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Obama, Democrats to make their case as convention opens
Mon,3 Sep 2012 10:44 PM PDT
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A woman clutches a bag with U.S. President Barack Obama's portrait on it at CarolinaFest ahead of the Democratic National Convention in CharlotteCHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Democrats launch their case for U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election at his nominating convention on Tuesday, looking to draw a sharp contrast with Republican rival Mitt Romney and convince voters that Obama has the more sensible plan for economic recovery. First lady Michelle Obama's appearance highlights the opening night of the three-day Democratic gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, which concludes with Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday to more than 65,000 supporters in a downtown football stadium. ...


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Obama, on eve of convention, tours storm-hit Louisiana
Mon,3 Sep 2012 08:22 PM PDT
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U.S. President Barack Obama tours Hurricane Isaac damage while in LouisianaLAPLACE, Louisiana (Reuters) - President Barack Obama toured hurricane-stricken Louisiana on Monday and promised federal recovery help as he sought to show his administration was on top of the disaster response on the eve of his Democrats' national convention in North Carolina. Obama was preceded by his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, who diverted from the campaign trail to Louisiana on Friday to inspect the fallout from Hurricane Isaac a day after accepting his party's nomination for the November 6 election. ...


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Iran could strike U.S. bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah
Mon,3 Sep 2012 10:51 PM PDT
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Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen, during a rally marking "Quds (Jerusalem) Day",in the southern suburbs of BeirutBEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday. "A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen television. ...


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Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus
Mon,3 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT
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A view shows the wreckage after a car bomb exploded in the Jaramana district of southeast DamascusAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising. Syrian state television said four people were wounded in what it called a terrorist attack on the General Staff compound in the highly guarded Abu Rummaneh district, where another bomb attack killed four of Assad's top lieutenants two months ago. ...


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Analysis: Does history suggest China growth is about to rebound?
Mon,3 Sep 2012 03:24 PM PDT
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An employee works at a production line of a textile mill in AksuBEIJING (Reuters) - The last time China's vast manufacturing sector had conditions like those in August it was March 2009 and the economy was about to rebound from the global financial crisis. This time around analysts are not so certain a clear recovery for the major global growth engine will come anytime soon. In fact, two purchasing managers' indexes showed new orders are falling, adding to other evidence that suggests a slide in economic growth for the world's second-biggest economy is deepening, pushing back expectations for when a rebound may occur. ...


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South Africa police fire teargas as mine unrest spreads
Mon,3 Sep 2012 01:58 PM PDT
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Striking platinum mineworkers gather for a report back on negotiations at Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa's North West ProvinceJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired teargas and rubber bullets to disperse striking miners at a gold mine near Johannesburg on Monday, the latest outbreak in a wave of labor militancy spreading from platinum mining into other parts of the sector. The unrest occurred less than three weeks after police shot dead 34 striking miners at Lonmin's Marikana mine, the bloodiest security incident since the end of white-minority rule in 1994. ...


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Samsung to review 250 Chinese suppliers for labor violations
Mon,3 Sep 2012 03:57 PM PDT
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The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at the company's headquarters in SeoulSEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it would inspect 250 Chinese companies which make products for the South Korean firm to ensure no labor laws are broken after a U.S.-based group accused one of its suppliers of using child labor. Samsung also said its audit into working conditions at an HEG Electronics facility in Huizhou in southern China found no under-aged workers. New York-based China Labor Watch said last month seven children younger than 16 were working in the factory that makes phones and DVD players for Samsung. ...


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Two U.S. consulate employees wounded in Pakistan bomb attack
Mon,3 Sep 2012 07:46 AM PDT
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Rescue worker survey a damaged vehicle after it was hit by bomb attack in PeshawarPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Two Americans working for the U.S. consulate were wounded on Monday in a bomb attack on their vehicle in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, the American embassy said. The blast also wounded two Pakistani employees of the consulate, the embassy in Islamabad said in a statement. Earlier, regional Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told reporters at least four people, including two Americans, were killed in an attack by a suicide bomber in a vehicle. "We can confirm that a vehicle belonging to the U.S. ...


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Republicans try to counter Democrats' convention
Mon,3 Sep 2012 07:42 PM PDT
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Republican presidential candidate Romney leaves The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in WolfeboroWOLFEBORO, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republicans prepared a counterpunch to the Democratic National Convention this week by introducing their new line of attack with a not-so-new question: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" While Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent time on his boat in New Hampshire on Monday, his running mate, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan, and other Republican officials converged on Charlotte, North Carolina, where President Barack Obama will accept his party's nomination and enter the home stretch of the 2012 race for the White House. ...


