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Goldman Sachs whiz kid Tourre lacks apology, but not arrogance - Washington Post
Reuters | Goldman Sachs whiz kid Tourre lacks apology, but not arrogance Washington Post Goldman Sachs whiz kid Fabrice Tourre is fast becoming the poster boy of the financial crisis, a Michael Milken for current times. Last week, the SEC filed fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and the 31-year-old Frenchman who c » |
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Senate blocks financial regulation bill - USA Today
Reuters | Senate blocks financial regulation bill USA Today A sweeping proposal to revamp W » |
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
No Deal yet on Financial Rules as Test Vote Looms - ABC News
Reuters | No Deal yet on Financial Rules as Test Vote Looms ABC News AP By JIM KUHNHENN AP Writer Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee, speaks to reporters about financial reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Democrats are ... Senate nears W » |
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Saturday, April 24, 2010
Tornado kills at least 7 in Mississippi - USA Today
CBC.ca | Tornado kills at least 7 in Mississippi USA Today By Paula Merritt, AP By Kathleen Baydala, The (Jackson, Miss.) Clarion-Ledger YAZOO CITY, Miss. â€" Gov. Haley Barbour has declared a state of emergency for 17 storm damaged counties including Yazoo, the epicenter of a deadly tornado that moved across ... Tornado kills at least 6 in Miss., port said to be wiped off map 6 killed as tornado strikes Miss.; others injured Tornado kills 7 in Mississippi: officials |
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Friday, April 23, 2010
What will Washington do about the Arizona immigration law? - Christian Science Monitor
Los Angeles Times | What will Washington do about the Arizona immigration law? Christian Science Monitor The Arizona immigration law takes center stage in Washington after Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill Friday that makes it a crime to be in the United States illeg » |
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Oil slick spreads from sunken rig - CNN
Reuters | Oil slick spreads from sunken rig CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A 1-by-5-mile sheen of crude oil mix has spread across the Gulf of Mexico's surface around the area where an oil rig exploded and sank, a Coast Guard lieutenant said Thursday. "This is a rainbow sheen with a dark center," ... Potential for big spill after oil rig sinks Oil rig sinks; search for 11 La. workers continues Ecological risk grows as Deepwater Horizon oil rig sinks in Gulf |
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Dems, GOP compete for title of bank bailout foe - Washington Post
Washington Post | Dems, GOP compete for title of bank bailout foe Washington Post AP WASHINGTON -- If there's any election-year support in the Senate for future bailouts of the big banks on W » |
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
How Gizmodo got its iPhone scoop (Q&A) - CNET
PC World | How Gizmodo got its iPhone scoop (Q&A) CNET The unnamed person who now famously found the lost prototype iPhone approached both Gizmodo and Engadget, rival technology blogs, with an offer. Gizmodo came away with the device. How Gizmodo and parent company Gawker Media ended up in ... Apple Screwed Up Handling iPhone Gizmo-gate Gizmodo: Lost next-gen iPhone returned to Apple Apple seeks return of lost iPhone prototype |
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Monday, April 19, 2010
US airline shares down on ash cloud flight disruption - Reuters
The Hindu | US airline shares down on ash cloud flight disruption Reuters ATLANTA/CHICAGO, April 19 (Reuters) - Shares of major US airlines fell on Monday as analysts said losses from the ash cloud produced by an erupting volcano in Iceland could cost the worldwide airline industry billions of dollars. ... How will airlines deal with ash backlog? Airspace reopens as the dust settles and airlines argue their case A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash |
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Ministers mull volcano ash cloud flight chaos measures - BBC News
The Hindu | Ministers mull volcano ash cloud flight chaos measures BBC News Britons stranded by flight restrictions as a result of the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland could be returned to the UK through a "Spanish hub". Ministers met to discuss plans before UK flight restrictions were extended until at least 1900 BST on Monday ... Airlines carry out test flights in Europe's ash-filled skies Volcanic ash relentless as tremors rock Iceland Europe Carriers Press for Airspace Re-Opening After Ash Cloud |
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Mourners pay respects to Polish leader, Obama unable to attend - Washington Post
Telegraph.co.uk | Mourners pay respects to Polish leader, Obama unable to attend Washington Post WARSAW -- Thousands of mourners crowded into Warsaw's main square Saturday for the first of two days of funeral services honoring the late President Lech Kaczynski, an unyielding Polish nationalist who perished one week ago along with 95 ... Poland holds public memorial for crash victims Obama cancels Polish funeral trip due to ash Poland united in grief |
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Stocks, Oil Drop as Dollar Gains After SEC Sues Goldman Sachs - Bloomberg
ABC News | Stocks, Oil Drop as Dollar Gains After SEC Sues Goldman Sachs Bloomberg April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks and commodities tumbled, while the dollar and Treasuries gained, as Securities and Exchange Commission accusations of fraud against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. triggered a flight from riskier assets. ... Fraud Case Puts Goldman In A Group No One Wants To Join |
