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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-27T08:51:44 | null | 2016-08-27T08:04:03 | The number of people killed in an earthquake that has wrecked parts of central Italy rose to 284 on Saturday, as the country started a day of mourning and prepared for a mass funeral for some of the victims. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-italy-quake-idUSKCN112066%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=20160827&t=2&i=1151256021&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q02L | en | null | Italy quake death toll hits 284 on day of mass funeral | null | null | www.reuters.com | Firefighters and rescuers work following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
Firefighters and rescuers work following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
Firefighters and rescuers work following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
Italian President Sergio Mattarella (C) is seen with Amatrice mayor Sergio Pirozzi (L) during his visit to Amatrice after the earthquake in central Italy August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
A firefighter stands in front of Sant'Agostino church following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
Coffins of some of the victims of the earthquake in central Italy are seen inside a gym before the funeral in Ascoli Piceno August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Adamo Di Loreto
Mourners pay their respects as they attend a funeral for the earthquake victims inside a gym in Ascoli Piceno August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Adamo Di Loreto
A picture of San Francesco church hangs on the wall of a damaged house following an earthquake in Amatrice, central Italy August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
Mourners pay their respects as they attend a funeral for the earthquake victims inside a gym in Ascoli Piceno August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Adamo Di Loreto
A woman sits next to a coffin to pay her respects as she attends a funeral for the earthquake victims inside a gym in Ascoli Piceno August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Adamo Di Loreto
A friar pays his respects as he attends a funeral for the earthquake victims inside a gym in Ascoli Piceno August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Adamo Di Loreto
ASCOLI PICENO, Italy The number of people killed in an earthquake that has wrecked parts of central Italy rose to 284 on Saturday, as the country started a day of mourning and prepared for a mass funeral for some of the victims.
A further two bodies were found overnight in the worst-hit town, Amatrice, which was flattened by Wednesday's powerful quake causing the deaths of at least 224 residents and tourists.
Although rescuers continued to scour the mounds of rubble -- all that remains of most buildings -- there was little hope of finding survivors.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella flew to Amatrice by helicopter on Saturday to see the damage first hand before traveling on later in the morning to the nearby city of Ascoli Piceno for the funeral of up to 40 of the victims.
Mourners gathered at a sports center in the city, where 35 coffins were lined up by early Saturday.
"Even if I didn't know them my heart broke for them. My thoughts are with them because there are people who have lost everything, homes, loved ones and the sacrifices made in life," said local resident, Luciana Cavicchiuni.
"These things should not happen," she said.
Aftershocks continued to rattle the area overnight, the strongest measuring 4.2. The Italian geological institute said some 1,332 aftershocks have hit Italy's central mountains since Wednesday's predawn 6.2 magnitude quake.
(Additional reporting by Iona Serrapica; Writing by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Susan Fenton) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-quake-idUSKCN112066?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/a01a99d2abca79181d0e99d3cdbf582535ed4952c10efbb54562c60afd20f654.json |
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"Kathryn Doyle"
] | 2016-08-29T20:52:47 | null | 2016-08-29T19:12:10 | By Kathryn Doyle(Reuters Health) - High school athletes who stop playing immediately after they experience a concussion take about half as long to re | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-concussion-highschool-sports-idUSKCN114263%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 | Immediate removal from play tied to faster recovery from concussion | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Reuters Health) - High school athletes who stop playing immediately after they experience a concussion take about half as long to recover as those who continue to play, according to a new study.
“This was one of the first studies to tie-in a recovery consequence to staying in the game and playing with a concussion,” said lead author Robert J. Elbin of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
Continuing to play with a concussion may worsen the injury, and now there’s evidence that it also keeps you from returning to play for a longer period.
The researchers studied 95 athletes, including boys and girls aged 12 to 19 who sought care for a sport-related concussion at a specialty clinic in the fall of 2014. In interviews, the athletes, who were playing football, soccer, hockey, volleyball or basketball when injured, reported their own medical history, injury-related information and how quickly they had been removed from play after the concussion.
They also underwent a battery of neurocognitive tests at the clinic, one to seven days after the concussion, and again eight to 30 days later. Researchers followed-up to determine how many days it took for each player to be cleared to return to their sport.
Being cleared to return meant having no symptoms, either at rest or after physical exertion.
The researchers compared 35 teens who were removed from play immediately to 34 who continued to play, on average for another 19 minutes, before sitting out.
Those who kept playing took an average of 44 days to return to the sport, compared to 22 days for those who were removed, according to the results in Pediatrics.
Those who kept playing also had more severe neurocognitive symptoms and a greater number of symptoms than those who were removed, as well as being nearly nine times more likely to have a protracted recovery period of more than 21 days.
“All post-concussion guidelines recommend immediate removal from play to avoid risk of worsened injury,” said Dr. Christopher C. Giza of UCLA Brain Injury Research Center, who was not involved in the new findings.
It’s not clear if the continued physical exertion made recovery time longer, or if some athletes may have sustained additional head impacts after the concussion when they continued playing, Elbin told Reuters Health.
“Also, it is possible that some athletes not immediately removed from play may be underreporting symptoms so as not to miss playing time, but eventually if the symptoms are severe enough they then report in a delayed fashion,” Giza said by email.
Another study published in April in the Journal of Athletic Training found similar patterns of delayed return to play among athletes in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1sports who played through a concussion.
Sitting out for a short time after a concussion, with a concussion that is properly diagnosed and managed, may ultimately help an athlete recover more rapidly, miss less school and miss less of their sport, Giza said.
“Since sometimes a concussed athlete may actually not be fully aware of their impediments very early after concussion, teammates should look out for each other,” Giza added. “If they see a team member who shows impairment – earlier removal from play may stop a repeat injury and/or may help with more rapid recovery,” he said.
“For youth athletes that present with a head injury, it’s recommended that they’re immediately removed from play and seek medical evaluation,” Elbin said. “Unfortunately 50 percent of concussions go unreported.”
Players may not want to let their team down by sitting out, but staying in the game appears to mean that you miss twice as much actual playing time, he said.
“According to these data, continuing to play will let the team down more,” Elbin said. | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-concussion-highschool-sports-idUSKCN114263?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/3c0585256a25e69f6ab492bca37374c2b3d8570b7fc0a11a969b29e82672dd5f.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-31T03:04:58 | null | 2016-08-31T02:09:07 | North Korea has executed its vice premier for education, Kim Yong Jin, and has reprimanded two other high-ranking officials, South Korea said on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-northkorea-execution-idUSKCN11605I%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 | North Korea executes vice premier for education: South | null | null | www.reuters.com | SEOUL North Korea has executed its vice premier for education, Kim Yong Jin, and has reprimanded two other high-ranking officials, South Korea said on Wednesday.
Kim Yong Chol, the influential head of the North's United Front Department which handles inter-Korean relations, was made to undergo "revolutionary measures," the South's Unification Ministry spokesman Jeong Joon-hee said.
The South's comments follow a news report on Tuesday that said the North had executed two high-ranking officials earlier in the month for disobeying leader Kim Jong Un.
Jeong spoke at a briefing and declined to give further details.
(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Michael Perry) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-execution-idUSKCN11605I?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/0e31702b7296776e7d2b13cb91b20af0865077f423add8a36b0d8f98054fe946.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-31T12:52:49 | null | 2016-08-31T12:10:17 | A spokesman for Germany's FinanceMinistry declined to comment on the topic of banking mergers onWednesday after the head of Deutsche Bank called forcross-border bank mergers in Europe. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fdeutschebank-ceo-ministry-idUSB4N18L00B%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 | German Fin Min spokesman declines to comment on bank mergers | null | null | www.reuters.com | BERLIN Aug 31 A spokesman for Germany's Finance Ministry declined to comment on the topic of banking mergers on Wednesday after the head of Deutsche Bank called for cross-border bank mergers in Europe.
"We do not comment on the subject of bank mergers. These are things that banks themselves have to decide," said the ministry spokesman when asked to comment at a regular government news conference. (Reporting by Madeline Chambers; Editing by Michelle Martin) | http://www.reuters.com/article/deutschebank-ceo-ministry-idUSB4N18L00B?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/35ee50f564efb2df5bc6f776a65c6720ba266a5b0b25d3284b51b9fa85be6f5f.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-26T16:59:27 | null | 2016-08-26T15:18:48 | A FIFA ethics investigator has recommended that a senior Qatari official should be banned from the game for at least two-and-a-half years and fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,676) over allegations he failed to cooperate with a inquiry. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-soccer-fifa-qatar-idUSKCN1111TE%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 | FIFA ethics investigator seeks to ban, fine Qatar official | null | null | www.reuters.com | ZURICH A FIFA ethics investigator has recommended that a senior Qatari official should be banned from the game for at least two-and-a-half years and fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,676) over allegations he failed to cooperate with a inquiry.
The recommendation, announced by the global soccer body's ethics watchdog on Friday, did not give details on the inquiry. And the official it named - Saoud Al-Mohannadi, vice-president of the Qatar Football Association (QFA) - was not immediately available for comment.
The FIFA watchdog only said the inquiry was not linked to the awarding of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar - one of the cases at the center of wider investigations and allegations that have rocked the soccer organization since last year.
"The investigation against Mr. Al-Mohannadi concerned his failure to properly cooperate and provide truthful information to the investigatory chamber," the FIFA panel said in a statement.
Spokespeople for the QFA and for Qatar's 2022 World Cup Organising Committee both declined to comment.
The punishments against Mohannadi, who is also QFA's former general secretary, were recommended by one of the FIFA ethics panel's investigators, Djimbaraye Bourngar, the statement added.
Bourngar's report now goes to the FIFA Ethics Committee's adjudicatory chamber.
Switzerland has opened a criminal investigation into the decision to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively.
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter was banned from all soccer-related activity in December along with the then European soccer boss, Michel Platini.
The bans were imposed for ethics violations related to a payment of two million Swiss francs that FIFA made to Platini with Blatter's approval in 2011 for work done a decade earlier.
Several dozen football officials, including former FIFA executive committee members, and entities were also indicted in the United States on corruption-related charges last year.
($1 = 0.9673 Swiss francs)
(Reporting by Michael Shields; Additional reporting by Tom Finn in Doha; Editing by Andrew Heavens) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-qatar-idUSKCN1111TE?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/a70cc76e93f8cd4b732f48d6f2eebb87ed77370452b0d1bb90bc1365a42e74df.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T12:52:09 | null | 2016-08-29T12:33:04 | Corrections Corp Of America : | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094NN%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-CCA provides update on customer interactions in response to DoJ | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 Corrections Corp Of America :
* CCA provides update on customer interactions in response to DoJ announcement
* Says "we also expect other government partners to further study their utilization of private prison sector"
* Says "we welcome additional interactions and assessments of our services" Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094NN?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/1d00bd2b86472d513a395f8b766d1391f9331eb155c55e0a7b3bc31988245780.json |
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"Simon Cambers"
] | 2016-08-31T01:00:11 | null | 2016-08-31T00:18:22 | Australian Bernard Tomic courted controversy yet again when he fired lewd comments toward a heckler at the U.S. Open during his first-round upset loss to Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-tennis-open-tomic-idUSKCN11601B%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=20160831&t=2&i=1151654753&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U00K | en | null | Tomic courts controversy again with lewd rant at heckler | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 30, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Bernard Tomic of Australia returns a shot to Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina (not pictured) on day two of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA...