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Syrians fleeing war start to trickle into Europe
Mon,3 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT
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Asylum seeker from Syria looks at pictures on a laptop in his room at a hostel in Koepingebro near YstadKOPINGEBRO, Sweden (Reuters) - Ali Jamal travelled thousands of miles on foot, by train and road to flee violence in Syria while Jomaah piled his family into a camper van to smuggle them north to Europe. They have now reached safety in Sweden, some of the growing thousands of Syrians who are evading the European Union's frontier controls to escape the turmoil of the past 18 months. That is raising calls for a more focused European response to a refugee crisis that has seen over 200,000 Syrians flee to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and, especially, Turkey. ...


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Iran could strike US bases if Israel attacks: Hezbollah
Mon,3 Sep 2012 03:35 PM PDT
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Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via a screen, during a rally marking "Quds (Jerusalem) Day",in the southern suburbs of BeirutBEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran could hit U.S. bases in the Middle East in response to any Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities even if American forces played no role in the attack, the leader of Lebanon's Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah said on Monday. "A decision has been taken to respond and the response will be very great," Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview with the Beirut-based Al Mayadeen television. ...


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Storm Isaac moves east while impact lingers in Louisiana
Sun,2 Sep 2012 07:29 PM PDT
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St.Tammany officials inspect lock two of the Pearl River Navigational Canal after Hurricane Isaac in Bush, LouisianaNASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - As the remnants of Hurricane Isaac moved east on Sunday, bringing with it a wet Labor Day holiday weekend, the storm's impact was still being felt in Louisiana, where more than a hundred thousand people were still without power. Entergy, Louisiana's largest power provider, said about 160,000 of the Louisiana homes and businesses it serves remained without electricity, leaving them without air conditioning under sweltering temperatures. ...


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Republicans try to counter Democrats' convention
Mon,3 Sep 2012 01:54 PM PDT
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Republican presidential candidate Romney leaves The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in WolfeboroWOLFEBORO, New Hampshire (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans prepared a counterpunch to the Democratic National Convention this week by introducing their new line of attack with a not-so-new question: "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" While Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent time on his boat in New Hampshire on Monday, his running mate, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan, and other Republican officials converged on Charlotte, North Carolina, where President Barack Obama will accept his party's nomination and enter the home stretch of the 2012 race for the White House. ...


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Obama, on eve of convention, tours storm-hit Louisiana
Mon,3 Sep 2012 03:54 PM PDT
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U.S. President Barack Obama tours Hurricane Isaac damage while in LouisianaLAPLACE, Louisiana (Reuters) - President Barack Obama visited Louisiana on Monday for a first-hand look at the damage from Hurricane Isaac, seeking to show his administration was on top of the relief effort on the eve of his Democrats' national convention in North Carolina. Obama's tour was pre-empted by his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, who diverted from the campaign trail to Louisiana on Friday to inspect the fallout from the storm a day after accepting his party's nomination for the November 6 election. Flying into New Orleans, Obama traveled by motorcade to nearby St. ...


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Greek PM sings in tune, now must hit the hard notes
Sun,2 Sep 2012 05:04 PM PDT
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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras arrives for a cabinet meeting at the parliament in AthensATHENS (Reuters) - When Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the euro zone's finance ministers, arrived in Athens last week, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras ran down red-carpeted steps to envelope him in a warm embrace. In front of the man representing Greece's biggest creditor, the governments of the euro zone, Samaras was understandably eager to make an impression, and duly pledged to do his utmost to win back Europe's trust. The conservative leader was not always so keen. ...


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Obama, on eve of convention, tours storm-hit Louisiana
Mon,3 Sep 2012 03:47 PM PDT
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U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in LouisianaLAPLACE, Louisiana (Reuters) - President Barack Obama visited Louisiana on Monday for a first-hand look at the damage from Hurricane Isaac, seeking to show his administration was on top of the relief effort on the eve of his Democrats' national convention in North Carolina. Obama's tour was pre-empted by his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, who diverted from the campaign trail to Louisiana on Friday to inspect the fallout from the storm a day after accepting his party's nomination for the November 6 election. Flying into New Orleans, Obama traveled by motorcade to nearby St. ...


