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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T16:59:39 | null | 2016-08-29T16:51:31 | Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced on Monday that he directed his advisory council to evaluate whether the agency should continue to contract with private prison companies. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-prisons-immigration-idUSKCN1141W7%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151468804&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S11E | en | null | U.S. Department of Homeland Security evaluating use of private prison companies | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced on Monday that he directed his advisory council to evaluate whether the agency should continue to contract with private prison companies.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a division of DHS, currently uses private prison groups like Corrections Corporation of America to run some of its detention facilities for migrants.
The announcement follows the Justice Department's decision to phase out its contracts with private prisons on Aug. 18.
(Reporting by Julia Edwards; Editing by Cynthia Osterman) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-prisons-immigration-idUSKCN1141W7?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/cfd7733afd06df3bc07899975a42b69290d408439b385bb01abff5ed7fd76cf5.json |
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"Ellen Wulfhorst"
] | 2016-08-31T01:05:02 | null | 2016-08-31T00:42:21 | By Ellen WulfhorstNEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The United Nations defended its aid funding in Syria on Tuesday after an investigat | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-unitednations-syria-contracts-idUSKCN116027%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151656421&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U015 | en | null | U.N. defends aid work in Syria after accusations of being too close to government | null | null | www.reuters.com | NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -
The United Nations defended its aid funding in Syria on Tuesday after an investigation revealed lucrative contracts were awarded to people close to the nation's President Bashar al-Assad.
The U.N.'s Syrian contracts came under fire in British newspaper The Guardian which said aid money has gone to a charity set up by Assad's wife and to groups and businesses under U.S. and European Union sanctions.
More than 250,000 people have died and 11 million from a population of 23 million have been forced from their homes in Syria's five-year war which started as an uprising against Assad's rule.
The uprising sparked violence among government forces, pro-government militias, nationalist rebels, Islamic State and Kurdish groups and has created a patchwork of areas controlled by different groups.
A spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Syria was a "difficult and challenging operating environment" with a limited number of vendors of fuel, telecommunication and other goods, especially in hard-to-reach areas.
But he said U.N. aid had reached more than one million people this year in such areas.
"People who accuse us of being 'too close' to one side or another have clearly not been paying attention to what we have been saying on a regular basis," he said in an email to the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
He added that a guiding principle for the United Nations, with 193 member states, was to deliver to all areas of Syria irrespective of the status of control.
"This includes regular dialogue with the government of Syria and its relevant entities to operate at scale and assist the most vulnerable people," the spokesman said.
"PROXIMITY TO THE REGIME"
The Guardian report said it had analyzed hundreds of U.N. contracts awarded since 2011, finding the U.N.'s World Health Organization spent more than $5 million on Syria's national blood bank which is controlled by Assad's defense department.
It found the United Nations had paid more than $13 million to the Syrian government to improve farming and agriculture - although the European Union has banned trade with those departments.
It also said the United Nations has paid at least $4 million to Syria's state-owned fuel supplier, also under EU sanctions.
The newspaper cited anonymous sources as saying the United Nations knew its association with such groups in Syria did not promote its humanitarian principles and who believed aid was being prioritized in government-held areas.
It quoted Reinoud Leenders, a London-based expert in war studies, who said the U.N.'s procurement contracts to associates of the Syrian regime "bankroll the very repression and brutality that caused much of the country's humanitarian needs".
"The U.N.'s alleged pragmatism has long given way to troubling proximity to the regime," Leenders said.
The Guardian said two U.N. agencies partnered with the Syria Trust charity, headed by Assad's wife Asma, and had spent $8.5 million. She is under U.S. and E.U. sanctions, it said.
The United Nations said its humanitarian aid in Syria is delivered through dozens of agencies and partners, one of which is the Syria Trust that received less than $800,000 in funding under the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The U.N. spokesman defended its actions in Syria.
"We do not shy away from criticizing the government for its heavy bureaucratic clearance process and the systematic removal of surgical supplies from convoys, not to mention the use of barrel bombs and indiscriminate bombings of civilian targets," he said.
(Reporting by Ellen Wulfhorst, Editing by Belinda Goldsmith; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, women's rights, trafficking, property rights and climate change. Visit news.trust.org) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-unitednations-syria-contracts-idUSKCN116027?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/31e0147226b61ffb92bfadad5dd1eafc92a9c811662bc84966cf7b8c3b435126.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-27T00:50:56 | null | 2016-08-26T23:22:18 | Bayliss | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fpershingsquare-moves-idUSL1N1B720I%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | UPDATE 1-MOVES-Pershing Square's Valeant analyst to exit, Ackman sees stock rising | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Adds details on Rubin, Valeant bet)
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
BOSTON Aug 26 Billionaire investor William Ackman said on Friday that Jordan Rubin, who had worked closely on Pershing Square Capital Management's controversial investment in battered drug maker Valeant Pharmaceuticals, is leaving the hedge fund.
"Rubin, a member of the investment team, will be departing shortly to pursue a startup venture outside the investment mangement industry," Ackman wrote in a letter sent to investors. Rubin had been there for seven years.
News of Rubin's departure comes roughly three months after William Doyle, another key figure in the bet, left Ackman's $12 billion Pershing Square.
This means all primary players who were instrumental in advising Ackman on making his Valeant bet in 2015 and then working on it as the company's share price plunged amid questions about Valeant's business and accounting practices are now gone. Ackman said that Jenna Dabbs, a former federal prosecutor who first joined Pershing Square's legal team, is now a member of the investment team.
At the same time, there has been a similarly significant change of personnel at Valeant after Ackman and his firm's vice chairman, Steve Fraidin, joined the board. Most recently, Valeant hired Paul Herendeen as chief financial officer from Zoetis, another company Ackman is invested in. Valeant also hired Christina Ackermann as its general counsel and Sam Eldessouky as its corporate controller.
Earlier this year there was pressure from investors to add managers with expertise in accounting and financial controls to the CEO's inner circle.
While Ackman is still considered to be one of the hedge fund world's best investors, he has had plenty of headaches in the last 12 months with his private fund down 14.5 percent through the middle of August. His average annual return over the last dozen years has been 12 percent.
Ackman said Valeant's drop cost his Pershing Square Holdings Fund 17.8 percent in losses in the first half of the year. By comparison his bet against Herbalife cost the fund only 1.2 percent in losses. With new management which has said that it plans to cut leverage and reduce debt by $5 billion over the next 18 months, Ackman said he expects the share price to "increase substantially." It has climbed 34 percent in the last month.
"There is a lot more work to do, but we are pleased with the company's progress over the last several months," he wrote. (Reporting by Svea Herbst-Bayliss; Editing by Sandra Maler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/pershingsquare-moves-idUSL1N1B720I?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f528d325f3750a89d0f64c2b60696fd684659285f5ff99fe7538f0ec826cf2d7.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:14 | null | 2015-01-08T17:41:14 | A Maryland politician who saidhe would sue a newspaper if it printed his name, Kirby Delauter,has apologized after his threat garnered national attention, thetargeted newspaper reported on Thursday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fusa-maryland-newspaper-idUSL1N0UN1L220150108%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DvcMedia.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Maryland politician apologizes over threat to sue local paper | null | null | www.reuters.com | WASHINGTON Jan 8 A Maryland politician who said he would sue a newspaper if it printed his name, Kirby Delauter, has apologized after his threat garnered national attention, the targeted newspaper reported on Thursday.
Delauter, a Republican member of the Frederick County Council, on Saturday said in a Facebook posting that he would sue the Frederick News-Post if it used his name without permission.
"Of course, as I am an elected official, the Frederick News-Post has the right to use my name in any article related to the running of the county - that comes with the job," Delauter wrote in a statement carried in an online News-Post story.
"So yes, my statement to the Frederick News-Post regarding the use of my name was wrong and inappropriate."
Delauter, a second-term member of the county council, was angered by a story about a flap over the council's parking spaces and office keys.
In a Facebook posting, he wrote, "Use my name again unauthorized and you'll be paying for an attorney."
The 30,000-circulation daily paper responded with a story and an editorial headlined "Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter" that used his full name 25 times. In an acrostic, the first letter of each paragraph also spelled out Delauter's name.
The dispute went viral on the Internet, showing up on news sites and the hashtag #kirbydelauter trending on Twitter.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; editing by Gunna Dickson) | http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-maryland-newspaper-idUSL1N0UN1L220150108?feedType=RSS&feedName=vcMedia | en | 2015-01-08T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/754216bd0c649c7c7456090599163c3d4b1b487db43cb6e3918d68490664e878.json |
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"Fergus Jensen"
] | 2016-08-29T16:52:36 | null | 2016-08-29T15:54:22 | Indonesia's Disaster Agency said it is confident the country's forest fires and haze of toxic smoke they send over Southeast Asia are unlikely to reach levels seen in 2015 because of favorable weather conditions and a quicker emergency response. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-indonesia-haze-idUSKCN1141NZ%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DenvironmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fenvironment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEnvironment%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151461516&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0YK | en | null | Less haze this year, Indonesia promises | null | null | www.reuters.com | Police and a fire fighter from a local forestry company try to extinguish a forest fire in the village in Rokan Hulu regency, Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia August 28, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Rony Muharrman/via REUTERS
A water bomber drops its payload as a police officer tries to extinguish a peat fire in Kampar, Riau province, Sumatra, Indonesia August 29, 2016 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Rony Muharrman/via REUTERS
JAKARTA Indonesia's Disaster Agency said it is confident the country's forest fires and haze of toxic smoke they send over Southeast Asia are unlikely to reach levels seen in 2015 because of favorable weather conditions and a quicker emergency response.
Last year's fires were among of the worst on record, straining relations between Indonesia and its neighbors, and costing the country at least $16 billion in economic losses, equivalent to 1.9 percent of its gross domestic product, according to the World Bank.
"We are certain this year things will be better," agency spokesman Sutopo Nugroho told reporters on Monday, referring to a 61 percent reduction in hotspots seen 2016 compared with a year ago.
Six Indonesian provinces have declared a state of emergency, allowing the agency to respond more quickly than last year, Nugroho said.
"In 2015, only three provinces declared a state of emergency and even that was too late. The forest and land fires had already spread," he said.
Home to the world's third-largest area of tropical forests, Indonesia has been criticized by green activists and by neighboring Southeast Asian nations for failing to stop the region's annual haze, largely caused by forest-clearing for palm and pulp plantations.
The pollution in 2015 cost Southeast Asia economic powerhouse Singapore S$700 million ($517 million), the country's environment and water resources minister said in March.
An unusually wet dry season linked to the La Nina weather phenomenon this year has helped stop fires from spreading, Nugroho said. Based on weather forecasts the dry season will peak in September and end in October, Nugroho said.
"So for that one month we will really keep everything under control," he said.
Singapore on Monday got a break from the haze that hit the island state last week, as shifting winds pushed the smoke from Indonesia's Sumatra island northward over Malaysia.
There, air quality in Kuala Lumpur neared "unhealthy" levels and residents took to social media to complain about poor visibility and an acrid smell.
Despite Indonesian President Joko Widodo's instructions to end the annual blight "the sooner the better", the problem won't go away without an improvement of preventative measures, Nugroho said.
"There is no way we can completely eliminate or end the forest and land fires in Indonesia, because they are very much linked to behaviors of communities that light fires," he said, referring to farmers who use fires to prepare land for crops and clear it for plantations.
"There are still fires, so prevention needs to be improved."
According to the World Bank, about 35 percent of the Indonesian workforce is employed in agriculture, with palm oil and pulp-and-paper industries key contributors. Palm oil is a major growth driver for Indonesia, the world's biggest producer of the edible oil.
(Additional reporting by William Tarrant and A. Ananthalakshmi in KUALA LUMPUR; Editing by Alison Williams) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-haze-idUSKCN1141NZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/491f50a1971c89e199b0f3a4aec1f8165fc5ac05fc6ea7e4fc9010dd6b959d15.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-26T20:52:14 | null | 2016-08-26T18:57:50 | A vaccination campaign against yellow fever in Congo's capital is almost complete, but the gains may be reversed by the looming rainy season and the spread of the disease to areas where people have not yet been vaccinated, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-yellowfever-idUSKCN11127S%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DhealthNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FhealthNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BHealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151211614&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1DF | en | null | Yellow fever vaccination drive in Congo's capital hits target | null | null | www.reuters.com | Congolese people queue to receive vaccination against yellow fever in Gombe district, of the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, August 17, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Ross
KINSHASA A vaccination campaign against yellow fever in Congo's capital is almost complete, but the gains may be reversed by the looming rainy season and the spread of the disease to areas where people have not yet been vaccinated, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
Health officials began a campaign to vaccinate 7.5 million people in Kinshasa last week to combat the worst outbreak in decades of the hemorrhagic virus. More than 400 people have died in Congo and neighboring Angola since December.
In all, health authorities aim to vaccinate 14 million people in the two countries by the end of August to halt the spread of the disease before the rainy season next month.
As of Thursday, 6,925,276 people, or 91.3 percent of the target population, in Kinshasa were vaccinated in the latest campaign, WHO said in a weekly report. About 2 million people were vaccinated in Kinshasa during campaigns in May and July.
The campaign wrapped up on Friday, but health workers will continue over the coming days to seek out individuals they missed, said WHO's Congo spokesman, Eugene Kabambi.
"We had to resolve this before the rains ... It's a big success," Kabambi said, adding that additional preventive measures need to be taken to definitively stop transmission.
WHO's report warned that the outbreak risks spreading to areas not previously touched by yellow fever. So far, eight of the country's 26 provinces have reported suspected cases.
(Reporting By Aaron Ross, editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg, Larry King) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-yellowfever-idUSKCN11127S?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/bd31c8e397258c60cfcba2e4167aa49e65793793fb89526794bd77483815790b.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-26T22:51:06 | null | 2016-08-26T22:09:36 | Ely Gold And Minerals : | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094EM%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Ely Gold increases size of previously announced private placement to $1.4 mln | null | null | www.reuters.com | UPDATE 1-Facebook changes 'Trending' feature to rely less on human editors
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 26 Facebook Inc changed its popular "Trending" feature, which shows users the most-talked about topics of the day, to make it more automated and further eliminate the potential for human bias, the company wrote in a blog post on Friday. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094EM?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/54b64a80dca6fa9f09495890f06c9e5590683cc05ccd712b615b87929e51e0c1.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-31T09:05:09 | null | 2016-08-31T08:35:49 | Some Syrian Kurdish militia fighters remain west of the Euphrates river despite promises to move to the east, which is unacceptable, Turkey's EU minister Omer Celik told the state-run Anadolu news agency on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fmideast-crisis-syria-turkey-kurds-idUSKCN1160PF%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151693692&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0FD | en | null | Turkish minister says some Syrian Kurdish fighters remain west of Euphrates | null | null | www.reuters.com | Kerry says no military solution to South China Sea dispute
NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Wednesday on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision on the disputed South China Sea and said there was no military solution to the problem. | http://www.reuters.com/article/mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-kurds-idUSKCN1160PF?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/9bc632c52e54ecb5fbffc4637098188512b938ae55acc9ddf1cb44310200b5b7.json |
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"Bill Berkrot"
] | 2016-08-31T04:52:17 | null | 2016-08-31T04:02:48 | Express Scripts Holding, the largest U.S. pharmacy benefit manager, said on Wednesday it will implement a program next year that guarantees per-patient spending caps on diabetes drug costs in an effort to limit soaring increases for its customers. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-express-diabetes-idUSKCN1160BM.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Express Scripts diabetes program aims to cap costs for customers | null | null | www.reuters.com | Express Scripts Holding, the largest U.S. pharmacy benefit manager, said on Wednesday it will implement a program next year that guarantees per-patient spending caps on diabetes drug costs in an effort to limit soaring increases for its customers.
U.S. diabetes prescription drug spending increased 14 percent in 2015 and is forecast to rise at an even faster rate this year and next, according to an Express Scripts report.
The company said a goal of its Diabetes Care Value Program is for participants to incur drug spending increases of about half of the industry forecast of a nearly 18 percent rise in 2017.
For example, if an employer is expected to incur a 20 percent increase in diabetes drug spending in 2017, Express might set a per person/per year cap of no more than a 10 percent increase for its employees. Should diabetes spending hit that cap for a plan participant, Express Scripts would cover all excess costs.
"If they go over the cap, we're on the hook dollar for dollar," Glen Stettin, chief innovation officer at Express Scripts, said in a telephone interview.
For many customers diabetes costs will be "significantly less than what they've experienced in the past several years and significantly less than what would have been projected for the future had they not participated in this program," Stettin said.
Prescription benefit managers, which negotiate drug benefits for health plans and employers, have become increasingly aggressive players in efforts to hold down prescription drug costs.
They achieve this by demanding steep discounts from drugmakers in exchange for including their medicines on preferred use formularies, and by limiting use of expensive new medicines to patients who fit certain criteria.
The Express Scripts program also aims to improve patient compliance rates, in part by allowing them to receive 90 days of drugs at one time rather than a one-month supply, either through the Express Scripts mail order pharmacy, or through more than 10,000 pharmacies across the United States, including all Walgreens pharmacies.
More than 29 million Americans have diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Patients not taking their medications regularly, often due to high costs or inconvenience, is a constant lament of physicians and can lead to serious and expensive health complications.
(Reporting by Bill Berkrot; Editing by Dan Grebler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-express-diabetes-idUSKCN1160BM | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/453a8795a16f214453c6ded0919fae87099f8b2452976b0407b3444d0e8044c6.json |
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"Arno Schuetze",
"Jonathan Gould"
] | 2016-08-31T12:53:03 | null | 2016-08-31T12:18:16 | The head of Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) called on Wednesday for cross-border bank mergers in Europe, seeing the sector's fragmentation as placing an unacceptable squeeze on bank profits and long-term sustainability. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-deutsche-bank-ceo-idUSKCN1161IO.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151718521&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0UN | en | null | Deutsche Bank chief urges European banks to merge | null | null | www.reuters.com | FRANKFURT The head of Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) called on Wednesday for cross-border bank mergers in Europe, seeing the sector's fragmentation as placing an unacceptable squeeze on bank profits and long-term sustainability.
John Cryan's remarks will likely spur further discussion about the future of the bank, although he was quick to throw cold water on a report that Deutsche had examined a merger with Commerzbank (CBKG.DE), partly owned by the German state.
Criticizing what he called the "scattered regionalism among banks", Cryan said at a financial conference: "We need more mergers, at a national level, but even also across national borders."
Asked if he sees the time coming when Deutsche will engage in large takeovers, Cryan, himself a former M&A banker specializing in financial services during a long career at UBS (UBSG.S), said: "Not any time soon".
His comments come weeks after Deutsche scraped through regional stress tests of the sector and as European Central Bank (ECB) money printing saps banks' ability to turn a profit.
Deutsche warned last month it may need deeper cost cuts to turn itself around after revenue fell sharply in the second quarter due to challenging markets and low interest rates.
Some analysts have argued that Deutsche would be advised to find a partner once it has stabilized its business, cut costs, and put capital and regulatory concerns behind it.
Both Deutsche and Commerzbank - the two biggest lenders in Europe's biggest economy - have been slipping down the rankings of the continent's top banks, hamstrung by a fragmented and competitive home market, growing regulation and negative interest rates.
Their combined market value of around 26 billion euros ($29 billion) is less than half of France's BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) for example.
Deutsche shares rose 3 percent in midday trading while Commerzbank's were up 4 percent, outpacing a 2.4 percent rise in the STOXX Europe 600 banking index .SX7P.
LOW EBB
Both lenders were shown to be weaker than most peers in European stress tests last month, while profits across Europe's banks have been under pressure with economic growth at low ebb, interest rates at rock bottom and the task of sifting through billions of euros of risky loans incomplete.
At the same time, European companies are wondering if their home banks will be able to support them internationally or whether they should turn to U.S. banks for help, Cryan said.
"This situation in Europe cannot go on," Cryan said. "We need a strategy for our financial sector."
Both Cryan and Commerzbank chief Martin Zielke, speaking at the same conference, said Germany was burdened by too many banks.
German banks have almost exclusively focused on earning money from charging a margin on the difference between short-term borrowing and long-term lending, using the revenue to subsidize retail and payments operations that were low-cost and often free for customers.
ECB money printing has exposed the flaws in that strategy, forcing some banks to try to charge for services or even deposits, until recently a taboo in Germany.
Mergers among banks could help remove capacity, increasing banks' pricing power and opening the way to healthier profits.
"If we look at Germany in particular, it hasn't gone through that wave of consolidation like Spain has, Italy seems to be moving in that direction and France has been through it," Cryan said.
Such trends could affect Deutsche itself.
"Deutsche is a very juicy takeover target," said Neil Wilson, analyst at ETX Capital. "It trades at about a quarter of book value and its shares are now worth a tenth what they were in 2007. In the last year its shares have halved in value, while it posted a 6.8 billion euros loss for 2015 - low-hanging fruit for those who can reach."
Yet enthusiasm for mergers is not shared by the country's politically powerful public savings banks.
"Recent demands for fundamental consolidation among banks are not appropriate," savings bank association head Georg Fahrenschon told the conference, noting bigger banks had shown they could be "poison" for financial market stability.
($1 = 0.8971 euros)
(Additional reporting by Andreas Kroener; Writing by John O'Donnell; Editing by Maria Sheahan and David Holmes) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-deutsche-bank-ceo-idUSKCN1161IO | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/4b9f93ba1298b446d7fe4516d30728de7bac3bf72810c05008cdaf5cece633fe.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:19:38 | null | 2016-03-31T19:05:12 | Volvo's North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker's semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during a press event at the Los Angeles Auto Show. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-autos-autonomous-infrastructure-insig-idUSKCN0WX131%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DwtMostRead%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FMostRead%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BMost%2BRead%2BArticles%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160331&t=2&i=1129240786&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC2U0P2 | en | null | Where's the lane? Self-driving cars confused by shabby U.S. roadways | null | null | www.reuters.com | A car drives past a wrong way sign next to some murals near Interstate highway 5 in San Diego, California February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake
The lack of painted freeway lane markers is seen on Interstate highway 5 in San Diego, California February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake
The lack of painted freeway lane markers is seen on Interstate highway 5 in San Diego, California February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake
LOS ANGELES Volvo's North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker's semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during a press event at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
"It can't find the lane markings!" Kerssemakers griped to Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was at the wheel. "You need to paint the bloody roads here!"
Shoddy infrastructure has become a roadblock to the development of self-driving cars, vexing engineers and adding time and cost. Poor markings and uneven signage on the 3 million miles of paved roads in the United States are forcing automakers to develop more sophisticated sensors and maps to compensate, industry executives say.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently called the mundane issue of faded lane markings "crazy," complaining they confused his semi-autonomous cars.
An estimated 65 percent of U.S. roads are in poor condition, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, with the transportation infrastructure system rated 12th in the World Economic Forum's 2014-2015 global competitiveness report.
Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes, Audi (VOWG_p.DE) and others are fielding vehicles that can drive on highways, change lanes and park without human help. But they are easily flummoxed by faded lane markers, damaged or noncompliant signs or lights, and the many quirks of a roadway infrastructure managed by thousands of state and local bureaucracies.
In other developed countries, greater standardization of road signs and markings makes it easier for robot cars to navigate. In the U.S., however, traffic lights can be aligned vertically, horizontally or "dog-house" style in two columns. Pavement markings use paint with different degrees of reflectivity - or don't exist at all.
"If the lane fades, all hell breaks loose," said Christoph Mertz, a research scientist at Carnegie Mellon University. "But cars have to handle these weird circumstances and have three different ways of doing things in case one fails."
MORE SENSORS, MORE COST
To make up for roadway aberrations, carmakers and their suppliers are incorporating multiple sensors, maps and data into their cars, all of which adds cost.
Mercedes says the "drive pilot" system found in its recently unveiled luxury E Class 2017 sedans works even with no lane markings. The system - which incorporates 23 sensors - takes into account guard rails, barriers, and other cars to keep cars in their lanes up to 84 miles (135km) per hour, under "suitable circumstances."
Boston Consulting Group estimates that initial semi-autonomous features add $4,000 to a car's price. It estimated carmakers will have to spend more than $1 billion over the next decade in research investment for even more sophisticated autonomous features.
On a good road in daylight, cameras installed around a car are sufficient to distinguish road lines, traffic lights and signs. But without lane markings, the car needs more technology to judge its position.
Enter radar and lidar, which send out radio waves or light pulses to bounce off objects. The data sent back informs the car about objects, their distance and velocity. Triangulating between trees to the right, boulders to the left, and other vehicles ahead, for instance, can give the car its bearings.
A host of companies - including Silicon Valley firms Quanergy and Velodyne and international suppliers like Paris-based Valeo - are vying to reduce the cost and size of lidar from the bulky, $75,000 Velodyne version first seen on the roof of Google's self-driving car.
