New York Times:
Even as Washington tries to rein in Wall Street pay, bankers are likely to make unusually large gains on the stock grants and options they received after shares in their companies fell sharply during the financial meltdown. (Read More)
New York Times:
Northrop Grumman agreed on Sunday to sell its TASC government consulting unit to the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and General Atlantic for $1.65 billion in cash, in another sign that private equity firms are back to their core business of deal-making. (Read More)
New York Times:
Northrop Grumman agreed on Sunday to sell its TASC government consulting unit to the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and General Atlantic for $1.65 billion in cash, in another sign that private equity firms are back to their core business of deal-making.
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New York Times:
As major news erupted in Texas, a brand new 12-person Web-based newsroom had its debut as a nonprofit covering state government.
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Reuters:
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday stressed the necessity of keeping global economic stimulus in place until recovery is assured and opposed the utility of a tax on financial transactions as a way to dampen risky bank behavior.
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Reuters:
GINOWAN, Japan (Reuters) - Thousands of Japanese gathered in sweltering heat on the southern island of Okinawa on Sunday to demand that a U.S. Marine base be moved out of the region, days ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the approval of a long-delayed election law by Iraq's parliament would allow the polls to go ahead early next year and pave the way for the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Monday, amid Washington's faltering efforts to jump-start stalled Middle East peace talks.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will delay the start of his visit to Asia this week to attend a memorial service for soldiers killed in a mass shooting at a U.S. military base, an administration official said on Sunday.
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BBC News Player | UK:
Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague has indicated that there would be no early UK troop pull-out from Afghanistan under a Conservative government. (Read More)
Reuters: Private Equity:
NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Tobacco giant Reynolds American
Inc . is in advanced talks to buy a Swedish maker of
products that help people stop smoking, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Sunday.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday he was "absolutely confident" the Senate would follow the lead of the House of Representatives in passing legislation to overhaul the healthcare system.
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washingtonpost.com - Editorials:
AT LAST, THERE'S some cheerful news out of Detroit. General Motors, feeling confident after an improvement in sales during October, announced that it had enough financial strength to hang on to Opel, its European subsidiary, rather than sell it to a Russian-Canadian consortium. Chrysler rolled out a new turnaround plan. And (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- On a 220-215 vote late Saturday night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate controversial legislation that would overhaul the nation's health-care system. The legislation, the cornerstone of President Barack Obama's domestic policy, would cost an estimated $1 trillio (Read More)