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Obama, Romney tied as Democrats go into convention: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Sun,2 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT
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Local artist named "O" shows off his lithograph featuring President Obama for sale at site of Democratic National Convention in CharlotteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama enters an important campaign week tied with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Sunday, leaving the incumbent an opportunity to edge ahead of his opponent at the Democratic National Convention. With the Democrats set to nominate Obama for a second term this week in Charlotte, North Carolina, the race to the presidential election on November 6 is all knotted up at 45 percent for Obama and 45 percent for Romney among likely voters, the survey found. ...


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Insight: China's steel traders expose banks' bad debts
Sun,2 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT
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File photo of an employee checking on a steel product at a steel production factory in WuhanSHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's banks are coming after the country's steel traders, hauling executives into court to chase down loans that some traders said they didn't initially need and can't now repay. The heavy push to recover the loans is another sign of strain on China's financial system at a time when the country's leaders are contemplating another round of stimulus to boost the economy, and when banks are worried about bad debts piling up. ...


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For unions, holiday begins somber election countdown
Sun,2 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT
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U.S. President Obama and Dye hug at a Labor Day event in DetroitCHICAGO (Reuters) - After suffering a string of defeats in 2012, U.S. union leaders have little to celebrate, or to look forward to, as they mark the Labor Day holiday on Monday. Stung by losses in former strongholds such as Wisconsin and Indiana, organized labor has pledged to spend more than $100 million to help President Barack Obama win re-election over Republican nominee Mitt Romney and reverse the Republican Party sweep of state legislatures two years ago. ...


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At Jackson Hole, a growing fear for Fed independence
Sun,2 Sep 2012 02:39 PM PDT
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke arrives for a news conference at the Federal Reserve in WashingtonJACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Increasing political encroachment on the Federal Reserve, particularly from the Republican Party, could threaten the central bank's hard-won independence and undermine confidence in the nearly 100-year old institution. That was the pervasive sentiment among economists gathered at the Fed's annual monetary policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Against the dramatic backdrop of the Grand Teton mountain, many said a closely-contested presidential race has turned the monetary authority into a political football. ...


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Samsung's crisis culture: a driver and a drawback
Sun,2 Sep 2012 03:04 PM PDT
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File photo of a worker fixing an entrance sign at Samsung booth before IFA consumer electronics fair in BerlinSEOUL (Reuters) - In his 1997 book, Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee wrote that a successful company needs a "heightened sense of crisis", so that it always looks ahead even when it's doing well, and needs to be able to respond to change. It's a credo that has driven Samsung Electronics to become the world's biggest technology firm by revenue - it sells more televisions, smartphones and memory chips than anyone else - and makes the group a must-visit case study for a stream of Chinese firms seeking to tap the secrets of Korean success. But, in the wake of last month's damaging U.S. ...


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Netanyahu urges international "red lines" to stop Iran
Sun,2 Sep 2012 07:48 AM PDT
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Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in JerusalemJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world powers on Sunday to set a "clear red line" for Tehran's atomic program that would convince Iran they were determined to prevent it from obtaining nuclear arms. Netanyahu's remarks suggested a growing impatience with Israel's main ally, the United States, and other countries that have been pressing him to give diplomacy and sanctions more time to work and hold off on any go-it-alone strike on Iran. Recent heightened Israeli rhetoric has stoked speculation that Israel might attack Iran before the U.S. ...


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U.S. suspends training of Afghan local police force
Sun,2 Sep 2012 03:05 PM PDT
Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Forces in Afghanistan said on Sunday they have suspended training new recruits to the Afghan Local Police (ALP) amid a spike in the number of insider attacks which are damaging trust between Afghans and their allies. The ALP is a militia, set up two years ago by U.S. Forces, in villages where the national police force -- a separate body trained by NATO -- is weak. The ALP has been beset by allegations of abuse and widespread corruption. ... Full Story
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Isaac's remnants bring rain to drought-hit Midwest
Sun,2 Sep 2012 09:35 AM PDT
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A truck is submerged in flood waters after a Hurricane Isaac levee breach in Braithwaite(Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Isaac brought rain to drought-stricken parts of the lower U.S. Midwest on Saturday after the storm killed at least 30 people on its trek across the Caribbean and Louisiana and Mississippi, authorities said. Rainfall totals of no more than 3 inches were expected through the lower Ohio River Valley by Saturday night after Isaac lost much of its punch while passing over Missouri. Top sustained winds had dropped to 20 miles per hour and flash flood threats were diminishing, the National Weather Service said. ...