In January, Quanergy unveiled a small $250 Lidar with no moving parts. Automakers want the price to drop below $100 for production vehicles, which Quanergy promises to do by 2018.
Sub-par roads are fueling efforts by companies such as Germany's HERE and Dutch company TomTom to create three dimensional maps that can provide the car's location on the road within centimeters, said Chris Warrington, CEO of mapping technology company GeoDigital.
Automakers are looking to pay $50-$60 per car for such maps, which may be well below the actual price, said Warrington.
"We know they're coming, but they don't exist yet. That's why lane markings are so important now," said Gary O'Brien, director of advanced engineering for automotive supplier Delphi Automotive Systems PLC.
O'Brien snaps photos of bad roads when he travels.
"Look at this, there are no lane markings at all!" O'Brien said, showing a picture he took on a desert road in Bluff, Utah where the demarcation between the road and ground is barely visible.
"MAKE UP YOUR MIND!"
Some officials envision traffic signals that communicate with cars at dangerous intersections and vehicles that can signal each other their positions, direction and speed.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's "Smart City Challenge," a competitive grant program, will offer up to $40 million this summer to help one city integrate new technologies, which could include infrastructure for self-driving cars.
The Transportation Research Board, an independent group that advises the government, plans to issue recommendations for standardized lane markings for machine vision by 2017. By then, several automakers say they plan to offer models with some form of autonomous highway driving.
Paul Carlson, a research engineer focused on infrastructure at Texas A&M University, said he gets calls from transportation officials asking how to accommodate robot cars.
He tells them to aim for consistency: "Make up your mind, people! Do you want your traffic lights vertical or horizontal?"
(Reporting By Alexandria Sage) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-autonomous-infrastructure-insig-idUSKCN0WX131?feedType=RSS&feedName=wtMostRead&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FMostRead+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Most+Read+Articles%29 | en | 2016-03-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/a6eae01046f6ad3233f2a7331853eb44856389a6b92045deb99b20ce922d46f7.json |
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The bulky black-caped suit, made by Batman fan and special effects expert Julian Checkley, takes the title for "the most functional gadgets on a cosplay suit", Guinness World Records said in a statement.
The costume, which will feature in the "Guinness World Records: Gamer's Edition 2017", is based on the suit the superhero wears in videogame "Batman: Arkham Origins".
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Editing by Louise Ireland) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-record-batman-idUSKCN1111M0?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fentertainment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Entertainment%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/4f01d257b081e4f318346d9035c27230f156f6215d3ef314e584135ad68c8ea1.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:18:12 | null | 2016-08-12T18:52:39 | He may not have attended art school or received any formal training, but Iraqi artist Abdul Qader al-Na'ib has managed to build a reputation as the man who t | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-iraq-art-scrap-idUSKCN10N261%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DartsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bnews%252Fartsculture%2B%2528Reuters%2BArts%2B%2526%2BCulture%2B%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Iraqi artist creates sculptures out of scrap metal | null | null | www.reuters.com | He may not have attended art school or received any formal training, but Iraqi artist Abdul Qader al-Na'ib has managed to build a reputation as the man who turns scrap metal into art.
This workshop in Baghdad's southern suburb of Dora is where the 24-year-old creates unique sculptures from scrap metal pieces.
These sculptures are made from nuts and bolts, automotive parts and other discarded metallic appliances that are cleverly welded together to form unique artworks.
Na'ib's passion for art started at a tender age, having spent almost seven years learning and mastering the art of engraving on wood and stone before shifting his attention completely to scrap metal art in the past two years, which he taught himself as he was forced to leave school early to work to assist his ailing father.
In the midst of a successful career in engraving, Na'ib discovered an exciting new direction: scrap iron sculpting, and said that each new creation helped him grow and develop as an artist.
This unusual detour began about two years ago, when he created a five centimeter long motorbike sculpture with meticulous details, all from parts of watches including cogwheels and fuse.
This specific piece ignited his interest in scrap metal art, and he started to look at it as a creative outlet which he could potentially master and excel.
"I am self-taught as I could not go and study to develop my skill. I made several art pieces. I made around 22 art pieces before shifting my attention to scrap metal art. I liked the idea because I wanted to do something different and I wanted to do something to serve the society. I've found out that it is well-known international art form, which is used to preserve the environment and improve children's mentality by teaching them how to rationalize the use of materials and eventually preserve the environment," said Na'ib, sitting in his workshop filled with various kinds of discarded scrap metal.
Na'ib is currently working on a giant robot, a scrap replica of the Harvester or the hunter killer creature that appeared in The Terminator movie.
Laid out on the table next to him are a scrap metal ant, a realistic-looking camera and a structure of a motorbike and several small robots.
Scrap metal art is not a well-known concept in Iraq and people are often surprised to find that Na'ib's sculptures are made from bits of metal that were thrown away. So he opened a Facebook page and started to post details and information about the art while displaying his own artworks.
The move, he said, has helped him gain a large following and he eventually started receiving requests to create bespoke pieces for clients.
"I started the idea one and a half years ago alone without help from anyone, and people were surprised to hear about scrap art until I opened a page on the Facebook and gave it the name 'The Scrap Art' and I dedicated it to this art. I started to post on it everything related to this form of art. After that I started to receive requests from people who asked me to further develop the idea and thus I started to create professional art pieces and display them at shows in Iraq, and I put on them on display at exhibitions held at ministries, schools, streets and everywhere," he explained.
A friend's support enabled Na'ib to open a small workshop recently, where he can work and sell his sculptures. However he stressed that he would only sell his creations to those who appreciate his art.
"When I started I was not intending to sell, my intention was only to put my works on display. But when I opened the workshop with the help of a friend, who opened the workshop for me and supplied me with the materials and the tools and we started a business as partners, I felt the need for money to cover the costs and to keep the workshop open for people. People can come to this place to see my art works and buy them, and they even can take some pieces free of charge. I managed to sell my works, however, I always try not to sell to just anyone or ordinary people," Na'ib said.
Scrap metals are like puzzle pieces that can be rearranged to form a unique structure, says Na'ib, and each piece take him anywhere from a few hours to over a month to complete.
According to Na'ib, although Iraq is awash with thousands of tonnes of scrap metal of various kinds, access to the scrap yards is very difficult and restricted as permission from Baghdad Mayoralty is needed, thus forcing him instead to look for pieces discarded in bins or in the street.
Na'ib says he believes in turning scrap into treasure to reduce waste, promote a low-carbon economy, and create a unique type of industrial art. Therefore he spends most of his time picking through dumps in search of useable scrap metals, which he chooses by looking at the pattern of the material despite unwelcoming comments and stares from passersby.
"I collect used car pieces, which I found discarded in the streets. I would go search for pieces and collect them by myself. I'd sit on ground and scavenge on a rubbish dump, and I often got criticized for doing that and many people told me that it is shameful to do that, but nevertheless I didn't feel ashamed and I did not waver or hesitate," he said.
Na'ib says he plans to continue creating scrap metal sculptures, and hopes to hold his first personal exhibition in the near future. | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-art-scrap-idUSKCN10N261?feedType=RSS&feedName=artsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Fartsculture+%28Reuters+Arts+%26+Culture+%29 | en | 2016-08-12T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/a7d0d0f5ae031653c655e75276f70e677acaa755bd25035cf940788fb526421c.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T16:53:01 | null | 2016-08-30T15:54:40 | A study in Brazil of 70 babies whose mothers had confirmed Zika infections found that nearly 6 percent had hearing loss, adding a new complication to the list of ills the virus can cause when women are infected during pregnancy. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-hearing-idUSKCN11523A%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DhealthNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FhealthNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BHealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151601412&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T17O | en | null | Zika causes deafness in about 6 percent of cases: study | null | null | www.reuters.com | An Aedes aegypti mosquito is seen inside a test tube as part of a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at a control and prevention center in Guadalupe, neighbouring Monterrey, Mexico, March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo
CHICAGO A study in Brazil of 70 babies whose mothers had confirmed Zika infections found that nearly 6 percent had hearing loss, adding a new complication to the list of ills the virus can cause when women are infected during pregnancy.
The Brazilian study, published on Tuesday in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report on death and disease, confirmed less rigorous reports of deafness among infants born to mothers with Zika infections.
The finding is part of an effort to fully characterize the harm caused by the Zika virus during pregnancy. The virus is best known for causing the severe birth defect microcephaly, characterized by undersized heads and underdeveloped brains. But other studies have shown that Zika can cause other brain abnormalities, vision problems and joint deformities.
In the latest study, a team led by Dr. Marli Tenório and Dr. Ernesto Marques of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Pernambuco, Brazil, examined records from 70 infants with microcephaly whose mothers had laboratory-confirmed Zika infections during pregnancy.
They found that nearly 6 percent had hearing loss without any other plausible cause.
Several other viral infections during pregnancy can cause hearing loss, including rubella and cytomegalovirus, or CMV, infections. The current study adds Zika infection to that list.
Scientists say Zika should now be considered a risk factor for hearing loss, and children who were exposed during pregnancy but have normal hearing at birth should be screened regularly for delayed or progressive hearing loss.
The connection between Zika and microcephaly first came to light last fall in Brazil, which has since confirmed more than 1,800 cases of microcephaly.
(Reporting by Julie Steenhuysen; Editing by Jonathan Oatis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-hearing-idUSKCN11523A?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/cec361cfad94826d7880753333629e2473b330af24d334c46e62cda99215219a.json |
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* Northern Power Systems provides update regarding filing of disclosure documents
* Restatement of financial results had no impact on company's cash position or cash flow from operations
* Expects to file its Q1 filings on August 31, 2016 and its Q2 filings no later then September 15, 2016
* Ontario Securities Commission issued management cease trade order which restricts trading in co's securities by its management Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094EO?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/df3173235469b9726fbbcb5ad73af7090a567839b6e40e2a32fcb3c24eceafa4.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T12:52:47 | null | 2016-08-31T12:16:08 | Raytheon Co | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BC095%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Raytheon says Javelin Joint Venture team signed LOI with Tata Power Company | null | null | www.reuters.com | UPDATE 1-United Airlines flight diverts to Ireland after 16 hurt in turbulence
DUBLIN, Aug 31 Fourteen passengers and two crew members were injured on Wednesday when a United Airlines flight ran into severe turbulence and had to divert to Ireland's Shannon Airport, the airport said. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BC095?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/c0f700814bd7626fe549ea5a050d9379dcca80d08dafae54491e6a99a5c7c1d0.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T12:51:38 | null | 2016-08-31T12:18:16 | The head of Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) called on Wednesday for cross-border bank mergers in Europe, seeing the sector's fragmentation as placing an unacceptable squeeze on bank profits and long-term sustainability. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-deutsche-bank-ceo-idUSKCN1161IO%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151718521&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0UN | en | null | Deutsche Bank chief urges European banks to merge | null | null | www.reuters.com | FRANKFURT The head of Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) called on Wednesday for cross-border bank mergers in Europe, seeing the sector's fragmentation as placing an unacceptable squeeze on bank profits and long-term sustainability.
John Cryan's remarks will likely spur further discussion about the future of the bank, although he was quick to throw cold water on a report that Deutsche had examined a merger with Commerzbank (CBKG.DE), partly owned by the German state.
Criticizing what he called the "scattered regionalism among banks", Cryan said at a financial conference: "We need more mergers, at a national level, but even also across national borders."
Asked if he sees the time coming when Deutsche will engage in large takeovers, Cryan, himself a former M&A banker specializing in financial services during a long career at UBS (UBSG.S), said: "Not any time soon".
His comments come weeks after Deutsche scraped through regional stress tests of the sector and as European Central Bank (ECB) money printing saps banks' ability to turn a profit.
Deutsche warned last month it may need deeper cost cuts to turn itself around after revenue fell sharply in the second quarter due to challenging markets and low interest rates.
Some analysts have argued that Deutsche would be advised to find a partner once it has stabilized its business, cut costs, and put capital and regulatory concerns behind it.
Both Deutsche and Commerzbank - the two biggest lenders in Europe's biggest economy - have been slipping down the rankings of the continent's top banks, hamstrung by a fragmented and competitive home market, growing regulation and negative interest rates.
Their combined market value of around 26 billion euros ($29 billion) is less than half of France's BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) for example.
Deutsche shares rose 3 percent in midday trading while Commerzbank's were up 4 percent, outpacing a 2.4 percent rise in the STOXX Europe 600 banking index .SX7P.
LOW EBB
Both lenders were shown to be weaker than most peers in European stress tests last month, while profits across Europe's banks have been under pressure with economic growth at low ebb, interest rates at rock bottom and the task of sifting through billions of euros of risky loans incomplete.
At the same time, European companies are wondering if their home banks will be able to support them internationally or whether they should turn to U.S. banks for help, Cryan said.
"This situation in Europe cannot go on," Cryan said. "We need a strategy for our financial sector."
Both Cryan and Commerzbank chief Martin Zielke, speaking at the same conference, said Germany was burdened by too many banks.
German banks have almost exclusively focused on earning money from charging a margin on the difference between short-term borrowing and long-term lending, using the revenue to subsidize retail and payments operations that were low-cost and often free for customers.
ECB money printing has exposed the flaws in that strategy, forcing some banks to try to charge for services or even deposits, until recently a taboo in Germany.
Mergers among banks could help remove capacity, increasing banks' pricing power and opening the way to healthier profits.
"If we look at Germany in particular, it hasn't gone through that wave of consolidation like Spain has, Italy seems to be moving in that direction and France has been through it," Cryan said.
Such trends could affect Deutsche itself.
"Deutsche is a very juicy takeover target," said Neil Wilson, analyst at ETX Capital. "It trades at about a quarter of book value and its shares are now worth a tenth what they were in 2007. In the last year its shares have halved in value, while it posted a 6.8 billion euros loss for 2015 - low-hanging fruit for those who can reach."
Yet enthusiasm for mergers is not shared by the country's politically powerful public savings banks.
"Recent demands for fundamental consolidation among banks are not appropriate," savings bank association head Georg Fahrenschon told the conference, noting bigger banks had shown they could be "poison" for financial market stability.
($1 = 0.8971 euros)
(Additional reporting by Andreas Kroener; Writing by John O'Donnell; Editing by Maria Sheahan and David Holmes) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-deutsche-bank-ceo-idUSKCN1161IO?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7bdaee0995ab4cdf6153cdd8c46ecbc324b9122ba955b296619d6a7b34ec420f.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:19:19 | null | 2016-08-25T18:11:04 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fined 13 investment advisory firms on Thursday for spreading false claims made by the now-defunct F-Squared Investments Inc, which had been one of the largest marketers of investment products using exchange-traded funds. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-sec-advisers-fines-idUSKCN110205%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DPersonalFinance%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bnews%252Fwealth%2B%2528Reuters%2BWealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160825&t=2&i=1151065290&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O1D8 | en | null | U.S. SEC fines 13 advisers for false claims involving F-Squared | null | null | www.reuters.com | The headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are seen in Washington, July 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fined 13 investment advisory firms on Thursday for spreading false claims made by the now-defunct F-Squared Investments Inc, which had been one of the largest marketers of investment products using exchange-traded funds.
The firms "accepted and negligently relied upon" the flawed claims when advising clients to buy F-Squared products, the agency said.
AssetMark Inc of Concord, California, agreed to pay $500,000, the largest penalty among the 13 firms, the SEC said. The lowest fine was $100,000.
The firms also included a unit of North Carolina-based BB&T Corp and Hilliard Lyons of Louisville, Kentucky. Both agreed to $200,000 penalties.
The penalties are based on the fees each firm earned from F-Squared's flagship "AlphaSector" strategy, a customized model for allocating investors' assets in exchange-traded funds, stocks and bonds, the SEC said.
None of the firms admitted or denied the allegations.
In 2014, F-Squared admitted to wrongdoing and agreed to pay $35 million to settle SEC charges that it defrauded investors through false-performance advertising.
F-Squared filed for bankruptcy last year.
The SEC said its enforcement review of investment advisers found that the 13 firms repeated many of F-Squared's claims to customers, including that the AlphaSector strategy had outperformed the S&P 500 index from 2001 to 2008.
The advisers, however, did not obtain sufficient documentation to substantiate the information that F-Squared advertised, the SEC said.
AssetMark immediately removed the erroneous F-Squared information upon becoming aware of the inaccuracies and later removed F-Squared from its platform, a spokesman said.
Hilliard Lyons stopped offering F-Squared products in 2013, a spokesman said. The SEC case did not say Hilliard Lyons clients lost money by investing in F-Squared products, he added.
A BB&T representative could not be immediately reached for comment.
(Reporting by Suzanne Barlyn; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli and Lisa Von Ahn) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-advisers-fines-idUSKCN110205?feedType=RSS&feedName=PersonalFinance&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Fwealth+%28Reuters+Wealth+News%29 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/869447f62d176e437d2bee8b4f354f89117a96cbe592d327d4acef70af9dd8d7.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T15:04:48 | null | 2016-08-29T14:49:24 | Senior Chinese and British energy officials have met to discuss the Hinkley Point nuclear project after the British government's surprise decision to delay the $24 billion plan upset China, one of the backers of the scheme. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-china-britain-nuclear-idUSKCN1141LI%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151454894&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0U1 | en | null | Chinese, British energy officials discuss Hinkley Point nuclear project | null | null | www.reuters.com | Hinkley Point A and B nuclear power stations are seen near Bridgwater in Britain, August 3, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Staples/File Photo
BEIJING Senior Chinese and British energy officials have met to discuss the Hinkley Point nuclear project after the British government's surprise decision to delay the $24 billion plan upset China, one of the backers of the scheme.
Top Chinese energy official Nur Bekri met Lucy Neville-Rolfe, British minister of state for energy, on August 25 in Beijing to discuss the plan to build Britain's first new nuclear plant in decades, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) said on its website on Monday.
The two sides also talked about a clean energy partnership, according to the NEA, which gave no details. Bekri is head of the NEA.
China cautioned Britain against closing the door to Chinese money and said relations were at a crucial juncture after new Prime Minister Theresa May delayed signing off on the Hinkley Point project in July.
Beijing's ambassador to London said in August that Britain could face power shortages unless May approved the Franco-Chinese deal.
The comments signaled deep frustration in Beijing at the delay, May's most striking intervention since winning power after Britain's June 23 referendum to leave the European Union.
May was concerned about the security implications of the planned Chinese investment in the plant, a former colleague and a source said.
Under plans drawn up by former Prime Minister David Cameron, French utility EDF and China General Nuclear Power Corp would fund the cost of building two Areva European Pressurized Water Reactors at the Hinkley C nuclear plant in Somerset, southern England.
Hinkley is seen as the frontrunner to closer ties with China on nuclear issues, paving the way for tens of billions of dollars of investment and another two nuclear power plants with Chinese involvement.
May sought to reassure Chinese leaders, telling them in a letter that Britain wanted to strengthen trade and business ties.
The British government says it will make a final decision on Hinkley Point in the early autumn.
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(Reporting by Elias Glenn; Editing by Adrian Croft) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-nuclear-idUSKCN1141LI?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/099b4dd96ccd3313497883bbabe464952b861b1d20718f64308cb410b44b27de.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T12:53:00 | null | 2016-08-30T11:12:37 | Carmat's shares jumped on Tuesday after the French company announced the first implantation of its bioprosthetic artificial heart in a final-stage clinical trial. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-carmat-france-idUSKCN115196%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DhealthNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FhealthNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BHealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Carmat jumps after first implantation of its bioprosthetic artificial heart | null | null | www.reuters.com | PARIS Carmat's shares jumped on Tuesday after the French company announced the first implantation of its bioprosthetic artificial heart in a final-stage clinical trial.
Shares rose as much as 10 percent in early trading in Paris and were up 6.1 percent at 37 euros at 1034 GMT.
Carmat said on Monday the implantation of its bioprosthetic artificial heart was carried out with the approval of the French national agency for safety of medicines and health products and the country's patient protection committee.
It added that it would not publish "specific information concerning the implantations of each patient involved in the study or their condition."
The company, whose first shareholders included planemaker Airbus and private equity fund Truffle Capital, has not generated any significant revenue but is closely followed by investors as heart diseases represent a leading cause of death worldwide and its devices could represent a major medical breakthrough if proven reliable.
Carmat's shares have lost 9.8 percent so far this year, valuing the company at about 207 million euros ($230 million). It reported a net loss of 17.5 million euros in 2015.
(Reporting by Mathieu Rosemain; Editing by Mark Potter) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-carmat-france-idUSKCN115196?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/c85dd5daf452c5ac23d54146106b8be4ccab7ee5c131b34aada964cea376223c.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T15:04:38 | null | 2016-08-28T13:09:18 | China's ruling Communist Party appointed a new senior official on Sunday to run Tibet, considered one of the country's most politically sensitive positions due to periodic anti-Chinese unrest in the devoutly Buddhist Himalayan region. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-china-politics-idUSKCN1130J4%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | China names new chief for Tibet in party reshuffle | null | null | www.reuters.com | BEIJING China's ruling Communist Party appointed a new senior official on Sunday to run Tibet, considered one of the country's most politically sensitive positions due to periodic anti-Chinese unrest in the devoutly Buddhist Himalayan region.
The official Xinhua news agency named Wu Yingjie as Tibet's next party secretary. New leaders were also appointed in two other key provinces, part of a broad reshuffle ahead of an important party meeting next year.
Wu has worked almost his entire career in Tibet, according to his official resume, having previously served as a deputy governor and propaganda chief, among other roles.
Wu, like his predecessor Chen Quanguo, belongs to China's majority Han Chinese ethnic group. Xinhua said Chen would be taking another position, without giving further details.
Communist troops marched in and took control of Tibet in 1950 in what Beijing calls a "peaceful liberation". Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 following a failed uprising against the Chinese.
China says its rule has bought prosperity and stability, rejecting claims from Tibetan exiles and rights groups of widespread repression.
Xinhua said new party bosses had also been appointed to serve in the strategically located southwestern province of Yunnan and the populous southern province of Hunan.
In Yunnan, which sits of the borders of Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, Chen Hao replaced Li Jiheng, while in Hunan, Du Jiahao has assumed the party's top job, Xinhua said.
Both Chen and Du worked with President Xi Jinping when he ran China's commercial capital, Shanghai, as its Communist Party chief for a year in 2007, according to their resumes.
The party will hold a once-every-five-years congress next autumn where Xi is expected to further cement his hold on power by seeking to appoint close allies into the party's ruling inner core, the politburo and the politburo standing committee.
The year leading up to that will see Xi appoint more new people into major provincial and government positions, sources with ties to the leadership say.
(Story refiles to fix typo in fourth paragraph, drops the word 'rather'.)
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Helen Popper) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-politics-idUSKCN1130J4?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/a4535484dad89a70861890fd339297a6dd312f85e4d9bc8c3666166f766f83af.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T14:52:33 | null | 2016-08-30T14:01:45 | General Electric Co on Tuesdaynamed Richard Laxer chief executive of GE Capital, which theconglomerate began shrinking in 2015 as part of efforts toreturn to its industrial roots. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fge-restructuring-idUSL3N1BB48W%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | UPDATE 1-GE names Richard Laxer CEO of GE Capital | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Adds details, background)
Aug 30 General Electric Co on Tuesday named Richard Laxer chief executive of GE Capital, which the conglomerate began shrinking in 2015 as part of efforts to return to its industrial roots.
Laxer, 55, will take over on Sept. 1 from company veteran Keith Sherin, who will retire at the end of the year after 35 years of service.
Since April 2015, Sherin has led the transformation of GE Capital into a smaller, more focused business, GE Chief Executive Jeff Immelt said.
GE, which had set a target of selling $200 billion in assets of its finance arm, said earlier this month it had signed deals worth about $192 billion.
Sherin, who served as GE's finance chief for 15 years, is also vice chairman of the company and chairman of GE Capital.
Laxer is currently chief executive of GE Capital International.
GE also said GE Capital will now consist of three divisions: GE Capital Aviation Services, GE Energy Financial Services and GE Industrial Finance. (Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva) | http://www.reuters.com/article/ge-restructuring-idUSL3N1BB48W?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/dd5b0aae2cd9db18b89db7fc94a734b4c922a2dfcb03f8de78291ce03dcf11f1.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:20:36 | null | 2016-08-25T13:48:17 | Kenya has disbanded its National Olympics Committee (NOC-K) because of the poor handling of the east African country's team during the Rio Olympics, sports minister Hassan Wario said on Thursday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-olympics-kenya-idUSKCN1101GF%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160825&t=2&i=1151017991&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O0VF | en | null | Kenya removes Olympics committee over Rio performance | null | null | www.reuters.com | Kenya's Sports Minister Hassan Wario addresses a news conference on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recommendations that judged Kenya as non-compliant with the WADA code, in the capital Nairobi, May 13, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
NAIROBI Kenya has disbanded its National Olympics Committee (NOC-K) because of the poor handling of the east African country's team during the Rio Olympics, sports minister Hassan Wario said on Thursday.