NEW YORK Australian Bernard Tomic courted controversy yet again when he fired lewd comments toward a heckler at the U.S. Open during his first-round upset loss to Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur on Tuesday.
Television cameras and microphones caught Tomic directing a number of sexually explicit comments toward someone in the crowd during the first set of his 6-4 6-3 4-6 7-6(0) defeat to world number 72 Dzumhur.
The Australian, who was the 17th seed at the year's final grand slam, later apologized for his comments but suggested he was forced into it by the heckling he had received.
"He was just baiting me a bit," Tomic, who cold face a fine from the International Tennis Federation for his comments, told reporters. "I don't want to get into it. I apologize for what I said to him.
"He definitely baited me the whole set for me to say that. But I do apologies. If there were people around that heard, yeah, that's all I can say.
"I couldn’t care less. I apologies right now if anyone heard around, but I directed it specifically to him."
The incident was the latest in a long list of controversies to affect the world's 19th ranked tennis player.
Tomic drew heavy criticism in May following his exit from the Madrid Open when, on match point against Fabio Fognini, he held the racquet by the strings and did not offer a shot to the Italian's serve.
The Australian, who was nicknamed 'Tomic the Tank Engine' after accusations he 'tanked' -- or failed to try his best -- in a loss to Andy Roddick at the 2012 U.S. Open, then told a News Corp. journalist who questioned his actions in Madrid "would you care if you were 23 and worth over $10 million?"
He later ruled himself out of consideration for the Rio Games after the head of the Australian team had warned him that his behavior was being monitored to judge his suitability for the Olympics.
In 2013, Tomic lost his driving license for speeding and in 2015 he was arrested in Miami for trespassing and resisting arrest after a party.
(Editing by Frank Pingue) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-open-tomic-idUSKCN11601B?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6a80d487c03a5ecfc374a8a84cf56303301b41788db7407ac7261840d1711518.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-30T20:59:47 | 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%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.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=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/6c9a58040ee0d7184fa42ad7da491d970cc87c80d1acc6568f632f75c8587ec4.json |
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"Amanda Becker"
] | 2016-08-29T16:59:38 | null | 2016-08-29T16:50:00 | Huma Abedin, one of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's top aides, said on Monday that she was separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, after a sex scandal similar to an earlier incident that led him to resign from the U.S. Congress. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-people-weiner-idUSKCN1141QT%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=1151461945&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0YG | en | null | Clinton aide Abedin leaves husband Weiner after sexting report | null | null | www.reuters.com | Huma Abedin, longtime aide to Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, attends a Clinton campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., July 5, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin attend a news conference in New York, July 23, 2013. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo
WASHINGTON Huma Abedin, one of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's top aides, said on Monday that she was separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, after a sex scandal similar to an earlier incident that led him to resign from the U.S. Congress.
"After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband," Huma Abedin said in a statement.
"Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life. During this difficult time, I ask for respect for our privacy," Abedin added.
Abedin’s announcement follows a New York Post report late Sunday that Weiner recently sent photos of his boxer-brief-clad genitals – one while he was in bed with their toddler son – via Twitter to another woman.
The photos were part of a months-long exchange between Weiner and the woman and many of the messages were sexual in nature, according to the Post report.
Weiner resigned in June 2011 from Congress, where he represented a New York City district, followed a sexting scandal in which he accidentally posted an explicit photo of himself on his public Twitter timeline instead of via a direct message to a woman, as he had intended.
When Weiner made a second unsuccessful run for New York City mayor, explicit photos surfaced in July 2013 that he had recently sent under the pseudonym "Carlos Danger" to a young woman in Indiana.
Weiner said he had undergone therapy after the first sexting scandal, according to media reports. In recent months, he has taken care of the couple's toddler son. Abedin often travels with the Clinton campaign.
Clinton's Republican rival, Donald Trump, said in a statement, "Huma is making a very wise decision. I know Anthony Weiner well, and she will be far better off without him."
Abedin first worked for Clinton in the 1990s as an intern when Clinton was first lady. She was a personal aide to Clinton during her successful 2000 campaign for U.S. Senate. Abedin worked on Clinton's first, unsuccessful White House bid in 2008 and served as her deputy chief of staff at the U.S. State Department. She is now the vice chair of Clinton's presidential campaign.
Weiner served in Congress, representing his district in New York City from 1999 to 2011. His first unsuccessful run for New York mayor was in 2005.
(Reporting by Amanda Becker; Editing by Caren Bohan and Jonathan Oatis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-weiner-idUSKCN1141QT?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/a4a29d163cf5d988f8a48abd0a7ddbc4e3cdb16bb444076f163c6032773114b4.json |
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"Scott Malone"
] | 2016-08-30T15:03:04 | null | 2016-08-30T14:33:11 | Combative Maine Governor Paul LePage said on Tuesday he would consider resigning as he faces a wave of criticism from both fellow Republicans and rival Democrats after leaving a lawmaker a profanity-filled voicemail last week. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-maine-lepage-idUSKCN1151VD%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=20160830&t=2&i=1151590859&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T125 | en | null | Maine governor says may not finish term amid racism flap | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Editor's note: This story contains language that may offend some readers in paragraph five)
By Scott Malone
BOSTON Combative Maine Governor Paul LePage said on Tuesday he would consider resigning as he faces a wave of criticism from both fellow Republicans and rival Democrats after leaving a lawmaker a profanity-filled voicemail last week.
LePage's latest outburst came after a newspaper reporter told the two-term, Tea Party-backed governor that state Representative Drew Gattine had described the governor as racist for focusing on black people as bearing primary responsibility for the drug trade in the state.
"I'm looking at all options," LePage said in a weekly interview on WVOM-FM radio when asked if he would finish his term.
"I'm not going to say that I'm not going to finish it, I'm not saying that I am going to finish it. What I'm going to do right now is I'm taking one step at a time. I want to meet with Mr. Gattine and then I want to meet with my team at my office and we're going to look at what the proper steps are to move the state forward."
In last week's voicemail, LePage called Gattine a "little son-of-a-bitch, socialist cocksucker" and encouraged him to share the message publicly "because I am after you."
LePage, 67, said he had lost his temper when he was told that Gattine had described his views as racist. He told reporters he would like to engage in a duel with Gattine, a remark he later described as metaphoric.
"I just want to apologize to the Maine people, to Gattine's family and most of all to my family," LePage said during the 15-minute interview. "And we will take action."
LePage had scheduled a Wednesday town hall meeting in the Portland suburb of Westbrook, part of Gattine's district, but the event was canceled on Tuesday after officials at the youth center selected to host it voted against having the event.
Some Democratic lawmakers have called for a special session of the legislature to censure LePage, who earlier this year fought off an impeachment effort. State Senate President Michael Thibodeau and other Republican legislative leaders late Tuesday convened a closed-door meeting with LePage to discuss his future.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Bill Trott) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-maine-lepage-idUSKCN1151VD?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fe346a93d764cfb221ea2a89ec1b7fd79da3ec80fe80cdb81a38a6fe166e6a2b.json |
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"Jonathan Stempel"
] | 2016-08-26T18:50:37 | null | 2016-08-26T17:57:23 | A federal judge on Friday granted a request by Uber Technologies Inc and its chief executive officer to put a passenger's price-fixing lawsuit against them on hold, while they appeal his refusal to let them arbitrate the dispute. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-uber-lawsuit-pricefixing-idUSKCN11121H%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151197931&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1AA | en | null | Uber wins halt to N.Y. price-fixing lawsuit during appeal | null | null | www.reuters.com | An illustration picture shows the logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone next to the picture of an official German taxi sign September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Illustration/File Photo
NEW YORK A federal judge on Friday granted a request by Uber Technologies Inc and its chief executive officer to put a passenger's price-fixing lawsuit against them on hold, while they appeal his refusal to let them arbitrate the dispute.
Calling his decision a "close call," U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said the defendants had not made a "strong showing" that their appeal would likely succeed, though they would face irreparable harm if arbitration were wrongfully denied.
But he said the appeals court could clarify whether Spencer Meyer, the Connecticut plaintiff, and others like him consent to arbitration when they buy services subject to conditions in "clickwrap" and "browsewrap" agreements found online.
In his proposed nationwide class-action lawsuit, Meyer said Uber and CEO Travis Kalanick violated antitrust laws by conspiring with drivers to charge high "surge-pricing" fares during periods of heavy demand. Uber takes a share of drivers' earnings.
On July 29, Rakoff denied Uber's request for arbitration, saying Meyer never agreed to it and the San Francisco-based company did not properly notify him about its policies.
Meyer opposed delaying his case while Uber appealed that ruling.
"We look forward to defending Judge Rakoff's decision and having this matter returned to the district court," Brian Feldman, a lawyer for Meyer, said in an email.
Uber and its lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The company faces several lawsuits over its pricing and its treatment of drivers, and often tries to keep such disputes away from courthouses.
On Aug. 18, a federal judge in San Francisco voided Uber's $100 million settlement with drivers who claimed they were employees rather than independent contractors, and entitled to recoup costs such as gas and vehicle maintenance. The judge said that accord was not fair, reasonable or adequate.
The case is Meyer et al v. Kalanick et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 15-09796.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-lawsuit-pricefixing-idUSKCN11121H?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/b640bb27ed15823a3634aa8947ddda60940b88be36e36ecf4ff5a7eff89469a1.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T12:52:11 | null | 2016-08-30T12:24:53 | An order by European Unionantitrust regulators for Apple to pay up to 13 billioneuros ($14.5 billion) in taxes is a bizarre exercise inpolitics, Ireland's finance minister said on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Feu-apple-ireland-noonan-idUSS8N19K006%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 | Irish finance minister says EU Apple tax ruling bizarre, political | null | null | www.reuters.com | DUBLIN Aug 30 An order by European Union antitrust regulators for Apple to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in taxes is a bizarre exercise in politics, Ireland's finance minister said on Tuesday.
"As far as I am concerned there is no economic basis for this decision," Michael Noonan told state broadcaster RTE. "It's bizarre and its an exercise in politics by the Competition Commission."
"They don't have responsibility for taxes and they are opening a back door through state aid to influence tax policy in European countries when the European treaties say tax policy is a matter for sovereign governments," he added.
(Reporting by Conor Humphries, editing by Louise Heavens) | http://www.reuters.com/article/eu-apple-ireland-noonan-idUSS8N19K006?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/8ec3efca4c8973b8e9c8e192cd11862be66533fd4ecdc665f257da83959cf3d9.json |
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"Kathryn Doyle"
] | 2016-08-30T18:53:00 | null | 2016-08-30T18:25:04 | By Kathryn Doyle(Reuters Health) - The right mood music can influence how well people work together, a new management-oriented study suggests. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-management-music-behavior-idUSKCN1152GT%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/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151622512&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1G8 | en | null | Upbeat music may make people more cooperative | null | null | www.reuters.com | A woman lies in the grass reading a book and listening to music at Columbia University in New York, April 14, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
(Reuters Health) - The right mood music can influence how well people work together, a new management-oriented study suggests.