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Rebels hit army headquarters in Damascus
Sun,2 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT
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A view shows the wreckage after a car bomb exploded in the Jaramana district of southeast DamascusAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising. Syrian state television said four people were wounded in what it called a terrorist attack on the General Staff compound in the highly guarded Abu Rummaneh district, where another bomb attack killed four of Assad's top lieutenants two months ago. ...


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Recalling 1812 battle, Putin calls for unity in Russia
Sun,2 Sep 2012 09:19 AM PDT
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Russian President Putin speaks during an event to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino at the Borodino museum-reserve outside MoscowBORODINO, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin made a rousing call for unity among Russia's diverse ethnic and religious groups on Sunday as he led commemorations of a battle 200 years ago that led to the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. Standing by a monument at the scene of the 1812 Battle of Borodino, 120 km (75 miles) west of Moscow, Putin delivered a speech extolling the virtues of patriotism that enabled Russia to repel the French army in 1812. ...


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New York probes private equity tax strategy: source
Sat,1 Sep 2012 07:31 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - At least a dozen U.S. private equity firms have been subpoenaed by the New York state attorney general as part of a probe into whether a widely used tax strategy that saved these firms hundreds of millions of dollars is proper, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday. Among the firms that were subpoenaed are Bain Capital LLC, KKR & Co LP, TPG Capital LP, Apollo Global Management LLC and Silver Lake Partners LP, the source said. Bain was once headed by Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate who hopes to unseat President Barack Obama in the November 6 election. ... Full Story
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Fugitive U.S. businessman deported to UAE from Yemen
Sun,2 Sep 2012 09:13 AM PDT
Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen has deported an American businessman back to the United Arab Emirates from where he fled last month after being freed on bail while facing embezzlement charges, his spokesman and a Yemeni security official said on Sunday. Zack Shahin, former chief executive of Deyaar one of Dubai's biggest property developers, was detained in 2008 over embezzlement charges which he denied. Shahin went on a hunger strike in jail in May this year and was then released on $1.4 million bail in July after Washington expressed concern about his health. ... Full Story
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Iran to hold major air defense drill: commander
Sat,1 Sep 2012 08:05 AM PDT
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in TehranDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will hold a large-scale military drill involving all its air defense systems next month, an Iranian commander was quoted as saying on Saturday, one of a number of military simulations it has carried out this year. The air defense drill will include fighter jets and simulate emergency situations, said Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Iranian army's air defense force, according to Iran's English-language Press TV. ...


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Bernanke says Fed ready to act but short on specifics
Sat,1 Sep 2012 10:44 AM PDT
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Ben Bernanke reacts as he testifies before the House Committee on the Financial Services semi-annual monetary policy report on Capitol Hill in WashingtonJACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday left the door wide open to a further easing of monetary policy, saying the stagnation in the U.S. labor market was a "grave concern," but he stopped short of providing a clear signal of imminent action. His stark language gave a temporary lift to U.S. stocks, but economists walked away from the Fed chairman's remarks still divided over whether the central bank would launch a fresh round of bond purchases at its upcoming meeting in September. ...


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DOJ targets banks, others in new money laundering offensive
Fri,31 Aug 2012 05:47 PM PDT
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The exterior of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington(Reuters) - The Department of Justice is shifting its sights to a new offensive in combating money laundering: bringing criminal charges against banks and other financial institutions for weak compliance systems that fail to catch illicit money flows. Even while the department's money-laundering unit is wrapping up a series of blockbuster cases involving sanctions-busting transactions routed through some of Europe's biggest banks, it has set its sights on the next front. ...


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Romney's bounce from convention looks short-lived: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Sat,1 Sep 2012 01:48 PM PDT
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney, his wife Ann and other family members wave from the steps of their new campaign plane in LakelandWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A modest bump in popularity for U.S. presidential hopeful Mitt Romney from this week's Republican Party convention looks to be short-lived, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Democratic President Barack Obama regained a narrow lead on Saturday by 44 percent to 43 percent over his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Romney, in the latest daily installment of the four-day rolling poll. ...