Wario has set up a committee to investigate the misconduct and it will report its findings by Sept. 30. The Directorate of Criminal Investigation has also been asked to begin a probe.
"There was alleged mismanagement of the facilitation of our athletes and the entire team Kenya ranging from accommodation and travel mishaps, mishandling of the accreditation of the list of participants to the provision of kits that never reached the athletes," Wario told a news conference.
"I do hereby disband the National Olympic Committee with immediate effect and transfer their responsibilities to the Sports Kenya as the interim custodian."
Before the Games, Kenya team captain Wesley Korir berated local Olympic committee officials, saying they needed better management, payment of pending allowances and an immediate end to alleged harassment of athletes by anti-doping officials.
Francis Paul, NOC-K's secretary general, said his organization would consult with the International Olympic Committee over Wario's decision.
"We are going to inform the International Olympic Committee to investigate the matter. We shall meet and discuss," he told Reuters.
Despite the problems, Kenya enjoyed its most successful Olympics in Rio, winning six gold medals, six silvers and one bronze, all in track and field.
Korir said on Twitter on Thursday that most Kenyan team members were still in Rio de Janeiro waiting for flights back home and they are staying in a run-down part of the city.
(Writing by George Obulutsa, editing by Ed Osmond) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-kenya-idUSKCN1101GF?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/63b9e1b3efdc456f940c6a62a0b0e34bac663aceafcb3f29587fd12a97574c0a.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T12:52:01 | null | 2016-08-28T11:21:24 | Rescuers believe they have located more bodies in the ruined town of Amatrice, five days after a devastating earthquake struck central Italy, killing at least 290 people. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-italy-quake-idUSKCN1130D2%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DenvironmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fenvironment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEnvironment%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151339759&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R06C | en | null | More bodies located beneath rubble in Italy quake zone | null | null | www.reuters.com | A volunteer prepares 'Amatriciana', a type of pasta dish created in Amatrice, at a tent camp in Sant'Angelo, following an earthquake in central Italy, August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
Volunteers prepare 'Amatriciana', a type of pasta dish created in Amatrice, at a tent camp in Sant'Angelo, following an earthquake in central Italy, August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
A rescue worker and a dog search among debris following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy, August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
AMATRICE, Italy Rescuers believe they have located more bodies in the ruined town of Amatrice, five days after a devastating earthquake struck central Italy, killing at least 290 people.
Residents of the hill town said up to 10 people were still missing and emergency services said they might have located three corpses in Amatrice's Hotel Roma, which, like much of the historic center, was wrecked by Wednesday's quake.
"I am certain there is one more person (in the hotel), because it is my uncle," said Deputy Mayor Gianluca Carloni.
"It is absolutely vital to finish as soon as possible this initial (search) phase to make sure that there are no more bodies under the rubble," he said.
The Civil Protection Department lowered the official death toll on Sunday to 290 from a previously given 291. A number of foreigners were among the dead, including 11 Romanians, the foreign ministry in Bucharest said.
Many Romanians work in Italy and Bucharest said 14 of its nationals were still unaccounted for.
Museums across Italy will donate proceeds from Sunday's ticket sales to help the rebuilding effort and soccer teams will hold a minute's silence before their weekend matches out of respect for the victims.
Pope Francis led prayers for the dead in his weekly address in Rome, saying he wanted to go to the earthquake zone to bring comfort to the survivors.
"Dear brothers and sisters, as soon as it is possible, I hope to come and visit you," he said.
Italy has promised to rebuild the shattered communities and has said it will learn from the mistakes of the reconstruction following a similar earthquake in the nearby city of L'Aquila in 2009, where much of the center is still out of bounds.
"The government isn't going to tell you what should be done. You will decide what needs doing," Prime Minister Matteo Renzi told relatives of the dead on Saturday at a state funeral for 35 of the victims.
(Reporting by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Robin Pomeroy) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-quake-idUSKCN1130D2?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fb0af6283561e582006128a2af7ca8162ed58b1ceaf284489ffda1e6f648f00c.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T22:52:19 | null | 2016-08-30T22:10:07 | Kewaunee Scientific Corp | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094XI%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Kewaunee Scientific Q1 earnings per share $0.48 | null | null | www.reuters.com | Pacific trade pact remains top issue for Obama administration
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 The successful conclusion of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade talks remains the top legislative item for the United States, a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama said on Tuesday. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094XI?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/12400106603be23d23cffdcf521efa982e63de99e48b020555b8dad41a55db6b.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T00:52:22 | null | 2016-08-31T00:25:37 | Mimedx Group | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094XJ%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Mimedx provides update on key clinical trials | null | null | www.reuters.com | UPDATE 1-Study finds flaws in criticism of St. Jude cyber security
(Adds comment from Muddy Waters) By Ransdell Pierson Aug 30 University of Michigan researchers on Tuesday said their own experiments undermine recent allegations of security flaws in St. Jude Medical Inc's pacemakers and other implantable medical devices. Shares of St. Jude fell 5 percent on Thursday after short-selling firm Muddy Waters and its business partner, cyber security company MedSec Holdings Inc, alleged finding significant security bugs in the company's Merl | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094XJ?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/31a4d0a7b6a027038fb9a7d113b5e899d7ce065a9413fd5ffb8089e925f58b1a.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T09:05:18 | null | 2016-08-31T08:32:11 | U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Wednesday on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision on the disputed South China Sea and said there was no military solution to the problem. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-southchinasea-ruling-kerry-idUSKCN1160QV%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151688958&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0D7 | en | null | Kerry says no military solution to South China Sea dispute | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry adjusts his ear phones during a joint news conference with India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (not pictured) in New Delhi, India, August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
NEW DELHI U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Wednesday on China and the Philippines to abide by an international tribunal's decision on the disputed South China Sea and said there was no military solution to the problem.
Kerry's remarks, made in a visit to India, came ahead of a G20 summit in China on Sunday and Monday that could be overshadowed by arguments over everything from territorial disputes to protectionism by China, diplomats say.
An arbitration court in The Hague ruled in July that China did not have historic rights to the South China Sea. China dismissed the case lodged by the Philippines and rejected the ruling.
"The United States continues to call on China and the Philippines to abide by the tribunal's recent decision which is final and legally binding on both parties," Kerry told a gathering of students in New Delhi.
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of trade moves annually. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have rival claims.
China has vowed to take all measures needed to protect its sovereignty over the South China Sea and says its actions there, which have included land reclamation and construction of air fields and docks on reefs, are peaceful.
China has blamed the United States and its allies in the region, such as Japan and Australia, for stoking tension.
The United States and Japan have no territorial claims in the South China Sea and say their priority is freedom of navigation.
Kerry said the United States supported diplomatic efforts to resolve territorial disputes to which there was "no military solution".
"We are also interested in not fanning the flames of conflict but rather trying to encourage the parties to resolve their disputes and claims through the legal process and through diplomacy," Kerry said.
The United States and India, in a joint statement issued on Tuesday after security talks, reiterated the importance of freedom of navigation and over flight in the South China Sea.
They said states should resolve disputes through peaceful means and "exercise self-restraint in the conduct of activities that could complicate or escalate disputes affecting peace and stability".
U.S. ally the Philippines welcomed the tribunal's ruling in July but it is keen not to anger China. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will hold talks with China on the issue.
Duterte is attending a summit next week in Laos of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), which both U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang are also going to.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin, asked in Beijing whether Li would meet Duterte there, said it was not clear what bilateral meetings might take place.
Liu did not refer directly to the United States but said interference by some countries outside the region was a challenge in China-ASEAN relations.
"Frankly, some countries outside the region don't want to see China-ASEAN relations develop so quickly and become so close. Some people, some countries, are constantly interfering in the development of China-ASEAN relations," Liu said.
(Additional reporting by Sanjeev Miglani, and Michael Martina in BEIJING; Writing by Krishna N. Das; Editing by Clarence Fernandez, Robert Birsel) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-ruling-kerry-idUSKCN1160QV?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/59f9b775cbccfa4a864c7d4c0b8da4f5157159acd68d1c6e1ea747d5c93c5782.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T10:52:17 | null | 2016-08-30T10:13:39 | 3M Co : | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094SY%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Health2sync raises $3m series A to transform diabetes care | null | null | www.reuters.com | Fridman's LetterOne invests in mobile challenger FreedomPop
FRANKFURT, Aug 30 FreedomPop, a U.S. startup challenging the mobile industry by offering free voice and data plans, has received a $50 million investment to fund international expansion from LetterOne, the investment vehicle owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094SY?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/dd4b096676d07c04dbfe394978e94d0cca9a1b32c164ae09a63a0149d8b8bd04.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:19:22 | null | 2016-08-24T19:28:21 | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged 71 municipal bond issuers, including the states of Hawaii and Minnesota, as well as related entities, for using offering documents that misled investors, the agency said on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-sec-municipals-charges-idUSKCN10Z22D%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DPersonalFinance%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bnews%252Fwealth%2B%2528Reuters%2BWealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160824&t=2&i=1150918484&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7N1ID | en | null | U.S. SEC charges 71 municipal bond issuers for misleading investors | null | null | www.reuters.com | A sign for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pictured in the foyer of the Fort Worth Regional Office in Fort Worth, Texas June 28, 2012. REUTERS/Mike Stone
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged 71 municipal bond issuers, including the states of Hawaii and Minnesota, as well as related entities, for using offering documents that misled investors, the agency said on Wednesday.
The actions, brought under an SEC initiative that encouraged municipal bond issuers to self-report certain violations, involved conduct that occurred between 2011 and 2014, the SEC said. The initiative offered favorable settlement terms in exchange for self-reporting, the SEC said.
All of the entities involved settled with the SEC without admitting or denying the SEC's findings, the agency said.
A spokesperson for Minnesota's finance department did not return a call requesting comment. A Hawaii finance department spokesman could not be reached for comment.
The action covers a wide range of other issuers and entities, including the Ohio State University, the city of Memphis, the town of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and the Delaware Transportation Authority, according to the SEC.
The SEC said that issuers in the case sold municipal bonds using offering documents that contained materially false statements or omissions about their compliance with continuing disclosure obligations.
Continuing disclosure provides municipal bond investors with important information, such as annual financial reports, on an ongoing basis. Failure to comply with continuing disclosure mandates is a "major challenge for investors seeking information about their municipal bond holdings," the SEC said.
Settlements in the cases require the parties to reform their policies, procedures and staff training related to continuing disclosure obligations and to update past filings, among other things, the SEC said.
The cases raised hackles at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), a trade group, which on Wednesday called for broad changes in regulation and practices, given the widespread nature of the enforcement actions by the SEC, first against dealers and now against issuers.
SIFMA supports a "robust disclosure regime" in the municipal market, but has "serious concerns" about how the SEC carried out the self-reporting initiative for municipal bond issuers, SIFMA said in a statement.
(Reporting by Suzanne Barlyn; Editing by Frances Kerry and Meredith Mazzilli) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-municipals-charges-idUSKCN10Z22D?feedType=RSS&feedName=PersonalFinance&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Fwealth+%28Reuters+Wealth+News%29 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/e9705544533075b28cbcf17990399abf34d5dba8cabdfccae4f5eac3a9e78c2e.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T12:52:09 | null | 2016-08-30T12:28:06 | Ashland Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094TZ%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Ashland announces hiring Chief People & Communications Officer of Valvoline | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 30 Ashland Inc
* Ashland announces hiring of Sara Stensrud as Chief People and Communications Officer of Valvoline Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094TZ?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/561cfa787e2ea023fff3e7cc75b5321ca3c402724396f7a53a1587966dbd8650.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:51:47 | null | 2016-08-29T07:06:24 | Cathedral Energy Services Ltd | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094MQ%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Cathedral Energy provides update on its credit facility and initiation of strategic alternatives process | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 Cathedral Energy Services Ltd
* Cathedral energy services provides update on its credit facility and initiation of strategic alternatives process
* Says Export Development Canada ("edc") has joined Cathedral's banking syndicate
* Co's credit facility availability increased from that disclosed in Q2 results,credit facility commitments from BNS,NBF have decreased
* Co's credit facility availability is now $36 million reducing to $33 million by December 31, 2016 and $28 million by March 31, 2017
* Says lenders have also agreed to extend maturity of Cathedral's credit facility to November 2017
* Initiated a process to identify, examine and consider a range of strategic alternatives available to company
* For purposes of considering strategic alternatives, Cathedral has established a special committee of independent directors
* Special committee retained Firstenergy Capital Corp as its financial advisor in connection with review of strategic alternatives Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094MQ?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/14145e95f1e9e7ca6e56a30ec69d78c1d9c43a311f5a01339c5a98e45813e472.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T06:52:17 | null | 2016-08-30T06:21:11 | Digital maps company HERE,controlled by German carmakers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen, aims to find a new investor by theend of the year, HERE chief Edzard Overbeek told a Germannewspaper. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fhere-equity-idUSL8N1BB0NP%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Digital mapping firm HERE wants new investor by year-end - Handelsblatt | null | null | www.reuters.com | FRANKFURT Aug 30 Digital maps company HERE, controlled by German carmakers BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen, aims to find a new investor by the end of the year, HERE chief Edzard Overbeek told a German newspaper.
"The carmakers want to open the circle of shareholders. We are talking to dozens of parties interested in taking a stake," daily Handelsblatt quoted Overbeek as saying in an interview published on Tuesday.
Germany's luxury automotive groups including Daimler's Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen's Audi division and BMW bought HERE for 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) from Nokia last year to create an alternative digital mapping business to Google .
Daimler confirmed in April it was in talks with Amazon.com and Microsoft about taking a minority stake in HERE. Auto supplier Bosch has also said it was in talks with HERE.
"It is important to find the right mixture of owners... Partners from the IT sector, from logistics or retail are possible," Overbeek said, according to the newspaper, without naming any possible investors.
Intelligent mapping systems supply information to control self-driving cars, which are equipped with street-scanning sensors to measure traffic and road conditions. This location data can in turn be shared with other map users.
($1 = 0.8957 euros) (Reporting by Maria Sheahan, editing by Louise Heavens) | http://www.reuters.com/article/here-equity-idUSL8N1BB0NP?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/59b45f7e0c8524c40cebb20387ea70cbcc103e12bd52346aaa9e39cd9034d5df.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:18:19 | null | 2016-08-26T12:14:21 | Scorpio Gold Corp | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSL8N1B72T3%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Scorpio Gold Q2 earnings per share $0.00 | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 26 Scorpio Gold Corp
* Scorpio gold reports financial results for second quarter of 2016
* Qtrly earnings per share $0.00
* Qtrly revenue $12.4 million versus $12.1 million
* Says production guidance for Mineral Ridge operation in 2016 remains at 30,000-35,000 ounces of gold
* Sees production for Mineral Ridge operation in 2016 at revised estimated cash cost of $900-$950 per ounce of gold sold
* Says 10,089 ounces of gold were produced in Q2 at Mineral Ridge mine, compared to 8,738 ounces produced during Q2 of 2015
* Says foresees a higher total cash cost per ounce of gold during second half of 2016 compared to first half Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL8N1B72T3?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/4aefb46b0272adbb6d49e3ebf85cf5bd30ae8ae2f85481ea876db72332b27baa.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T16:51:38 | null | 2016-08-26T16:34:46 | Le Bon Marche and La Grande Epicerie, two landmark Paris luxury stores have turned their joint rooftops into an urban garden for staff who can grow their own crops in their free time. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-france-urban-gardening-idUSKCN1111Y6%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DenvironmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fenvironment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEnvironment%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151196980&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P19I | en | null | Office workers turn urban gardeners on Paris luxury store rooftops | null | null | www.reuters.com | A tomato plant is seen in among planter boxes on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Herbs grow in planter boxes on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
A man waters plants in planter boxes on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Planter boxes are seen on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
A tomato plant is seen in a planter box on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Charlotte Arnoux, recruitment officer and first-time gardener, waters plants on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Planter boxes are seen on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
A man walks between planter boxes on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
PARIS Le Bon Marche and La Grande Epicerie, two landmark Paris luxury stores have turned their joint rooftops into an urban garden for staff who can grow their own crops in their free time.
In the past months, the LVMH-owned adjoining stores on Paris's residential left bank have built planter boxes on a 700 square meter (7,500 square feet) roof area, where the store's employees grow 60 or so kinds of fruit, vegetables and herbs such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and lavender.
The stunning views over Paris and the chance to learn about gardening have attracted 200 of the stores' 1,500 employees, selected by lottery, and put the stores at the forefront of the city's urban gardening drive.
By 2020, the Paris city government wants to have 100 hectares (1 square km) of green roofs, sidewalks and walls, with one third dedicated to the production of fruits and vegetables.
"In the beginning we spent more time looking at the amazing view than at the planter boxes, but this is a great place to grow vegetables and meet colleagues," said Charlotte Arnoux, recruitment officer and first-time gardener.
Arnoux and seven colleagues take turns taking care of three one square meter (11 square feet) planter boxes in which they grow sorrel, basil and different varieties of tomatoes, all without the use of pesticides.
The stores' customers are not aware of the garden over their heads and cannot visit it, but the initiative has drawn visitors from other companies in France and abroad who want to set up similar rooftop gardens for staff.
"Given the impact this has on staff morale, the cost of investment was minimal," said technical director Hubert Genet.
The stores' own technical staff built the planters and converted the narrow rooftop into an urban garden.
Crops are sown in one-meter high planters which takes the back-breaking out of the gardening, but the plants will grow in just 15 cms of soil to limit the extra weight on the roof.
Nicolas Bel, founder of urban gardening pioneer Topager, said micro-drip irrigation and a pebbles-and-membrane water retention system simulate the moist, deep soil that plants need to grow.
Head of alterations at Le Bon Marche clothing department Veronique Roussin said she had made a rhubarb tart with stems grown on the roof and brought it in to share with colleagues.
"We often come up here to have breakfast or lunch together and take care of our plants," she said. "And it gives us something to talk about other than alterations".
(Reporting by Geert De Clercq; Editing by Richard Balmforth) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-urban-gardening-idUSKCN1111Y6?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/9099a1ee48ca2e343b2dc9906197b177efb918fa279786b7e8a6e95375052689.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T11:02:40 | null | 2016-08-28T10:44:45 | A group monitoring the Syrian war said Turkish air strikes and artillery attacks killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens more on Sunday, the fifth day of Turkey's cross-border campaign that it says targets Islamic State and Kurdish forces. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN11305C%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151336765&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R042 | en | null | Turkish army pounds north Syria, monitor says 20 civilians killed | null | null | www.reuters.com | KARKAMIS, Turkey A group monitoring the Syrian war said Turkish air strikes and artillery attacks killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens more on Sunday, the fifth day of Turkey's cross-border campaign that it says targets Islamic State and Kurdish forces.
Turkey's warplanes roared into north Syria at daybreak and its artillery pounded what security sources said were sites held by Kurdish YPG militia, after the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported fierce overnight fighting around villages.
There was no immediate comment from the YPG, but forces aligned to the Kurdish group had said on Saturday that no Kurdish militia were in areas being targeted by Turkish in the cross-border offensive.
Turkey, which has been battling Kurdish insurgents on its own soil, sent soldiers, tanks and other military hardware into Syria on Wednesday in support of its Syrian rebel allies, seizing the Syrian border town of Jarablus from Islamic State.
But Turkish officials have openly stated that their goal in Syria is as much about ensuring Kurdish forces do not extend territory they already control along Turkey's border, as it is about driving Islamic State from its strongholds.
The Observatory, a Britain-based group, said 20 people were killed and 50 wounded in a battle for the village of Jub al-Kousa fought between Turkey with its allies and Kurdish-backed militias.
The region is controlled by militias aligned to the Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a broad grouping which includes the YPG.
The monitoring group said rebels backed by Turkish tanks fought till dawn against rival militias allied to the SDF around al-Amarna, a village near Jarablus, but failed to take it. It said SDF-allied militia damaged three Turkish tanks there.
Turkish security sources said warplanes and artillery had hit Kurdish YPG militia sites near Manbij, a city south of the frontier town of Jarablus that had been captured by Kurdish-aligned SDF this month in a U.S.-backed operation.
A Reuters witness in Karkamis, a town on the Turkish side of the border, heard jets and artillery bomb Syrian targets. The Observatory said Turkish jets hit sites north of Manbij.
TURKISH SOLDIER KILLED
Turkey said one of its soldiers was killed on Saturday when a rocket hit a tank that it said came from a YPG-controled area. Turkish forces had responded with artillery, it said.
It was the first Turkish death reported in Turkey's campaign. Most fighting so far has appeared to be with rebels aligned to the Kurdish-backed SDF rather than Islamic State.
The Turkish government wants to stop Kurdish forces gaining control of an unbroken swathe of Syrian territory on Turkey's frontier, which it fears could embolden the Kurdish militant group PKK, which has waged a three-decade insurgency in Turkey.
Any action against Kurdish forces in Syria puts Turkey at odds with its NATO ally the United States. Washington backs the Kurdish-aligned SDF and YPG, seeing them as the most reliable and effective ally in the fight against Islamic State in Syria.
It adds complexity to the Syrian conflict that erupted five years ago with an uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and has since drawn in regional states and world powers.
Turkey has suffered shock waves from the conflict raging in its southern neighbour. Turkey has frequently been targeted in attacks by Islamic State. The government suspects the group was behind a blast at a wedding this month that killed 54 people.
President Tayyip Erdogan is expected to visit the site of that wedding attack in Gaziantep, in southeastern Turkey, to pay his respects to families of the victims later on Sunday.
(Additional reporting by Ece Toksabay in Ankara and Tom Perry in Beirut; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Louise Ireland) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN11305C?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0c02a744ffe5de0d1f8085ac106269c2d86dfdbc79d0992679d9e544b755d424.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:18:04 | null | 2016-08-26T12:13:42 | Major international seed companies formed an alliance on Friday to oppose a proposal by India that would force them to share their genetically modified crop technology with local players. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-india-gmo-regulation-idUSKCN11111R%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151152265&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0JR | en | null | Foreign seed firms team up to oppose new India GM crop rules | null | null | www.reuters.com | Monsanto logo is displayed on a screen where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S. on May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
NEW DELHI Major international seed companies formed an alliance on Friday to oppose a proposal by India that would force them to share their genetically modified crop technology with local players.
Executives from the India businesses of Monsanto, Bayer, Dow, Dupont Pioneer and Syngenta, which have formed the alliance, said seed prices should be set by the market rather than by regulation.
The show of solidarity comes after Monsanto, which pioneered the use of GM cotton in India, pulled an application for its next-generation product from the approvals process on concerns over the security of its intellectual property.
An executive from Bayer India said nobody would invest in research if the proposed introduction of compulsory licensing - which would force a company to share its intellectual property if the government so orders - is implemented.
India does not yet allow GM food crops, whose introduction could help reduce heavy import bills for items like edible oils that it needs to feed its huge and growing population. A domestically developed GM mustard product is, however, inching its way through the approvals process.
But political and public opposition to lab-altered food remains strong amid fears that GM crops could compromise food safety and biodiversity.
(Reporting by Krishna N. Das and Mayank Bhardwaj; Writing by Malini Menon; Editing by Douglas Busvine) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-gmo-regulation-idUSKCN11111R?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/30c12b0cfe5e4ca094ddbeef3bf6b8f951427dfa406c44e52e14789b50f4f4f2.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T20:52:21 | null | 2016-08-30T20:43:51 | Culp Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094WT%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Culp Q1 GAAP earnings per share $0.43 | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 30 Culp Inc
* Q1 GAAP earnings per share $0.43
* Q1 adjusted non-GAAP earnings per share $0.56
* Q1 sales $80.7 million versus I/B/E/S view $79.4 million
* Q1 earnings per share view $0.49 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Projection for Q2 of fiscal 2017 is for overall sales to be flat to slightly higher as compared with same period last year
* Q2 earnings per share view $0.46, revenue view $78.8 million -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094WT?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0d9398d4f02d87116f5933e0fcb5f0afa40de50d4f5e49c938e827c2c476391d.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T20:52:05 | null | 2016-08-29T20:30:40 | Communications Systems Inc : | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094PN%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Communications Systems appoints Mark Fandrich as CFO | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 Communications Systems Inc :
* Communications Systems, Inc appoints Mark Fandrich as chief financial officer
* Fandrich succeeds Edwin C. Freeman as CEO
* Edwin C. Freeman has assumed position of treasurer and vice president of corporate development Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094PN?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/db025de6420cf6611791d5fbfcb2d9ba49d2b013e7943f7b592d75153330206c.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T19:02:11 | null | 2016-08-30T17:47:02 | Panicked callers to 911 during June's mass shooting in Orlando told police of buildings hit by stray bullets and wounded friends stuck inside the gay nightclub where a gunman pledging allegiance to Islamic State killed 49 people. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-florida-shooting-idUSKCN1152EM%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151617904&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1F6 | en | null | Orlando 911 calls tell of fear inside and outside of Pulse club | null | null | www.reuters.com | The Pulse night club sign is pictured through a fence following the mass shooting there last week in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
ORLANDO, Fla. Panicked callers to 911 during June's mass shooting in Orlando told police of buildings hit by stray bullets and wounded friends stuck inside the gay nightclub where a gunman pledging allegiance to Islamic State killed 49 people.