Many retail establishments carefully select the music they play in order to influence consumer behavior, such as encouraging shoppers to buy more, the authors write. But employees hear the same music and its effect on them hasn’t been studied.
“In our case, the new article focuses attention on the role of music in relation to management questions,” said lead author Kevin M. Kniffin of Cornell University in New York.
In the first of two studies, 78 participants were randomly divided into two groups: a “happy music” group that heard songs like “Yellow Submarine” by The Beatles and the theme from the television show “Happy Days,” and an “unhappy music” group that heard less familiar heavy metal songs like “Smokahontas” by Attack Attack!
The participants in each group used a computer application in which they played a sort of economics game with other unidentified participants in the same room, but players didn’t speak to one another.
In the application, each person was given 10 tokens corresponding to monetary value and was paired with two other people. Over 20 rounds of decision-making, each person was prompted to either keep their tokens or allocate them to a group pool which would be split among the participants at the end. Tokens in the group pool were valued 1.5 times as much as those held individually.
Consistently, people listening to happy music contributed more to the group pool.
In a second study, the researchers repeated the design with an added no-music group, and also measured participants’ moods.
Again, those hearing happy music contributed more to the group pool than those hearing unhappy music or no music at all. Unhappy music elicited a worse mood than both other conditions, and a happier mood was tied to more token contributions to the group, according to the results in the Journal of Organizational Behavior.
“The bottom line is that emotions count,” said Neal M. Ashkanasy, professor of management at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, who was not part of the new research.
People in a positive mood are more cooperative and more creative, while those in a negative mood tend to narrow in on solving individual problems rather than group problems, Ashkanasy told Reuters Health.
“Interestingly, we find that mood helps to explain some of the relationship - such that people's moods get lifted by happy music - but we also find a statistically independent effect for happy music in relation to cooperation,” Kniffin told Reuters Health by email.
“Given that having a good rhythm is a definitional feature of happy music, our article suggests that people are partly motivated to cooperate when happy music is being played because of the rhythm's tendency to get people into sync with each other,” he said.
Retail outlets already use things like music, lighting, paint color and even smell to influence customer behavior, in some cases encouraging lingering in the store and in other cases encouraging “churn” through the doors, Kniffin said.
“Our article calls on people to recognize that the atmospherics -- including but not limited to music -- that are designed to influence consumer behavior should be recognized for their potential importance in relation to -- and potential conflict with -- employee behavior,” he said.
“In terms of the potential for ‘bad music’ to adversely affect employees in the workplace, it is interesting that in the context of our lab experiments, at least, there was no harm done in relation to cooperative decision making when Screamo music was played when compared with no music,” Kniffin said. | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-management-music-behavior-idUSKCN1152GT?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/e7d1ae6566b2131a97af7a3bebfb12ac661b0af46922df7f2f385043e9b18c42.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T15:02:22 | null | 2016-08-26T14:21:02 | Bolivian miners lifted the roadblock where violent protests had taken place this week, a day after a government deputy minister was beaten to death, with President Evo Morales calling Friday a day of "deep pain" for the country. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-bolivia-minister-idUSKCN11100X%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=20160826&t=2&i=1151178812&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0YL | en | null | Bolivian miners lift roadblock after official beaten to death | null | null | www.reuters.com | Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, August 26, 2016. Courtesy of Bolivian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
Riot policemen gather at a blocked main highway during a protest against Bolivia's President Evo Morales' government policies, in Panduro south of La Paz, Bolivia, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/David Mercado
Bolivia's Minister of Government Carlos Romero makes an announcement regarding the death of Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes after Illanes was kidnapped by striking mineworkers, in La Paz, Bolivia, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/David Mercado
Independent miners block a main highway during a protest against Bolivia's President Evo Morales' government policies, in Panduro south of La Paz, Bolivia, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/David Mercado
Relatives of Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes are seen in La Paz, Bolivia, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/David Mercado
Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes is seen in this undated picture. REUTERS/APG Agency
An independent miner returns a tear gas capsule during clashes with riot police during a protest against Bolivia's President Evo Morales' government policies, in Panduro south of La Paz, Bolivia, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/APG Agency
Independent miners are seen among tear gas cloud during clashes with riot police during a protest against Bolivia's President Evo Morales' government policies, in Panduro south of La Paz, Bolivia, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/APG Agency
An independent miner returns a tear gas capsule during clashes with riot police during a protest against Bolivia's President Evo Morales' government policies, in Panduro south of La Paz, Bolivia, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/APG Agency
LA PAZ Bolivian miners lifted the roadblock where violent protests had taken place this week, a day after a government deputy minister was beaten to death, with President Evo Morales calling Friday a day of "deep pain" for the country.
Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes, 56, was killed on Thursday after being taken hostage by workers who had blocked a major highway in Panduro, around 160 km (100 miles) from capital city La Paz. Officials said he died of blows to the head.
The workers were demanding more mining concessions with less stringent environmental rules.
"Our natural resources belong to the people, which is why I call brother Illanes a hero in the defense of our natural resources," Morales told local media, calling for a three-day period of mourning.
Illanes had traveled to Panduro to negotiate with the miners. His body was found in the early morning by the side of the highway that connects La Paz with the city of Oruro, wrapped in a blanket, said Edwin Blanco, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation.
"The cause of death was basically bleeding in the brain. Ribs were also broken," Blanco told reporters.
Morales said the protests and Illanes' death looked to be part of a "political conspiracy rather than a legitimate social claim" made by the miners.
Morales, an ex-coca grower, nationalized Bolivia's resources sector after taking power in 2006, initially winning plaudits for plowing the profits into welfare programs.
But his government has been dogged by accusations of cronyism and authoritarianism in recent years. Some labor unions have soured on him as falling commodity prices have crimped spending.
The Panduro protest turned violent this week after a highway was blockaded. Two workers were killed on Wednesday after police fired shots. The government said 17 police officers had been wounded.
Bolivia's Panduro area has zinc, gold and silver mines. Most of the country's miners, including those involved in the protests, work in cooperatives. Unlike neighboring Peru and Chile, there are few foreign-owned mining companies.
(Reporting by Daniel Ramos; Editing by Phil Berlowitz) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-minister-idUSKCN11100X?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/408829fd6acaeb348ef413961c9a8762bdb3d75c87af9c7a3e9a3f2dc5e5aaf9.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T16:52:21 | null | 2016-08-30T16:20:35 | A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Chevron Corp (CVX.N) workers who said the oil company breached its fiduciary duties by putting costly and poorly performing investment options in a $19 billion employee savings plan. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-chevron-lawsuit-idUSKCN11525N.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151607353&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T18G | en | null | Chevron wins dismissal of claims of poor savings plan oversight | null | null | www.reuters.com | A Chevron gas station sign is pictured at one of their retain gas stations in Cardiff, California October 9, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake
NEW YORK A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit by Chevron Corp (CVX.N) workers who said the oil company breached its fiduciary duties by putting costly and poorly performing investment options in a $19 billion employee savings plan.
In a decision on Monday, Chief Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the U.S. District Court in Oakland, California, wrote that the workers failed to raise a "plausible inference" of wrongdoing.
Hamilton gave the plaintiffs until Sept. 30 to file an amended complaint.
"The mere fact that the fund's price dropped is not sufficient to state a claim for breach of fiduciary duty," she wrote.
The judge also said it was acceptable for the plan to offer a money market fund rather than a higher-return stable value fund for plan participants seeking to preserve capital.
Neither Jerome Schlichter, whose firm represents the plaintiffs, nor a spokesman for San Ramon, California-based Chevron immediately commented.
Schlichter's St. Louis firm has pursued many lawsuits accusing companies of mismanaging 401(k) and other retirement plans. This month it also brought similar claims against a number of major universities.
The case is White et al v. Chevron Corp et al, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, No. 16-00793.
(Reporting by Ross Kerber; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chevron-lawsuit-idUSKCN11525N | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/8aa6b5cbe7c8c9126bbc51d35fef1ce3b28e9ec5412ce14ebdce252344897510.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T19:00:04 | null | 2016-08-29T17:23:46 | The year's final grand slam began with an upset as 13th-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet was upended 6-2 6-2 6-3 by Britain's world number 84 Kyle Edmund at the U.S. Open on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-tennis-open-idUSKCN1141Y8%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=20160829&t=2&i=1151472328&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S13M | en | null | Gasquet stunned by Britain's Edmund at U.S. Open | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Kyle Edmund of Great Britain in action against Richard Gasquet of France on day one of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 29, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Richard Gasquet of France in action against Kyle Edund of Great Britain on day one of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK The year's final grand slam began with an upset as 13th-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet was upended 6-2 6-2 6-3 by Britain's world number 84 Kyle Edmund at the U.S. Open on Monday.
Gasquet, who has reached the last 16 at Flushing Meadows four times in his career, was outplayed throughout and his U.S. Open experience lasted just one hour, 41 minutes.
The 21-year-old Edmund, who helped Britain win the Davis Cup last year, crunched 10 aces and 40 winners in all en route to the biggest victory of his career.
Edmund will play Lukas Lacko of Slovakia or American wildcard Ernesto Escobedo in the second round.
(Editing by Frank Pingue) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-open-idUSKCN1141Y8?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/d0aee0846c1e72e665f2404b5466877828d63013d23c1b4c4b2270285b79c8b8.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T21:02:44 | null | 2016-08-30T20:29:10 | Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google unit plans to open its ride-sharing program to Waze app users in San Francisco this fall, pitting itself against Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], the Wall Street Journal reported. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-google-rideshare-idUSKCN1152NA%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=20160830&t=2&i=1151634069&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1JC | en | null | Google expands nascent ride-sharing service: WSJ | null | null | www.reuters.com | A man holds his smartphone which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, August 22, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google unit plans to open its ride-sharing program to Waze app users in San Francisco this fall, pitting itself against Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], the Wall Street Journal reported.
Google in May launched a pilot program around its California headquarters which allowed several thousand area workers at specific firms to carpool together with users of its Wave navigation app, according to the WSJ report. (on.wsj.com/2bzJrcN0)
Alphabet executive David Drummond on Monday resigned from Uber's board due to increasing competition between the companies. Google in 2013 had invested $258 million in Uber, but now increasingly see each other as rivals, the WSJ reported.
Google did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-rideshare-idUSKCN1152NA?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/a4334c1b44649c24e6b12f8bc4b5b5834098b0f5025d68cb6022caac5b818a18.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T21:02:38 | null | 2016-08-30T20:47:08 | Twitter Inc on Tuesday stepped up its battle to attract video talent to its platform, saying it will allow U.S. users who upload a video to share in any advertising revenue it generates. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-twitter-video-idUSKCN11522S%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=1151636388&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T16Q | en | null | Twitter to share ad revenue on videos by U.S. users | null | null | www.reuters.com | A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Twitter Inc on Tuesday stepped up its battle to attract video talent to its platform, saying it will allow U.S. users who upload a video to share in any advertising revenue it generates.
Twitter, Facebook Inc, Snapchat and YouTube are all competing to keep or recruit top video talent as they seek to cash in on the wave of televison-style advertising that has been moving to the internet.