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Obama Wants Manned Mission To Mars - InformationWeek
CBC.ca | Obama Wants Manned Mission To Mars InformationWeek The President defended plans to kill the space shuttle and cancel a return to the moon, insisting that NASA needs to focus on new frontiers. By Paul McDoug » |
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Rescuers race to save trapped quake victims - ABC Online
BBC News | Rescuers race to save trapped quake victims ABC Online China has set aside $32 million to fund rescue efforts after a powerful earthquake hit the Tibetan Plateau, killing at least 600 people and injuring about 10000. An earthquake measuring 6.9 hit remote ... China quake kills 589, injures thousands Quake in western China kills 589, buries more China quake rescue efforts hampered by epicenter's isolation |
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit - Washington Post
The Hindu | Obama's disregard for media reaches new heights at nuclear summit Washington Post World leaders arriving in Washington for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit must have felt for a moment that they had instead been transported to Soviet-era Moscow. They entered a capital that had become a military encampment, ... Factbox: Who are the world's nuclear powers? Obama: Summit shows 'what is possible when nations come together' Nations Pledge to Lock Down Nuclear Fuel |
Monday, April 12, 2010
Dow ends at 11000 - 1st time in 18 months - CNNMoney
AFP | Dow ends at 11000 - 1st time in 18 months CNNMoney By Alexandra Twin, senior writerApril 12, 2010: 4:13 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks managed gains Monday, with the Dow industrials closing above 11000 for the first time in 18 months, after European leaders made loans available to Greece, ... US STOCKS-Dow ends above 11000 on profit optimism Dow ends above 11000 for first time in 18 months Dow industrials end above 11000; S&P aims for, doesn't clear 1200 hurdle |
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
Body of president is returned to Poland; tens of thousands quietly mourn - Los Angeles Times
Telegraph.co.uk | Body of president is returned to Poland; tens of thousands quietly mourn Los Angeles Times Packed, hushed crowds watch the coffin pass through the streets of Warsaw. 'This is a very important moment in the history of our nation,' says one onlooker. By Megan K. Stack The body of their president was finishing a long journey home on Sunday, ... Poland stunned by grief and confusion as Lech Kaczynski's body returns home Polish plane crash: investigators rule out technical fault Poles grieve over president killed in plane crash |
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Friday, April 9, 2010
Guessing Game Begins Over Obama Pick for Stevens' Supreme Court Seat - FOXNews
Reuters | Guessing Game Begins Over Obama Pick for Stevens' Supreme Court Seat FOXNews Elena Kagan and Diane Wood are hardly household names but in the days ahead reports will invariably come out about "short-lists" and names of people most Americans have never heard of as possible replacements for retiring Supreme Court Justice John ... Replacing John Paul Stevens: A Strategic, Not Political Pick Stevens witnessed Babe Ruth's 'c » |
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Mine Rescue Suspended After Methane Warning - New York Times
The Hindu | Mine Rescue Suspended After Methane Warning New York Times MONTCOAL, W.Va. â€" Rescue teams at the Upper Big Branch mine, where at least 25 people were killed in a blast this week, got within 500 feet of an airtight shelter before they were abruptly pulled out Thursday morning ... Third rescue attempt at West Virginia mine delayed until Thursday evening Rescuers retreat in West Virginia mine search Rescuers Hit Setback at West Virginia Mine |
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
West Virginia mining disaster: How to help the victims' families - USA Today
Reuters | West Virginia mining disaster: How to help the victims' families USA Today During the Easter prayer breakfast yesterday, President Obama sent his "deepest condolences" to the families of the 25 mine workers who died in the West Virginia mine explosion on Monday, one of the worst mining accidents in the US in 25 years. ... Upper Big Branch mine infractions Mines Fight Strict Laws by Filing More Appeals Coal mining town torn over its lifeline |
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Monday, April 5, 2010
US to announce new nuclear weapons strategy - CNN International
The Hindu | US to announce new nuclear weapons strategy CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff Washington (CNN) -- The United States will swear off the development of new generations of nuclear weapons and reduce its reliance on them in a sweeping overhaul of its nuclear strategy due out Tuesday. ... Obama to limit use of nuclear weapons Excerpts from Obama's New Nuclear Strategy Obama nuclear weapons manifesto is detailed |
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Quake rolls across Baja - Los Angeles Times
Reuters | Quake rolls across Baja Los Angeles Times The magnitude 7.2 temblor topples buildings and is blamed for at least one death. Damage is worst in the border cities of Calexico and Mexicali. By Tony Perry and Tracy Wilkinson Reporting from Mexico City and Mexicali, Mexico - A magnitude 7.2 ... Strong quake kills 2 in Mexico, rattles US states Border city absorbs most US damage in quake Major 7.2 quake near Mexico-US border kills one |
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