"Gun shots were just like crazy," one caller outside the club told 911 operators, according to partial transcripts of the calls that were released on Tuesday.
Shooter Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 at the Pulse nightclub in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
One neighbor near Pulse told 911 operators people were banging on his door to escape the shooting and others were seeking cover behind parked cars.
People reported on the carnage inside the club.
"One of our friends sent us a text and he said that he’s been shot and he’s in the bathroom and no one sees him," one caller told 911.
A woman told an operator her husband was in the club and he reported shooting.
"He told me he cannot get out. He’s over there (and) he said he cannot get out," the woman said.
A man said: "I just got home from the Pulse club ... My friends texted me (to) tell me there is a shooting going (on) A lot of my friends got shot."
The operator responds by saying not to text or call the friend.
Authorities did not release the names of those who called 911 or those who were mentioned as being inside the club.
Mateen, 29, was killed by police inside the nightclub.
He pledged allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State militant group during the rampage in which he used an assault rifle and pistol that had been legally purchased although he had twice been investigated by the FBI for possible connections with militant Islamist groups.
U.S. authorities believe that Mateen, who lived in Fort Pierce, Florida, with his wife and young child, was self-radicalized and acted alone without assistance or orders from abroad.
(Reporting by Barbara Liston; Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Alistair Bell) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-florida-shooting-idUSKCN1152EM?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/b22226c46614b70269f2b82bf176b78f592cc31eb437dd762bc1299a048914ad.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T14:52:02 | null | 2016-08-29T14:24:35 | Neutrisci International Inc : | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1B802Q%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-NeutriSci International announces dual listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange | null | null | www.reuters.com | UPDATE 1-Truck carrying Takata air bag inflators explodes in U.S., killing one
Aug 29 A truck that was transporting Takata Corp air bag inflators and propellants at the centre of a global recall exploded in Texas last week, killing one woman and injuring four other people, the auto parts supplier said on Monday. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1B802Q?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7b0ec1f55878672e4b8c8d474a6d9a1b79fee627692c6a63a625167d597ef9ce.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T21:02:24 | null | 2016-08-26T20:28:10 | Travelers have booked fewer hotel rooms in downtown Miami, and leisure airfares to the greater Miami area have inched down in the weeks since the Zika virus was detected there, data reviewed by Reuters shows. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-travel-idUSKCN1112BX%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151219048&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1F1 | en | null | Miami hotel bookings slow, airfares fall since Zika outbreak | null | null | www.reuters.com | A woman looks at a Center for Disease Control (CDC) health advisory sign about the dangers of the Zika virus as she lines up for a security screening at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, U.S., May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Travelers have booked fewer hotel rooms in downtown Miami, and leisure airfares to the greater Miami area have inched down in the weeks since the Zika virus was detected there, data reviewed by Reuters shows.
Hotels sold 2.9 percent fewer rooms in Miami's central business district and northern neighborhoods during the first three weeks of August than they did a year earlier in the same period, according to hotel data and analytics firm STR.
That area includes the Wynwood arts district where on July 29 Florida officials said they confirmed cases of people who contracted the virus, marking the first transmissions by mosquitoes in the continental United States.
The decline in hotel bookings may be an early indication of the virus's effect on Miami's robust tourism industry, which had an economic impact of $24.4 billion in 2015, according to the Greater Miami Convention and Visitor Bureau.
The drop in the number of hotel room sales for the downtown and north Miami areas is a departure from largely uninterrupted growth in bookings there at least since 2010. From January 2016 through July, hotel stays by paying travelers were up 1.2 percent from a year ago, according to STR data.
But for the latest week ended Aug. 20, the number of hotel rooms sold was down 4.2 percent, compared to a year earlier.
Jan Freitag, senior vice president of lodging insights at STR, said the decline was not due to abnormally strong numbers the year before, and could reflect the impact of Zika virus concerns.
"We don't know enough yet," Freitag told Reuters, saying he would like to see up to two months of data, and monitor traffic to Miami from Europe and Brazil, both major sources of visitors to South Florida.
"Zika is not only a serious threat to public health. It has the potential to be an equally serious threat to a community’s economy," said travel industry analyst Henry Harteveldt, adding that worries about the virus likely contributed to the decline in Miami.
AIRFARES DOWN
The Zika virus was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas. The virus poses a risk to pregnant women because it can cause a severe birth defect known as microcephaly. In Brazil, more than 1,800 cases of the condition have been linked to Zika.
Earlier this week, officials reported new Zika infections in Wynwood, and also one case hundreds of miles away in Pinellas County, on the Gulf Coast.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that pregnant women who are worried about exposure to Zika might consider avoiding all of Miami-Dade County. On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended universal testing of donated blood for the virus in the United States and its territories.
Miami tourism officials said hotel managers have not alerted them to bookings weakness related to the Zika virus.
It was too early to tell from the data that Zika had an impact on travel or bookings, tourism officials said.
"These numbers don't turn this quickly," said William Talbert, chief executive of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau.
In a sign that airlines are trying to stimulate demand to and from Miami, airfares have gotten cheaper from a year ago, according to an analysis of the top U.S. domestic routes by Harrell Associates that was reviewed by Reuters.
Leisure fares on Miami routes were down 9 percent in late July from the prior year, while those to Fort Lauderdale were down 14 percent, the Harrell Associates data shows. Fares were sampled July 18 and July 25.
Since the first Zika cases were announced, the decline in leisure fares to and from Miami had widened to 16 percent, while fares for nearby Fort Lauderdale had dropped an average of 18 percent from a year earlier, the analysis found. That data is based on samples of airfares taken Aug. 15 and 22.
Nationwide, the high-restriction leisure fares are down 3 percent in mid-August from the prior year, the analysis by Harrell Associates found.
American Airlines Group Inc (AAL.O), the largest carrier in Miami, declined to comment on individual markets or whether the virus would impact its business. Its rival in the area, JetBlue Airways Corp (JBLU.O), did not immediately comment.
Airlines have been struggling for months to curb the decline of ticket prices amid growing competition in popular markets.
While Miami Beach has continued to see hotel demand rise through August, that rate has appeared to slow: from 6.4 percent higher in the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in 2015, to only 2.6 percent higher this month, the STR data showed. The same trend holds true for Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, according to the data.
Miami Beach has about 2.5 times the number of hotels as downtown and north Miami, STR said.
(Reporting By Jeffrey Dastin in New York; Editing by Bernard Orr) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-travel-idUSKCN1112BX?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/31bd9998fba8c582186d536ae48c7d349e12a2bf802da664fc0035e4c87192da.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T19:02:36 | null | 2016-08-30T18:41:21 | University of Michigan researchers on Tuesday said their own experiments undermine recent allegations of security flaws in St. Jude Medical Inc's pacemakers and other implantable medical devices. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-st-jude-medical-cyber-university-idUSKCN1152I0%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtechnologyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtechnologyNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BTechnology%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151624659&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1GO | en | null | University study finds flaws in criticism of St. Jude cyber security | null | null | www.reuters.com | The ticker and trading information for St. Jude Medical is displayed where the stock is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
University of Michigan researchers on Tuesday said their own experiments undermine recent allegations of security flaws in St. Jude Medical Inc's pacemakers and other implantable medical devices.
Shares of St. Jude fell 5 percent on Thursday after short-selling firm Muddy Waters and its business partner, cyber security company MedSec Holdings Inc, alleged finding significant security bugs in the company's Merlin@home device for monitoring implanted heart devices. They said the flaws could potentially enable others to remotely speed up the heart devices or drain their power.
The university said its researchers came "to strikingly different conclusions" after generating the conditions reported by Muddy Waters and not finding a security issue.
The team consisted of several leading medical device security researchers and a cardiologist from the university, it said in a release.
Muddy Waters founder Carson Block had shorted St. Jude shares after MedSec recently approached him with results of research it had conducted into the company's medical device security, he said. In an unusual deal, Block said he hired the cyber security firm as a consultant and agreed to pay it a licensing fee for the research and a percentage of any profits from the investment.
The University of Michigan's team reproduced error messages, or signs of a problem, which Muddy Waters cited as evidence of a successful "crash attack" into a home-monitored implantable heart device. But the messages are the same set of errors that display if the device is not properly plugged in, the university said.
"We're not saying the (Muddy Waters) report is false; we're saying it's inconclusive because the evidence does not support their conclusions," said Kevin Fu, University of Michigan associate professor of computer science and engineering and director of the Archimedes Center for Medical Device Security.
St. Jude has called the Muddy Waters report "false and misleading," saying most of the observations applied to older versions of its Merlin@home devices that had not been patched with security upgrades.
Officials at Muddy Waters could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Ransdell Pierson; Editing by Frances Kerry) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-st-jude-medical-cyber-university-idUSKCN1152I0?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/03dd5f4c65430dbbdbdef74e45a9b8ac462949d8488399c26b86f1367069fb9c.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T19:04:24 | null | 2016-08-27T17:17:37 | A relative of one of the militants who attacked French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in January 2015 has been put under formal investigation for Islamist ties and remanded in custody, a judicial source said on Saturday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-europe-attacks-investigation-idUSKCN1120O1%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160827&t=2&i=1151289354&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q0J5 | en | null | Relative of Charlie Hebdo attacker investigated for Islamist ties | null | null | www.reuters.com | A man identified by a lawyer as Cherif Kouachi, one of the two brothers who killed 12 people in the attack on the weekly paper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, is seen in this still image taken from Reuters TV video shot at a Paris courthouse while facing charges of helping smuggle Islamist fighters into Iraq, March 19, 2008. REUTERS/Reuters Tv
Gunmen gesture as they return to their car after the attack outside the offices of French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo (seen at rear) in this still image taken from amateur video shot in Paris January 7, 2015. REUTERS/Reuters TV
A bullet's impact is seen on a window at the scene after a shooting at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper, January 7, 2015. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
PARIS A relative of one of the militants who attacked French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in January 2015 has been put under formal investigation for Islamist ties and remanded in custody, a judicial source said on Saturday.
The source said Mourad Hamyd was suspected of trying to travel to Syria to join Islamic State.
Hamyd, who is French and a brother-in-law of assailant Cherif Kouachi, was detained in Bulgaria last month after a Paris court issued a European arrest warrant against him.
Hamyd was questioned by French police following the Charlie Hebdo attacks in which Cherif Kouachi and his brother Said shot dead 12 people before being killed by police, but was cleared of any involvement.
(Reporting by Chine Labbe; Writing by Bate Felix; Editing by Ros Russell) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-attacks-investigation-idUSKCN1120O1?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/884add83b7c8e1b177a1f64a28a9bc2cb08569ef8db7ae403e02d80f624b5fed.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T21:05:01 | null | 2016-08-30T19:06:41 | Some 3000 migrants were saved in the Strait of Sicily in 30 separate rescue missions on Tuesday, the Italian coastguard said, bringing the total to almost 10,000 in two days and marking a sharp acceleration in refugee arrivals in Italy. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-europe-migrants-italy-idUSKCN1152JK%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151626710&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1HQ | en | null | Italy rescues 3,000 migrants from Mediterranean as arrivals surge | null | null | www.reuters.com | A dinghy overcrowded by African migrants is seen drifting off the Libyan coast in Mediterranean Sea August 20, 2016. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
ROME Some 3000 migrants were saved in the Strait of Sicily in 30 separate rescue missions on Tuesday, the Italian coastguard said, bringing the total to almost 10,000 in two days and marking a sharp acceleration in refugee arrivals in Italy.
The migrants were packed on board dozens of boats, many of them rubber dinghies that become dangerously unstable in high seas. No details were immediately available on their nationalities.
Data from the International Organization for Migration released on Friday said around 105,000 migrants had reached Italy by boat in 2016, many of them setting sail from Libya. An estimated 2,726 men, women and children have died over the same period trying to make the journey.
Favorable weather conditions this week have seen an increase in boats setting sail. Some 1,100 migrants were picked up on Sunday and 6,500 on Monday, in one of the largest influxes of refugees in a single day so far this year.
Italy has been on the front line of Europe's migrant crisis for three years, and more than 400,000 have successfully made the voyage to Italy from North Africa since the beginning of 2014, fleeing violence and poverty.
(Reporting by Gavin Jones; Editing by Alison Williams) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-italy-idUSKCN1152JK?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ee6899f54abe09d3d70548b7686298cbed106dbd6110f5e2ffdf42029c9d319f.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T06:52:41 | null | 2016-08-31T06:27:17 | Cyprus signed a deal onWednesday for the transfer of natural gas via pipeline to Egypt,once extraction starts of discoveries made off the Mediterraneanisland. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fcyprus-egypt-gas-idUSL8N1BC0XQ%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Cyprus signs deal with Egypt for gas transfers via pipeline | null | null | www.reuters.com | NICOSIA Aug 31 Cyprus signed a deal on Wednesday for the transfer of natural gas via pipeline to Egypt, once extraction starts of discoveries made off the Mediterranean island.
U.S. energy firm Noble found an estimated 4.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in one prospect off Cyprus in late 2011.
A consortium of Italy's ENI and Korea's KoGas have a contract with Cyprus for exploration over three offshore blocks. French oil major Total has exploration rights over one block.
Wednesday's accord was signed in the Cypriot capital Nicosia by Egyptian petroleum minister Tarek El Molla and Cypriot energy minister Yiorgios Lakkotrypis.
Cyprus received expressions of interest from ENI, Total, Statoil, Exxon Mobil, Qatar Petroleum, and Cairn in a licensing round for another three offshore hydrocarbon blocks in a licensing round in late July. (Reporting by Michele Kambas; Editing by Mark Potter) | http://www.reuters.com/article/cyprus-egypt-gas-idUSL8N1BC0XQ?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6e98b0e2bf08dbccd314c102586a7332a5d84ef8ef6c497e3f198cd1296c3c07.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T01:02:16 | null | 2016-08-31T00:12:46 | Marco Rubio, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race earlier this year, was chosen on Tuesday as the Republican Party nominee for a second U.S. Senate term from Florida, according to the Associated Press. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-election-rubio-idUSKCN11600O%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151654406&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U009 | en | null | Florida Republicans pick Marco Rubio for Senate race: AP | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. Senator Marco Rubio looks on during an official photo with Honduran Attorney General Oscar Chinchilla (not pictured) at the attorney's facilities in Tegucigalpa, Honduras May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
WASHINGTON Marco Rubio, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race earlier this year, was chosen on Tuesday as the Republican Party nominee for a second U.S. Senate term from Florida, according to the Associated Press.
Rubio was projected to win the party nominating contest in Florida over novice politician Carlos Beruff, a wealthy homebuilder. Rubio could face Democratic U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy, who was expected to win his party's nominating contest, in the Nov. 8 election.
(Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Peter Cooney) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-rubio-idUSKCN11600O?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/d8508132a096c093a74152f427392fc867a4b0e9826e62ec2193bbb38d48c118.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T05:01:35 | null | 2016-08-27T03:27:29 | The U.S. Justice Department will decide whether criminal contempt charges will be brought against Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio for violating court orders in a racial profiling case, court documents released late on Friday showed. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-arizona-sheriff-contempt-idUSKCN11202F%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160827&t=2&i=1151244872&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q016 | en | null | Justice Department to decide charges against Arizona lawman in racial profiling case | null | null | www.reuters.com | PHOENIX The U.S. Justice Department will decide whether criminal contempt charges will be brought against Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio for violating court orders in a racial profiling case, court documents released late on Friday showed.
The department's criminal division has been assigned the case against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three others after the U.S. Attorney's Office for Arizona asked to be recused, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Phoenix.
The criminal referral centers on U.S. District Judge Murray Snow's ruling that Arpaio intentionally violated a 2011 court order barring the sheriff's office from stopping and detaining drivers solely based on the suspicion that they were in the country illegally. The stops continued for another 18 months.
Snow also cited Arpaio and his office for failing to disclose documents and preserve records in the case, as ordered.
The referral came 11 days before the 84-year-old Arpaio, who has proclaimed himself as “America’s toughest sheriff,’ is slated to face-off against three others in a Republican primary on Aug. 30 in a bid for his seventh term as sheriff.
Political observers say he should win the primary, but is expected to be in a fight in the November general election.
The court filing stated that the recusal of the U.S. Attorney's Office was "based upon existing conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest," without elaboration. A spokesman declined comment on Friday.
Last Friday, Snow recommended Arpaio face criminal charges for ignoring court orders arising out of the judge's ruling that Arpaio and his deputies were guilty of racial profiling of Latino motorists.
Snow also sought criminal charges against Arpaio's second-in-command, Gerard Sheridan, along with Maricopa County Sheriff's Captain Steve Bailey and an Arpaio attorney, Michele Iafrate.
Arpaio's criminal defense attorney, Mel McDonald, said on Friday he was not surprised about the transfer to the justice department, adding that it was immediately unclear what effect that will have in the case. McDonald has said the sheriff disputes Snow's determination.
It will be up to justice department officials whether to pursue any charges after an investigation. If not, another judge assigned to the case could appoint a special prosecutor to take up the matter.
Criminal contempt charges carry penalties of incarceration and fines.
Arpaio and Sheridan already have admitted to civil contempt for violating court orders. But said their conduct was not willful or intentional – key standards for a criminal prosecution.
(Reporting by David Schwartz in Phoenix; Editing by Curtis Skinner and Simon Cameron-Moore) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-arizona-sheriff-contempt-idUSKCN11202F?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/341a301078d3ceee604629ccf8e900c81bd32e460ef234b5aa0c6b4c2e95bec2.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:51:52 | null | 2016-08-29T06:34:49 | Konecranes Abp : | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASM0005PS%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Konecranes to deliver 12 RTG cranes to South Carolina Ports Authority | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 Konecranes Abp :
* Received an order for 12 RTGs from South Carolina Ports Authority in Charleston, South Carolina
* Cranes will be delivered to SCPA's Wando Welch terminal in port of Charleston in early fall 2017 Source text for Eikon:
Further company coverage: (Gdynia Newsroom) | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASM0005PS?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/555110cf692aa601a1ffc141d726511b193730b1d502d4fd251a4b3698fdd316.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T19:04:59 | null | 2016-08-30T18:41:49 | Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, one of the jihadist group's longest-serving and most prominent leaders, has been killed in Aleppo in Syria, its Amaq News Agency reported on Tuesday in a statement distributed by the group's supporters. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mideast-crisis-islamic-state-spokesma-idUSKCN1152GG%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151624538&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1G1 | en | null | Islamic State says its spokesman killed in Syria: Amaq News | null | null | www.reuters.com | An Islamic State flag is seen in this picture illustration taken February 18, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
BEIRUT Islamic State spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, one of the jihadist group's longest-serving and most prominent leaders, has been killed in Aleppo in Syria, its Amaq News Agency reported on Tuesday in a statement distributed by the group's supporters.
Amaq reported that Adnani was killed "while surveying the operations to repel the military campaigns against Aleppo". Islamic State holds territory in the province of Aleppo, but not in the city where rebels are fighting Syrian government forces.
Amaq did not say how Adnani was killed. Islamic State published a eulogy dated Aug. 29 but giving no further details.
Recent advances by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias, and by Syrian rebels backed by Turkey, have made inroads into Islamic State holdings in Aleppo province, cutting them off from the Turkish border and supply lines along it.
Iraq said in January that Adnani had been wounded in an air strike in the western province of Anbar and then moved to the northern city of Mosul, Islamic State’s capital in Iraq.
Adnani is a Syrian from Idlib, southwest of Aleppo, who pledged allegiance to Islamic State's predecessor al Qaeda more than a decade ago and was once imprisoned by U.S. forces in Iraq, according to the Brookings Institution.
He has been the chief propagandist for the ultra-hardline jihadist group since he declared in a June 2014 statement that it was establishing a modern-day caliphate spanning large swaths of territory it had seized in Iraq and neighboring Syria.
Adnani has often been the face of the Sunni militant group, such as when he issued a message in May urging attacks on the United States and Europe during the holy month of Ramadan.
(Reporting by Angus McDowall and Stephen Kalin; editing by Mark Heinrich) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-islamic-state-spokesma-idUSKCN1152GG?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7a7a3d78590d9eb0e55def91734dcc780f60559e2bf7d51bd1b0b283e3a17a94.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T16:52:59 | null | 2016-08-30T16:03:27 | A California startup has developed a portable technology that will allow consumers to test their food for gluten on the go. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-gluten-device-idUSKCN11523V%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DhealthNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FhealthNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BHealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Want to detect gluten on the go? There's a device for that | null | null | www.reuters.com | SAN FRANCISCO A California startup has developed a portable technology that will allow consumers to test their food for gluten on the go.
"Even when you go out and see these labeled menu items, you are still playing Russian roulette," said Shireen Yates, co-founder and chief executive of NIMA, which was founded in 2013.
Designed in San Francisco by a team from MIT, Stanford, Google and Nike, NIMA can analyze any type of food or beverage for gluten down to 20 parts per million, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) classification for gluten free products.
"There is still cross contamination, there is miscommunication, you just never know," Yates added.
An estimated 15 million people in the United States have some form of food allergy, a statistic that is on the rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Users of the device are instructed to fill a disposable cartridge with a pea-sized sample of food and then load it into the device, which is about half the size of a smartphone.
Roughly two minutes later, after the device measures the chemical reaction between antibody proteins and gluten, the screen will display a happy face if no gluten was detected.
Conversely, a wheat icon and text that reads "gluten found" will appear if any gluten is detected.
According to Yates, the antibodies bind to the presence of gluten if it is present in the sample, triggering a change that a sensor picks up on, Yates said.
To date, the company has raised $14 million in total with the help of a $9.2 million Series A round of venture capital funding earlier this year.
The funding, Yates said, will drive the company's next generation sensor, which consumers will be able to purchase as soon as 2017 if they want to detect milk and peanut allergens in their food as well.
Yates is launching an iPhone application to complement the device, allowing users to share their results.
The first orders of the gluten device, priced at $199, are expected to ship out to customers by the end of the year.
(Reporting by Ben Gruber in San Francisco; Writing by Melissa Fares in New York; Editing by Alan Crosby) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-gluten-device-idUSKCN11523V?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/aa4b670543b0fdf15dcec1214fc525995e91de1a21ec35cefbab91f994720cdd.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T17:04:20 | null | 2016-08-26T15:34:59 | South African police denied being part of a political conspiracy targeting Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, City Press newspaper said on Friday, after the main opposition party described the police investigation into Gordhan as a "witch-hunt". | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-safrica-gordhan-idUSKCN1111UR%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151189462&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P154 | en | null | South African police deny targeting finance minister Gordhan: report | null | null | www.reuters.com | South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan looks on during a media briefing in Sandton near Johannesburg, South Africa March 14, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File photo
JOHANNESBURG South African police denied being part of a political conspiracy targeting Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, City Press newspaper said on Friday, after the main opposition party described the police investigation into Gordhan as a "witch-hunt".
Gordhan has been summoned by the elite Hawks police unit over a suspected surveillance unit set up years ago when he was in charge of the tax service, which was alleged to have been used to spy on politicians including President Jacob Zuma.
The minister on Wednesday declined to meet the Hawks, saying he had done nothing wrong and had no legal obligation to obey a summons from the police unit to attend a meeting on Thursday.
In the first detailed remarks since Tuesday when news emerged that Gordhan had been summoned by police, the Hawks spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi said the unit was not targeting Gordhan.
"How many cases are we dealing with every day? A lot. How many high profile cases do we investigate? A lot. It's our mandate and we are just doing our job. We deny these allegations. We are shocked," Mulaudzi said, according to the City Press newspaper.
Mulaudzi was not available when Reuters tried to reach him for comment.
City Press said Mulaudzi declined to say whether Gordhan's refusal to report to the Hawks meant that he would be arrested.
"I'm not at liberty to say how this will unfold," said Mulaudzi according to the newspaper.
The main opposition party Democratic Alliance, which strengthened its credentials by taking control of key cities in the Aug. 3 local government elections, has called for a parliamentary debate on what it called a "Zuma-mandated witch-hunt against sitting Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan."