Twitter already offers revenue sharing to media and entertainment companies such as CBS Corp and the National Football League which post videos through its Amplify Publisher Program. That option will now be open to any Twitter user, Twitter said in a blog post. (bit.ly/2c8qoDx)
YouTube has long offered its video stars a cut of revenue. Facebook, for its part, has ramped up its Live video product in recent months and paid a relatively small number of media companies and celebrities to generate video.
Facebook said it is testing ways to "create a sustainable, long-term monetization model for live video that includes new and different ways of sharing revenue with some partners."
Instagram and Snapchat also rely heavily on celebrities, who often have millions of followers, to encourage user engagement and growth by posting personal photos and videos.
Twitter's new program will offer video creators a 70 percent share of revenue. YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet Inc's Google, shares 55 percent of the ad revenue with content creators.
Twitter said individual users would also be allowed to share their videos on other platforms.
Under Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, the company has made a significant push into video, signing deals with several media companies and sports organizations to stream major events.
Twitter shares dipped 0.5 percent to close at $18.38 on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Yasmeen Abutaleb in San Francisco and Narottam Medhora in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirti Pandey and Matthew Lewis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-twitter-video-idUSKCN11522S?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/352e85ec5da3574ccdbfa313bf51e3b4696b02318b8b51a33a4c0a2859befa6d.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T18:51:09 | 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.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 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/75872ebfdaf5422f35576e0dfa6d1809a0c2c7ba3e70b280d0942a2e46651d8e.json |
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"Mark Tay"
] | 2016-08-30T08:51:20 | null | 2016-08-30T07:07:08 | Chevron Corp's (CVX.N) liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with China's ENN LNG Trading Co may boost the formation of a spot market for the fuel in Asia. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-asia-lng-chevron-idUSKCN1150I1%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=20160830&t=2&i=1151538707&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T08I | en | null | Chevron LNG supply deal with China's ENN may boost spot market growth | null | null | www.reuters.com | A Chevron gas station sign is pictured at one of their retain gas stations in Cardiff, California October 9, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake
SINGAPORE Chevron Corp's (CVX.N) liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with China's ENN LNG Trading Co may boost the formation of a spot market for the fuel in Asia.
Chevron signed a 10-year term supply deal with ENN to supply up to 650,000 metric tons per annum of LNG with first delivery expected in 2018 or in the first half of 2019, Chevron said in a statement on Monday.
ENN is a subsidiary of ENN Energy Holding (2688.HK), which is one of China's largest gas distribution companies and operates in 150 Chinese cities. The firm is also constructing a LNG import terminal in the northeastern city of Zhoushan that is planned to start by 2018.
Chevron expects to supply ENN through its existing LNG assets, "including the company’s Australian LNG interests at Gorgon, Wheatstone and the North West Shelf", the statement said.
Companies such as Chevron with the flexibility to match their supply with customers around the world are growing in dominance.
By depending on a number of supply terminals rather than simply one site to supply ENN, the deal may help the formation of so-called spot market for LNG. This would help to replace the dominant sales model of multi-year contracts from one supply site to a buyer, said Sophie Corbeau, a research fellow at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center.
"We see this as a beauty of the spot market – we have a network of buyers where sellers are not particularly committed to one buyer for a certain time," said Corbeau.
(Reporting by Mark Tay; Editing by Christian Schmollinger) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-lng-chevron-idUSKCN1150I1?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/8bd30c9a7219686db7ebb5917335446ef0c34ea42e35d7e52282ebecdcbfcc50.json |
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"Nate Raymond"
] | 2016-08-29T17:01:56 | null | 2016-08-29T16:25:02 | A senior HSBC Holdings Plc executive pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he participated in a fraudulent scheme to front-run a $3.5 billion currency transaction by one of the bank's clients. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-hsbc-usa-crime-idUSKCN1141RN%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151464864&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0Z5 | en | null | HSBC executive pleads not guilty in U.S. over forex scheme | null | null | www.reuters.com | Mark Johnson, HSBC's global head of foreign exchange cash trading in London, exits the Brooklyn federal court in New York July 20, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
NEW YORK A senior HSBC Holdings Plc executive pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he participated in a fraudulent scheme to front-run a $3.5 billion currency transaction by one of the bank's clients.
The plea on wire fraud and conspiracy charges by Mark Johnson, a British citizen who at the time of his arrest last month was HSBC's global head of foreign exchange cash trading, was entered by his lawyer in the federal court in Brooklyn.
"He pleaded not guilty because he is not guilty," the lawyer, Frank Wohl, told reporters after the hearing. "He's done nothing wrong."
Johnson and Stuart Scott, HSBC's former head of cash trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, are believed to be the first people to face U.S. criminal charges arising from a probe of foreign-exchange rigging at banks.
The probe led to four banks last year pleading guilty to conspiring to manipulate currency prices. HSBC was not among those banks, but in 2014 agreed to pay $618 million to resolve related probes by U.S. and British regulators.
The U.S. Justice Department has continued to investigate, and HSBC has set aside $1.2 billion to cover various forex-related probes. The bank has said it is cooperating.
Prosecutors said Johnson and Scott in 2011 misused information provided by a client that hired HSBC to convert $3.5 billion to British pounds in connection with a planned sale of the client's foreign subsidiaries.
The defendants then used their insider knowledge to trade ahead of the transaction, causing a spike in the price of the currency that hurt HSBC's client, prosecutors said.
The client was not named in court papers, but another source has said it was British oil firm Cairn Energy.
In total, HSBC earned $3 million from trades its currency traders placed, and $5 million from executing the transaction, according to the charging papers.
Johnson is free on bail. Scott remains in the United Kingdom. His lawyer, Gerallt Owen, has said he "strongly denies the allegations."
The case is U.S. v. Johnson et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. 16-cr-00457.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York; Editing by Dan Grebler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-usa-crime-idUSKCN1141RN?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/9d8884618b1334b69f30807550cb3dd39d23e7dc65fea11ab49bdd9d4f18c341.json |
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"Marc Frank"
] | 2016-08-26T17:01:27 | null | 2016-08-26T15:19:01 | Cuba said on Friday it was ready to receive U.S. commercial flights beginning next week and that it viewed their renewal after being suspended in 1961 as another positive step in a growing detente. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-cuba-usa-flights-idUSKCN1111TM%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151187086&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P14E | en | null | Cuba says U.S. commercial flights welcome | null | null | www.reuters.com | JetBlue Airways aircrafts are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York June 15, 2013. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo
The hands of U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro are seen during a news conference as part of Obama's three-day visit to Cuba, in Havana March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines airplane prepares to land at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba September 19, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
HAVANA Cuba said on Friday it was ready to receive U.S. commercial flights beginning next week and that it viewed their renewal after being suspended in 1961 as another positive step in a growing detente.
JetBlue is scheduled to inaugurate direct flights between the long-time nemeses on Aug. 31, when it flies from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Villa Clara in central Cuba.
American Airlines in September will start flying from Miami to the provinces, followed by other airlines.
There will be 20 daily flights to Havana by the end of the year.
"It is a positive step and contribution to the improving relations between Cuba and the United States," Deputy Transportation Minister Eduardo Rodriguez told local media.
Josefina Vidal, who heads Cuba's U.S. diplomacy department, said Cuba had confirmed the JetBlue flight, removing the last technical hurdle of official approval.
Rodriguez said U.S. airlines would be handled in a similar fashion as the 110 airlines currently flying to Cuba and with equal attention to security issues that were already a normal part of the country’s system.
"Cuba is strong in matters of operational and aviation security, which are recognized internationally," the Communist Party daily, Granma, quoted him as stating.
Seventeen U.S. charter flights land every day in Cuba, but they are expected to gradually succumb to competition from the airlines.
Cuba has been experiencing a tourism boom since the announcement in December 2014 that the United States would normalize diplomatic ties and work to solve various outstanding issues.
Last year a record 3.5 million tourists visited, straining dilapidated infrastructure and pushing up prices, especially in the capital. Thousands of homes now rent out rooms, helping to ease the strain, and some 2,000 private restaurants have opened.
The Obama administration has focused on allowing normal travel, loosening restrictions despite a ban on tourism that only Congress can lift, and authorizing travel related businesses to set up shop in Cuba and communications companies and banks to provide support such as roaming and credit cards.
The direct flights follow the opening of the first U.S. administered hotel and arrival of the first U.S. cruise ship earlier this year.
Some 300,000 Cubans living in the United States now travel home annually. In 2015 the Cuban government reported 161,233 Americans visited, compared to 91,254 in 2014, and arrivals through June nearly doubled compared with the same period last year.
(Reporting by Marc Frank; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Phil Berlowitz) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-usa-flights-idUSKCN1111TM?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/e69331c1006674682021098fdd6b3cb6e3ff54547b2b7a811ce3cde0a5219e2f.json |
[
"Jennifer Saba",
"Lisa Richwine"
] | 2016-08-26T13:15:16 | null | 2015-01-08T21:10:52 | Media companies that are starting to allow their programs onto Internet-delivered TV and mobile devices are putting limits on digital rights as a safety hatch if problems arise with the new distribution systems, executives say. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-ces-tvfees-idUSKBN0KH24020150108%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DvcMedia.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Media embracing digital TV with strings attached | null | null | www.reuters.com | NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS Media companies that are starting to allow their programs onto Internet-delivered TV and mobile devices are putting limits on digital rights as a safety hatch if problems arise with the new distribution systems, executives say.
The debate over digital rights that determine how and when content is consumed is adding a new layer of complexity to negotiations between media companies and distributors, leading to drawn-out wrangling and programming blackouts in some cases.
Such disputes are not new, but the need to hammer out a variety of digital rights is making talks more complicated.
Media companies are considering joining streaming-only services, or launching their own like HBO and CBS, to attract young people who do not subscribe to traditional pay TV packages. But programmers also fear the packages could become so popular that they undercut current, more profitable deals with cable companies.
The unveiling of Dish Network Corp's video streaming service, Sling TV, at the Consumer Electronics Show this week marks a turning point as Walt Disney Co offered its sports juggernaut ESPN in a package that does not require a traditional TV subscription.
One catch is that ESPN has a clause that lets it get out of Sling TV if the service signs up a certain number of subscribers, technology news website Re/code reported, citing anonymous sources. ESPN declined to comment on the specifics of the agreement.
Some content providers that are considering joining video streaming services are mulling caps that would trigger new negotiations if viewership reaches certain levels, said two media executives who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.
Executives at various media companies said they have a new check list of questions for digital rights to Web-only television, mobile apps or on-demand programming. Distributors want more rights to air shows over a variety of services but there is also more pressure to monetize programming.
Now programmers are asking: Is the content viewed in the home or outside the home? Is there video on demand? Do payment terms change if the number of subscribers skyrocket?
CBS Corp, which was involved in a contract dispute with Dish late last year, granted Dish Showtime video-on-demand content but only within the home.
Satellite and cable providers say they want to satisfy consumers' demands. "We want our customers to have the ability to watch content on the screen of their choice and the location of their choice," said Cox Communications CEO Patrick Esser. "All of that is a negotiation."
Dish CEO Joe Clayton said his company had no choice but to embrace new technology.
"When the economy changes, consumers taste changes, technology changes, the competition changes, guess what? You better change," said Clayton. "A lot of media companies don't want to change their business model."
