressional close-up (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/_S0sYAN2xnw/us-financial-regulation-preview-idUSTRE71C1Q920110213)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's 2012 budget plan would slash the deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years, officials said on Sunday, but Republicans were unimpressed and vowed to push for deeper cuts in spending.
Source: Obama budget to cut deficit by $1.1 trillion (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/szFyxVIhc4U/us-usa-budget-obama-idUSTRE71B1QU20110213)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy shrank slightly in the final quarter of 2010 but analysts expect a recovery this year as stronger exports to China and other parts of fast-growing Asia offset persistently weak domestic demand.
Source: Japan economy shrinks but exports may fuel recovery (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/fNhrxriQ_e0/us-japan-economy-idUSTRE71D07620110214)
BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) - China's trade surplus fell to its lowest in nine months in January after imports surged, supporting the government's case ahead of a G20 meeting that it is doing enough to spur domestic demand without speeding up currency appreciation.
Source: China trade surplus shrinks, supports government's G20 case (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/WvD3uqPi2Qo/us-china-economy-trade-idUSTRE71D0VP20110214)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has chosen retired diplomat Marc Grossman to replace the late Richard Holbrooke as the United States' special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, a senior administration official said on Monday.
Source: Clinton picks new U.S. envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Rb1lqxvysE0/us-usa-afghanistan-envoy-idUSTRE71E0LN20110215)
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese inflation hit a lower-than-forecast 4.9 percent in January, but price pressures excluding food were their strongest in at least a decade and will force the central bank to keep tightening monetary policy.
Source: China inflation data adds to tightening case (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ghomRI7JB54/us-china-economy-inflation-idUSTRE71E0FV20110215)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military said on Tuesday it hoped to hand over to an elected government in six months, while the Muslim Brotherhood said emergency law should be lifted and political prisoners freed now.
Source: Egypt army seeks 6-month handover, Mubarak ailing (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/E7XcY3s11gc/us-egypt-idUSTRE70O3UW20110215)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military has outlined a timetable to hand power to an elected government, insisting it does not want political power in a country where it propped up an authoritarian state for six decades.
Source: Egyptian army says it hopes for elections in 6 months (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/E7XcY3s11gc/us-egypt-idUSTRE70O3UW20110215)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned on Tuesday that immediate, deep budget cuts could hurt the fragile economic recovery, but Republicans pressed to slash spending and brushed off concerns about potential job losses.
Source: Obama warns spending cuts could hurt U.S. recovery (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/pxsxD35FbyE/us-usa-budget-idUSTRE71E0ZL20110216)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A frail Bernard Madoff, facing the rest of his life in prison, said a variety of banks and hedge funds were complicit in and "had to know" about his epic Ponzi scheme before it was uncovered, The New York Times reported.
Source: Madoff says banks had to know of Ponzi scheme: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/GMriwON6Ztw/us-madoff-interview-idUSTRE71F0QD20110216)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials raised their forecasts for economic growth last month but remained unhappy with the job market's recovery.
Source: Fed more confident in recovery, unhappy on jobs (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wYHzrTgvPLo/us-usa-fed-idUSTRE71F65020110216)
NEW YORK/WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc filed for bankruptcy protection and said it would close about one-third of its bookstores, after years of shriveling sales that made it impossible to manage its crushing debt load.
Source: Borders files for bankruptcy, to close 200 stores (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/9Obdk7VsMyc/us-borders-idUSTRE71F2P220110217)
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - When arch-hawk Axel Weber withdrew last week from the contest to head the European Central Bank, the euro and bond yields dipped -- a sign of how crucial markets think the ECB's president may be in shaping its policy.
Source: A strong ECB president can make a difference (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/eAeAOziaUuY/us-ecb-board-mechanics-idUSTRE71G2KW20110217)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The debate over overhauling the U.S. corporate tax system will have to include whether to cut taxes on profits earned abroad, a Treasury Department official said on Thursday.
Source: Taxing offshore profit up for debate: aide (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/-lxQmT0_ML0/us-usa-taxes-corporate-idUSTRE71G40N20110217)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday charged 111 doctors, nurses and other defendants with Medicare crime schemes that exceeded $225 million in false billings, the largest health care fraud crackdown so far.
