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Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee first requested, in October, documents related to FDA's oversight of New England Compounding Center, the now defunct, Boston- area compounding pharmacy that was at the center of the outbreak.
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DALLAS-- American Airlines is facing a new investigation by federal officials over how seats were installed on one of its planes. The New York Post reported this week that an American Airlines maintenance crew in New York discovered seats that were about 2 inches out of line and could have prevented emergency doors from opening properly.
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WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK, Feb 1- Two top Federal Reserve officials painted a picture of cautious optimism on Friday for the U.S. economy in 2013, helped by stronger global growth as the central bank aggressively prints money to curb the nation's lofty rate of unemployment. But New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley and St.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1- The U.S. economy is on track for a better performance this year and improving growth will put the Federal Reserve in a position to slow or halt its massive bond-buying program, a top central bank official said on Friday.
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NEW YORK, Feb 1- The dollar fell to a 14- month low against the euro on Friday after U.S. jobs data reaffirmed expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulative policy and as euro zone factories had their best month in almost a year.
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NEW YORK, Feb 1- The dollar fell to a 14- month high against the euro on Friday after U.S. jobs data reaffirmed expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulative policy and as euro zone factories had their best month in almost a year.
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MINNEAPOLIS-- A former head of the Minneapolis FBI office sent federal lawmakers a letter Thursday sharply criticizing President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, calling B. Todd Jones an ineffective leader who consistently declined to prosecute violent gang, drug and gun crimes.
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NEW YORK, Feb 1- The dollar tumbled to a more than 14- month low against the euro on Friday after U.S. jobs data reaffirmed expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulative policy and after euro zone factories had their best month in almost a year.
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Heather Hurlburt, Executive Director, National Security Network talks about the Obama administration's foreign policy shift as Hagel's Defense Secretary confirmation faces even more hurdles.
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*Led probe into Google that ended with mild reprimand. WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Jon Leibowitz, said on Thursday he will step down in mid-February after a tenure famous for a probe of allegations that Google manipulated search results that resulted in a mild reprimand for the technology company.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Jon Leibowitz, said on Thursday that he will step down in mid-February after a tenure that included a controversial decision to end a highly public probe of Google with only a mild reprimand.
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*AB InBev says it will fight Justice Department. WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK, Jan 31- The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Anheuser-Busch InBev SA from buying the half of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo that it does not already own, saying the $20.1 billion deal could mean higher U.S. beer prices.
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The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, or UFCW, and OUR Walmart reached an agreement with the National Labor Relations Board, the groups and Walmart said on Thursday.
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Jan 31- Labor groups that have long spoken out against Wal-Mart Stores Inc will stop much of their picketing against the world's largest retailer after reaching a deal with the National Labor Relations Board, Wal-Mart said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Anheuser-Busch InBev SA from buying the half of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo that it does not already own, saying the $20.1 billion deal would lessen competition in the U.S. beer market.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- U.S. labor costs rose modestly in the fourth quarter, pointing to benign wage inflation that should allow the Federal Reserve to continue its monetary stimulus program to nurse the sluggish economy.
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*Tokyo gold hits record of 4,944 yen a gram on weak yen. LONDON, Jan 31- Gold eased on Thursday as a retreat in European stocks and the euro prompted investors to cash in gains made the day before after the Federal Reserve reaffirmed its bond-buying programme and data showed a surprise dip in U.S. growth.
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*German debt up after Fed maintains stimulus stance. *Month-end buying by index-trackers also supports Bunds. LONDON, Jan 31- German Bund futures rose on Thursday after the Federal Reserve left in place its $85 billion per month bond-buying stimulus plan and said U.S. growth had paused.
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*German retail sales data and Deutsche Bank results weigh. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan are printing more money that should drive down the value of their currencies. A huge fourth-quarter loss reported by Deutsche Bank also weighed on the single currency, keeping it off Wednesday's high of $1.3588, its strongest level since November 2011.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 31- The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop Anheuser-Busch InBev SA from buying the half of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo that it does not already own, saying the $20.1 billion deal would lessen competition in the U.S. beer market.