Political pundits have said since February, when he was first asked questions by the Hawks about the unit he set up while at SARS, that Gordhan is a target of political pressure from a faction allied to Zuma. The president's office said in May that Zuma was not warring with Gordhan.
Zuma said on Thursday he had confidence in Gordhan but was powerless to stop the investigation into him.
Analysts said an ongoing probe on Gordhan could rock the country's markets further as Africa's most industrialized economy teeters near recession and credit rating agencies consider downgrading it to "junk".
The rand, which had tumbled 5 percent since Tuesday in response to the investigation, picked up on Friday as the dollar retreated, with investors awaiting a speech by the Federal Reserve for clues on a rate hike in the United States.
(Reporting by James Macharia; Editing by Dominic Evans) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-gordhan-idUSKCN1111UR?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/b643ac19b5c28e34c4660014c38f52605b3b8168aa4682950f36ecd0ebe6b088.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T14:59:50 | null | 2016-08-28T13:42:37 | FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Kevin Magnussen was taken to hospital for precautionary checks after suffering a cut to his left ankle in a high-speed crash at the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, his Renault team said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-motor-f1-belgium-redflag-idUSKCN1130II%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151349376&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R0BS | en | null | Magnussen taken to hospital for checks after crash | null | null | www.reuters.com | Belgium Formula One - F1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2016 - Francorchamps, Belgium - 28/08/16 - Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen of Finland crashes at the start of the Belgian F1 Grand Prix. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Belgium Formula One - F1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2016 - Francorchamps, Belgium - 28/7/16 - Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo of Australia during the Belgian F1 Grand Prix. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Belgium Formula One - F1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2016 - Francorchamps, Belgium - 28/7/16 - Mercedes' Nico Rosberg of Germany leads the race ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo of Australia during the Belgian F1 Grand Prix. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Belgium Formula One - F1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2016 - Francorchamps, Belgium - 28/8/16 - Force India's Nico Hulkenberg of Germany leads the race ahead of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton of Britain during the Belgian F1 Grand Prix. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Belgium Formula One - F1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2016 - Francorchamps, Belgium - 28/08/16 - Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen of Finland crashes at the start of the Belgian F1 Grand Prix. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Belgium Formula One - F1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2016 - Francorchamps, Belgium - 28/08/16 - Mercedes' Nico Rosberg of Germany leads the race at the start of the Belgian F1 Grand Prix. REUTERS/Yves Herman
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium Aug 28 Kevin Magnussen was taken to hospital for precautionary checks after suffering a cut to his left ankle in a high-speed crash at the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, his Renault team said.
The Dane lost control of his car as he crested the fast uphill sweep of the Eau Rouge corner and slammed violently into the barriers.
Magnussen, who had started 12th, got out of the car on his own but was limping slightly. He underwent checks at the medical center before being taken to hospital.
“He is fully conscious and responsive,” Renault said in a statement.
“He has a small cut to the left ankle and has been escorted to a nearby hospital for further routine checks.”
Magnussen’s crash prompted a temporary halt to the race as marshals worked to repair tire barriers damaged in the impact.
(Editing by Ed Osmond) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-f1-belgium-redflag-idUSKCN1130II?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/2b37bf5202e0f4ec6c7c32d0dcbb5f4805b0cb92ce71f4f58e145a938720a2a5.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T11:02:14 | null | 2016-08-31T10:38:53 | Forecasters issued a tropical storm warning on Wednesday for the Florida Gulf Coast, where preparations were being made for life-threatening flooding and fierce winds, while residents of Hawaii's Big Island were warned of an encroaching hurricane. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-storm-atlantic-idUSKCN11618M%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151705959&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0ML | en | null | Storm bears down on Florida, hurricane threatens Hawaii | null | null | www.reuters.com | Three storm systems are shown (L TO R) Tropical Depression Nine to the southeast of Florida, Tropical Depression Eight just off the coast of the Carolinas and Hurricane Gaston in the central Atlantic Ocean are shown in this GOES East satellite image captured August 29, 2016.... REUTERS
Forecasters issued a tropical storm warning on Wednesday for the Florida Gulf Coast, where preparations were being made for life-threatening flooding and fierce winds, while residents of Hawaii's Big Island were warned of an encroaching hurricane.
Some local governments in Florida have begun distributing sandbags as the unnamed tropical depression heads toward the state's Gulf Coast where as much as 15 inches of rain could fall from Indian Pass on the panhandle along the Gulf of Mexico to north of Tampa, the National Hurricane Center said in an early morning advisory.
"Persons located within these areas should be prepared to take all necessary actions to protect life and property from rising water," the center said.
The center also issued a hurricane watch for the coast, saying the system, which is currently packing 35 mph (55 kph) with higher gusts, is expected to strengthen as it heads east.
Flooding, storm surge, fierce winds and tornadoes were all threats to the region, which could begin feeling the storm late on Wednesday, Florida Governor Rick Scott said in a statement.
On its current path, the system could make landfall on Florida's north-central Gulf Coast on Thursday, bringing storms into Georgia and the eastern Carolinas on its way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Florida raised the activation status of its State Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday to begin preparing.
Another unnamed tropical depression was turning out to sea on Wednesday after threatening the North Carolina coast, according to the hurricane center.
On Hawaii's Big Island, residents were warned on Tuesday of an encroaching hurricane expected to bring strong winds and heavy rains.
The National Weather Service (NWS) tracked Hurricane Madeline swirling about 235 miles (380 km) east of the town of Hilo around 11 p.m. local time on Tuesday. The storm was forecast to "pass dangerously close" on Wednesday, prompting the NWS to issue a hurricane warning for the island.
Madeline was ranked as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph), the weather service said.
The County of Hawaii sent residents an alert about the hurricane's dangers, including heavy rains that could lead to mudslides, as well as possibly damaging ocean swells.
"Preparations to protect life and property should be completed by nightfall today," the alert said.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Richard Balmforth) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-atlantic-idUSKCN11618M?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6d7701422cad90d3cc2a5132e25f08894c1e987bf4067fc2eedbcbd0849317da.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T20:52:16 | null | 2016-08-30T20:40:35 | Medicines Co | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094X3%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Medicines company provides update on Dyslipidemia programs | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 30 Medicines Co
* The medicines company provides update on Dyslipidemia programs
* For mdco-216, interim analysis of first 40 randomized patients completing treatment in milano-pilot study of mdco-216 has been reviewed by IDM committee
* Patient data to company in summary form and recommended that milano-pilot study continue Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094X3?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6c10a88ec1a699251bca1ec9552f857c68311cd0d6bfcaca8ae6367d4d5e94b4.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T08:52:09 | null | 2016-08-30T07:05:52 | Mondelez International Inc : | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BB04G%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Mondelez International expands Cocoa Life in Indonesia | null | null | www.reuters.com | Goodyear Thailand to build $162 mln aviation tyre factory
BANGKOK, Aug 30 Goodyear Thailand Pcl said on Tuesday it planned to invest $162 million to build a new radial aviation tyre factory to expand production at Phathumthani, north of Bangkok, to meet growing demand in Asia Pacific. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BB04G?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/98cd9d9ac0a373b11f7e4493c07c9782b5c72566f4988ecee94a967c8e6e4c90.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:52:55 | null | 2016-08-31T10:39:29 | Restaurant Brands International Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BC07X%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Restaurant Brands International establishment of a master franchise joint venture with an investor in Great Britain | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 31 Restaurant Brands International Inc
* Establishment of a master franchise joint venture with an investor in Great Britain
* Joint venture company will be master franchisee of Tim Hortons brand in England, Scotland and Wales Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BC07X?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/4e7eb34e2f5eb1f29abef6bc7df2b917478883fa07f58c59507652123ca92b72.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:21:14 | null | 2016-08-26T12:54:48 | Turkish forces will remain in Syria for as long as it takes to cleanse the border of Islamic State and other militants, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday, after a truck bombing by Kurdish insurgents killed at least 11 police officers. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKCN1111F1%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151167398&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0T4 | en | null | Turkey signals no quick end to Syria incursion as truck bomb kills 11 | null | null | www.reuters.com | Turkish armoured personnel carriers escort military vehicles on a main road in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Smoke rises from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, before rebels and residents start being evacuated under an agreement reached on Thursday between rebels and Syria's army, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
A Turkish armoured personnel carrier escorts a military vehicle on a main road in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
ISTANBUL/KARKAMIS, Turkey Turkish forces will remain in Syria for as long as it takes to cleanse the border of Islamic State and other militants, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday, after a truck bombing by Kurdish insurgents killed at least 11 police officers.
The suicide bombing at a police headquarters in a province bordering Syria and Iraq came two days after Turkey launched its first major military incursion into Syria, an operation meant to drive Islamic State out of the border area and stop Kurdish militias from seizing ground in their wake.
Turkey, a NATO member and part of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State, has seen a series of deadly bombings this year blamed on the radical Islamists. But it also fears Kurdish militias in Syria will seize a swathe of border territory and embolden Kurdish insurgents on its own soil.
President Tayyip Erdogan said the bombing in Sirnak province would increase Turkey's determination as it fights terrorist groups at home and abroad. Yildirim said there was no doubt the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy, was responsible.
"From the beginning we have been defending Turkey's territorial integrity. We are also defending Syria's territorial integrity. The aim of these terrorist organization is ... to form a state in these countries... They will never succeed," Yildirim told a news conference in Istanbul.
"We will continue our operations (in Syria) until we fully guarantee security of life and property for our citizens and the security of our border. We will continue until Daesh (Islamic State) and other terrorist elements are taken out."
After he spoke, the PKK claimed responsibility for the attack on the police headquarters, according to a website affiliated to the group.
Syria has condemned the Turkish operation, codenamed "Euphrates Shield", as a breach of its sovereignty. Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes launched the incursion in support of Syrian rebels, mostly Turkmen and Arab, who quickly took the border town of Jarablus from Islamic State on Wednesday.
An alliance of 23 Kurdish parties in Syria also condemned the Turkish operation on Friday. In a joint statement, they called for a complete withdrawal of all Turkish forces from the country and accused Ankara of trying to occupy Syria under the pretence of fighting terrorism.
Turkish military vehicles shuttled in and out of Syria on Friday, Reuters witnesses said, including a construction machine that helped to flatten the route for a tank. Controlled explosions rang out around the Karkamis border crossing as Turkish security forces removed mines and booby traps left by Islamic State.
Ismail Metin, the commander of Turkey's second army responsible for the borders with Syria and Iraq, visited Jarablus on Friday, local sources said.
WEEKS OR MONTHS
Turkey has shown little sign so far of a quick withdrawal. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who met Erdogan in Ankara on Wednesday, said Turkey was ready to stay in Syria for as long as it takes to destroy Islamic State.
A Syrian rebel commander in charge of one of the main groups involved in the Turkish-backed operation told Reuters the forces now aimed to move westward after taking Jarablus, an advance that could take weeks or months to complete.
Colonel Ahmad Osman, speaking to Reuters from Jarablus, said the priority was now to advance about 70 km (40 miles) west to Marea, a town where rebels have long had a frontline with Islamic State.
Turkey has long lobbied for a "buffer zone" in northern Syria controlled by what it regards as moderate rebels, potentially in border territory currently held by Islamic State and stretching about 80 km (50 miles) west of Jarablus.
Sweeping out Islamic State would deprive the group of a smuggling route taken by foreign fighters joining its ranks, and could also create a safe area for displaced civilians and help to stem the flow of refugees, Turkish officials have said.
They argue the proposal has become all the more urgent since Ankara began implementing a deal with the European Union to stop illegal migration earlier this year.
"The situation in Syria and Iraq is getting worse," Yildirim told a joint news conference with the visiting prime minister of Bulgaria, which has also been struggling to slow migrant flows.
"We're cleansing Islamic State and other terrorist elements (in northern Syria) so people living there are not forced to leave their homes. But the problem has to be comprehensively handled at the EU level. Solutions are needed quickly."
Syria's five-year conflict has killed at least a quarter of a million people and forced almost five million to flee the country, many of them to Turkey. The United Nations estimates that 6.5 million are internally displaced.
An agreement was reached on Thursday to evacuate around 4,000 civilians and 700 fighters from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, ending one of the conflict's longest stand-offs. Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) vehicles entered the area to prepare for the evacuation on Friday.
Syria's army has surrounded rebels and civilians and blocked food deliveries in Daraya since 2012, regularly bombing the area, one of the first places to see peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad.
OVERLAPPING INTERESTS
The suicide bombing in Turkey's southeastern town of Cizre is another reminder of the risks Ankara faces as its gets drawn ever more deeply into Syria's conflict, with the threat of reprisals from both Islamic State and Kurdish insurgents.
The provincial governor's office said 11 police officers were killed and 78 people, three of them civilians, wounded.
Large plumes of smoke billowed from the blast site.
Photographs showed a large three-storey building reduced to its concrete shell, with no walls or windows, surrounded by rubble.
Turkey views the PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union, as closely linked to the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia. Washington, however, has backed the YPG in a separate campaign against Islamic State in northern Syria.
Turkish troops fired on YPG fighters south of Jarablus on Thursday, highlighting the cross-cutting of interests of two pivotal NATO allies.
The Cizre attack came as Turkey has been weakened by a failed July 15 military coup. More than 1,700 military personnel have been removed for their alleged role in the putsch, including some 40 percent of admirals and generals, raising concern about the NATO member's ability to protect itself.
Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Twitter that Islamic State, the PKK and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were all attacking to take advantage of the failed coup.
Last week Erdogan accused followers of a U.S.-based Islamic cleric he blames for the coup attempt of being complicit in attacks by Kurdish militants.
The cleric, Fethullah Gulen, has denied any involvement in and denounced the coup plot.
(Additional reporting by Asli Kandemir, David Dolan, Can Sezer, Cagan Uslu, Edmund Blair in Istanbul; Dasha Afanasieva and Orhan Coskun in Ankara; Lisa Barrington and Tom Perry in Beirut; Writing by Nick Tattersall; editing by David Stamp) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKCN1111F1?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/1ef8d52c758a67a13d326a4dead7229fe353be472d3905f11f07db7c1ef82c49.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T13:02:53 | null | 2016-08-29T12:45:00 | - U.S. consumer spending increased for a fourth straight month in July amid strong demand for automobiles, pointing to a pickup in economic growth that | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-consumer-spening-idUSKCN1141B4%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151442353&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0NL | en | null | U.S. consumer spending rises in July; inflation remains tame | null | null | www.reuters.com | WASHINGTON Aug 29 - U.S. consumer spending increased for a fourth straight month in July amid strong demand for automobiles, pointing to a pickup in economic growth that
could allow the Federal Reserve to raise interest rate this year.
The Commerce Department said on Monday that consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, rose 0.3 percent last month after an upwardly revised 0.5 percent gain in June.
July's increase was in line with economists' expectations. Spending was previously reported to have risen 0.4 percent in June. When adjusted for inflation, consumer spending also gained 0.3 percent in July after advancing 0.4 percent in June.
Consumer spending appears to have retained some of its momentum from the second quarter, when it grew at a 4.4 percent
annual rate, the fastest in nearly two years. That jump helped to mitigate some of the impact of a sharp inventory drop and
prolonged business investment downturn.
The economy grew at a lackluster 1.1 percent growth rate in the second quarter. July's consumer spending data added to reports on the goods
trade deficit, industrial production, durable goods orders and residential construction that have pointed to an acceleration in
economic growth early in the third quarter.
The Atlanta Fed is currently estimating third-quarter GDP growth rising at a 3.4 percent annual pace. Consumer spending is being driven by a tightening labor market, which is steadily lifting wages. Rising home values and stock market prices, which are boosting household wealth, are also supporting consumption.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a gathering of global central bankers on Friday that she believed the case for raising interest rates had been strengthened in recent months by the "solid performance of the labor market and our outlook for economic activity and inflation."
Last month, there was little sign of inflation pressures even as consumer spending firmed. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index,
excluding the volatile food and energy components, edged up 0.1 percent after a similar gain in June.
In the 12 months through July the core PCE increased 1.6 percent. It has risen by the same margin every month since March. The core PCE is the Fed's preferred inflation measure and is running below its 2 percent target. Consumer spending last month was lifted by a 1.6 percent surge in purchases of long-lasting manufactured goods such as automobiles. Spending on services rose 0.4 percent, but outlays on non-durable goods slipped 0.5 percent.
Personal income increased 0.4 percent in July after rising 0.3 percent in June. Wages and salaries advanced 0.5 percent. Savings rose to $794.7 billion from $776.2 billion in June.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Paul Simao) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-consumer-spening-idUSKCN1141B4?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/36f4579ad9b70ecc54da13a938f5e6b12f5c0a3182b0e03bccdb2e413590bb35.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T07:02:40 | null | 2016-08-31T06:16:07 | Telecoms network maker Nokia said on Wednesday the president of its Nokia Technologies unit, Ramzi Haidamus, is leaving the company. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-nokia-corp-managementchanges-idUSKCN1160I8%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtechnologyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtechnologyNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BTechnology%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151680445&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U09D | en | null | Head of Technologies unit to leave Nokia | null | null | www.reuters.com | Headquarters of Finnish telecommunication network company Nokia are pictured in Espoo, Finland August 4, 2016. Lehtikuva/Irene Stachon/via REUTERS
HELSINKI Telecoms network maker Nokia said on Wednesday the president of its Nokia Technologies unit, Ramzi Haidamus, is leaving the company.
Haidamus was in charge of the firm's patent business and the recent licensing deal with Finnish company HMD Global, which aims to bring Nokia branded mobile devices back to the market.
Nokia said it has started a search for Haidamus' successor. Brad Rodrigues, currently head of strategy and business development in Nokia Technologies, will assume the role of acting president.
(Reporting by Tuomas Forsell, editing by Terje Solsvik) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nokia-corp-managementchanges-idUSKCN1160I8?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f9197195fcfeaff53cc9068d9dc50ff35c77cacbc0bdf4173bf724ebb5fde65a.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T20:59:36 | null | 2016-08-26T20:05:33 | FRANCORCHAMPS, BELGIUM (Reuters) - The 'halo' cockpit protection device received a cautious thumbs-up from the drivers who experimented with it in Friday's opening practice session ahead of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-motor-f1-belgium-halo-idUSKCN111278%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151217217&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1EN | en | null | Formula One drivers give ‘halo’ cautious thumbs-up | null | null | www.reuters.com | Britain Formula One - F1 - British Grand Prix 2016 - Silverstone, England - 8/7/16The halo safety device on Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel's car during practiceAction Images via Reuters / Andrew BoyersLivepic
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, BELGIUM The 'halo' cockpit protection device received a cautious thumbs-up from the drivers who experimented with it in Friday's opening practice session ahead of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix.
Four drivers, including title hopeful Nico Rosberg, briefly ran with the device fitted to their cars in the opening 90-minute session at the Spa circuit, evaluating it for a possible introduction in 2018.
The German set the fastest time of the morning while running the device on his Mercedes but Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz and Force India's Nico Hulkenberg only completed sole installation laps.
"It doesn't disturb me when driving," Rosberg told reporters. "I could go fast straight away and even set the best time of the session with it this morning so I think that was a success."
The halo is fixed to the cockpit at three points including a central pillar in front of the driver that supports a protective loop above his head.
It is designed to deflect large debris and objects such as bouncing wheels, with the sport's governing body estimating it boosts the chance of driver survival by 17 percent.
The push for increased head protection has gathered urgency following the deaths last year of Briton Justin Wilson, hit by debris in an IndyCar crash, and Frenchman Jules Bianchi who had suffered ultimately fatal injuries at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.
But Formula One's strategy group voted last month to postpone its introduction by a year to 2018 as teams felt drivers did not have enough experience with the device fitted to their cars.
They are also continuing to evaluate other options that could be introduced if they prove more effective.
One of the concerns about the halo was visibility at undulating tracks with extreme elevation changes like the daunting 7km-long Spa layout but drivers reported no problems on Friday.
"Through Eau Rouge ... you can see perfectly how the corner goes," said Sainz.
For Hulkenberg, who had opposed the halo, it took some getting used to. "It felt weird," he said.
Teams will continue to test the device later in the season.
(Editing by Tony Jimenez) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-f1-belgium-halo-idUSKCN111278?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ab119b17049c1423ba2d395ddcca39fa507d2c1b88edf5053972da215970fa1d.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T17:04:29 | null | 2016-08-27T15:34:55 | A landmine planted by Islamist group Boko Haram killed four Chadian soldiers on patrol near Chad's border with Niger on Saturday, two security sources said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-nigeria-security-chad-idUSKCN1120KY%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Boko Haram landmine kills four Chadian soldiers | null | null | www.reuters.com | N'DJAMENA A landmine planted by Islamist group Boko Haram killed four Chadian soldiers on patrol near Chad's border with Niger on Saturday, two security sources said.
They were traveling in a vehicle that rode over the mine at Kaiga Kindji, in the Lake Chad region, which has been plagued by the militants since 2009.
The Nigerian-based Boko Haram wants to create a breakaway Islamic state in the region and once occupied an area the size of Belgium.
But a regional offensive led by Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger - the four countries most affected by Boko Haram - has chased it out of much of that territory.
The group has in response retreated to Nigeria's Sambisa forest, from where it has fought a guerrilla campaign against civilians and security forces.
Boko Haram is thought to have killed as many as 15,000 people since the launch of its insurgency seven years ago.
Its insurrection has strangled economic and farming activity around Lake Chad, leaving tens of thousands hungry.
Nearly half a million children around the lake face "severe acute malnutrition" due to drought and the insurgency by Boko Haram, UNICEF said on Thursday.
(Reporting by Madjiasra Nako; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Andrew Roche) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security-chad-idUSKCN1120KY?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/c3f1fe3ddd477343a4948e14bed619e105a01ec2b5206cf4361e5a7e71b644cc.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T21:02:34 | null | 2016-08-27T20:10:20 | (The Sports Xchange) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo suffered a broken bone in his back on the third play of Thursday night's preseason game and coach | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-nfl-cowboys-romo-idUSKCN1120RB%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160827&t=2&i=1151299078&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q0LD | en | null | Cowboys quarterback Romo has broken bone in back | null | null | www.reuters.com | Nov 26, 2015; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) leaves the game with an injury during the second half of an NFL game against the Carolina Panthers on Thanksgiving at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports
(The Sports Xchange) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo suffered a broken bone in his back on the third play of Thursday night's preseason game and coach Jason Garrett said the injury would cost the veteran a chunk of the 2016 season.
An MRI on Friday revealed Romo's back injury is much worse than anticipated, Garrett announced Saturday, two days after he was knocked out of the game against the Seattle Seahawks.
"We're confident that he's going to be coming back and playing football for us this year," Garrett said but provided no timetable on Romo's possible return.
A source told NFL Media's Ian Rapoport that the best-case scenario for Romo's return is during the middle of the season. According to a Pro Football Talk source with knowledge of the situation, Romo is expected to miss six to 10 weeks.
Romo underwent a pair of back surgeries in 2013 and he missed most of last season with a twice-broken left collarbone. Garrett said the injury is not related to the surgeries Romo had in 2013.
The Cowboys went 4-12 last season, including 1-11 with three backup quarterbacks, as Romo missed 12 games.
On Dallas' third offensive play on Thursday night, Romo scrambled from the pocket, then went into a slide near the line of scrimmage. He was crunched by Seahawks defensive end Cliff Avril from the blind side.
After staying on the turf initially, Romo walked off on his own. He threw some passes on the sideline but was held out for the rest of the game by Garrett after lobbying to return. Romo completed his lone pass of the game for 11 yards.
"I was going into a slide," Romo said after the 27-17 loss to the Seahawks. "But in a weird way, I feel good about the fact that was probably as tough of a hit I've taken on the back as I've had in the last five years.
"From that regard, I feel very lucky that it can hold up and I can keep going."
Rookie fourth-round pick Dak Prescott likely will start the regular-season opener against the New York Giants on Sept. 11 if Romo is ruled out.
(Editing by Larry Fine) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nfl-cowboys-romo-idUSKCN1120RB?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/083d25f7f98141011f71b6a9eec4479933a86b765f4c6b17e4614c9e62588104.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T10:52:10 | null | 2016-08-29T10:21:10 | Loyalty has been a driving force in the success of South Korea's family-run "chaebol" conglomerates, but it can also shield the failings of its corporate culture and on Friday was linked to tragedy at the Lotte Group, the subject of a sweeping criminal probe. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-lottegroup-probe-idUSKCN1140XH.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151428548&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0FM | en | null | Loyal to a fault: Lotte probe exposes flaws of Korea Inc | null | null | www.reuters.com | SEOUL Loyalty has been a driving force in the success of South Korea's family-run "chaebol" conglomerates, but it can also shield the failings of its corporate culture and on Friday was linked to tragedy at the Lotte Group, the subject of a sweeping criminal probe.