For Sling TV, Clayton said "we don't have a cap on what we are going to sell," but he declined to offer specific details on agreements with programmers.
Dish has been involved in numerous contract disputes in recent months with media companies ranging from CBS to Time Warner Inc's Turner Broadcasting, to Twenty-First Century Fox, whose news and business cable networks have been blacked out to Dish's 14 million customers since late December.
Clayton said his company's role as "disruptors and pioneers, especially in technology" has led to disputes with programmers.
The digital rights battle comes as profit margins are thinning for many cable and satellite companies, which are trying to keep subscribers as programming costs rise. Rights for sporting events, in particular, have soared.
The average cost for a cable company to carry a network has risen from 25 cents a month per subscriber in 2010 to 30 cents in 2014, SNL Kagan estimated.
"When programmers and broadcasters ask for 200 or 300 percent increases, somebody's got to say 'whoa,'" said Clayton.
At the same time, the growth in pay TV subscriptions - once tied to a robust housing market - is at a near standstill. MoffettNathanson Research estimates quarterly subscriber losses of about 0.1 percent over the past two years.
"People love television. They want it all and it's getting expensive," Charter Communications CEO Tom Rutledge said.
"Operators ... are trying to control costs and programmers are not growing, so they are trying to make up for that."
(Reporting by Jennifer Saba in New York and Lisa Richwine in Las Vegas; Editing by Richard Chang) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ces-tvfees-idUSKBN0KH24020150108?feedType=RSS&feedName=vcMedia | en | 2015-01-08T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0ab7ca20cbafbc5b5f528deb080522a94d2640fa418cf06b9317d13327f5b068.json |
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"Lawrence Hurley"
] | 2016-08-26T13:20:15 | null | 2016-08-26T11:34:26 | When President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, the federal appeals court based in Virginia was known as one of the most conservative benches in the country. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-court-obama-idUSKCN1110BC%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151160816&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P068 | en | null | Obama's judges leave liberal imprint on U.S. law | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. President Barack Obama speaks from the Rose Garden of the White House to announce his three nominees to fill vacancies on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Washington June 4, 2013. The nominees will be attorney Patricia Ann Millett (R),... REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
WASHINGTON When President Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009, the federal appeals court based in Virginia was known as one of the most conservative benches in the country.
Two Obama terms later, Democratic appointees hold a 10-5 majority on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a panel of which issued a groundbreaking ruling this April backing transgender rights.
The shift to the left on the court, which hears cases from Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina, highlights a widely overlooked aspect of Obama's legacy.
His appointments of dozens of judges to the country's influential federal appeals courts have tilted the judiciary in a liberal direction that will influence rulings for years to come and be further entrenched if Democrat Hillary Clinton wins this November's presidential election.
A Reuters review of rulings by the courts over the last two years shows Obama’s appointees to the appeals courts have influenced major legal battles likely to ultimately reach the Supreme Court.
Obama-appointed judges have voted in favor of broad civil rights protections, major Obama administration regulations and gun regulations and against Republican-backed voting rules.
(FACTBOX on recent rulings: [L1N1B41BM])
(Graphic showing the changes under Obama tmsnrt.rs/2blUhmV)
When seeking to appoint judges, the White House has said it is looking for highly credentialed lawyers reflecting the diversity of U.S. society. Conservative critics say he has picked judges who are willing to circumvent the law in order to reach preferred outcomes.
"There’s no question President Obama’s nominees have absolutely been part of his effort to transform the country and move it dramatically to the left," said Carrie Severino, a conservative legal activist.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz said in a statement that Obama's appointees "all share impeccable qualifications, unquestioned integrity, and a steadfast commitment to equal justice under the law."
The appeals courts are the first stop for any case appealed from the lower U.S. district courts and often have the last word. The next and final destination is the Supreme Court, but it hears fewer than 100 cases a year. The appeals courts handle 35,000 a year according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Of the 13 appeals courts, nine now have a majority of Democratic appointees, compared with one when Obama took office, according to research carried out by Russell Wheeler, a scholar at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
In addition to appointing two Supreme Court justices and dozens of district court judges, Obama appointments now make up 55 of the current 168 appeals court judges, according to the judiciary. Obama’s current total of 323 district and appeals court appointments, most of them district court judges, is similar to the tallies achieved by other recent two-term presidents.
The regional appeals courts are currently more powerful than ever because of the vacancy on the Supreme Court caused by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, which has left the court divided equally between liberals and conservatives. If the ideologically divided court splits 4-4, the appeals court ruling is left intact. Such an outcome occurred four times in the Supreme Court term that recently ended.
Scalia's seat is unlikely to be filled until next year due to political opposition from Republicans in the Senate, which has the job of confirming nominees.
COURTS TRANSFORMED
One of the most dramatic transformations has been on the 4th Circuit.
In July 2007, 18 months before Obama became president, Republican appointees held a 7-5 majority. Through a mix of seven Obama appointments and retirements, Democratic appointees now hold sway.
In April, a three-judge panel featuring two Obama appointees ruled in favor of a transgender student seeking to use a boys' restroom. The two Obama appointees were in the majority, with a Republican appointee dissenting.
Three months later, a three-judge panel featuring two Obama appointees and one judge appointed by Democratic President Bill Clinton struck down North Carolina's strict voter identification law on a 3-0 vote, saying the state legislature had enacted it with discriminatory intent.
It is one of several recent court rulings pushing back on Republican-led efforts to impose new voting regulations, which Democrats say is intended to deter minorities from voting.
Caroline Fredrickson, president of liberal legal group the American Constitution Society, said Republican-appointed judges are generally less likely to rule in favor of broad interpretations of civil rights. The transgender case would "very likely" have come out differently with a more conservative panel of judges, she said.
The federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. is another where the balance of power has been flipped. Often known in legal circles as the second highest court in the land because it hears important cases concerning the federal government, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was dominated by conservatives 6-3 when Obama took office.
Obama was able to force through four appointments after a major showdown in the Senate. The court now has a 7-4 split in favor of Democratic appointees.
In June, an Obama appointee, Judge Sri Srinivasan, cast the deciding vote as a three-judge panel upheld the Federal Communication Commission's so-called "net neutrality" regulation. Srinivasan joined a Clinton appointee in the majority. A judge appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan dissented. The regulation is widely opposed by the telecommunications industry and backed by digital rights advocates.
Obama’s appointees do sometimes vote in favor of conservative outcomes. Paul Watford, a judge on the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has on several occasions reached a different conclusion to his more liberal colleagues. In one recent decision from Aug. 15, he dissented along with conservative judges when the court ruled that a death row inmate should be able to file a new appeal.
When announcing three of his nominees to the appeals court in Washington at a White House press conference in June 2013, Obama rejected any notion that they were political pawns, emphasizing their strong credentials.
"These are no slouches. These are no hacks," he said.
(Reporting by Lawrence Hurley; editing by Stuart Grudgings.) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obama-idUSKCN1110BC?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6990f6c67d367cbec4715fb3d3489765ce8fdb0b730187799e99c0e369f33276.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T05:01:53 | null | 2016-08-29T04:45:40 | Los Angeles airport police said on Twitter late on Sunday they were investigating unconfirmed reports of shots being fired at Los Angeles International airport, with officials closing the arrival and departures areas of the central terminal. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-security-losangeles-idUSKCN114096%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Police investigating unconfirmed reports of shots fired at Los Angeles airport | null | null | www.reuters.com | Los Angeles airport police said on Twitter late on Sunday they were investigating unconfirmed reports of shots being fired at Los Angeles International airport, with officials closing the arrival and departures areas of the central terminal.
The police said in a second tweet they were searching the airport and that all precautions were being taken to ensure the public's safety. "Remain calm," the post on Twitter said.
The airport said on Twitter that the departure and arrival levels of the Central Terminal Area were closed and advised passengers to contact airlines to check the status of any flights.
It also said that no confirmation of any shooting could be verified yet.
Los Angeles airport police could not be reached immediately for comment.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud; Editing by Paul Tait) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-losangeles-idUSKCN114096?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f6c7ad7275d203e1fd58588432650f1685cd65f0065073e48444283421da61b0.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-30T18:51:46 | null | 2016-08-30T17:24:24 | Taiwan artist Lee Chien-chu stands in front of Xilou Bridge proudly holding up a miniature carving of the landmark, the latest offering in his pencil sculpture series. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-taiwan-art-mini-sculptures-idUSKCN11529P%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 | Taiwan artist draws pleasure from miniature pencil carvings | null | null | www.reuters.com | TAIPEI Taiwan artist Lee Chien-chu stands in front of Xilou Bridge proudly holding up a miniature carving of the landmark, the latest offering in his pencil sculpture series.
Lee has been peering through a magnifying glass to create miniature sculptures of various landmarks and symbols out of pencil lead for six years at his home in Yunlin County in western Taiwan.
His tiny sculptures can be as little as 0.1 mm long and take hours to finish.
"I have created a series about Buddha hands, a series about architecture, one about traditional (Chinese) weapons and one about the alphabet. Those are all artworks that I like very much," Lee told Reuters.
(Reporting by Damon Lin. Editing by Patrick Johnston) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-art-mini-sculptures-idUSKCN11529P?feedType=RSS&feedName=artsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Fartsculture+%28Reuters+Arts+%26+Culture+%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/696cca25967b07e4e402d345768122fb4746d49c20a855f66d0f9598a3461594.json |
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"Simon Cambers"
] | 2016-08-30T19:00:13 | null | 2016-08-30T18:03:36 | Kei Nishikori held off a fightback from Benjamin Becker and earned a 6-1 6-1 3-6 6-3 victory over the German veteran on Tuesday for a convincing start to his U.S. Open title bid. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-tennis-open-nishikori-idUSKCN1152F5%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 | Nishikori fends off resilient Becker to advance | null | null | www.reuters.com | NEW YORK Kei Nishikori held off a fightback from Benjamin Becker and earned a 6-1 6-1 3-6 6-3 victory over the German veteran on Tuesday for a convincing start to his U.S. Open title bid.
The Japanese sixth seed stormed through the first two sets but the 35-year-old Becker took control in the third before Nishikori righted the ship in time to secure a spot in the second round.
"He started playing much better so it was tough third and fourth sets but luckily I got out of the last two games," said Nishikori. "It was a pretty good match."
Nishikori, the U.S. Open runner-up in 2014, will next play qualifier Karen Khachanov, a 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 winner over Italy's Thomas Fabbiano.
(Editing by Frank Pingue) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-open-nishikori-idUSKCN1152F5?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/119f94d7e97db863ca590c1287d74484aaa3a5d4cd4c3982811182b1fb06a69b.json |
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WASHINGTON The United States scrambled on Monday to get its feuding allies, Turkey and Kurdish YPG militia, to focus their firepower on Islamic State instead of each other after clashes that have threatened to unravel America's war strategy in Syria. | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kyrgyzstan-blast-china-idUSKCN1150AO?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/8507101a2f49c9843bd1b5ebff3ed0d2240f75ddcfc9fe93d36de230a266c139.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T18:51:27 | null | 2016-08-28T17:00:01 | Wall Street will fixate ona wave of U.S. economic data next week, crested by payrolls dataon Friday that could sway expectations about the timing offuture interest rate hikes and spark volatility in record-highstock prices. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fusa-stocks-weekahead-idUSL1N1B71SO%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 | Wall St Weekahead-Jobs data to be a big deal for record-high stocks | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Repeats item originally published on Aug 26, with no change to text)
By Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 26 Wall Street will fixate on a wave of U.S. economic data next week, crested by payrolls data on Friday that could sway expectations about the timing of future interest rate hikes and spark volatility in record-high stock prices.
