Archive for June, 2010
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WRAPUP 6-U.S. House passes landmark financial reform bill
* Key Senate moderate Republicans say might support it (Updates with Obama statement)
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Bad weather stops some spill cleanup as Alex threatens
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Bad weather halted some clean-up efforts from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Tuesday as high winds and waves from a strengthening storm threatened to hamper plans to capture more of the crude gushing from the largest spill in U.S
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Obama risks Democratic fight in pressing Korea deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's plan to send a free trade pact with South Korea to Congress by early 2011 could spark a major fight within his own Democratic party unless Seoul agrees to major changes in the deal.
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G20 parts ways in search of lasting recovery
TORONTO (Reuters) - World leaders agreed on Sunday to take different paths for cutting budget deficits and making their banking systems safer, a reflection of the uneven and fragile economic recovery in many countries.
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G20 leaders drop Doha target, see smaller deals
HUNTSVILLE, Ontario (Reuters) - World leaders dropped a commitment on Saturday to complete the troubled Doha trade round this year and vowed to push forward on bilateral and regional trade talks until a global deal could be done.
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UPDATE 1-G20 leaders drop Doha target, see smaller deals
* WTO's Lamy calls for action on Doha at Toronto G20 (Updates throughout)
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British PM fears BP’s “destruction”, stock plunges
TORONTO/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Fearing the "destruction" of BP Plc, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday some certainty is needed over its costs from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill even as the company's stock plunged to a 14-year low.
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FACTBOX-Developments in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
June 23 (Reuters) - Here are some developments in BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the largest in U.S. history.
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Fate of McChrystal in doubt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he would decide whether to fire the top U.S. general in Afghanistan after they meet on Wednesday, citing Stanley McChrystal's "poor judgment" in an article that mocked Obama's senior advisers.
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World Cup ratings hit a 16-year high in U.S.
NEW YORK (Mediaweek) - Even the B-flat drone of the vuvuzelas hasn't tempered America's enthusiasm for the World Cup, with ratings reaching a 16-year high as the football tournament heads into the third round of the group stage.
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An update from the president on the bp oil spill
President Obama recorded a message for OFA supporters to update us on the disaster in the Gulf and how we move forward from here....
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BP estimates oil spill up to 100,000 barrels per day in document
BURAS, Louisiana (Reuters) - BP Plc estimates that a worst-case scenario rate for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could be about 100,000 barrels of oil per day, according to an internal company document released Sunday by a senior U.S. congressional Dem
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