Hours before group vice chairman Lee In-won was to be questioned by prosecutors, he was found dead in an apparent suicide, leaving a note hailing his boss as a "great man" and denying the company operated a slush fund, reportedly one of a list of prosecutors' suspicions that includes embezzlement, tax evasion and breach of trust.
A prosecution spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment on Monday, and Lotte Group declined to comment except to say it was cooperating with prosecutors.
Prosecutors have since June been investigating about a dozen units at the retail-to-chemicals conglomerate, South Korea's fifth-largest, but it would not be the first time that Lotte and similar groups have fallen short of governance standards in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Many of the family conglomerates that dominate the economy have been penalized over the years for conduct that is symptomatic of opaque interlocking ownership structures that can mask improper behavior, and the fierce loyalty that can allow lapses to go unchecked.
"Under a corporate culture where loyalty towards a boss and an organization is the most important criteria for evaluation, a sound corporate governance structure cannot survive," said Kim Sang-jo, a professor of economics at Hansung University.
The attachment of staff and executives to the chaebol is legendary, typically embodied in a career-long service of grueling hours.
It could explain why the penultimate act of the 69-year-old Lee was to defend his chairman Shin Dong-bin and the company he served for 43 years.
And why, at the start of the probe, investigators discovered that Lotte employees had, apparently on their own initiative, begun deleting computer files, several people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
CULTURAL LEGACY
While many chaebol have taken steps to improve governance, South Korea has a long way to go to reform a corporate system that is a legacy of the country's decades of breakneck economic growth after the 1950-53 Korean war, investors and analysts say.
The complex cross-shareholdings they developed are a big part of the problem and were evident in an earlier run-in Lotte had with authorities four years ago, when one of the same units now being probed was fined for "unfair support" of an affiliate.
Lotte Group has since slashed the number of cross-shareholdings from a staggering 95,033 in April 2014 to 67 at the end of 2015, but that is still more than any other chaebol, according to South Korea's Fair Trade Commission.
Lee Kyung-mook, a professor at Seoul National University who with the deceased Lee co-headed a Lotte committee set up last year to improve its culture, said Lotte, like most chaebol, was hierarchical and less efficient than it could be.
"Lotte Group, which is more focused on domestic business than Samsung, has been a little bit late to transforming its corporate culture and bringing it to the global level," said Lee, who has written a book on the Samsung Group, the country's biggest conglomerate.
Shares in Korean chaebol still trade more cheaply than similar companies in the developed world on concerns about opaque ownership structures and weak governance, investors say.
But changing the culture is much harder than changing formal structures, especially in a country where transgressions have been both common and sometimes treated relatively lightly.
Over the years, the heads of the Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK and Hanwha chaebol have been convicted of crimes but received suspended sentences and, later, presidential pardons.
As recently as this month, the ailing chairman of the CJ Group, the country's 15th-largest chaebol, was granted a presidential pardon after being sentenced last year to two and a half years in jail for tax evasion and embezzlement.
(Editing by Tony Munroe and Will Waterman) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-lottegroup-probe-idUSKCN1140XH | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/1e08fdefe25454f7ee1e3011d9bf0f7da012e0f0f0a4e92965f27867a3567133.json |
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* Appoints Ed Merritt interim chief financial officer
* Interim CFO appointment effective upon departure of Terry Peterson, who has resigned to take a similar position at a larger company Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094Q4?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6455db4b4ee53897c8a5b56c52e5dea4e91d5f838461b519b33b0a0735f1c1db.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T16:57:43 | null | 2016-08-28T15:07:35 | Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Lupita Nyong'o have posed for the 2017 Pirelli Calendar, which features a host of Hollywood's biggest names. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-pirelli-calendar-idUSKCN1130OD%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpeopleNews.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151354427&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R0EF | en | null | Hollywood stars pose for 2017 Pirelli Calendar | null | null | www.reuters.com | Pirelli CEO Marco Tronchetti Provera speaks at the launch of the Pirelli Calendar 2016 in London, Britain November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall
Cast member Lupita Nyong'o poses at the premiere of 'The Jungle Book' at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, California April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Cast member Kate Winslet poses for photographers at the closing night premiere of the film 'Steve Jobs' at the BFI London Film Festival October 18, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall
Actress Nicole Kidman arrives at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California January 30, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
Penelope Cruz poses for a picture before the Spanish Film Academy's Goya Awards ceremony in Madrid, Spain, February 6, 2016. REUTERS/Susana Vera
LONDON Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Lupita Nyong'o have posed for the 2017 Pirelli Calendar, which features a host of Hollywood's biggest names.
The likes of Uma Thurman, Kate Winslet and 'House of Cards' actress Robin Wright are also among the 15 stars who appear in the calendar.
The photos were taken by the German fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, who has shot for Pirelli twice before.
Other movie greats featured include Alicia Vikander and Helen Mirren, with the photos taken in Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Le Touquet and New York.
The first Pirelli Calendar was published in 1963, and the publication has since featured many of cinema's best known performers.
(Reporting by Francis Maguire; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pirelli-calendar-idUSKCN1130OD?feedType=RSS&feedName=peopleNews | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/61d262caa2f682552d0e3e6d109d2d9dd5a4ca92627c6c8faf032e623294777c.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T17:01:28 | null | 2016-08-26T16:23:55 | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance on Friday recommending universal testing of donated blood for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-blood-idUSKCN1111ZD%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151195995&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P18Z | en | null | FDA advises Zika testing for all donated blood in the U.S. | null | null | www.reuters.com | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance on Friday recommending universal testing of donated blood for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories.
The FDA recommended that all states and U.S. territories screen individual units blood with a screening test authorized for use by the FDA. (bit.ly/2bUxvjC)
The agency had recommended in February that blood should no longer be collected from regions where the Zika virus is circulating, and that blood needed for transfusions be obtained from areas of the country without active transmission.
The FDA has authorized the emergency use of several investigational Zika screening tests, including products made by Hologic Inc (HOLX.O) and Roche Holding AG (ROG.S).
Zika was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas. The virus poses a risk to pregnant women because it can cause severe birth defects. It has been linked to more than 1,800 cases of microcephaly in Brazil.
(Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-blood-idUSKCN1111ZD?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7c4a389e7e67ab594dc653e61cf78b5a28e3d4cfad68a669516e593f1573f52f.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:20:01 | null | 2016-08-24T22:05:19 | A Nigerian man is being charged for provoking people and "breach of peace" by naming his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari and painting the name twice on the pet, police said on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-nigeria-arrest-idUSKCN10Z2UH%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DoddlyEnoughNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FoddlyEnoughNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BOddly%2BEnough%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Nigerian man faces charges for naming his dog after president | null | null | www.reuters.com | ONITSHA, Nigeria A Nigerian man is being charged for provoking people and "breach of peace" by naming his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari and painting the name twice on the pet, police said on Wednesday.
"The man bought a dog, named it Buhari, wrote Buhari on both sides of the dog and paraded it" in front of people from the north, said Abimbola Oyeyemi, police spokesman in the southern Ogun state where the man lives.
He was arrested after a citizen from the north reported him to police but released by a court on bail until his trial starts, the spokesman said, without naming the man.
"His action is provocative and capable of breaching the peace, as you know the volatility of Nigeria now," said Oyeyemi.
Nigeria is in the middle of its worst economic crisis in decades as a slump in oil prices boosts unemployment.
Tensions sometimes erupt between northerners, who are Muslims, and people from the predominantly Christian south.
Buhari is a Muslim from the north.
(Reporting by Anamesere Igboeroteonwu, writing by Ulf Laessing) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-arrest-idUSKCN10Z2UH?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28Reuters+Oddly+Enough%29 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/01f4bf556cd4d8bde5a50e00088a869ccc9fffacc27925831654282ae1d75294.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T18:52:13 | null | 2016-08-26T17:26:27 | New Zika research released on Friday has found that the virus may spread sexually from a man to a woman even if the man had no symptoms of Zika infection. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-research-idUSKCN111224%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DhealthNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FhealthNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BHealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151202478&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1BP | en | null | Zika likely spread sexually from asymptomatic man to woman: study | null | null | www.reuters.com | CHICAGO New Zika research released on Friday has found that the virus may spread sexually from a man to a woman even if the man had no symptoms of Zika infection.
The finding came from a report in Maryland where a man who was infected with Zika in the Dominican Republic but had no symptoms infected his female partner who had not traveled to a place where Zika is being transmitted.
The study, published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report on death and disease, suggests that sexual transmission of Zika is no less likely in asymptomatic individuals than in others with symptoms.
Current recommendations for preventing sexual transmission of Zika in returning travelers now differ depending on whether the returning traveler is symptomatic and on whether the couple is planning to become pregnant, but that may need to be changed.
Separately, health officials in Puerto Rico have reported as many as 10 people who developed the paralyzing neurological disorder known as Guillain-Barre syndrome as a result of Zika infections.
The latest studies add to the evolving picture of the impacts of Zika, a virus previously considered to be mild but which has recently been shown to cause the serious birth defect known as microcephaly, as well as neurological illness in adults.
In Puerto Rico, where Zika arrived in December 2015, health officials have been systematically tracking cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome following reports in other countries showing an increase in cases related to Zika.
Guillain-Barre causes gradual weakness in the legs, arms and upper body, and in some cases, temporary paralysis.
Overall, the Guillain-Barre surveillance system identified 56 cases of the syndrome in people infected from Jan. 1 to July 31, 2016, officials from the Puerto Rican health department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Friday in the CDC's weekly report on death and disease.
Guillain-Barre is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks itself in the aftermath of an infection, typically occurring in the days following an illness.
Of the cases in Puerto Rico, 34 patients had evidence of a flavivirus infection, such as Zika, dengue or Chikungunya, and 10 had confirmed Zika virus infections. Diagnostic tests cannot easily discern Zika from related infections, but health officials suspect nearly all of the flavivirus infections seen were related to Zika because that is the predominant flavivirus currently circulating in Puerto Rico.
All 34 patients required intensive care, and 12 required a breathing tube and mechanical ventilation. One patient died of septic shock after treatment for Guillain-Barre.
In addition to the Guillain-Barre cases, there were seven patients with evidence of infection from Zika or a related virus that developed neurological disorders other than Guillain-Barre. The findings follow reports in other areas that Zika can directly infect adult nerve cells.
In the sexual transmission case, current guidelines for preventing sexual transmission of Zika suggest that couples in which one person returns from an area with active transmission but did not develop symptoms of Zika should wait eight weeks before attempting to conceive a child.
But men diagnosed with Zika should wait at least six months before attempting to have a child, and women with a Zika diagnosis should wait at least eight weeks.
Health officials said more study is needed to determine the risk of sexual transmission of Zika from asymptomatic individuals.
As more is learned about how long Zika lasts in semen in infected men, "recommendations to prevent sexual transmission of Zika virus will be updated if needed," officials wrote.
(Reporting by Julie Steenhuysen; Editing by Bernard Orr) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-research-idUSKCN111224?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/5e2971851396097ea9ecba8c5ffd41f153afc444b7208f699aba57947b065d7e.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T00:52:17 | null | 2016-08-30T00:02:52 | Capstream Ventures Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094PA%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Capstream announces closing of $10.1 mln private placement | null | null | www.reuters.com | BRIEF-iSIGN Media announces delay in annual statements
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"Diane Bartz"
] | 2016-08-31T00:59:49 | null | 2016-08-30T23:11:07 | Democrat Elizabeth Warren and 19 other U.S. senators voiced concern to the chief executive of Mylan NV (MYL.O) about the high cost of its EpiPen on Tuesday, calling the device used in the case of life-threatening allergies "exorbitantly expensive." | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mylan-nl-prices-lawmakers-idUSKCN1152VV%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151650413&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1MO | en | null | Senators press Mylan on 'exorbitantly expensive' EpiPen | null | null | www.reuters.com | EpiPen auto-injection epinephrine pens manufactured by Mylan NV pharmaceutical company for use by severe allergy sufferers are seen in Washington, U.S. August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
WASHINGTON Democrat Elizabeth Warren and 19 other U.S. senators voiced concern to the chief executive of Mylan NV (MYL.O) about the high cost of its EpiPen on Tuesday, calling the device used in the case of life-threatening allergies "exorbitantly expensive."
Mylan has been under fire for steadily raising the price of the device from about $100 in 2008 to about $600 currently.
In a letter to Mylan CEO Heather Bresch, the daughter of Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the lawmakers asked the company to spell out the company's programs to provide some people with lower cost EpiPens.
Such discount programs are often an "industry tactic to keep costs high through a complex shell game," the letter said.
"Insurance companies, the government and employers still bear the burden of these excessive prices. In turn, those costs are eventually passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums," the senators wrote.
Mylan said this week it would launch the first generic version of its allergy auto-injector EpiPen for $300, half the price of the branded product, the drugmaker's second step in less than a week to counter the backlash over the product's steep price. It also reduced the out-of-pocket costs of EpiPen for some patients last week.
EpiPen has a 94 percent market share for auto-injector devices, which jab a dose of the drug epinephrine into the thigh to counter dangerous allergic reactions such as to peanuts, other foods and bee stings.
Asked about the letter, Mylan spokeswoman Lauren Kashtan said in an email statement: "We have acknowledged receipt of letters from congressional offices and intend to respond to them."
Mylan has defended EpiPen's high price, saying it spent hundreds of millions of dollars to improve the product since acquiring it in 2007. It has also said it recoups less than half the list price for EpiPens.
In their letter, the lawmakers asked Mylan how much insurers paid for the EpiPen in 2009 and how much they pay now. They also asked how many EpiPens Mylan provided to low income, uninsured consumers and how many schools purchased EpiPens versus how many received them for free.
In addition to Warren, other signatories included Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee; Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat; Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat; Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, both Democrats from Rhode Island and Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Tom Brown) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mylan-nl-prices-lawmakers-idUSKCN1152VV?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/2d49e6c49e8114db58b4582fcc60187b9b1ad1d2b23544f29cbb611be0dd7b33.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:18:57 | null | 2016-08-25T17:58:32 | By Kathryn Doyle(Reuters Health) - Cigarettes are often cheaper at the very place that people shop for health supplies and fill medicine prescription | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-pharmacies-cigarette-pricing-idUSKCN11027U%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DhealthNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FhealthNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BHealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160825&t=2&i=1151063963&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O1H0 | en | null | U.S. pharmacies sell cigarettes for less than other stores | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Reuters Health) - Cigarettes are often cheaper at the very place that people shop for health supplies and fill medicine prescriptions, according to a new study in California.
“Compared to other types of stores, pharmacies charged customers less for cigarettes, more for bottled water,” said lead author Lisa Henriksen of the Stanford Prevention Research Center at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto.
“It’s surprising that stores that are supposed to promote health sell the world’s deadliest product of all, and even worse that they sell it at the cheapest price,” Henriksen said.
Pharmacies represent 7 percent of the 380,000 tobacco retailers nationwide, Henriksen and her colleagues write in the American Journal of Public Health, online August 23.
Convenience stores sell many more cigarettes, but pharmacies offer them at cheaper prices, she told Reuters Health.
“Price is the single best predictor of use, with lower cigarette prices driving higher smoking rates, lower quitting rates, and higher rates of smoking initiation among teens,” she said. “The most vulnerable population groups are also the most price sensitive, which is why the findings about neighborhood disparities in prices are also important.”
Researchers found that among pharmacies, Newport menthol cigarettes, popular among African Americans, were among the cheapest brands, and they cost even less at stores in neighborhoods with a higher proportion of black residents.
The researchers randomly selected more than 500 licensed tobacco retailers in California in 2014 and recorded the prices of their Marlboro cigarettes, Newport cigarettes and the cheapest cigarettes available as well as the price of bottled water.
They gathered similar data from more than 2,000 retailers across the U.S. near schools with eighth, tenth and twelfth graders in 2012.
In both studies, the least expensive cigarettes per store were cheaper in pharmacies – by $0.47 to $1.19, on average, in California. Bottled water, which may reflect the pricing of a range of other goods, cost more in pharmacies than in other stores, like convenience stores.
While bottled water prices did not vary by neighborhood demographics, the cost of Newport and other cigarettes varied by race or neighborhood income and age profiles.
Amanda Amos, professor of health promotion at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, told Reuters Health by email that she was “shocked and bemused” to learn pharmacies in the U.S. would sell cigarettes, which are the most lethal legal product on the market and kill half of all regular users.
“Pharmacies (in the U.K.) would never sell cigarettes as this does not fit in with their health promoting role,” said Amos, who was not part of the new study. “Rather, most pharmacies would see their role as helping smokers to quit through providing nicotine replacement products and support.”
Amos worked on two reviews for the European Commission that found increasing the real price of cigarettes was the most effective way to reduce smoking uptake in young people and increase adult quitting, she said.
Henriksen noted that laws prohibiting tobacco sales in pharmacies are rare in the U.S., despite wide public support in polls. San Francisco passed the first law and 70 percent of Massachusetts residents live in jurisdictions with tobacco-free pharmacies.
“Apart from whether it decreases smoking, it has the added advantage of denormalizing tobacco and reducing its availability,” she said. “There are many more tobacco retailers than needed to meet demand for the product.”
For jurisdictions looking to reduce the number of tobacco retailers, pharmacies are an obvious choice, she said. “Tobacco-free pharmacies are low hanging fruit for state and local tobacco control.” | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-pharmacies-cigarette-pricing-idUSKCN11027U?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f088e021dbd1d50c18895713438f79672be31d7f3c09ae44e90d26d4a047b0ad.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:18:22 | null | 2016-08-26T12:10:33 | Tango Mining Ltd | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094CY%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Tango closes additional interest in Kwena Group | null | null | www.reuters.com | WRAPUP 1-Declining inventories curb U.S. second-quarter growth; consumption surges
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"Michael Turner"
] | 2016-08-30T12:51:28 | null | 2016-08-30T12:16:34 | By Michael TurnerLONDON (IFR) - Mylan has hired banks for a euro-denominated multi-tranche debut euro bond, a day after the under-fire drugmaker anno | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mylan-nl-bonds-idUSKCN1151FZ%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151573238&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T0R8 | en | null | EpiPen maker Mylan hires banks for debut euro bond | null | null | www.reuters.com | FILE PHOTO -- EpiPen auto-injection epinephrine pens manufactured by Mylan NV pharmaceutical company for use by severe allergy sufferers are seen in Washington, U.S. August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
LONDON (IFR) - Mylan has hired banks for a euro-denominated multi-tranche debut euro bond, a day after the under-fire drugmaker announced it would launch a generic version of its EpiPen allergy injection at half the price.
The company has mandated Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, ING and JP Morgan to host a series of investor meetings in Europe from September 7-9.
The company has been under pressure from US lawmakers and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for increasing the price of a two-cartridge EpiPen set from around US$100 in 2008 to US$600 today.
"That's outrageous," Clinton said in a statement on her website. "It's just the latest troubling example of a company taking advantage of its consumers."
Mylan bosses have sought to deflect some of the criticism by announcing on Monday the impending release of a generic version of the drug, which will be sold at US$300.[nL3N1BA37U]
The Reg S benchmark transaction will be issued by Mylan NV and guaranteed by Mylan Inc.
While this will be Mylan NV's first foray into the euro bond market, the issuer has US$11.43bn of debt outstanding, almost all in US dollars, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Mylan is rated Baa3 by Moody's and BBB- by S&P and Fitch, all with stable outlooks.
(Reporting by Michael Turner, Editing by Helene Durand, Julian Baker) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mylan-nl-bonds-idUSKCN1151FZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/64fb6d2681b20b6aa99e55f9ae41ca66d70b3ec984519cc089f510d202dd3637.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T14:52:12 | null | 2016-08-29T14:08:09 | The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Monday: | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fdeals-day-idUSL3N1BA3KI%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Monday:
** Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said it would combine its central specialty pharmacy and mail service businesses with pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics, as part of a long-term agreement.
** Aleris Corp, a U.S.-based aluminum rolled products maker, said it would be bought by Zhongwang USA LLC, a unit of Zhongwang International Group Ltd, in a $2.33 billion deal.
** Mexico's Cemex, one of the world's largest cement producers, said it had agreed to sell some of its U.S. assets to Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, or GCC, for $306 million.
** Singapore's GIC is buying a 7.7 percent stake in Vietnam's biggest lender Vietcombank for about $400 million, two sources familiar with the matter said, in the sovereign wealth fund's first major investment in the country's banking sector.
** Indonesian property developer PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk , the majority shareholder of PT Siloam International Hospitals Tbk, said private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Ltd will buy 15 percent of the hospital operator for 2.2 trillion rupiah ($166 million).
** Building supplies maker USG Corp said it would sell its distribution unit, L&W Supply Corp, to roofing supplier ABC Supply Co Inc for $670 million.
** Polish state-run insurer PZU and the PFR fund are in talks to offer a below-market 3 billion euros ($3.36 billion) to buy a 40.1 percent stake in Poland's second-largest bank Pekao SA from its owner, Italy's Unicredit, the Financial Times reported.
** Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) signed a contract on Friday to buy a solar power plant from the U.S.-based Carlyle Group's Cogentrix Solar Holdings, KEPCO said in a statement released on Sunday.
** Hedge fund manager D.E. Shaw & Co LP is weighing a bid for SunEdison Inc's controlling stake in TerraForm Power Inc, the bankrupt U.S. renewable energy producer's most valuable asset, according to people familiar with the matter.
** Bankrupt U.S. teen retailer Aeropostale Inc received bids last week for its business from private equity firm Sycamore Partners, as well as liquidators, firms that wind down businesses, according to people familiar with the matter.
** Brazil's Samambaia investment fund bought 29 million units of local power company Energisa SA for 617 million reais ($188 million), STS GAEA Capital, a financial advisor to the fund, said in a statement on Friday.
** Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank on Friday said it would sell its Argentine subsidiary to local Banco Comafi as part of its strategy plan to streamline business abroad.
** Innogy SE, the network and renewable unit German utility RWE plans to list this autumn, said it agreed to buy Belectric Solar & Battery to bolster its position in energy storage and photovoltaics. (Compiled by Akankshita Mukhopadhyay in Bengaluru) | http://www.reuters.com/article/deals-day-idUSL3N1BA3KI?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ba8cd349f63b31908579f56218be18fd2f71390efaa63aa21d83ba3136ef86de.json |
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"Tanisha Heiberg"
] | 2016-08-29T16:52:37 | null | 2016-08-29T16:17:48 | South Africa's recovery from its worst drought in over century could be stalled as anticipated rain relief from a La Nina weather system remains uncertain, the South African Weather Service said on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-safrica-drought-idUSKCN1141T8%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DenvironmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fenvironment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEnvironment%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | South Africa's drought recovery could be stalled by uncertain rain prospects | null | null | www.reuters.com | PRETORIA South Africa's recovery from its worst drought in over century could be stalled as anticipated rain relief from a La Nina weather system remains uncertain, the South African Weather Service said on Monday.
An earlier prediction of a moderate La Nina, which is associated with higher rainfall, for the spring/summer season between September and February, had eased farmers' drought fears. But the South African Weather Service said it was uncertain how much rain there would be.
An El Nino weather pattern which ended in May triggered drought conditions across southern Africa. South African temperatures reached historic peaks and 2015 was the driest year since records began in 1904.
South Africa's maize crop was decimated with current forecasts pointing to a 26.6 percent lower harvest this year due to the severe drought. White maize, the food staple, doubled in price last year, helping to fuel inflation.
Indian Ocean conditions may not be conducive for rainfall during spring with most climate models indicating a marginal prospect of above normal rainfall conditions toward early summer, the Weather Service said.
"If we have got the current conditions prevailing we are most likely to have high temperatures going forward," said Nhlonipho Nhlabatsi, a senior research manager with the Weather Service.
Most parts of South Africa are still experiencing drought conditions and water stress despite the strong El Nino dissipating, the Weather Service said.
"The recovery of South Africa from drought conditions may take some time, depending on rainfall and temperature conditions over the coming spring through summer 2016/17 season," it added.
(Editing by Adrian Croft) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-drought-idUSKCN1141T8?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/3a40596c64a844f69155b7ed92068c41d32b121ebc1cf33598c0eacb2fe54c00.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T21:02:14 | null | 2016-08-30T20:09:29 | U.S. President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences of 111 convicts serving time for drug-related offenses in his second round of clemency grants this month, the White House said on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-justice-obama-idUSKCN1152JW%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151632510&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1I0 | en | null | Obama shortens prison sentences of 111 convicts: White House | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. President Barack Obama walks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S. before his departure to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON U.S. President Barack Obama shortened the prison sentences of 111 convicts serving time for drug-related offenses in his second round of clemency grants this month, the White House said on Tuesday.
