 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican plan to cut the U.S. deficit faced delay and stiff opposition on Wednesday, piling anxiety onto investors and ordinary Americans hoping for a late compromise to avoid a crippling debt default. | |
| Oslo station partly evacuated due suspicious suitcase Tue,26 Jul 2011 11:38 PM PDT Reuters - OSLO (Reuters) - Parts of Oslo's central train station were evacuated early on Wednesday after a suspicious suitcase was discovered, and police were investigating, Norwegian news agency NTB said. Full Story | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Will the sky fall on August 2 if the U.S. Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling? | |
 LONDON (Reuters) - There may be a point at which global investors get indigestion from U.S. money printing. | |
 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will use its surging revenue to boost growth and drive expansion into areas such as Web content and cloud computing rather than boost its margins. | |
| S&P warns against prioritizing debt payments: report Tue,26 Jul 2011 07:31 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prioritizing debt payments to avoid a default would be "deeply disruptive" to the economy, Standard & Poor's global head of sovereign ratings said in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday. Full Story | |
 FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German car and truck maker Daimler's second quarter revenues fell short of expectations, indicating that demand for cars in emerging markets may be starting to cool. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elizabeth Warren, the law professor who persuaded the Obama administration to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will step down on August 1 from her role setting up the controversial new regulator, the Treasury said on Tuesday. | |
 OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian cabinet minister will make a symbolic return on Wednesday to her bomb-damaged office as the nation tries to restore some normality after the massacre by a right-winger whose lawyer believes is insane. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prices for new single family homes rose to a five-month high in June even as sales slipped, but recovery for the broader housing market continues to be frustrated by an oversupply of properties. | |
 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant ranked as one of the most dangerous in the world for radiation exposure years before it was destroyed by the meltdowns and explosions that followed the March 11 earthquake. | |
| Utah police identify mystery jail inmate Tue,26 Jul 2011 07:12 PM PDT Reuters - SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Police in Utah identified a mystery man on Tuesday who was arrested on minor charges and sat in a jail under the name "John Doe" for over three weeks because he would not reveal his true identity. Full Story | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The court date in the attempted rape case of former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been postponed to August 23, his lawyers said on Tuesday, adding they hope charges will be dismissed by that date. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A glimmer of hope emerged on Tuesday for a compromise to break the deadlock over the U.S. debt limit as corporate America and the public betrayed growing nervousness over the risks of a credit downgrade and default. | |
| No bail for Florida imam accused of aiding Taliban Tue,26 Jul 2011 01:10 PM PDT Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - A federal judge in Miami denied bail on Tuesday to a young Muslim cleric arrested in May on charges of financing and supporting the Pakistani Taliban.Full Story | |
| Americans back mixed solution for debt crisis: Reuters/Ipsos poll Tue,26 Jul 2011 12:57 PM PDT Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans overwhelmingly are concerned about the U.S. debt crisis and a majority backs the type of compromise pushed by President Barack Obama, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Tuesday. | |
| OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian cabinet minister will make a symbolic return on Wednesday to her bomb-damaged office as the nation tries to restore some normality after the massacre perpetrated by a right-winger who his lawyer believes is insane. | |
| SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc reported a surge in quarterly revenue on sales of its kindle electronic reader and other electronics and forecast far better-than-expected revenue for the current quarter, sending its shares up more than 6 percent. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Will the sky fall on August 2 if the U.S. Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling? | |
 DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co's profit held up well in a second quarter marked by the impact of Japan's earthquake, the shaky U.S. economy and high commodity costs, but the automaker remained cautious about consumer demand going forward. | |
 WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The United States will lose its top-notch AAA credit rating from at least one major rating agency, according to a Reuters poll that also found wrangling over the debt ceiling has already damaged the economy. | |
| Magnitude 6.0 earthquake off Baja California, Mexico: USGS Tue,26 Jul 2011 11:17 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in the Sea of Cortez off Baja California, 60 miles east of La Paz, Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Tuesday. Full Story | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Tuesday urged the United States to quickly resolve a political stalemate over raising the debt ceiling, warning that failure to reach an agreement would have serious consequences for the world economy. | |
 MADRID/ROME (Reuters) - Spain and Italy paid a high price to sell short-term debt on Tuesday, compounding investors' concern that last week's bailout package for Greece left the euro zone's debt crisis unresolved. | |
 PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Oregon Democratic Congressman David Wu, accused of an unwanted sexual encounter with a campaign donor's teenage daughter, said on Tuesday he will resign his seat to defend himself against "these very serious allegations." | |
 BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros, whose stock-picking career has spanned nearly four decades, said he will manage money only for himself and his family as new regulations threaten to crimp the hedge fund industry he made famous. | |
| Moroccan military plane crash kills 78: military Tue,26 Jul 2011 07:27 AM PDT Reuters - RABAT (Reuters) - At least 78 people were killed on Tuesday when a Moroccan military transport plane crashed into a mountain in the south of the country during bad weather, the military said in a statement carried by the state news agency. Full Story | |
 ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece wants a voluntary swap of government bonds for longer maturity paper to start in August and be completed fast to emerge rapidly from an expected default rating, its deputy finance minister said on Tuesday. | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - First she was portrayed as a model of virtue who was violated by a rich and powerful man. | |
 LONDON (Reuters) - News Corp's major shareholder Prince Alwaleed bin Tala has rebuffed calls to change the company's dual-class structure or leadership, the Financial Times reported in its Tuesday edition. | |
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New single-family home sales unexpectedly fell in June, but a sharp rise in prices and declining supply suggested the market for new houses was starting to stabilize, a government report showed on Tuesday. | |
| U.S. trucking funds end up in Taliban hands Mon,25 Jul 2011 03:35 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cash from part of a $2.16 billion U.S. transportation contract in Afghanistan has ended up in the hands of Taliban insurgents, the Pentagon said on Monday. Full Story | |
 ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse will likely announce cost savings measures including a cut of 1,500-2,000 jobs, a Swiss paper reported on Tuesday, without naming any sources. | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) and its players ended their months-long row over how to carve up their financial empire Monday by agreeing to a multi-billion dollar, 10-year deal. | |
| CME acts to curb volatile Treasury futures Mon,25 Jul 2011 07:22 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The CME Group has made it more expensive to trade Treasury futures in an effort to curb market swings created by growing fears of a government default. Full Story | |
| Daily Mail says no published stories based on hacking Tue,26 Jul 2011 12:34 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - UK newspaper group Daily Mail & General Trust has not published any stories based on hacked messages, its chief executive said, as rival News Corp battles a phone-hacking crisis at its now defunct News of the World tabloid. Full Story | |
 MILAN (Reuters) - Concern over Fiat SpA's ballooning debt dragged its stock lower on Tuesday as the Italian carmaker moved a step closer toward a full merger with Chrysler Group LLC by outlining plans for a single management team. | |
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Football League (NFL) and its players ended their months-long row over how to carve up their financial empire Monday by agreeing to a multi-billion dollar, 10-year deal. | |
 OSLO (Reuters) - Anders Behring Breivik, who killed at least 93 people in a bomb attack and shooting rampage in Norway, arrived at an Oslo courtroom for a closed custody hearing on Monday to jeers from an angry crowd. | |
 BOSTON (Reuters) - A senior Federal Reserve official is prescribing sweeping medicine to stabilize the $2.5 trillion money market mutual fund industry, which would be rattled by potential downgrades of the government securities that are among its key holdings. |