Source: U.S. charges 111 in largest Medicare fraud crackdown (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/7dSuIFuyW7w/us-usa-healthcare-fraud-idUSTRE71G6U620110217)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to overturn proposed rules that bar Internet service providers from blocking legal content but give some discretion to ration access for bandwidth hogs.
Source: House votes to overturn FCC Internet rules (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/BRMeyYDmLPc/us-usa-budget-fcc-idUSTRE71H05220110218)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans escalated their push to delay and defund the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms on Thursday as top regulators warned the Senate Banking Committee of a staff and funding crunch.
Source: Dodd-Frank tensions headline Senate hearing (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/082xWEDhuRo/us-financial-regulation-congress-idUSTRE71G15020110218)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Millions took to the streets to celebrate a new Egypt on Friday, reminding military rulers to keep their promise of a swift transition to democracy after protests swept away autocrat Hosni Mubarak in just 18 days.
Source: Egyptians celebrate, pressure army to keep pledges (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/o53O1KVaY_8/us-egypt-idUSTRE70O3UW20110218)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is mounting a "diplomatic surge" to end the war in Afghanistan even as military pressure is forcing Taliban insurgents to consider whether to break with al Qaeda, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.
Source: U.S. launches diplomatic "surge" to end Afghan war (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/s6YoHM0GK-c/us-afghanistan-usa-idUSTRE71H40G20110218)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX and IntercontinentalExchange are in talks to team up on a possible bid for NYSE Euronext, in an attempt to break up the Big Board's deal with Deutsche Boerse, the New York Times' Dealbook reported on Friday.
Source: Nasdaq, ICE eye tie-up to bid on NYSE: report (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/xro8VPkq2DU/us-nasdaq-ice-nyse-idUSTRE71H6YK20110218)
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society were behind the spike in emergency borrowing from the European Central Bank as they seek a speedy sale of their deposit books, a source told Reuters on Saturday.
Source: Irish deposit sales cause ECB borrowing spike: source (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/LnIdGy7LWZE/us-ecb-ireland-idUSTRE71I1QR20110219)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Saturday approved legislation to cut federal spending deeply through September, a plan that is sure to be stopped by President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats in the Senate.
Source: House defies Obama by passing spending-cut bill (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/omuvRaVYY58/us-usa-budget-idUSTRE71G6CQ20110219)
PARIS (Reuters) - Portugal must stick to its deficit reduction targets and implement more promised economic reforms to convince markets it is able to service its debt and does not need outside aid, European Union policymakers said on Saturday.
Source: Up to Portugal to convince markets: ECB's Trichet (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/tXp36SWCdv8/us-eurozone-portugal-idUSTRE71I2XC20110219)
PARIS (Reuters) - Finance ministers of the world's major economies reached a fudged accord on Saturday on how to measure imbalances in the global economy after China prevented the use of exchange rates and currency reserves as indicators.
Source: G20 ministers fudge deal on imbalance indicators (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/PM5125g9LW8/us-g-idUSTRE71G4FX20110220)
MADISON (Reuters) - When the two sides in Wisconsin's bitter battle over the future of the state's unionized public employees converged on the Capitol on Saturday for dueling rallies, the fear was trouble would break out.
Source: In Madison, two sides in bitter fight agree over beers (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/fBJJZI53DhM/us-wisconsin-protests-beer-idUSTRE71J07L20110220)
PARIS (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday pointed to the problems China's tightly controlled currency poses for other developing economies and said Beijing still had further to go to let its currency rise.
Source: Geithner points to China yuan spillover to others (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/F70gFzQlYI8/us-g20-usa-idUSTRE71I2EW20110220)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament gave final approval on Sunday to an $82.6 billion budget for 2011 based on an average oil price of $76.50 per barrel and 2.2 million barrels per day in crude exports. (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ny0yiGC2SAp9m1TB5AUGxJE__B0/0/di) (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ny0yiGC2SAp9m1TB5AUGxJE__B0/1/di) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=rQZQAH0cNeo:G8roFpDrLyY:V_sGLiPBpWU) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=rQZQAH0cNeo:G8roFpDrLyY:-BTjWOF_DHI) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/rQZQAH0cNeo)
Source: Iraq lawmakers approve 2011 budget of $82.6 billion (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/rQZQAH0cNeo/us-iraq-budget-idUSTRE71J1SP20110220)
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators converged on the Wisconsin state capital on Sunday to oppose a bid to reduce public employee union bargaining power, marking the start of a second week of growing protests with threats of wider dissent ahead.