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Syrian rebels hit back at Assad's air power
Sat,1 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT
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Free Syrian Army fighters run for cover after Syrian forces fired a mortar in the El Amreeyeh neighborhood of AleppoBEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels seized an air defense facility and attacked a military airport in eastern Syria on Saturday, a monitoring group said, hitting back at an air force which President Bashar al-Assad is increasingly relying on to crush his opponents. The attacks in eastern oil-producing Deir al-Zor province follow rebel strikes against military airports in the Aleppo and Idlib areas, close to the border with Turkey. ...


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Isaac's remnants bring rain to drought-hit Midwest
Sat,1 Sep 2012 01:47 PM PDT
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A truck is submerged in flood waters after a Hurricane Isaac levee breach in Braithwaite(Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Isaac brought rain to drought-stricken parts of the lower U.S. Midwest on Saturday after the storm killed at least 30 people on its trek across the Caribbean and Louisiana and Mississippi, authorities said. Rainfall totals of no more than 3 inches were expected through the lower Ohio River Valley by Saturday night after Isaac lost much of its punch while passing over Missouri. Top sustained winds had dropped to 20 miles per hour and flash flood threats were diminishing, the National Weather Service said. ...


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Apple targets more Samsung products in patent suit
Fri,31 Aug 2012 06:03 PM PDT
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An employee poses as he holds Apple's iPhone 4s and Samsung's Galaxy S III at a store in SeoulNEW YORK (Reuters) - Seeking to capitalize on a major legal victory over its rival Samsung Electronics Ltd, Apple Inc has asked a federal court in a separate case to find that four additional Samsung products, including the Galaxy S III, infringe Apple's patents. In February, Apple alleged that at least 17 Samsung products infringe its patents. In a court filing made in San Jose federal court on Friday, Apple added four more products to the list of allegedly infringing products that have been released beginning in August 2011 and continuing through this month. ...


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Exclusive: Walmart tests iPhone app checkout feature
Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:01 PM PDT
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Shopping carts are seen outside a new Walmart Express store in Chicago(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is testing a system that would allow shoppers to scan items using their iPhones and then pay at a self-checkout counter, a move that could trim checkout times and slash costs for retailers. If the "Scan & Go" test by the world's largest retailer is successful, it has the potential to change the way people shop and pay, making the process more personal and potentially faster. ...


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Three dead in shooting at New Jersey grocery store
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:33 PM PDT
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Police officers look over a Pathmark supermarket in Old Bridge after a shooting incidentOLD BRIDGE, New Jersey (Reuters) - An employee at a suburban New Jersey supermarket opened fire in the store in the pre-dawn hours on Friday, killing two co-workers and then taking his own life, a prosecutor said. The 23-year-old shooter, identified as Terence S. Tyler by a police source, was on a night shift at the Pathmark grocery when he left the store about 3:30 a.m. EDT. He returned shortly after with an AK-47 automatic rifle and a handgun, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan told a news conference. ...


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Exclusive: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney rainmakers consider exit
Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT
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The headquarters of Morgan Stanley is pictured in New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - Several dozen Morgan Stanley Smith Barney advisers who manage tens of billions of dollars of client money are considering leaving the firm, saying that widespread technology problems have made it very difficult for them to do their jobs, according to people familiar with the matter. The group has hired a lawyer to argue that they should be able to keep lucrative retention payments even if they quit, and they have also drafted a letter to Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman outlining their concerns, though the letter has not yet been sent, the sources said. ...


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Romney appeals to voters disillusioned with Obama
Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:46 PM PDT
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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney accepts the nomination during the final session of the Republican National Convention in TampaTAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney urged voters on Thursday to help him rebuild the U.S. economy and create millions of new jobs, asking them to overcome their disappointment in President Barack Obama and join him in restoring the promise of America. In a high-stakes speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Romney said he would work to unify a divided country that believed Obama's lofty campaign promises but had lost hope they would be fulfilled. "What is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound. ...


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Thousands return home after Philippines quake, tsunami warning lifted
Fri,31 Aug 2012 08:19 PM PDT
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A science research specialist monitors computer data on the recorded earthquake at the Seismology agency office in Quezon City, Metro ManilaGUIUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people on a central Philippine island returned home on Saturday after a tsunami alert was lifted following a 7.6 magnitude undersea quake, as local authorities began work to repair damages to public infrastructure. The earthquake 91 miles off the town of Guiuan on Samar island on Friday killed one person and caused only minor damage, but prompted the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to issued a tsunami warning. ...


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