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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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"

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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

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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

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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

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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