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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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 -
Arctic tundra hotter, boosts global warming: expert
Professor Greg Henry of the University of British Columbia also said higher temperatures meant larger plants were starting to spread across the tundra, which is usually ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
U.S. court cuts off appeals in Monsanto alfalfa case
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday left in place an injunction barring Monsanto Co from selling its Roundup Ready alfalfa seed until the government completes an environmental ...Posted by Ben Ross
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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 -
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 Google News -
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 -
Karzai declared Afghan president, run-off scrapped
Afghanistan's election commission declared Hamid Karzai elected as president on Monday after it called off a runoff following the withdrawal of his only rival. The run-off, ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Housing sales drop “unexpectedly”
Two economic indicators over the past week indicate that the recovery may have trouble getting off the ground.Posted by Alex Pelfrey -
Freeze U.S. credit card rates, says Sen. Dodd
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said on Monday he was introducing legislation calling for a temporary freeze on credit card interest rates on existing balances.Posted by Chris Finnie -
Violence in the Newest Olympic City Rattles Brazil
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Senior Iran Guards commanders killed in attack
At least two senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guards were assassinated in volatile southeastern Iran on Sunday, in an attack in which 60 people were killed or ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert
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