Source: Wisconsin Gov. says Democrats failed to do their job (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/CUmhSS725Mc/us-wisconsin-protests-idUSTRE71H3UZ20110221)
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed at least seven people on Monday in a tribal region along Pakistan's western border, local officials said, the first such attack in a month as a diplomatic feud strains U.S.-Pakistani ties.
Source: First U.S. drone attack in Pakistan in weeks kills 7 (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/k3AVdnoCW3g/us-pakistan-drone-idUSTRE71K0VP20110221)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's budget proposal would be "marginally positive" for U.S. credit ratings in the short term, but there is "almost no chance" Congress will pass the plan as it was presented, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday.
Source: "Almost no chance" Obama budget adopted: Moody's (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/1KX8J7VJ9do/us-usa-economy-budget-idUSTRE71K3EI20110221)
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes his stint at the helm of the G20 will boost his re-election chances in 2012, but it was a potential challenger who stole the show when finance ministers met at the weekend.
Source: IMF chief steals Sarkozy's thunder at French G20 (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/zex2lldEir4/us-france-strausskahn-idUSTRE71K43620110221)
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc, which filed for bankruptcy last year, said it has started the process to sell itself and has entered into an agreement with "stalking horse" bidder Cobalt Video Holdco for $290 million.
Source: Blockbuster gets $290 million "stalking horse bid" (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/5znixurMdCQ/us-blockbuster-idUSTRE71K5SO20110221)
ZHAOYUAN, China (Reuters) - When Chinese premier Wen Jiabao visited Zhao Mengleng's village, she hoped to show him the cracks threatening her mud-brick home, a reminder that the country's embryonic prosperity has not reached everybody in the vast rural heartland.
Source: Special Report: Is Wen's "new socialist countryside" working? (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ZCUscCVUN2k/us-china-labour-rural-idUSTRE71L1EN20110222)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American consumers are more confident than at any time in the last three years thanks to better prospects for the economy and jobs, even as separate data on Tuesday showed house prices were still falling.
Source: Consumer confidence at 3-year high (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/uZ-7Yu9lv70/us-usa-economy-confidence-idUSTRE71L3XL20110222)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The risk of a U.S. government shutdown eased on Tuesday after a top Republican backed a stopgap measure to keep programs funded beyond March 4.
Source: Prospect of U.S. government shutdown eases (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/tWyTYH4CLyo/us-usa-whitehouse-funding-idUSTRE71L7J020110222)
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc is expected to launch its new iPad on March 2, contrary to speculation of a delay of the latest version of the popular tablet computer.
Source: Apple iPad launch due on March 2: source (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/58Ugz-CwSh8/us-apple-ipad-idUSTRE71L1WV20110223)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, powering to a strong majority of the vote to avoid a run-off.
Source: Rahm Emanuel powers to victory in Chicago mayoral race (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/2h2zmHjNvKA/us-usa-chicago-emanuel-idUSTRE71M0EI20110223)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal regulations setting vehicle safety standards do not bar lawsuits seeking damages from automakers for installing lap-only seat belts.
Source: Supreme Court allows lawsuits over seat belts (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/0mKwKHQett4/us-mazda-seatbelt-court-idUSTRE71M3Q020110223)
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chicago Board Options Exchange for the first time opened the door to a possible sale, becoming the latest market operator to respond to a global takeover frenzy that some say is just beginning.
Source: CBOE eyeing strategy in exchange merger dash (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/I_YXqCtJhqM/us-exchanges-idUSTRE71M1AU20110223)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States looked set on Thursday to announce the winner of a $35 billion battle between Boeing and Airbus to supply aerial tankers to the U.S. Air Force after two failed attempts to renew its aging fleet.
Source: Boeing and Airbus brace for U.S. tanker decision (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/dqyyqfOSttA/us-usa-tanker-idUSTRE71N0YA20110224)
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Cooperation between the American and Pakistani spy agencies has been scaled back because of an incident involving a CIA contractor shooting two Pakistanis, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Thursday.