Fresh data about employment and consumer confidence could help investors solidify expectations for a December interest rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve, or lend weight to a minority of strategists predicting a rate rise as early as next month.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen said the case for a rate hike is strengthening, but she left open the timing of what would be the first increase since December 2015.
"She did put the market on notice that she'd like to raise rates, which means the payrolls data out on Friday is very important. The wage component, length of the workweek and types of jobs, all are crucial in order to extrapolate to inflation," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential Financial in Newark, New Jersey.
Following Yellen's speech, prices for fed funds futures implied investors see roughly a 60 percent chance of a December hike, up from just above 50 percent on Thursday. Investors see chances of a September hike at 36 percent, up from 21 percent.
Almost a decade of ultra-low interest rates has helped propel stock prices to record highs, even as the economy expands at a lukewarm rate and U.S. largecaps struggle with over a year of declining earnings.
Expectations for higher interest rates would likely continue a recent trend of investors selling high-dividend payers like utilities and telecoms, in favor of sectors tied to economic expansion like financials and industrials.
Underscoring the importance of the upcoming jobs report, Yellen pointed to a recent rebound in employment and said in her speech at a symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming that the Fed expects the economy to continue expanding.
"Chairwoman Yellen put a magnifying glass on next Friday's jobs report. That really I do believe is going to be a determining factor of the market's direction for its next leg," said David Schiegoleit, managing director at U.S. Bank Private Client Reserve in Los Angeles.
The August jobs report is expected to show the U.S. economy created 180,000 jobs this month after rising by 255,000 in July, according to a Reuters poll. The forecast is for the unemployment rate to dip one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.8 percent.
Other data in investors' crosshairs next week include personal consumption on Monday, consumer confidence on Tuesday, and car sales and factory activity on Thursday.
The S&P 500 fell Friday for the fifth time in six sessions, but is just 1 percent below its record high set earlier this month.
"Any potential strength in consumer and jobs data could be very helpful to support equity prices where they are right now," said Jon Adams, senior investment strategist at BMO Global Asset Management in Chicago. (Reporting by Noel Randewich, additional reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; editing by Rodrigo Campos and Chizu Nomiyama) | http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-stocks-weekahead-idUSL1N1B71SO?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 | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/72cb4f798346a8c74e3c64329880d40b55cdf03fa7fadadaa7712f8cb34358b1.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T19:04:58 | null | 2016-08-30T18:59:29 | The U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State, eager to avoid more clashes between Turkey and U.S.-backed Syrian fighters, is establishing communications channels to better coordinate in a "crowded battlespace," the Pentagon said on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN1152FN%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=1151625847&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1HJ | en | null | U.S. sets up 'communications channels' for crowded Syria war | null | null | www.reuters.com | A general view shows a damaged street with sandbags used as barriers in Aleppo's Saif al-Dawla district, Syria March 6, 2015. REUTERS/Hosam Katan
A boy eats yogurt near a girl selling cigarettes in the rebel held al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
WASHINGTON The U.S.-led coalition battling Islamic State, eager to avoid more clashes between Turkey and U.S.-backed Syrian fighters, is establishing communications channels to better coordinate in a "crowded battlespace," the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
"The improved coordination of armed activities in Northern Syria will seek to assure the safety of all forces," said Pentagon spokesman Matthew Allen. "We will not discuss coordination and de-confliction procedures in detail in the interest of preserving operational security."
(Reporting by Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart; Editing by James Dalgleish) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN1152FN?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/bf0098c5cb6deebad9d99dc90283bb2b4cc27ccc85bc0d0ee78f1ef4cfc7dfc7.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T00:59:47 | 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%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.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=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/14d58c708a05f611d30473696330b09f0478922d043166cb1a582bba2adb3cb1.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T12:51:29 | null | 2016-08-30T11:40:02 | U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday as investors waited for more clues on the timing of the next interest rate hike. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-stocks-idUSKCN1151BU%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=20160830&t=2&i=1151567379&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T0NF | en | null | Stock futures flat as investors await more clues from Fed | null | null | www.reuters.com | A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday as investors waited for more clues on the timing of the next interest rate hike.
* Investors are trying to decipher whether an interest rate hike in the United States could come as early as next month after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday that the case for a raise was strengthening.
* Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Tuesday, said the U.S. job market is close to full strength and the pace of interest rate hikes will depend on how well the economy is doing, but he gave little clues on the timing of the next hike.
* Investors are awaiting a report on monthly payrolls data due on Friday, which could support the Fed's earlier plans for two hikes this year or scuttle any move.
* Meanwhile, they will keep an eye on a report that is expected to show the consumer confidence index edged slightly down to 97 in August after hitting 97.3 last month. The data is due at 10:00 a.m. ET (1400 GMT).
* The Case/Shiller house price index, due at 9:00 a.m. ET, is likely to have risen 5.2 percent in the 12 months to June.
* Strong economic data in the past few months and narrowing concern about global economic risks have encouraged the Fed to turn more hawkish on rates. However, the central bank has maintained that any increase would be gradual.
* The dollar index .DXY continued to trade at a more than two-week high on higher prospects of a rate increase.
* Traders see a 21 percent chance of an interest rate increase when the Fed meets in September and a 54.2 percent chance in December, according CME Group's FedWatch tool.
* Wall Street closed higher on Monday, helped by a lift in financials and commodity stocks after strong consumer spending data pointed to a pickup in U.S. economic growth.
* Apple fell 1.87 percent to $104.92 in heavy premarket trading after European Union antitrust regulators ordered the iPhone maker to pay $14.5 billion to the Irish government, ruling that a scheme to route profits through Ireland was illegal state aid.
* The stock was the biggest percentage loser among S&P 500 components.
* ScanSource (SCSC.O) dropped 13.41 percent to $37.13 after the company reported quarterly revenue that missed analysts' estimates.
Futures snapshot at 7:35 a.m. EDT:
* S&P 500 e-minis ESc1 were down 1 point, or 0.05 percent, with 109,032 contracts traded.
* Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQc1 were down 10 points, or 0.21 percent, on volume of 16,779 contracts.
* Dow e-minis 1YMc1 were down 3 points, or 0.02 percent, with 15,001 contracts changing hands.
(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKCN1151BU?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/59604903120a0aee162e583a188d3e0c9a6836a59583ee12a3e6cdc268eb5fc2.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T18:53:50 | null | 2016-08-30T17:24:24 | Taiwan artist Lee Chien-chu stands in front of Xilou Bridge proudly holding up a miniature carving of the landmark, the latest offering in his pencil sculpture series. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-taiwan-art-mini-sculptures-idUSKCN11529P%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DlifestyleMolt.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Taiwan artist draws pleasure from miniature pencil carvings | null | null | www.reuters.com | TAIPEI Taiwan artist Lee Chien-chu stands in front of Xilou Bridge proudly holding up a miniature carving of the landmark, the latest offering in his pencil sculpture series.
Lee has been peering through a magnifying glass to create miniature sculptures of various landmarks and symbols out of pencil lead for six years at his home in Yunlin County in western Taiwan.
His tiny sculptures can be as little as 0.1 mm long and take hours to finish.
"I have created a series about Buddha hands, a series about architecture, one about traditional (Chinese) weapons and one about the alphabet. Those are all artworks that I like very much," Lee told Reuters.
(Reporting by Damon Lin. Editing by Patrick Johnston) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-art-mini-sculptures-idUSKCN11529P?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ea59c7d807a60f4b4f4c0ae50ab62f826b34418b7160cb6349a3c6258cb9b4d8.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T18:59:38 | null | 2016-08-27T17:28:28 | Angelique Kerber says she is ready to deal with the increasing pressure as she targets U.S. Open glory and the world number one ranking. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-tennis-open-kerber-idUSKCN1120O8%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=20160827&t=2&i=1151289889&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q0JB | en | null | Heir-apparent Kerber confident she can handle pressure | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 20, 2016; Mason, OH, USA; Angelique Kerber (GER) reacts against Simona Halep (ROU) in the semifinals during the Western and Southern tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 21, 2016; Mason, OH, USA; Angelique Kerber (GER) returns a shot against Karolina Pliskova (CZE) in the finals during the Western and Southern tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK Angelique Kerber says she is ready to deal with the increasing pressure as she targets U.S. Open glory and the world number one ranking.
Victory for the Australian Open champion and Wimbledon runner-up would see Kerber knock Serena Williams off the top spot she has held since early 2013.
Kerber missed the chance to usurp Williams last week when she lost in the final of the Cincinnati Open but says she is trying to focus simply on doing her job.
“I will not put too much pressure on this,” the 28-year-old told reporters at Flushing Meadows on the eve of the event.
“If the day will come I will reach number one, it would be amazing … but I will not think too much (about it).
“I will try to enjoy every moment right now because it's one of the best seasons of my career so far.”
The 28-year-old German, who won her first grand-slam title in Melbourne at the start of the year, lacked belief in the early part of her career.
Her run to the semi-finals in New York in 2011 was the catalyst for her rise up the rankings, but it was a trip to see former world number one Steffi Graf in Las Vegas in early 2015 that really did the trick.
Graf, who shares the Open-era grand-slam record of 22 wins with Williams, told Kerber she was on the right track and to go easier on herself.
Her win over Williams in the Australian Open final was an enormous boost to her confidence and after an early French Open exit, she bounced back superbly to reach the final at Wimbledon.
Now, with a major title under her belt, Kerber feels better equipped to handle the expectations.
“The pressure, for sure, is maybe a little bit higher, but if I'm not putting the pressure on myself, everything is fine,” the world number two said.
Kerber, who picked up a silver medal at the Olympics, losing to Puerto Rico’s Monica Puig in the final, begins her U.S. challenge against Polona Hercog, of Slovenia.
But although she is tipped for the title she knows that Williams, despite a shoulder concern, is still the one to beat.
“(It’s) Serena and the rest of the field,” she said, laughing. “No, we will see. There are a lot of good players right now and we’ll see how Serena plays.
“I'm feeling good because I have had great matches in the last (few) weeks and especially a lot of positive emotions. I have a lot of confidence to be here again.”
(Reporting by Simon Cambers; Editing by Neville Dalton) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-open-kerber-idUSKCN1120O8?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/b049ff9ce1489139338a7a087445dc23c437b05641412d4f5aaf2e23f1354574.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T22:50:46 | null | 2016-08-29T21:11:35 | Sycamore Partners on Monday confirmed it submitted a bid for Aeropostale Inc after a judge issued an opinion rejecting the teen-focused retailer's attempt to block an offer and blame its bankruptcy on the private equity firm. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-aeropostale-sycamore-bankruptcy-idUSKCN1142C0%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=20160829&t=2&i=1151495586&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S1BM | en | null | Sycamore Partners confirms bid for bankrupt Aeropostale | null | null | www.reuters.com | A customer enters an Aeropostale store in Broomfield, Colorado, United States May 14, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
SAN FRANCISCO Sycamore Partners on Monday confirmed it submitted a bid for Aeropostale Inc after a judge issued an opinion rejecting the teen-focused retailer's attempt to block an offer and blame its bankruptcy on the private equity firm.
