Reuters
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Reuters is a financial market data provider and a news service that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. News reporting accounts for less than 10% of the company's income and the company's main focus is on supplying the financial markets with information and trading products. Reuters has a team of several thousand journalists, who, over the years, have covered every big news event, sometimes at the cost of their lives. On May 15, 2007, The Thomson Corporation agreed to a merger with Reuters, a deal valued at US $17.2 billion. Thomson will control about ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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The Reuters Building, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5EP, United Kingdom
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Convince public on climate to save planet: experts
The public needs to be convinced about the threat of climate change so governments are under pressure to adopt strong policies and extend a U.N. pact to fight climate change ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
How to boost fuel efficiency? Raise taxes, executives say
While politically unpalatable, gasoline that costs at least $4 a gallon would have a far greater effect on American fuel usage than Washington's $25 billion loan program meant ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Opponents of same-sex marriage lead Maine vote
Voters in Maine on Tuesday overturned a law allowing same-sex couples to wed, dealing a fresh setback to the U.S. gay marriage movement in a race that attracted national attention.Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
For best healthcare, location matters: study
The quality of healthcare Americans receive depends largely on where they live, with insurance coverage, access to preventive medicine and disease treatment varying widely ...Posted by Kristin Gorski -
Unstoppable sea level rise
A rise of at least two metres in the world’s sea levels is now almost unstoppable, experts told a climate conference at Oxford University on Tuesday. “The crux of the sea ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
U.S., China Pledge Climate Action
(Video) Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama announced new goals to slow the growth in carbon dioxide emissions.Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Mr. President, It's Time to Fight
Only in a fantasy capital like Washington could Sunday morning talk shows become the high church of conventional wisdom, with partisan shills treated as holy men whose gospel ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Heart attack deaths fall after Medicare guidelines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Clearer U.S. guidelines on how to treat elderly heart attack patients appear to have saved lives, with a marked reduction in heart attack deaths over 10 ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV -
Asia facing unprecedented food shortage, UN report says
But the extra 1.5 billion people expected to live on the continent by 2050 will double Asia's demand for food, says the report from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Pakistani Taliban chief likely killed: minister
There is a strong likelihood that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed along with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack two days ago, Pakistan's Interior ...Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV
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China questions costs of U.S. healthcare reform
A new study from the U.S. government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finds that the healthcare reform bill recently passed in the House of Representatives would ...via Drudge Report -
AIG chief threatened to leave over pay constraints: report
Unhappy over constraints imposed by U.S. government overseers, American International Group Inc (AIG.N) Chief Executive Robert Benmosche told the company's board last week ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Giving up hope can make some ill people happier
Giving up hope can actually make some people living with a serious illness happier, according to U.S. researchers who have found a "dark side of hope."Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Thinking negatively can boost your memory, study finds
Bad moods can actually be good for you, with an Australian study finding that being sad makes people less gullible, improves their ability to judge others and also boosts memory.Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Reaction to House healthcare vote
Here is a sampling of reaction to the narrow 220-215 vote on the bill.Posted by Dwight Rousu -
US House of Representatives votes to approve healthcare reform | csmonitor.com
After a vote that went down to the wire, House Democrats cheered a vast overhaul of the US healthcare system early Sunday morning. In a phone call to House leaders, President ...Posted by JPINSATX JOHN P -
Saudi air force hits Yemen rebels after border raid
Saudi Arabia has launched heavy air strikes on rebels in northern Yemen and is moving troops nearer the border after a raid into its territory by the Shi'ite insurgents, a ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Virginia, New Jersey races may test Obama influence
Republicans seeking a comeback from recent losses may pick up the governor's seats in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday in campaigns that tested the limits of President ...via Reuters -
House makes headway on healthcare bill | Politics
The Democratic-controlled House plans to open debate on its 1,990-page version of a healthcare overhaul on Friday or Saturday, with a final vote expected before the start of a ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith -
U.S. settles suit with Muslims in post-9/11 abuse | U.S.
The U.S. government will pay $1.26 million to five Muslim men detained for months without charges after the September 11 attacks who sued for unlawful imprisonment and abuse, ...Posted by Jo Bobenhouse Smith
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