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One of the Federal Reserve's most hawkish officials confronted one of the institution's most dovish policymakers on Tuesday in a rare joint public debate over the risks posed to inflation by the U.S. central bank's bold steps to spur growth.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- Congress quietly tucked in a new cyber-espionage review process for U.S. government technology purchases into the funding law signed this week by President Barack Obama, reflecting growing U.S. concern over Chinese cyber attacks.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- Congress quietly tucked in a new cyber-espionage review process for U.S. government technology purchases into the funding law signed this week by President Barack Obama, reflecting growing U.S. concern over Chinese cyber attacks.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- North Carolina's Kay Hagan on Wednesday became the sixth Democratic senator to endorse gay marriage this week as the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases on the issue.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- North Carolina's Kay Hagan on Wednesday became the sixth Democratic U.S. senator to endorse gay marriage this week as the U.S. Supreme Court hears two cases on the issue.
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CARLTON, Wis.-- Layoffs from the shutdown of Dominion Resources Inc.' s Kewaunee Power Station in eastern Wisconsin are scheduled to start at the end of May. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development says it received notice that a series of layoffs at the nuclear plant will begin May 31.
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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks before a dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference, 1915 EDT/ 2315 GMT.
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But the McLean, Va.- based company, known as SAIC, also projected lower-than-expected revenue and in-line profit for the fiscal year that started in February, saying that it expects U.S. government defense spending to be flat. SAIC said it remains on schedule for its split into two companies later in the year.
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NEW YORK, March 27- Priceline.com does not have a fiduciary duty to tell customers that it often pockets a profit from bookings through its "Name Your Own Price" service, a New York federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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SAIC Inc. shares fell 7 cents to close at $12.82 in regular trading. SAIC said it would make adjusted earnings of $1.16 to $1.33 per share on revenue of $10 billion to $10.7 billion in fiscal 2014. Analysts were expecting $1.27 per share on revenue of $10.81 billion, according to FactSet. SAIC said the outlook assumed flat defense spending by the U.S. government.
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GLEN ALLEN, Va.-- Star Scientific Inc. said Tuesday that it plans to vigorously contest allegations in a lawsuit filed against the dietary supplements and cosmetics company. A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on behalf of people who bought Star Scientific shares between October 31, 2011 and March 18, 2013.
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March 26- Star Scientific Inc:. *Responds to plaintiff's purported class action lawsuit. *Says was alerted to filing of purported class action lawsuit against co in U.S. district court for eastern district of Virginia.
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*NASA hired two firms to fly cargo to space station. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. March 26- A Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, bringing back science experiments and gear from the International Space Station.
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March 26- Details of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's monthly manufacturing index, released on Tuesday. The Richmond Fed manufacturing index covers activity in the fifth Federal Reserve District, which includes the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and most of West Virginia.
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STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks before a dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference, 1915 EDT/ 2315 GMT.
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*NASA hired two firms to fly cargo to station. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. March 26- A Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo capsule flew away from the International Space Station on Tuesday, loaded with experiment samples and gear for return to Earth. Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico's Baja California is slated for 12:34 p.m. EDT.
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March 26- Real estate company Armada Hoffler Properties Inc filed with U.S. regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $201.3 million in an initial public offering. The Virginia- based company, which develops and manages retail and multifamily properties in Mid-Atlantic United States, will structure itself as a REIT on the completion of the offering.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 25- A Space Exploration Technologies' cargo ship parked at the International Space Station for three weeks returns to Earth on Tuesday and will ferry back experiment samples key to ongoing science research.
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March 25- The first Monday of spring brought snow instead of sunshine along the U.S. East Coast, snarling the morning commute in the densely populated stretch between Washington and New York.
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A storm that had dropped significant amounts of snow across the Midwest over the weekend rolled across Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and New Jersey, bringing a slushy mix of snow and rain that prompted school closings and contributed to traffic accidents around the region.
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LONDON- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks on monetary policy and the global economy before the "What Should Economist and Policymakers Learn from the Financial Crisis?" STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga.- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks before a dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Financial Markets Conference, 1915 EDT/ 2315 GMT.