Aeropostale owes $151 million to two Sycamore affiliates, Aero Investors LLC and MGF Sourcing Holdings Ltd, and had sought to preempt a credit bid by them.
Credit bidding allows creditors to offer what they are owed rather than cash to acquire companies.
A representative for Sycamore said the firm made an offer for Aeropostale at the retailer's auction on Monday but declined to say if the offer was a credit bid.
Reuters on Friday reported the firm and liquidators, companies that wind down business, would make offers for the retailer.
Aeropostale in court papers last month argued for a court order denying Aero, a lender, and MGF, a supplier, an opportunity to credit bid their claims.
Aeropostale charged the affiliates had caused liquidity and inventory troubles in an effort to strain the company's finances and drive it into bankruptcy.
Aeropostale filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May.
(Reporting by Jim Christie; Editing by Bernard Orr) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aeropostale-sycamore-bankruptcy-idUSKCN1142C0?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/7867088e5b16348a0fda85065dbc8d92a730d53ac10bb957ffa0e63a72fa8097.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:20:12 | null | 2016-08-25T16:21:22 | Democrat Hillary Clinton will accuse Donald Trump of embracing a brand of U.S. political conservatism associated with white nationalism and nativism when she makes a Nevada campaign stop on Thursday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-election-clinton-idUSKCN11010Z%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160825&t=2&i=1150996263&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O0JW | en | null | Clinton to accuse Trump of embracing nativist political movement | null | null | www.reuters.com | Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a round table with the Republican Leadership Initiative at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
PALO ALTO, California Democrat Hillary Clinton will accuse Donald Trump of embracing a brand of U.S. political conservatism associated with white nationalism and nativism when she makes a Nevada campaign stop on Thursday.
Aides said Clinton will link Trump's statements about immigration and religion to the rise of a political fringe movement in the U.S. known as the "alternative right", which opposes multiculturalism and immigration.
Clinton's speech is an effort to keep attention focused on what a top aide called Trump's "divisive and dystopian vision" as he tries to reverse his slumping position in opinion polls in key battleground states before the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Her campaign said Trump's recent installation of a new campaign leadership team was no indicator that he would move away from past statements criticizing the objectivity of an American judge of Mexican heritage or proposing to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States.
"Trump's newly installed brain trust," Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said in a statement, "completes Donald Trump’s disturbing takeover of the Republican Party.
"Republicans up and down the ticket are going to have to choose whether they want to be complicit in this lurch toward extremism or stand with voters who can't stomach it," he said.
Trump’s campaign declined to comment on Clinton’s campaign speech, but at a Mississippi rally on Wednesday, the Republican nominee called Clinton a "bigot who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings."
Trump is set to meet with African-American leaders in New York City on Thursday and said he would unveil an immigration proposal within the next two weeks.
In comments broadcast on Fox News on Wednesday night, Trump backed farther away from his hardline stance on deporting millions of illegal immigrants, saying he would be willing to work with those who have abided by U.S. laws while living in the country.
When asked by CNN to respond to Trump's charge that she was a "bigot" on Wednesday evening, Clinton said he was "taking a hate movement mainstream.
"He's brought it into his campaign. He's bringing it to our communities and our country," Clinton said. "I will have more to say about this tomorrow."
Her campaign cites Trump’s decision to bring on Breitbart News executive Steve Bannon as his new campaign chief as a sign Trump is strengthening his ties to the alternative right movement.
During Bannon’s tenure, Breitbart News increased its coverage of alt-right issues, and Bannon told the magazine Mother Jones during the Republican National Convention last month that the website was "the platform for the alt-right".
The term "alt-right" is used to describe a faction of political conservatives that have used the Internet in recent months to advance views of white supremacism, anti-Semitism and nativism.
(Reporting by Amanda Becker; editing by Mark Heinrich) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-idUSKCN11010Z?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/bdbbeb60904c486cd362dbf1901296350aafedd8cce68c302e5710710a207f57.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T08:52:51 | null | 2016-08-31T08:07:42 | China Molybdenum Co Ltd | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSL3N1BC2YD%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-China Molybdenum's unit gets Zambia competition authorities' approval to acquire stake in Tenke project | null | null | www.reuters.com | European shares steady, Commerzbank up on merger report
LONDON, Aug 31 European equities steadied in early trading on Wednesday after setting a two-week high in the previous day, with gains in companies such as Commerzbank and Bouygues offsetting weaker miners. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL3N1BC2YD?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/59db24e4cd4486541aea7a8e56bac82b1151b35bf452133df3c65cf63a41ff19.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T22:51:22 | null | 2016-08-30T22:32:26 | U.S. regulators said on Tuesday that AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) will pay $5.52 million to resolve a foreign bribery probe into improper payments by its sales and marketing staff to officials at state-controlled health care providers in China and Russia. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-astrazeneca-usa-idUSKCN1152U9%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=1151646890&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1LU | en | null | AstraZeneca to pay $5.52 million to resolve SEC foreign bribery case | null | null | www.reuters.com | A sign is seen at an AstraZeneca site in Macclesfield, central England May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Phil Noble
NEW YORK U.S. regulators said on Tuesday that AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) will pay $5.52 million to resolve a foreign bribery probe into improper payments by its sales and marketing staff to officials at state-controlled health care providers in China and Russia.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission detailed the settlement with the drug company in an order instituting an administrative proceeding arising out of violations of provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York; Editing by Alan Crosby) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-astrazeneca-usa-idUSKCN1152U9?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/a60100701ea1afef89c6ef3fe968381696da43f1de14e39b6dae067e9a003227.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T06:52:10 | null | 2016-08-30T06:28:25 | Nord Gold SE says: | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BB03K%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-Nordgold says Q2 net profit up 5 pct y/y to $53.1 mln | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 30 Nord Gold SE says:
* Q2 net profit up 29 percent quarter-on-quarter and up 5 percent year-on-year to $53.1 million;
* Q2 EDITDA flat quarter-on-quarter at $118.8 million, down 19 percent year on year;
* Q2 revenue at $269.9 million, up 8 percent quarter-on-quarter but down 7 percent year-on-year;
* Reiterates its full year 2016 AISC guidance of $800/oz - $850/oz based on an expected stronger H2 2016 operational performance;
* Reduces full year 2016 production guidance to 880-930 koz from 950 - 1,010 koz due to lower than planned production in H1 at Bissa and Berezitovy mines as well as anticipated suspension of production at Aprelkovo in H2 2016. Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Reporting by Moscow Newsroom) | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BB03K?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/e1db7a482e3aa1d85702a8a42f7f0bc28ef67ad22a8278ed0df7ec59ef8f34bd.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T18:52:03 | null | 2016-08-29T17:45:54 | S&P Global Ratings: | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BA0CL%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-S&P rates Coca-Cola's proposed 5 and 10 year fixed notes 'AA-' | null | null | www.reuters.com | UPDATE 2-Colorado's anti-fracking measures fail to qualify for ballot
HOUSTON, Aug 29 Environmental groups have failed to gather enough signatures to put two measures on Colorado's ballot in November that aim to curb fracking and oil and gas work, the state said on Monday. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BA0CL?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/1a962ddad6e50dfa201ceb5fbe08ecd797e26d91e836b1e11ee175a831800ef0.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T13:00:10 | null | 2016-08-30T12:34:35 | Wayne Rooney will end his England career after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the striker said on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-soccer-england-rooney-idUSKCN1151I5%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=20160830&t=2&i=1151575552&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T0SP | en | null | Rooney to quit England after 2018 World Cup | null | null | www.reuters.com | Wayne Rooney will end his England career after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the striker said on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old made his announcement at a news conference ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Slovakia on Sunday when he will set a new record for an England outfield player ahead of David Beckham by winning his 116th cap.
"Come Russia I feel that will be the time for me to say goodbye to international football, my mind is made up," said Rooney, who was reappointed England captain on Monday.
"I will just try to enjoy myself over the next two years," he added.
(Reporting by Neil Robinson, editing by Ed Osmond) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-england-rooney-idUSKCN1151I5?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f6a2c50e1711566e722e44d6e63351fdbd9673c0ccbfa50ce622920203cc6222.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T02:54:41 | null | 2016-08-30T01:13:44 | Chinese private investment funds will conduct a "self-inspection" of their business practices in compliance with a directive from the State Council, China's cabinet, according to a notice posted on the website of the Asset Management Association of China. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-china-finance-inspection-idUSKCN11503F%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=20160830&t=2&i=1151514510&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T019 | en | null | Chinese private investment funds to conduct 'self-inspection' | null | null | www.reuters.com | SHANGHAI Chinese private investment funds will conduct a "self-inspection" of their business practices in compliance with a directive from the State Council, China's cabinet, according to a notice posted on the website of the Asset Management Association of China.
The scope of the inspection will include advertising practices, fundraising from prohibited investor classes, and other prohibited practices. The inspection initiative follows a finding by China's securities regulator that some funds had regularly violated regulations, the Association said.
The notice also requested the funds to strengthen their internal risk management and to boost training in awareness of regulations and societal responsibility.
China's finance sector has been under increased regulatory scrutiny following the dramatic stock crash in 2015 which was blamed in part on poor regulatory oversight. Regulatory attention on irregular fundraising and advertising procedures by private funds and so-called P2P lending platforms has also intensified in 2016.
(Reporting By Nathaniel Taplin; Editing by Eric Meijer) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-finance-inspection-idUSKCN11503F?feedType=RSS&feedName=PersonalFinance&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Fwealth+%28Reuters+Wealth+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/80c28e5ca4661d2b2bea7c5c0b293df88b73d7dbcbffe914341e1615fd2b3261.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T11:04:25 | null | 2016-08-27T09:19:24 | Nearly a thousand protesters marched in the heart of the Malaysian capital on Saturday calling for the arrest of an unnamed high-ranking government official who U.S. investigators say received $700 million skimmed from a sovereign fund. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-malaysia-scandal-protests-idUSKCN11208C%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=20160827&t=2&i=1151259409&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q04U | en | null | Malaysian student protesters demand 1MDB arrest | null | null | www.reuters.com | Organizer of student activists Anis Syafiqah Md Yusof speaks to participants near Dataran Merdeka, or Independence Square, during a march to call for the arrest of 'Malaysian Official 1' in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Organizer of student activists Anis Syafiqah Md Yusof speaks to participants near Dataran Merdeka, or Independence Square, during a march to call for the arrest of 'Malaysian Official 1' in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Student activists march towards Dataran Merdeka, or Independence Square, to call for the arrest of 'Malaysian Official 1' in Kuala Lumpur August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Student activists march towards Dataran Merdeka, or Independence Square, to call for the arrest of 'Malaysian Official 1' in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Student activists shout slogans as they prepare to march towards Dataran Merdeka, or Independence Square, to call for the arrest of 'Malaysian Official 1' in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
KUALA LUMPUR Nearly a thousand protesters marched in the heart of the Malaysian capital on Saturday calling for the arrest of an unnamed high-ranking government official who U.S. investigators say received $700 million skimmed from a sovereign fund.
