WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. regulator sued 17 large banks and financial institutions yesterday over losses on about $200 billion of subprime bonds, which may hamper a broader government settlement of the mortgage mess left over from the housing crisis.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. regulator sued 17 large banks and financial institutions yesterday over losses on about $200 billion of subprime bonds, which may hamper a broader government settlement of the mortgage mess left over from the housing crisis.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ended a third round of chemotherapy yesterday, saying he “couldn’t feel better” as he led a caravan to the presidential palace cheered on by thousands of supporters.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey will be doing her first-ever live chat with social media website Facebook on Thursday, Sept 8.
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters from hiding to fight on as Libya’s new interim rulers met world leaders yesterday to discuss reshaping a nation torn by 42 years of one-man rule and six months of civil war.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Modern states should not restrict Internet freedoms, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said yesterday, apparently trying to dispel concerns the government might crack down on dissent ahead of elections.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – A Chinese tycoon who plans to build a resort on an isolated patch of land in Iceland said on Wednesday that there were no political motives behind the project, after its strategic location raised security concerns in the island nation.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Singer Marc Anthony yesterday denied rumours that secret affairs with other women broke apart his marriage to “American Idol” superstar Jennifer Lopez earlier this year.
PARIS, (Reuters) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office denied allegations published in the daily Liberation yesterday that he was handed cash by L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt for his 2007 election campaign.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Ineffective Pentagon oversight of private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan has wasted up to $60 billion over the past decade, a “troubling” failure that undermines U.S.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Katia strengthened into a hurricane over the Atlantic yesterday, while another mass of thunderstorms that could become a named storm this week triggered evacuations of some oil workers from the Gulf of Mexico.
TRIPOLI/TAWARGA, Libya, (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s sons clashed on the airwaves yesterday, with one offering peace and another promising a ‘war of attrition’ as a final battle for control of Libya’s coast loomed.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank slashed its key interest rate to 12 percent from 12.5 percent yesterday in a shock decision that it said reflects a mounting global slowdown as well as weaker growth in Latin America’s largest economy.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday she resented what she viewed as an attack on her integrity by former Vice President Dick Cheney in his just-published memoir.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s Defence Minister Rodrigo Rivera resigned yesterday as the Andean country’s security forces face growing criticism for failing to thwart attacks from weakened Marxist guerrillas.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African police used stun grenades and water cannon yesterday to disperse thousands of supporters of outspoken ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema who was facing a party disciplinary hearing that could derail his political career.
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, (Reuters) – Forces loyal to deposed ruler Muammar Gaddafi held out in a few Libyan towns on Tuesday even though their leader has gone to ground and most of his family has fled the country.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. agency that oversaw a botched attempt to track arms flowing to drug cartels in Mexico is being reassigned to the Justice Department headquarters, the Obama administration said on Tuesday.
AMMAN, (Reuters) – Security forces shot dead four demonstrators yesterday as people streamed out of mosques after prayers to mark the end of Ramadan and renewed protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, activists and residents said.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – The U.S. East Coast is mopping up after Hurricane Irene’s weekend battering that killed around 40 people and authorities and residents are looking out anxiously over the Atlantic and asking: Is another one coming?
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