Obama has now granted a total of 673 commutations during his presidency, more than the number granted by the 10 previous presidents combined, as he seeks to reform the criminal justice system, it said.
For some of the convicts, the commutations mean they will serve only half of their original prison sentences. For instance, Sly Stallone Aikens of South Carolina, serving a sentence of 360 months for using and carrying a gun during a drug trafficking crime, will now serve only 180 months.
More than one-third of the 673 convicts had been serving life sentences.
Obama has made reducing the number of people serving long sentences for nonviolent drug offenses a priority. It is one of the rare issues where the president gets support from Republican lawmakers.
He launched the clemency program in 2014, inviting thousands of drug offenders and others to seek early release. It was the most ambitious such program in 40 years, but it has struggled under a flood of thousands of unprocessed cases.
The White House counsel, Neil Eggleston, said he expects Obama will continue to grant commutations through the end of his presidency, which ends on Jan. 20. But only legislation passed by Congress can "achieve the broader reforms needed to ensure our federal sentencing system operates more fairly and effectively," Eggleston said.
(Reporting by Timothy Gardner and Ayesha Rascoe; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and Jonathan Oatis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-obama-idUSKCN1152JW?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7237957a530e103ea947ee7bf8820ded52e4b9bf538cf868bef192c4cc9ad023.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:17:58 | null | 2016-08-26T12:04:17 | The Federal Reserve could hike U.S. interest rates this year, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on Friday, noting the central bank would have to watch out for risky financial bubbles emerging in technology stocks and elsewhere in the market. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-fed-bullard-idUSKCN1111CP%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151164138&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0RD | en | null | Bullard agnostic on timing of Fed hike; cites tech stocks: CNBC | null | null | www.reuters.com | St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard speaks at a public lecture on ''Slow Normalization or No Normalization'' in Singapore May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
The Federal Reserve could hike U.S. interest rates this year, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on Friday, noting the central bank would have to watch out for risky financial bubbles emerging in technology stocks and elsewhere in the market.
"I'm agnostic on when we do that," he said on CNBC from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, adding "we could" hike rates this year.
Asked about financial valuations, he said: "We're fairly valued or on the high side of fairly valued, and I could see the process getting away from us, maybe tech stocks, maybe others."
(Reporting by Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-bullard-idUSKCN1111CP?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/bfec3b94acd77953eb86192ddd8b3550c070a5fee0ba3cd4b9de5dd662f42dca.json |
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"Marius Zaharia"
] | 2016-08-30T07:04:51 | null | 2016-08-30T06:41:48 | Australia, Taiwan and South Korea advised pregnant women and those attempting to get pregnant to avoid travel to Singapore after an outbreak of the Zika virus infected more than 50 people in the city-state. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-singapore-idUSKCN1150HM%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151536313&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T079 | en | null | Australia, Taiwan, South Korea issue travel warnings for Singapore | null | null | www.reuters.com | A worker sprays insecticide along the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker mists the common area of a public housing estate with insecticide, near the vicinity where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker mists with insecticide the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker sprays insecticide along the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE Australia, Taiwan and South Korea advised pregnant women and those attempting to get pregnant to avoid travel to Singapore after an outbreak of the Zika virus infected more than 50 people in the city-state.
The outbreak and the warnings come as a potential blow to tourism in one of the world's busiest travel hubs, which is already struggling to recover from a slump amid tepid global growth.
Singapore reported its first case of locally-transmitted Zika at the weekend, and the number of reported infections of the mosquito-borne virus has since jumped to 56. At least three dozen of those have since made a full recovery.
The Zika virus was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas. It poses a risk to pregnant women because it can cause severe birth defects. It has been linked in Brazil to more than 1,800 cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect where babies are born with abnormally small heads and brains.
The 56 confirmed cases in Singapore include only one woman.
Taiwan, Australia and South Korea advised pregnant women and those planning pregnancy to postpone trips to Singapore. Those returning from the country should avoid pregnancy for two months. South Korean travelers will receive text messages with the warning when they arrive in Singapore.
Malaysia and Indonesia, Singapore's closest neighbors, have stepped up protective measures following the outbreak, introducing thermal scanners at airports and border checkpoints.
Singapore's Tourism Board said it was monitoring developments, adding the city state remained a "safe travel destination", and it was premature to consider any impact.
More than 55 million people pass through Singapore's Changi airport every year. In the first half of this year, tourism arrivals reached almost 8.2 million, compared with around 7.3 million in the same period of last year.
Online retailer Lazada Singapore said on Tuesday it has seen sales of mosquito repellent and other deterrent products rise fivefold over the past three days compared to a week ago.
FOREIGN WORKERS
Authorities continued to inspect thousands of homes in seven parts of Singapore, including five foreign worker dormitories, on Tuesday. Officials sprayed insecticide and removed potential mosquito breeding habitats such as stagnant water and moist dirt from drains.
The majority of those infected with Zika in Singapore were foreign workers, but the government has not disclosed their nationalities. The High Commission of Bangladesh, which represents the largest community of foreign workers, said none of the workers were Bangladeshis.
The Chinese and Myanmar embassies in Singapore said they had not been notified by Singapore whether their citizens were among those infected. The Thai embassy did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Foreign workers in Singapore, employed mostly in the construction and marine industries, can earn as little as S$2 ($1.47) an hour, often work 12-14 hours a day and take few days off. They are unlikely to travel often.
The GuocoLand construction site, where the infected workers were found, remained closed on Tuesday morning, according to a Reuters photographer at the scene. It was ordered on Sunday to halt work and rectify the conditions that allowed mosquitoes to breed.
Regional health experts said the Zika virus is likely to be significantly under-reported across tropical Southeast Asia as local health authorities fail to conduct adequate screening.
(Reporting by Marius Zaharia, with additional reporting by Edgar Su, Aradhana Aravindan, Masayuki Kitano and Mark Tay in Singapore and Jeong Eun Lee in Seoul; Editing by Jane Wardell and Ian Geoghegan) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-singapore-idUSKCN1150HM?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/d2c4e50aa6b56afd9dcd13c137a9732ee825bcdc20e77327d2e247c4f2662711.json |
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"Emily Stephenson",
"Ginger Gibson"
] | 2016-08-31T04:52:21 | null | 2016-08-31T04:10:49 | Republican Donald Trump, who has made his criticism of a pending Pacific trade agreement central to his campaign, on Tuesday visited a Seattle suburb home to a large Boeing Co plane manufacturing facility that depends heavily on Asian sales. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-election-idUSKCN1152QU.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151671859&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U063 | en | null | Trade critic Trump visits Boeing Co's backyard | null | null | www.reuters.com | EVERETT, Washington/WASHINGTON Republican Donald Trump, who has made his criticism of a pending Pacific trade agreement central to his campaign, on Tuesday visited a Seattle suburb home to a large Boeing Co plane manufacturing facility that depends heavily on Asian sales.
Trump vowed at his rally that he would win Washington state, even though the state tends to support Democrats and that party’s nominee, Hillary Clinton, leads by large margins in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
The Republican nominee, however, presents a conundrum for the unions that represent workers at Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company. He has courted manufacturing workers with vows to tear up trade agreements and scrap the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership.
"The destruction that NAFTA started will be finished off if the Trans-Pacific Partnership is approved," Trump said on Tuesday, referring to a separate deal with Canada and Mexico reached in the 1990s. He also has vowed to renegotiate that agreement.
Supporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) point to Boeing's aircraft sales to Asia to tout the benefits of the agreement. Secretary of State John Kerry visited a nearby plant earlier this year to rally support for the pact.
Manufacturing unions agree with Trump on his opposition to TPP and the export of jobs overseas, but officials said they find his track record unconvincing.
"The fact is that Trump has had the opportunity to bring jobs to Americans, and he's chosen to outsource them," said Larry Brown, legislative and political director for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 751, which represents about 32,000 workers in the state, mostly at Boeing.
Boeing produces some of its largest planes only miles from where Trump spoke Tuesday night. As they are assembled, the painted tails of the planes show the airlines that ordered them, and many are Asian. Major components of each plane come from overseas: South Korea, China and Europe.
Over the next 20 years, Boeing projects that Asian customers will account for 40 percent of the total global jetliner's market, the company said in a recent report.
"Trade is a huge part of the success of manufacturing in Washington," said Linda Dempsey, vice president of international economic affairs for the National Association of Manufacturers, which Boeing belongs to. "They are exporting $73 billion in manufactured goods."
But Trump offers a more dire outlook, arguing that only he can keep Boeing from moving those high-paying manufacturing jobs from Washington to China.
"They'll start taking your business away, and you won't have much of Boeing," Trump told Seattle's KIRO radio on Monday.
RALLYING WORKERS
Trump has broken with the Republican Party's traditional embrace of free trade. He has vowed to rip up the TPP and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, an existing deal with Canada and Mexico which he blames for the loss of U.S. jobs.
The Republican Party's support for free trade has put it in sync with large business groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers.
Tony Fratto, a former official in the administration of Republican George W. Bush, criticized Trump as out of step with the party.
"Trump's policies in this area are really dumb generally, but are particularly dumb for a major exporting company," said Fratto, who worked on behalf of a coalition of large companies, including Boeing, that were pushing for renewal of the Export-Import Bank.
Some voters in Washington state remain divided. Kirk Hoeppner, 53, a business analyst at Boeing who lives in Granite Falls, Washington, said he will vote for Trump and he agrees with his business views. But he was not sure closer ties to other countries would hurt jobs there.
“Even if we ally with other countries, we’re still going to sell more airplanes,” Hoeppner said.
Corey McNally, 40, of Whidbey Island, Washington, has not decided whom he will vote for.
"The union members love Hillary just because they're supposed to because she's a liberal," said McNally. And Trump, whom he called "just kind of a big show," may be too late to change anything.
"This company's been outsourcing jobs for years," he said of Boeing.
(Writing by Ginger Gibson; Reporting by Emily Stephenson in Everett, Washington; Alwyn Scott in Seattle and Ginger Gibson in Washington; Editing by Caren Bohan and Jonathan Oatis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-idUSKCN1152QU | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/bdc3e912c0df96149c266a361ef8d76794728b239356cf62b990709dbb49b104.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T21:04:17 | null | 2016-08-26T20:44:32 | A Toronto bank robber known as the "fake beard bandit" was charged with three counts of first-degree murder after three people were killed in a crossbow attack in the city's east end, police in Canada's largest city said on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-canada-toronto-crossbow-idUSKCN1111PU%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151213750&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P11A | en | null | Convicted bank robber charged in Toronto crossbow deaths | null | null | www.reuters.com | Police are seen at a crime scene in front of a house where three people have died in an incident involving a crossbow in the Scarborough suburb of Toronto, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
People watch from their front door as police stand at a crime scene where three pople have died in an incident involving a crossbow, according to local media reports in the Scarborough suburb of Toronto, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
TORONTO A Toronto bank robber known as the "fake beard bandit" was charged with three counts of first-degree murder after three people were killed in a crossbow attack in the city's east end, police in Canada's largest city said on Friday.
Brett Ryan, 35, who appeared in court briefly on Friday, was arrested in 2008 for committing robberies in disguise, police said. He was charged with more than a dozen counts of robbery and later convicted.
Two men and a woman died in the driveway of a house on Thursday.
One of the people who was killed made a 911 emergency call before dying, according to a local newspaper report, which said the suspect had also been wounded.
The police have not offered a reason for the killings nor have they identified the victims.
Property records showed that the house where the three killed was in the name of Susan and William Ryan, 66 and 65 years old, respectively. William Ryan died last year, local media reported.
Brett Ryan had lived at the same house as Susan and William Ryan, according to government records that indicated bankruptcy proceedings had been initiated for him in 2010.
He was jailed for three years and nine months in the bank robbery cases, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
His lawyer, G.J. Partington, declined to comment.
Ryan's next scheduled court appearance is Sept. 2.
In another incident on Thursday that police said was related to the killings, police evacuated a downtown building due to a suspicious package. They gave no details on how the cases were related.
(Reporting by Ethan Lou in Toronto; Editing by Dan Grebler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-toronto-crossbow-idUSKCN1111PU?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fbf1c017cb65c0066b3b6eb1825813be65868f1c18e989b4a9c4df135e16fcbf.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T16:52:13 | null | 2016-08-26T15:25:04 | By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) - People who survive a type of blood cancer known as Hodgkin lymphoma early in life may be twice as likely to develo | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-hodgkins-heart-problems-idUSKCN1111TW%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DhealthNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FhealthNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BHealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Hodgkin survivors face risk of serious heart problems | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Reuters Health) - People who survive a type of blood cancer known as Hodgkin lymphoma early in life may be twice as likely to develop heart problems in adulthood as peers without a history of these tumors, a U.S. study suggests.
By age 50, Hodgkin survivors were almost five times as likely to have severe cardiovascular health conditions that can be life threatening, the study found.
While the study didn’t look at why these cancer survivors might have heart problems, both chemotherapy and radiation typically used to treat these tumors can cause permanent heart damage, said lead study author Dr. Nickhill Bhakta of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
“The most obvious and simple option is to just give less medicine and/or radiation,” Bhakta said by email. “This is difficult because we want to cure cancer and when we know something works, it’s hard to give less of it for fear that we may not cure patients.”
To assess the lasting effects of treatment on heart health, Bhakta and colleagues examined data on about 350 adults who survived at least a decade after their Hodgkin diagnosis, as well as about 270 people without a cancer history who were similar in gender and age.
Researchers started following patients in 1971 and continued to monitor them through 2014.
More than 90 percent of the participants with Hodgkin disease received radiation during their treatment, and 36 percent of them took drugs known as anthracyclines, a type of chemotherapy that can damage the heart.
Researchers looked at a wide range of cardiovascular conditions, from abnormal heart rhythm to high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol, as well as heart attacks, valve disorders and clots that impede blood flow.
They assessed both the number of heart-related problems, and the severity of each one.
At age 50, about 46 percent of the cancer survivors had experienced at least one serious heart problem, compared with about 16 percent in the control group of individuals without a cancer history, researchers report in The Lancet Oncology.
Cancer survivors were also more likely to experience severe complications like heart attacks and structural defects such as valve disorders or damage to the aorta, the vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
Higher radiation doses were associated with higher odds that patients would have severe complications, though higher doses of anthracyclines didn’t appear to influence this risk.
One limitation of the study is that it may have underestimated the mortality risk associated with cancer treatment because not enough people died to calculate this, the authors note.
It’s also possible that the results could look different for patients who joined the study more recently, when doctors treating them might have been more aware of the heart risks of radiation and chemotherapy and more closely monitored people for heart problems, the authors point out.
Targeted radiation techniques as well as new types of cancer drugs may cause less damage to the heart in the future, but it’s too soon to say which of these experimental approaches might pan out, Bhakta said.
“If any of these treatment options mean we can dial down the effect to the heart, substitution could play a role in reducing the burden of heart disease in this population,” Bhakta added.
Even without new treatments, there are some things patients can do to help prevent heart problems, noted Marianne Aznar an oncology researcher at Rigshospitalet and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark who wrote an editorial accompanying the study.
“Patients can reduce their risk of heart disease by adopting a healthy lifestyle – giving up smoking, avoiding becoming overweight, and eating a healthy diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables and cutting down on saturated fat and sugar,” Aznar said by email.
“Patients could also talk to their general practitioner about monitoring for hypertension and high cholesterol, which can also affect the risk of heart disease,” Aznar added.
SOURCE: bit.ly/2br7QOT and bit.ly/2bFrbuJ The Lancet Oncology, online July 25, 2016. | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-hodgkins-heart-problems-idUSKCN1111TW?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/c8a155a9fd0117c45138c14a4c8d4184b148702c9e5c658a1ff05089ae7679e3.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:19:23 | null | 2016-08-25T22:20:26 | Investors trimmed risk assets before a gathering of central bankers on Friday, pulling $6.4 billion from U.S.-based stock funds in a course-reversal during the week ended Aug. 24, data from Lipper showed on Thursday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-investment-mutualfunds-lipper-idUSKCN1102IW%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DPersonalFinance%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bnews%252Fwealth%2B%2528Reuters%2BWealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160825&t=2&i=1151083938&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O1L6 | en | null | Investors pull $6.4 billion from U.S. stock funds ahead of Fed speech | null | null | www.reuters.com | Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
NEW YORK Investors trimmed risk assets before a gathering of central bankers on Friday, pulling $6.4 billion from U.S.-based stock funds in a course-reversal during the week ended Aug. 24, data from Lipper showed on Thursday.
The outflows, which came a week after cash poured into stock funds for the first time in five weeks, are the last data showing U.S. fund investors' behavior before Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks at an annual central bankers' conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Yellen is expected to shed light on whether an interest-rate hike is likely in 2016, a move that could force a reevaluation of assets, such as corporate bonds and emerging market stocks, which have performed well this year.
"Everybody's keeping their eyes on Jackson Hole," said Tom Roseen, head of research services for Thomson Reuters Lipper.
"People are waiting for the catalyst" to drive the market one way or another, Roseen said.
Domestic stock funds posted $4.5 billion in outflows during the week, while funds focused on international shares posted $1.8 billion in outflows, the data showed.
Largely actively managed equity mutual funds posted $4.1 billion in withdrawals, while mostly passive equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sank by $2.3 billion during the week.
In both cases the result adds to woes for stock funds, which have netted assets in just six of the last 34 weeks tracked by Lipper.
Another sign of the focus on the Fed: investors added $299 million to "loan participation funds," marking the first time that category has taken in money for four weeks straight since April 2014. The funds offer yields that increase as rates rise.
Emerging markets continued to be popular bets, with stock funds targeting that asset class taking in $620 million for their eighth consecutive week of net new cash. Bond funds focused on the developing markets added $222 million and their tenth straight week of inflows.
Yield-starved investors have turned to those markets for potentially greater returns.
European stock funds' outflows accelerated to $1.2 billion, their largest since the week ended July 6. The funds have now posted outflows for the past 12 weeks, according to Lipper.
Taxable bond funds in the United States remained a popular place for investors searching for relative safety and higher yields. Those funds took in $2.7 billion during the week, their third straight week of inflows, the data showed.
The following is a broad breakdown of the flows for the week, including ETFs:
Sector Flow Chg Pct of Assets($ Count
($ blns) Assets blns)
All Equity Funds -6.351 -0.12 5,380.693 12,014
Domestic Equities -4.519 -0.12 3,815.437 8,551
Non-Domestic Equities -1.832 -0.12 1,565.256 3,463
All Taxable Bond Funds 2.739 0.12 2,332.916 6,054
All Money Market Funds 20.911 0.89 2,368.789 1,080
All Municipal Bond Funds 0.801 0.21 386.398 1,411
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Daniel Bases and James Dalgleish) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-investment-mutualfunds-lipper-idUSKCN1102IW?feedType=RSS&feedName=PersonalFinance&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Fwealth+%28Reuters+Wealth+News%29 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/8f63dc4f9fec131901365185aad88b2d4f7ab2bbbcf61c8e4c79b7d8dc02974c.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-30T18:52:15 | null | 2016-08-30T18:23:35 | Some U.S. oil and gas producers in the easternparts of the Gulf of Mexico have shut production on nine platforms, moveddrilling rigs and evacuated non-essential workers as Tropical Depression Ninedisrupts operations. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fstorm-energy-gulfmexico-idUSL1N1BB18Z%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | UPDATE 1-Gulf of Mexico oil, gas operations affected by storm | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Adds latest BSEE data)
HOUSTON Aug 30 Some U.S. oil and gas producers in the eastern parts of the Gulf of Mexico have shut production on nine platforms, moved drilling rigs and evacuated non-essential workers as Tropical Depression Nine disrupts operations.
Operators who have pulled workers off platforms in the area included BP Plc , Royal Dutch Shell, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., BHP Billiton Ltd and Hess Corp.
Transocean said it moved drilling rigs as well.
Other companies have said they were monitoring the storm, which is expected to hit Florida later this week.
The U.S. government said on Tuesday that so far operators have shut output equal to 352,946 barrels per day of oil equivalent and 346 million cubic feet per day of natural gas production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico due the storm.
The closures represent 22 percent of normal oil output and 10 percent of natural gas production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said.
The shut-ins, while relatively small, represented the most significant weather-related outages for the offshore energy sector since at least 2013 in the United States.
Based on data submitted to BSEE, personnel have been evacuated from a total of nine production platforms, 1.20 percent of the 750 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Gulf of Mexico accounts for about 20 percent of U.S. oil production and around 5 percent of natural gas output, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
About 30 percent of U.S. natural gas processing plant capacity and 40 percent of the country's refining capacity is also on the Gulf Coast, mainly around Louisiana and Texas, the EIA has said.
Below is a list of shut-ins confirmed by companies:
-BP has shut three of its four operated platforms in the U.S. Gulf, which have the following design capacities:
Thunder Horse, 250,000 b/d oil, 200 mmcf/d gas
Atlantis, 200,000 b/d oil, 180 mmcf/d gas
Na Kika, 130,000 b/d oil, 500 mmcf/d gas
-Shell has shut in its Coulomb field, which ties back to the Na Kika platform.
-The Destin Pipeline on Friday started evacuating all non-essential personnel from its offshore facilities, including the MP260 platform, in the Gulf of Mexico as a precautionary measure against a tropical disturbance. Destin is majority-owned by BP with Enbridge Inc a minority partner. (Reporting By Terry Wade and Liz Hampton; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli and Andrew Hay) | http://www.reuters.com/article/storm-energy-gulfmexico-idUSL1N1BB18Z?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/05d26778644d40892fd25c4ee50a770a309d4576e954cb06880cf7fc71587b62.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:18:44 | null | 2016-08-26T03:14:54 | Tropical Storm Gaston is expected to become a hurricane again over the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its advisory late Thursday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-storm-gaston-nhc-idUSKCN111070%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DenvironmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fenvironment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEnvironment%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Tropical Storm Gaston expected to become hurricane again | null | null | www.reuters.com | Tropical Storm Gaston is expected to become a hurricane again over the weekend, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its advisory late Thursday.
The system, with maximum sustained winds of 65 miles per hour (100 km per hour), is located about 1,300 miles (2,095 km) East-Southeast of Bermuda, the Miami-based weather forecaster said.
NHC says a turn toward the West-Northwest and a decrease in forward speed are expected by Saturday.
(Reporting by Karen Rodrigues in Bengaluru) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-gaston-nhc-idUSKCN111070?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/bf8f464ee7265f94763de88898dfcd75e7b664b642d8e3d445b8d9d81ce0dd80.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T14:52:14 | null | 2016-08-29T14:28:05 | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA.O) said it would partner with pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics to reduce drug procurement costs. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-walgreens-boots-partnership-prime-the-idUSKCN1141F0.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Walgreens to partner with pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics | null | null | www.reuters.com | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA.O) said it would partner with pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics to reduce drug procurement costs.
The companies will combine their central specialty pharmacy and mail order service businesses and introduce a new retail pharmacy network that will give Prime Therapeutics' customers access to Walgreens' pharmacy network.
Specialty pharmacies provide drugs to people with expensive chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. Walgreens has four central specialty pharmacies that mainly provide mail order services.
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) administer drug benefits for employers and health plans, helping them get better prices from drugmakers.
The combined entity will be owned by Walgreens and Prime Therapeutics but will have a separate board and executive team, which will be announced later this year.
Walgreens, the largest U.S. drugstore operator by store count, already has partnerships with PBMs such as Express Scripts Holding Co (ESRX.O) and UnitedHealth Group Inc's (UNH.N) OptumRx.
Walgreens is also in talks to acquire Rite Aid Corp (RAD.N), which will give it ownership of Rite Aid's PBM, EnvisionRx.
Prime Therapeutics, the fourth-largest U.S. PBM, is owned by 14 leading Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans.
(Reporting by Sruthi Ramakrishnan in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza and Saumyadeb Chakrabarty) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-walgreens-boots-partnership-prime-the-idUSKCN1141F0 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/e3995852f1ff1714e51fb387bba0e59a96bd30461e06d16f1e9b53bdf565869d.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T19:02:08 | null | 2016-08-29T17:36:06 | A suburban Boston man who was arrested over the weekend illegally stockpiled weapons in violation of a court order and had mulled attacking a police station or a mosque, according to federal prosecutors. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-massachusetts-crime-idUSKCN1141ZL%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Massachusetts man charged with stockpiling arms mulled attack-prosecutors | null | null | www.reuters.com | BOSTON A suburban Boston man who was arrested over the weekend illegally stockpiled weapons in violation of a court order and had mulled attacking a police station or a mosque, according to federal prosecutors.
Forty-year-old Joseph Garguilo of Holliston, Massachusetts, is due in court on Monday to face charges of being a prohibited person in possession of ammunition after the FBI found an arsenal at his home including parts for an assault-style rifle, six ammunition magazines, Tasers and explosives.
