Romney sails through soft Republican debate Reuters - 7 hrs agoGOFFSTOWN, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney fended off a few attacks on his business record on Saturday and sailed through a high-stakes debate that his rivals used to jockey for position as his conservative … More »Romney sails through soft Republican debate
GOFFSTOWN, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney fended off a few attacks on his business record on Saturday and sailed through a high-stakes debate that his rivals used to jockey for position as his conservative alternative in the race for the White House. Expected to be a punching bag, the former governor of …
Olympus eyes $1.2 billion suit, president may resign Reuters - 8 hrs agoTOKYO (Reuters) - Scandal-tainted Olympus Corp is considering suing current and former executives for compensation totaling about 90 billion yen ($1.2 billion), while its new president is considering resigning, a source familiar … More »Olympus eyes $1.2 billion suit, president may resign
TOKYO (Reuters) - Scandal-tainted Olympus Corp is considering suing current and former executives for compensation totaling about 90 billion yen ($1.2 billion), while its new president is considering resigning, a source familiar with the matter said. The endoscope maker is preparing a suit to help cover damages from a $1.7 …
Strong data damps Fed need to buy bonds: Bullard Reuters - 11 hrs agoCHICAGO (Reuters) - Signs the U.S. recovery is gaining strength suggest the Federal Reserve may not need to buy any more bonds to spur growth, a top policymaker said on Saturday. "I don't think it's very likely right now … More »Strong data damps Fed need to buy bonds: Bullard
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Signs the U.S. recovery is gaining strength suggest the Federal Reserve may not need to buy any more bonds to spur growth, a top policymaker said on Saturday. "I don't think it's very likely right now because the tone of the data has been pretty strong" through the end of 2011 and up to now, St. Louis …
- Insight: On uneasy ANC centenary, a call for cleansing Reuters - 1 hr 6 mins ago
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) - A black bull bellows and snorts in its death throes, sacrificed with a ceremonial spear in an age-old African cleansing ritual to ward off evil spirits and appease the souls of ancestors. South African President Jacob Zuma led the purification ceremony at the weekend at the site where …
- Taxpayers owe $385 billion in 2006 taxes: IRS Reuters - 15 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. taxpayers owe an estimated $385 billion in unpaid taxes for 2006, up about a third from the "tax gap" five years before, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said. Despite the wider shortfall between 2001 and 2006, voluntary compliance remained steady at about 83 percent for both years, the agency …
- China loan growth quickens Reuters - 1 hr 27 mins ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banks ratcheted up lending in the last month of 2011 on the back of stronger money supply, reinforcing perceptions that the central bank is gently easing policy to cushion the impact of the global economic slowdown. Chinese banks extended 640.5 billion yuan ($101.51 billion) in new loans in December, …
- Huntsman, Santorum support up in New Hampshire Reuters - 11 hrs ago
MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman is gaining support in New Hampshire at the right time, days before Tuesday's key primary election, but he still trails front-runner Mitt Romney by a prohibitive margin. Also on the move in the new poll was former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum, who surged into …
- Arabs to meet on Syria as peace mission stumbles Reuters - 2 hrs 12 mins ago
CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab League monitors will say on Sunday Syria is defying a plan to end its crackdown on peaceful protests, Al Jazeera reported, as Arab foreign ministers prepared to discuss the findings of the mission. An initial report from the monitors will say violence by Syrian security forces against anti-government …
- ECB policymaker wants banks off Greece bailout hook Reuters - 14 hrs ago
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymaker Athanasios Orphanides called for euro zone leaders to abandon plans to make private sector investors help reduce Greece's debts, but his push showed no sign of gaining any traction in Europe's capitals on Friday. Orphanides, who is also the central bank governor of …
- Giffords visits Tucson shooting site on anniversary eve Reuters - 10 hrs ago
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords made a surprise return to the Tucson grocery store where she was wounded in a deadly mass shooting on January 8 last year, as the city braced on Saturday for the event's somber anniversary. A gunman toting a semiautomatic pistol pumped bullet after bullet into …
Italian Football Results @ Yahoo! Sports - 10 mins ago
MILAN (AP) -- Results in Serie A (home teams listed first):Saturday's Games Siena 4, Lazio 0 Inter Milan 5, Parma 0Sunday's Games Udinese 4, Cesena 1 Atalanta vs. AC Milan Bologna vs. Catania Cagliari … More »Italian Football Results
MILAN (AP) -- Results in Serie A (home teams listed first):Saturday's Games Siena 4, Lazio 0 Inter Milan 5, Parma 0Sunday's Games Udinese 4, Cesena 1 Atalanta vs. AC Milan Bologna vs. Catania Cagliari vs. Genoa Lecce vs. Juventus Novara vs. Fiorentina Roma vs. Chievo Verona Palermo vs. NapoliSaturday, Jan. 14 Catania vs. …
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