Source: CIA, Pakistani cooperation scaled back after shooting (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/7h-ULqQv1h0/us-pakistan-usa-isi-idUSTRE71N1ME20110224)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mid-tier department store operator Kohl's Corp expects more sales gains this year, while discount retailer Target Corp said fewer shoppers are defaulting on their credit card debt -- signs that consumers' finances are getting better, slowly.
Source: Target, Kohl's say consumer spending gains fragile (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/5zY0qqilB-o/us-usa-retail-idUSTRE71N4FI20110224)
CHARLOTTE, N.C./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators' efforts to settle with banks over improper mortgage foreclosures are being hampered by disagreements among the groups involved over the size and shape of an accord, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Source: U.S. foreclosure deal slowed by infighting: sources (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/MD4HlWtIfF8/us-usa-foreclosures-settlement-idUSTRE71N54B20110224)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives on Friday called a government shutdown "unacceptable" but raised pressure on President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats to go along with deep spending cuts this year.
Source: Republicans raise pressure on spending cuts (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/rEewal5NfBg/us-usa-republicans-budget-idUSTRE71O3XV20110225)
WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) - The world can weather a spike in oil prices, U.S. President Barack Obama said, as Saudi Arabia offered some respite to fears over Middle East oil supplies by indicating it can cover export cuts resulting from Libya's civil war.
Source: U.S., Saudi reassure on growth as Libya turmoil drives oil (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/KfEJ_bsoS7o/us-economy-oil-idUSTRE71O1B720110225)
VERONA, Italy (Reuters) - Monetary policy makers must closely watch emerging inflation tensions to head off any decline in expectations for price stability, European Central Bank Governing Council member Mario Draghi said on Saturday.
Source: ECB's Draghi says must watch inflation threat (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/ckHCL_U1MCg/us-ecb-draghi-idUSTRE71P0YY20110226)
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran confirmed on Saturday it was having to remove nuclear fuel from the reactor of its only nuclear power station, signaling more problems for the Russian-built Bushehr plant after decades of delay.
Source: Iran confirms unloading fuel from Bushehr reactor (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Zldiqb64B74/us-iran-nuclear-bushehr-idUSTRE71P19G20110226)
BOSTON (Reuters) - State health officials are trying to track down travelers who may have been exposed to measles after a passenger who was contagious passed through three major U.S. airports.
Source: Health officials track measles exposure at three U.S. airports (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/17d9TuP_viU/us-measles-idUSTRE71P25920110226)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama Saturday urged Congress to find "common ground" to prevent a damaging government shutdown, as Republicans and Democrats edged toward a compromise to keep federal money flowing.
Source: Obama urges Congress to avoid budget gridlock (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/3zEK4gdjlaM/us-usa-obama-idUSTRE71P0T620110226)
MANAMA (Reuters) - A hardline Shi'ite dissident flew home to Bahrain from exile on Saturday to join an opposition movement demanding that the island kingdom's Sunni ruling family grant more rights.
Source: Shi'ite dissident returns to Bahrain from exile (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/0z-DvuZ6m9Y/us-bahrain-government-idUSTRE71P1A720110227)
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's victorious opposition party Fine Gael set the stage for coalition talks with its traditional partner Labour next week, after a historic election that crushed long-time rival Fianna Fail.
Source: Irish PM-in-waiting eyes coalition and bailout talks (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/X2JXOkPCuEY/us-ireland-vote-idUSTRE71O1PP20110227)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett is going long on America, and investors are likely to take note when markets open on Monday.
Source: Warren Buffett's enthusiasm for U.S. could boost markets (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/b4QW4AlvBV0/us-buffett-america-idUSTRE71Q28G20110227)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rising oil prices could trample prospects for economic recovery in many states, three governors warned on Sunday, as a leading economist said they also threaten the country's economic comeback. (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1rknriQ3uVL4ex4gDwbKSzGt_QQ/0/di) (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1rknriQ3uVL4ex4gDwbKSzGt_QQ/1/di) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=PIME6Fb8pBE:A9jgv2_Y-Pg:V_sGLiPBpWU) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/topNews?i=PIME6Fb8pBE:A9jgv2_Y-Pg:-BTjWOF_DHI) (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/PIME6Fb8pBE)
Source: Rising oil prices could stall states' recoveries (http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/PIME6Fb8pBE/us-usa-states-oil-idUSTRE71Q2K020110227)