The man told a witness cooperating with law enforcement that he had considered bombing a police station or mosque, and that he feared the United States was on the brink of descending into disorder, according to court papers filed by federal prosecutors in Boston.
The search of his home also turned up handwritten notes threatening Muslims, prosecutors said.
It was not clear if Garguilo had retained an attorney.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Alan Crosby) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-massachusetts-crime-idUSKCN1141ZL?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/8ed0ae8d6bc354237de1ab252c3cda92c8966c9d31714db652a86f4e80dcf02f.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T13:02:30 | null | 2016-08-27T11:42:49 | Iraq's government would consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry official in Baghdad told Reuters. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mideast-crisis-iraq-oil-idUSKCN1120CE%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160827&t=2&i=1151266021&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q07O | en | null | Exclusive: Iraq plans to sell oil through Iran if talks with Kurds fail | null | null | www.reuters.com | A general view at Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, which is run by state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS), some 70 km (43.5 miles) from Adana February 19, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
BAGHDAD Iraq's government would consider selling crude through Iran should talks with the autonomous Kurdish region on an oil revenue-sharing agreement fail, a senior oil ministry official in Baghdad told Reuters.
Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO) plans to hold talks with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), possibly next week, about Iraqi oil exported through Turkey, Deputy Oil Minister Fayadh al-Nema said in an interview on Friday evening.
"If the negotiations come to a close" without an agreement "we will start to find a way in order to sell our oil because we need money, either to Iran or other countries", he said by telephone.
Iraq, OPEC's second-largest producer after Saudi Arabia, depends on oil sales for 95 percent of its public income. Its economy is reeling under the double impact of low oil prices and the war against Islamic State militants.
The Kurdistan region produces around 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) on its territory and exports those volumes via Turkey. Baghdad would not be able to reroute those volumes to Iran but could order shipments of some 150,000 bpd via Iran that are being produced in the nearby province of Kirkuk.
An agreement between Iran and Iraq could function in a similar fashion as oil-swap deals Tehran has had with Caspian Sea nations, according to an oil official who asked not to be identified.
Iran would import Iraqi oil to its refineries and export an equivalent amount of its own crude on behalf of Baghdad from Iranian ports on the Gulf. Iraq has ports on the Gulf but they are not linked to the northern Kirkuk fields by pipeline.
Iraq's state-run North Oil Company resumed pumping crude through the Kurdish-controlled pipeline to Turkey last week as "a sign of goodwill to invite them (the Kurds) to start negotiations," Nema said.
He said pumping had resumed on the instruction of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi following "some understanding" between Baghdad and Erbil. Abadi said on Tuesday the decision had been made to avoid damage to reservoirs.
The flow of crude extracted from Kirkuk by North Oil and pumped in the pipeline has been running at about 75,000 bpd since last week, or half the rate before it was halted in March, Nema said.
Should there be an agreement with the Kurds, flow through the pipeline would be increased to more than 100,000 bpd, not to the previous level of 150,000 bpd, he added.
Nema said about 20,000 bpd would be supplied to the refinery of Suleimaniya, in the Kurdish region, and 30,000 bpd would be refined locally in Kirkuk.
The pipeline carries crude to the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, where the Kurds have been selling it independently on the international market, along with oil produced in their northern region.
The Kurdish government has been calling on Baghdad since March to resume the pumping of Kirkuk crude in full to help Erbil fund its war against Islamic State. Sources in Erbil have said splitting the Kirkuk flows would divide the Kurds and complicate the task of fighting the ultra-hardline militants.
A KRG spokesman in June told Reuters the Kurds are ready to strike an agreement with Baghdad if it guarantees them monthly revenue of $1 billion, more than double what they make currently from selling their own oil.
The dispute revolves around Kurdish oil exports that Baghdad wants to bring under its control.
"If Baghdad comes and says 'OK, give me all the oil that you have and I'll give you the 17 percent as per the budget', which equals to 1 billion, I think, logically it should be the thing to accept," KRG spokesman Safeen Dizayee said in June.
"Whether this oil goes to the international market or first to Baghdad and then to the market, it doesn't make any difference," he added. "We are ready to enter dialogue with Baghdad."
The Kurdish government stopped delivering crude oil to the central government about a year ago, a decision taken when Baghdad's payment fell under $400 million a month, Dizayee said.
It is also in a dispute with the central government over Kirkuk, where North Oil produces its crude and which the Kurds claim as part of their territory. The Kurds took control of the region two years ago, after the Iraqi army disintegrated when Islamic State overran a third of the country.
(Additional reporting by Aref Mohammed in Basra; Writing by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Dale Hudson) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-oil-idUSKCN1120CE?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/a86b35f56db4273231ef2e42cac911dbd6b1adff86543b99e49aa0b0dc4431f5.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T18:59:34 | null | 2016-08-26T18:47:21 | Welshman Bradley Dredge, looking to end a 10-year title drought on the European Tour, played superb golf in tough conditions to move three strokes clear after the second round of the Made in Denmark tournament in Farso on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-golf-european-idUSKCN11126O%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Impressive Dredge moves three ahead in Denmark | null | null | www.reuters.com | Welshman Bradley Dredge, looking to end a 10-year title drought on the European Tour, played superb golf in tough conditions to move three strokes clear after the second round of the Made in Denmark tournament in Farso on Friday.
Dredge followed his opening 63 with a five-under-par 66 on a challenging day of strong winds at Himmerland Golf and Spa Resort to post a 13-under total of 129.
Swede Joakim Lagergren (70) was in second spot, with Belgium's Thomas Pieters (71) and South African Richard Sterne (67) a further shot back at nine-under.
Dredge, a double winner on the European Tour who has not tasted victory since the 2006 European Masters, reeled off five birdies on his front nine to surge to the top of the leaderboard.
Though he ran up his only bogey of the day at the par-four 13th, the 43-year-old rebounded with a birdie at the 14th before parring his last four holes to remain three strokes clear.
"You come to courses sometimes and it just seems to suit your eye," said Dredge who finished second at this tournament in 2014 and sixth last year.
"I'm just glad that I'm here and performing," he told reporters. "You try not to think too much about the score but I thought under 70 was going to be a good score out there today.
"It really was blowing, approach shots were tough, putting was very difficult to start with ... obviously I'm delighted with my score. I'm in good position for the weekend."
Englishman Tom Lewis, joint first-round leader with Lagergren and Pieters after opening with a course record 62, carded a 72 to finish the second round at eight-under, level with Spaniard Adrian Otaegui (66).
(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Tony Jimenez) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-golf-european-idUSKCN11126O?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/e1225a33189e48a4d697a96935c7118add2545aa95894bb1e5f31533113eedf7.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T13:04:24 | null | 2016-08-27T12:43:19 | Sources in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat (CDU) party on Saturday denied a magazine report that said the German leader was delaying an announcement until spring 2017 on whether she will run for a fourth term in next year's federal election. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-germany-merkel-idUSKCN1120E2%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160827&t=2&i=1151270069&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q09Q | en | null | Sources deny report Merkel delaying announcement on possible fourth term | null | null | www.reuters.com | BERLIN Sources in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat (CDU) party on Saturday denied a magazine report that said the German leader was delaying an announcement until spring 2017 on whether she will run for a fourth term in next year's federal election.
Der Spiegel reported that Merkel had originally planned to announce in spring 2016 whether she would stand for election but cited CDU sources as saying the delay to next spring was needed as Horst Seehofer, leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) - the CDU's Bavarian sister party - did not want to decide until then whether his party will support Merkel again.
Two CDU sources told Reuters it was not true Merkel had originally wanted to announce in spring 2016 that she would run once more for the post of chancellor.
Armin Laschet, deputy chairman of the CDU, suggested the timing of any announcement had not been set, saying: "How can you delay a decision that is not due yet?"
He suggested that he expected Merkel to run: "Many people around Germany hope that Angela Merkel will remain chancellor. It's up to her to decide when she'll comment on 2017."
The CSU takes a tougher line on immigration than Merkel's CDU and the two parties have frequently clashed over how to deal with an influx of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere.
Merkel's popularity has taken a hit after two Islamist attacks in July, which put the spotlight on the liberal migrant policy she championed. More than 1 million people fleeing war and poverty arrived in Germany in 2015 and a recent poll showed 52 percent of Germans deem her migrant policy bad.
The magazine said people close to Merkel feared that if she announced she would run for chancellor again without Seehofer's support, it would hurt her politically.
In December the CDU holds its federal party convention, during which the CDU chairperson is due to be elected. CDU sources told Reuters nobody expected her to leave that position.
Asked about her plans for the 2017 election in an interview with regional newspapers published on Tuesday, Merkel left it open whether she would run: "I will comment on that at the appropriate time. I'm sticking to that," she said.
(Reporting by Michelle Martin and Andreas Rinke; Editing by Dale Hudson) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-merkel-idUSKCN1120E2?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/458cbe5972846a44c465fa01dc7802d20bcdc99260dbfda303cdabc4fb1151ac.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:21:33 | null | 2016-08-26T12:04:17 | The Federal Reserve could hike U.S. interest rates this year, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on Friday, noting the central bank would have to watch out for risky financial bubbles emerging in technology stocks and elsewhere in the market. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-fed-bullard-idUSKCN1111CP.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151164138&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0RD | en | null | Bullard agnostic on timing of Fed hike; cites tech stocks: CNBC | null | null | www.reuters.com | St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard speaks at a public lecture on ''Slow Normalization or No Normalization'' in Singapore May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
The Federal Reserve could hike U.S. interest rates this year, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on Friday, noting the central bank would have to watch out for risky financial bubbles emerging in technology stocks and elsewhere in the market.
"I'm agnostic on when we do that," he said on CNBC from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, adding "we could" hike rates this year.
Asked about financial valuations, he said: "We're fairly valued or on the high side of fairly valued, and I could see the process getting away from us, maybe tech stocks, maybe others."
(Reporting by Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-bullard-idUSKCN1111CP | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/77cf19947b8352d9bd33814c891e43313b762413c3117d95a567eeb7e30e3dc0.json |
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"Jonathan Spicer"
] | 2016-08-29T21:02:55 | null | 2016-08-29T20:17:02 | Six U.S. senators have urged President Barack Obama to prioritize cyber crime at a this weekend's G20 summit in China in the wake of the $81-million heist from Bangladesh's central bank, according to a letter obtained by Reuters. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-cyber-heist-g-idUSKCN1142A0%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151489851&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S1AS | en | null | Exclusive: Six senators urge Obama to prioritise cyber at G20 in China | null | null | www.reuters.com | NEW YORK Six U.S. senators have urged President Barack Obama to prioritize cyber crime at a this weekend's G20 summit in China in the wake of the $81-million heist from Bangladesh's central bank, according to a letter obtained by Reuters.
The letter from Sherrod Brown, a senior Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and five other senators want the U.S. President to press leaders from the world's biggest economies to commit to a "coordinated strategy to combat cyber-crime at critical financial institutions," in G20 communiques at the Sept. 4-5 summit in Hangzhou, China.
The letter, dated Monday, cites the February incident in which hackers breached Bangladesh Bank's systems and used the SWIFT banking network to request nearly $1 billion from an account held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Some of the dozens of orders were filled, with much of the lost $81 million disappearing into Philippines casinos.
(Reporting by Jonathan Spicer) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-heist-g-idUSKCN1142A0?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fe5c6676eee45fb8d4146e5b2a3341c25765c231dd832f7cc6c9615e13b9ae03.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:21:01 | null | 2016-08-26T09:00:12 | Payment services provider Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc will invest up to $40 million in Indian mobile wallet services provider MobiKwik over the next 24 months, the companies said in a joint statement on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-net-1-ueps-tech-mobikwik-funding-idUSKCN1110UG%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtechnologyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtechnologyNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BTechnology%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Net1 to invest up to $40 million in India's MobiKwik over 2 years | null | null | www.reuters.com | MUMBAI Payment services provider Net1 UEPS Technologies Inc will invest up to $40 million in Indian mobile wallet services provider MobiKwik over the next 24 months, the companies said in a joint statement on Friday.
MobiKwik had previously raised three rounds of funding from investors including Sequoia Capital, American Express, MediaTeK and Cisco Investments, according to the statement.
(Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-net-1-ueps-tech-mobikwik-funding-idUSKCN1110UG?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6a01fe68a168d834f895fe0d5a5dab20ee371192cf7ecd3fdf092f2a6d3b21c5.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T22:59:50 | null | 2016-08-28T21:54:17 | FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) - Christmas came early for world championship leader Lewis Hamilton as he fought his way from the back of the grid to finish an unexpected third in Sunday's Belgian Formula One Grand Prix. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-motor-f1-belgium-hamilton-idUSKCN1130VF%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151377475&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R0KN | en | null | Christmas comes early for Hamilton at Spa | null | null | www.reuters.com | Belgium Formula One - F1 - Belgian Grand Prix 2016 - Francorchamps, Belgium - 28/8/16 - Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton of Britain waves on the podium after the Belgian F1 Grand Prix. REUTERS/Yves Herman
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium Christmas came early for world championship leader Lewis Hamilton as he fought his way from the back of the grid to finish an unexpected third in Sunday's Belgian Formula One Grand Prix.
"It's like on Christmas Day, I never expect anything," the Briton told reporters. "When you find you've got some gifts from people that love you, it's a surprise."
Hamilton started the race 21st after being hit with a 55-place grid penalty for exceeding his permitted allocation of engine components.
He played down expectations after qualifying on Saturday, saying that making it into the top-10 points-scoring positions would be a tough ask while his Mercedes team predicted an eighth-place finish.
But circumstances fell into place for the 31-year-old on Sunday.
Hamilton made a clean start and rose through the field to fifth on durable medium tires as drivers peeled off into the pits under the safety-car period prompted by Kevin Magnussen's massive crash.
The subsequent red-flag stoppage allowed the Briton to take on fresh tires without any penalty before he capped his progress up to the final podium spot with some spectacular overtaking moves.
"That was perfect for me," said Hamilton, winner of six of the last seven races leading up to Spa.
"I definitely wasn't expecting that and there have been races I've done where I've needed something like that and it's not happened. It's been a real tough, tough fight from the back."
Hamilton suffered reliability woes early in the season and has long been aware he would have to take a hefty engine-related penalty.
Mercedes opted to take the hit this weekend at the 7km longSpa circuit and fitted three new power-units beyond hispermitted allocation, expanding the pool of engines he can use over the final eight races.
Hamilton has been relaxed all weekend despite the prospect of starting near the back and was upbeat after Sunday's race, even though victorious Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg cut his championship lead to nine points.
"To come out with a clean race like I did and only lose 10 points and have three new engines, it's a super bonus," said the Briton.
(Editing by Tony Jimenez) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-f1-belgium-hamilton-idUSKCN1130VF?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/c8612d2f0839b92075149bffbded46e15207184d4aa8ca622199cdf54e707e8a.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T19:01:55 | null | 2016-08-26T17:58:25 | Britain's data privacy regulator said on Friday it would monitor how popular messaging service WhatsApp shares data with parent Facebook Inc under a new privacy policy. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-facebook-whatsapp-uk-idUSKCN11125J%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtechnologyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtechnologyNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BTechnology%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151205929&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1CR | en | null | UK regulator to monitor WhatsApp's data sharing with Facebook | null | null | www.reuters.com | A 3D printed Whatsapp logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
Britain's data privacy regulator said on Friday it would monitor how popular messaging service WhatsApp shares data with parent Facebook Inc under a new privacy policy.
The Information Commission's Office (ICO) said while some users may be concerned by the lack of control provided by the updated privacy policy, others may consider it a positive.
WhatsApp, which has more than a billion users, said on Thursday it would start sharing users' phone numbers with Facebook, allowing for more relevant advertisements and friend recommendations on the social media network.
However, the ICO does not have the power to block such a move.
"Organizations do not need to get prior approval from the ICO to change their approaches, but they do need to stay within data protection laws," said Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham.
WhatsApp has said users could choose not to share account information with Facebook.
The company said the change was part of its plan to explore ways for businesses to send messages using its platform.
WhatsApp said earlier this year that it was experimenting making businesses pay to reach their customers through the service.
(Reporting by Narottam Medhora in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-whatsapp-uk-idUSKCN11125J?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/d315ca4782fa1561d5d3a039916e4ad2fe14215f0f31795a12caf20e86efac47.json |
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"Stephen Eisenhammer"
] | 2016-08-30T02:52:25 | null | 2016-08-30T01:57:54 | The deadly collapse of a tailings dam last November at the Samarco mine, owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton, was caused by drainage and design flaws, a report into Brazil's worst-ever environmental disaster showed on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-brazil-mining-samarco-idUSKCN114259.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151482213&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S17R | en | null | Samarco dam failed due to poor drainage and design: investigation | null | null | www.reuters.com | An aerial view of the Rio Doce (Doce River), (bottom) which was flooded with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, at an area where the river joins the sea (top) on the coast of Espirito Santo in Regencia Village, Brazil, in this file photo dated... REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
BELO HORIZONTE/RIO DE JANEIRO The deadly collapse of a tailings dam last November at the Samarco mine, owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton, was caused by drainage and design flaws, a report into Brazil's worst-ever environmental disaster showed on Monday.
The 76-page report commissioned by the companies responsible for the spill, which killed 19 people, attributed the dam burst to a chain of events dating back to 2009, but did not assign blame or highlight specific errors in corporate or regulatory practice.
Norbert Morgenstern, a geotechnical engineering professor who headed the investigation, repeatedly told reporters he could not answer their questions when quizzed on whether there was negligence or malpractice on the part of the companies involved.
A separate police investigation has accused Samarco of willful misconduct, saying the company ignored clear signs the dam was at risk of collapsing. Samarco denies any wrongdoing.
BHP Billiton's chief commercial officer, Dean Dalla Valle, said cost-cutting since 2012 was "absolutely not" a factor and there was no evidence anyone had prioritized production over safety.
"We have no reason to believe that anyone at BHP had any information that indicated that the dam was in danger of collapsing," Dalla Valle told reporters in Australia on a conference call from Belo Horizonte.
The report stressed that a change in the dam's design between 2011 and 2012 led to less efficient water drainage that saturated sand in the dam and resulted in liquefaction.
Liquefaction is a process whereby a solid material such as sand loses strength and stiffness and behaves more like a liquid. It is a common cause for the collapse of dams holding mining waste, known as tailings, because the walls of these dams are mostly built with dried tailings which consist of a mixture of sand and clay-like mud.
"There was a fundamental change in the design concept whereby more widespread saturation was allowed and accepted," the report said, adding "this increase in the extent of saturation introduced the potential for sand liquefaction."
Liquefaction was triggered by increased weight on the tailings as the height of the dam was raised, reaching 100 meters (109 yards) at the time of collapse.
This weight pushed the clay-like mud in the dam outwards "like toothpaste from a tube," resulting in a loosening of the sand which had more space to spread and ultimately caused it to flow like a liquid and cause the dam's wall to collapse.
A small earthquake on the day of the dam burst may also have "accelerated" the failure, the report said.
Carlos Eduardo Pinto, a prosecutor in the case against Samarco, said much of what was in the report had already been shown in the police investigation.
"Samarco has long claimed it performs good practice but the report did not demonstrate this," Pinto told Reuters. "Quite the opposite, it showed the company altered the project in a way that would not have been permitted."
BHP Billiton said it had learned from the tragedy. It had already reviewed 10 of its biggest tailings dams and said they were stable, but was taking steps to improve risk management.
The disaster has already cost BHP Billiton $2.2 billion, including a total write-off of its investment in Samarco, due to uncertainty over when the mine will reopen, and funds for its share of agreed compensation and damages.
BHP and Vale's shares, mauled last November after the dam disaster, were unharmed by the release of the report. Vale's shares rose 2.4 percent on Monday and BHP's shares rose 1 percent in early trading on Tuesday.
(Additional reporting by Sonali Paul in Melbourne; Editing by Alan Crosby and Richard Pullin) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-mining-samarco-idUSKCN114259 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/a4199486b30c934f0202e05df91143586f82b3dd141407d15ba84931119f97d1.json |
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"Henning Gloystein"
] | 2016-08-29T03:02:45 | null | 2016-08-29T01:01:05 | Oil prices fell early on Monday as output from Iraq rose and as Iran said it would only cooperate in upcoming producer talks to freeze output if fellow exporters recognized its right to fully regain market share. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-global-oil-idUSKCN11402N%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151387681&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S013 | en | null | Oil prices fall on rising Iraq output, doubt over producer talk prospects | null | null | www.reuters.com | SINGAPORE Oil prices fell early on Monday as output from Iraq rose and as Iran said it would only cooperate in upcoming producer talks to freeze output if fellow exporters recognized its right to fully regain market share.
International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were trading at $49.54 per barrel at 0043 GMT (8.43 p.m. ET), down 38 cents from their previous close.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 43 cents at $47.21 a barrel.
Traders said the price falls were a result of climbing output from the Middle East, where oil exports from Iraq's southern ports have averaged 3.205 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, exceeding the average level seen in July, according to two officials from state-run South Oil Company said. Exports in July averaged 3.202 million bpd.
Also, Iran said late last week that it would only cooperate in upcoming producer talks in September if other exporters recognized Tehran's right to regain market share lost during international sanctions that were only lifted in January.
Analysts said that disagreements within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and especially its key members Saudi Arabia and Iran, meant few expected a significant impact on global output from the upcoming talks.
"The market is increasingly likely to discount the outcome of the event, given, even in the instance of a freeze being agreed, compliance will be an issue," Barclays said.
Despite this, the British bank said that it saw "incoming oil market data (both demand and supply) as a source for price strength in Q4".
(Reporting by Henning Gloystein; Editing by Joseph Radford) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-idUSKCN11402N?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ec3a5752aa0f0f41928b9fb42e97955ca7ca178b9bc105392a40ab62f3c0f2c1.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-31T10:52:58 | null | 2016-08-31T10:38:05 | National Bank Of Canada | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BC080%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-National Bank of Canada sets quarterly dividend of C$0.55 per share | null | null | www.reuters.com | null | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BC080?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/4493a7be6d0e020dd7295afd246876419f7fb9fbd6c69fc094275ee8dd2191ed.json |
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"Diane Bartz"
] | 2016-08-29T18:50:48 | null | 2016-08-29T18:04:17 | A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit that accused AT&T Inc (T.N) of deception for reducing internet speeds for customers with unlimited mobile data plans once their use exceeded certain levels. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-at-t-lawsuit-ftc-idUSKCN1141R8%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151476395&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0YU | en | null | U.S. appeals court dismisses AT&T data throttling lawsuit | null | null | www.reuters.com | Signage for an AT&T store is seen in New York October 29, 2014. AT&T Inc has made a bid for Yahoo Inc's internet business, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
WASHINGTON A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a U.S. government lawsuit that accused AT&T Inc (T.N) of deception for reducing internet speeds for customers with unlimited mobile data plans once their use exceeded certain levels.
The company, however, could still face a fine from the Federal Communications Commission regarding the slowdowns, also called "data throttling."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said it ordered a lower court to dismiss the data-throttling lawsuit, which was filed in 2014 by the Federal Trade Commission.
The FTC sued AT&T on the grounds that the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier failed to inform consumers it would slow the speeds of heavy data users on unlimited plans. In some cases, data speeds were slowed by nearly 90 percent, the lawsuit said.
The FTC said the practice was deceptive and, as a result, barred under the Federal Trade Commission Act. AT&T argued that there was an exception for common carriers, and the appeals court agreed.
Asked about the appeals court ruling, a spokesman for AT&T said: "We're pleased with the decision."
An FTC spokesman said the agency has not yet decided whether to appeal. "We are disappointed with the ruling and are considering our options for moving forward," FTC spokesman Jay Mayfield wrote in an emailed comment.
The company, however, could face action from the FCC. In June 2015, the agency proposed a fine of $100 million for AT&T's alleged failure to inform customers with unlimited data plans about the speed reductions. AT&T has contested that proposed fine.
(Editing by Paul Simao and Matthew Lewis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-at-t-lawsuit-ftc-idUSKCN1141R8?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/b2fd965978fe3afe5215f1662d1e837d8b64c41a4c6b9b82f3581d448717a8de.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T12:52:47 | null | 2016-08-31T12:26:09 | Deq Systems Corp: | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094Z2%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Scientific Games agrees to buy Deq Systems for C$0.38/share | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 31 Deq Systems Corp:
* Scientific Games announces definitive agreement to acquire Deq Systems
* Deal for CAD$0.38 per share.
* Says transaction expected to be accretive to earnings and operating cash flow to scientific games in 2017
* Says Deq's board of directors unanimously approved transaction Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094Z2?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/e98f3a3320fa61fa830f5ad0f3f6acf90797eeb5648321c8ded19ded1dd6fafe.json |
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