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President Obama made three major personnel appointments Monday, nominating Walmart's philanthropic head Sylvia Mathews Burwell as White House budget director, Gina McCarthy to lead the EPA and physicist Ernest Moniz to head the DOE. » Read More |
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WASHINGTON, Dec 21- Any chance for national unity on U.S. gun violence appeared to wane a week after the Connecticut school massacre, as the powerful NRA gun rights lobby called on Friday for armed guards in every school and gun-control advocates vehemently rejected the proposal.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 21- The National Rifle Association, the powerful U.S. gun lobby group, on Friday called for armed guards at every U.S. school and rejected the notion that curbs on weapons would protect children in the wake of last week's Connecticut school massacre.
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Dec 21- More than 230,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Eastern half of the United States Friday afternoon, down from over 320,000 earlier in the day, after a series of snow and rain storms battered the area, power companies said.
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Dec 21- More than 320,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Eastern half of the United States on Friday after a series of snow and rain storms over the past few days, power companies said.
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Dec 21- More than 210,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Eastern half of the United States on Friday after a series of snow and rain storms over the past few days, power companies said.
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Dec 21- More than 120,000 homes and businesses were without power Friday morning after a series of snow and rain storms battered the Eastern half of the United States over the past few days, power companies said.
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Midwest and Gulf Coast, power companies said. Utilities in Iowa, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas and Missouri were restoring power Thursday afternoon while the storms continued to batter parts of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The storm also caused tornadoes in the Mobile, Alabama area, according to weather forecaster AccuWeather.com.
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*Settlement to release $4 billion in disputed payments to states. Cigarette makers, including Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co, on Tuesday announced a settlement with the states in a long-running dispute over the amount of payments they are required to make under the 1998 landmark anti-smoking agreement.
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Midwest and Gulf Coast, power companies said on Thursday. The utilities hit first in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas and Missouri had already started restoring power, while the storms continued to batter parts of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, causing outages there to grow.
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U.S. cigarette makers including Philip Morris U.S.A. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco said on Tuesday they reached a settlement with 17 states in a dispute over the amount of payments they are required to make under the 1998 anti-smoking agreement.
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*Offer is two-thirds cash, values Knight at $3.75 per share. NEW YORK, Dec 18- Getco Holding Company LLC will buy Knight Capital Group for about $2 billion after sweetening its offer for the equities market-making firm to beat out rival Virtu Financial LLC, people close to the deal said.
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India's government has announced an inquiry into the lobbying practices of Wal-Mart after a report that the giant retailer had pressed U.S. lawmakers to help gain access to foreign markets.
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NEW DELHI, Dec 12- India's government announced an inquiry into lobbying practices by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday after a report that the giant retailer had pressed U.S. lawmakers to help gain access to foreign markets.
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NEW DELHI, Dec 12- India's government announced an inquiry into lobbying practices by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday after a report that the giant retailer had pressed U.S. lawmakers to help gain access to foreign markets.
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NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI, Dec 11- India's government said it was prepared to launch an inquiry into lobbying by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., buckling under an opposition campaign to discredit a flagship economic policy.
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Dec 11- A factory fire that killed more than 100 garment workers in Bangladesh has led the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, to concede that it needs to do more to control its supply chain and keep unauthorized manufacturers out.
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NEW YORK, Dec 6- A group of investors including state pension funds in North Carolina and Arkansas will be the lead plaintiffs in securities lawsuits arising out of Facebook Inc's $16 billion initial public offering, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 4- With a few weeks remaining. The governors making the rounds Tuesday, who hold leadership positions in the National Governors Association, are Democrats Jack Markell of Delaware, Mark Dayton of Minnesota and Mike Beebe of Arkansas and Republican Gary Herbert of Utah, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Mary Fallin of Oklahoma.
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*Rosengren: strong case for ongoing $85 bln monthly bond buys. NEW YORK/ LITTLE ROCK, Dec 3- U.S. central bankers appear satisfied with the impact of their latest monetary stimulus, though there is some disagreement over how forcefully to continue purchasing bonds, remarks by two top policymakers on Monday showed.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec 3- The Federal Reserve could replace its expiring Operation Twist with a smaller program of outright Treasury purchases and still give the same boost to the economy, a senior U.S. central bank said on Monday.