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RIYADH, Feb 23- Finance officials from the world's 20 biggest economies meeting in Riyadh on Sunday reached agreement on the wording of a final communique that includes a reference to climate change for the first time, G20 diplomatic sources said. Overcoming U.S. objections, the compromise language retained a reference to work by the Financial Stability Board...

Joe Biden, the former vice president, appeared headed to a badly needed second-place finish in Nevada after poor showings earlier this month in the first two nominating contests in the Democratic presidential race ahead of the Nov. 3 election. For Biden and other moderates who argue Sanders is too liberal to beat Trump and who have been trying to blunt his...

LAS VEGAS, Feb 22- Bernie Sanders solidified his front-runner status with what appeared to be a decisive victory in the Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada on Saturday, while Joe Biden was on track for a second-place finish that would give his struggling campaign new hope. Sanders, a senator from Vermont, rode a wave of backing from a diverse coalition of...

LAS VEGAS, Feb 22- Bernie Sanders scored a decisive victory in the Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada on Saturday and gained a fresh burst of momentum, while Joe Biden appeared headed to a second-place finish that will give his struggling campaign new hope. Sanders, a senator from Vermont, had 45% of the county convention delegates in Nevada with about 4%...

LAS VEGAS, Feb 22- Bernie Sanders appeared headed to a decisive victory in the Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada on Saturday, and early returns showed Joe Biden landing a second-place finish that would give his struggling campaign new hope. Fox News projected Sanders as the winner in Nevada, where scattered early returns showed him opening up a...

ABOUT HALF OF RESPONDENTS TO NEVADA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ENTRANCE POLL ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES, HALF HAVE NO COLLEGE DEGREE EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

SANDERS GAINS LARGEST SHARE OF ALL AGE GROUPS EXCEPT THOSE OVER 65 IN NEVADA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ENTRANCE POLL EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

AMONG COLLEGE EDUCATED WHITE WOMEN ATTENDING THE NEVADA CAUCUSES, 24% SAY IN ENTRANCE POLL THEY BACK SANDERS- EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

AMONG HISPANICS IN THE NEVADA CAUCUSES, 54% SAY IN ENTRANCE POLL THEY BACK SANDERS- EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

NEARLY 7 OUT OF 10 DEMOCRATIC NEVADA CAUCUS DESCRIBE THEMSELVES IN EARLY ENTRANCE POLL AS' LIBERAL' EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

AROUND 1 OUT OF 4 DEMOCRATIC NEVADA CAUCUS GOERS SAY IN EARLY ENTRANCE POLL THEY HAVE A UNION MEMBER IN THEIR FAMILY EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS LEADS IN THE FIRST PREFERENCE BASED ON EARLY POLLING OF NEVADA CAUCUS GOERS EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

NEARLY 9 OUT OF 10 DEMOCRATIC NEVADA CAUCUS GOERS MADE THEIR CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT MORE THAN A FEW DAYS BEFORE VOTING EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

HALF OF THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMOCRATIC NEVADA CAUCUS ARE DOING SO FOR THE FIRST TIME- EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

FOUR OUT OF 10 OF THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMOCRATIC NEVADA CAUCUS SAY HEALTHCARE IS TOP ISSUE EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

NEW YORK, Feb 22- Warren Buffett on Saturday forcefully defended Berkshire Hathaway Inc's decision to invest heavily in stocks of companies such as Apple Inc as he labors through a four-year drought since his last major acquisition of a company. The Omaha, Nebraska- based conglomerate ended the year with a $128 billion cash hoard, after repurchasing $2.2...

SIX OUT OF 10 DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS GOERS IN NEVADA SUPPORT MEDICARE FOR ALL EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

SIX OUT OF 10 DEMOCRATIC NEVADA CAUCUS GOERS WANT CANDIDATE WHO' CAN BEAT DONALD TRUMP' MORE THAN CANDIDATE WHO AGREES WITH THEM ON MAJOR ISSUES EDISON RESEARCH POLL.

Feb 22- Warren Buffett on Saturday called on corporate America to make their boards of directors more accountable to shareholders and less beholden to chief executive officers, perhaps by reducing their pay and requiring that they buy more stock. In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders, Buffett said pay for outside directors has "soared" to...