The student-led mass rally comes more than a month after U.S. prosecutors filed civil lawsuits alleging that over $3.5 billion was defrauded from state fund 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
The lawsuits repeatedly referred to a high-ranking official, only identified as "Malaysian Official 1," who received some of the misappropriated funds. A source familiar with the U.S. investigations has told Reuters that the unnamed official is Prime Minister Najib Razak, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
Led by student representative Anis Syafiqah Md Yusof, the protesters marched towards Dataran Merdeka, or Independence Square, shouting "the people live" and "catch MO1," referring to Malaysian Official 1 in the lawsuits.
The organizers had expected a turnout of 5,000.
"If we don't speak out, who else will push them, the authorities, to arrest a criminal who has given us so much grief?," Anis said in her address to the protesters.
"Can we send MO1 to jail and bring that person to face justice?" she asked the crowd, which responded with chants of "tangkap MO1," meaning "arrest" in Malay.
Police set up barricades around the square and blocked the crowd from entering.
"We need to fight for our rights. The country is broken, it's gone to the dogs," said Tony Wong, a 77-year-old protester.
"All Malaysians should stand and fight for our rights and freedom, for our future generations," said Wong, as he handed out posters showing a silhouette of Najib with the words "Siapa MO1?" meaning "Who is MO1?".
About 800 policemen and officials from the Kuala Lumpur city hall were on patrol near the square, The Sun newspaper reported.
A police helicopter was also seen hovering low over the crowd ahead of the march.
The country's police chief last week warned the protesters to stay away from the square as they had not been granted permission to gather there.
Najib's supporters had planned to hold a counter-rally, but late on Friday said they decided against competing with "school children", according to a report by news portal Malaysiakini.
(Additional reporting by Emily Chow and Reuters TV; Writing by A. Ananthalakshmi; Editing by Stephen Coates) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-scandal-protests-idUSKCN11208C?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/f9b799ee2a67241fc20ea1a65c3e7b0942a02d14b66b04a49c59106a7a41b5cd.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T16:50:41 | null | 2016-08-29T16:25:02 | A senior HSBC Holdings Plc executive pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he participated in a fraudulent scheme to front-run a $3.5 billion currency transaction by one of the bank's clients. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-hsbc-usa-crime-idUSKCN1141RN%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=20160829&t=2&i=1151464864&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0Z5 | en | null | HSBC executive pleads not guilty in U.S. over forex scheme | null | null | www.reuters.com | Mark Johnson, HSBC's global head of foreign exchange cash trading in London, exits the Brooklyn federal court in New York July 20, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
NEW YORK A senior HSBC Holdings Plc executive pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he participated in a fraudulent scheme to front-run a $3.5 billion currency transaction by one of the bank's clients.
The plea on wire fraud and conspiracy charges by Mark Johnson, a British citizen who at the time of his arrest last month was HSBC's global head of foreign exchange cash trading, was entered by his lawyer in the federal court in Brooklyn.
"He pleaded not guilty because he is not guilty," the lawyer, Frank Wohl, told reporters after the hearing. "He's done nothing wrong."
Johnson and Stuart Scott, HSBC's former head of cash trading for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, are believed to be the first people to face U.S. criminal charges arising from a probe of foreign-exchange rigging at banks.
The probe led to four banks last year pleading guilty to conspiring to manipulate currency prices. HSBC was not among those banks, but in 2014 agreed to pay $618 million to resolve related probes by U.S. and British regulators.
The U.S. Justice Department has continued to investigate, and HSBC has set aside $1.2 billion to cover various forex-related probes. The bank has said it is cooperating.
Prosecutors said Johnson and Scott in 2011 misused information provided by a client that hired HSBC to convert $3.5 billion to British pounds in connection with a planned sale of the client's foreign subsidiaries.
The defendants then used their insider knowledge to trade ahead of the transaction, causing a spike in the price of the currency that hurt HSBC's client, prosecutors said.
The client was not named in court papers, but another source has said it was British oil firm Cairn Energy.
In total, HSBC earned $3 million from trades its currency traders placed, and $5 million from executing the transaction, according to the charging papers.
Johnson is free on bail. Scott remains in the United Kingdom. His lawyer, Gerallt Owen, has said he "strongly denies the allegations."
The case is U.S. v. Johnson et al, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. 16-cr-00457.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York; Editing by Dan Grebler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-usa-crime-idUSKCN1141RN?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/2899ec389c71facf303a135d17ea8d9c81702dca4cff56377ae1b514c4002079.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T12:52:21 | null | 2016-08-29T12:25:47 | Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1B801Y%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-Monmouth Real Estate Investment announces new acquisition in the Kansas City MSA | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp
* Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corporation announces new acquisition in the Kansas City MSA
* Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp says acquired a new 313,763 square foot industrial building at a purchase price of $31.7 million Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1B801Y?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/8c198bc9798ca76cac56bac4d22a251c3649322874387e1c5d45cb828c3a9dbf.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T00:52:08 | null | 2016-08-30T00:03:57 | Tangelo Games Corp | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094S9%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-Tangelo reports 2016 Qtrly EPS $ 0.00 | null | null | www.reuters.com | UPDATE 2-United Airlines hires No. 2 at American to be its president
Aug 29 United Continental Holdings Inc has hired the No. 2 executive at rival American Airlines Group Inc, Scott Kirby, to be its president, the companies said on Monday. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094S9?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/f3e9bdf519fb36ae0dcd266dd520cda27f809dec8b1e6fe922ca2cef89c6b8a1.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:14:52 | null | 2015-01-08T23:44:54 | Google Inc may bemoving into the U.S. auto insurance market with a shopping sitefor people to compare and buy policies, an analyst said onThursday, as it continues to shift its attention to theautomotive industry. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fgoogle-autos-insurance-idUSL1N0UN2OS20150108%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DvcMedia.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Google to start selling auto insurance in the U.S., analyst says | null | null | www.reuters.com | SAN FRANCISCO Jan 8 Google Inc may be moving into the U.S. auto insurance market with a shopping site for people to compare and buy policies, an analyst said on Thursday, as it continues to shift its attention to the automotive industry.
The search giant is planning soon to pilot its new Google Compare auto insurance comparison shopping site, wrote Forrester analyst Ellen Carney in a note. According to Carney, the company has been pitching the service to insurance providers for more than two years.
Google, which currently offers a service in the UK for users to compare over 125 auto insurance options, takes a cut when a user buys insurance online or by phone.
Industry experts say the Mountain View-based company has increasingly been exploring online searches tailored toward specific industries or markets. Google already offers its users a site to compare travel destinations and find the cheapest flight fares, for instance.
Google in past years has begun to expand beyond its home turf of Internet search and advertising, seeking to extend its technological dominance to fields as diverse as self-driving cars and robotics.
Carney expects the California pilot for the new service to begin in the first quarter of 2015. Google is already licensed to sell auto insurance in 26 states and is working with a handful of insurers including Dairyland, MetLife and others, she said.
In addition, a Google employee is licensed to sell insurance on behalf of CoverHound, a San Francisco-based company that pulls insurance options from the largest carriers.
Google said it does not comment on speculation. (Reporting By Christina Farr; Editing by Diane Craft) | http://www.reuters.com/article/google-autos-insurance-idUSL1N0UN2OS20150108?feedType=RSS&feedName=vcMedia | en | 2015-01-08T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/5312bff5b48bb4d1afc11b645a47c0b807ca8fe570341b361c1d008688b1810a.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T15:04:27 | null | 2016-08-27T14:43:48 | The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria called for all warring sides to agree by Sunday on a green light for a first safe delivery of relief supplies to the divided city of Aleppo. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mideast-crisis-syria-un-idUSKCN1120JH%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=20160827&t=2&i=1151278429&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q0E3 | en | null | U.N. Syria envoy presses for speedy Aleppo aid delivery | null | null | www.reuters.com | A view shows a truck loaded with aid parcels that were brought into rebel held areas of Aleppo through civil defence vehicles from a newly opened corridor that linked besieged opposition held eastern Aleppo with western Syria that was captured recently by rebels, in Aleppo August 12, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
Workers unload food aid parcels that were brought into rebel held areas of Aleppo through civil defence vehicles from a newly opened corridor that linked besieged opposition held eastern Aleppo with western Syria that was captured recently by rebels, in Aleppo August 12, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
GENEVA The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria called for all warring sides to agree by Sunday on a green light for a first safe delivery of relief supplies to the divided city of Aleppo.
Staffan de Mistura said in a statement on Saturday that for logistical and operational reasons the first convoy must go via the Castello Road during a 48-hour humanitarian pause, although he was aware of rebel opposition to using that government-controlled route.
"The Special Envoy calls for all concerned to exert every effort so that, by this Sunday, 28 August 2016, we know where we stand," de Mistura said.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; editing by David Clarke) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-un-idUSKCN1120JH?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/b912af446e5dd593f82dc1d2b2598611647f32de0789681483aa5110aa00ac77.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T16:52:18 | null | 2016-08-30T16:08:59 | The White House said onTuesday it was concerned about a European Commission order forApple Inc to pay billions in unpaid taxes to Irelandbecause it seemed TO undermine joint U.S.-EU progress oncreating a more fair international tax system. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Feu-apple-taxavoidance-usa-idUSW1N17O021%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 | White House 'concerned' EU tax penalty on Apple may hit U.S. taxpayers | null | null | www.reuters.com | WASHINGTON Aug 30 The White House said on Tuesday it was concerned about a European Commission order for Apple Inc to pay billions in unpaid taxes to Ireland because it seemed TO undermine joint U.S.-EU progress on creating a more fair international tax system.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said it was possible the EU order for Apple to pay 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in back taxes could be unfair to U.S. taxpayers because Apple might be able to claim it in the United States as a tax deduction.
"We are concerned about a unilateral approach ... that threaten to undermine progress that we have made collaboratively with the Europeans to make the international taxation system fair," Earnest told a briefing. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Writing by David Alexander) | http://www.reuters.com/article/eu-apple-taxavoidance-usa-idUSW1N17O021?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/70036b9bf6617d16115f68ea6ac9a0193b290123938285826e91ca1c97c98c65.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T19:04:47 | null | 2016-08-29T18:40:01 | The United States and India have signed an agreement to share military logistics, they said in a joint statement on Monday, a step toward building defense ties as both countries seek to counter the growing maritime assertiveness of China. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-india-usa-military-idUSKCN114241%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=20160829&t=2&i=1151480756&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S178 | en | null | U.S., India sign military logistics agreement | null | null | www.reuters.com | An employee ties threads on a kite, with portraits of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama, ahead of Obama's visit, in Mumbai January 23, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
WASHINGTON The United States and India have signed an agreement to share military logistics, they said in a joint statement on Monday, a step toward building defense ties as both countries seek to counter the growing maritime assertiveness of China.
The accord allows the two militaries to use each other's land, air and naval bases for resupplies, repairs and rest.
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar reached an agreement "in principle" in April, but had yet to finalize the details.
(Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by Alan Crosby) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-usa-military-idUSKCN114241?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/2ac16e07de8b40539536561705dab0ec932e203923412aee3505b4ff6d217173.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:20:16 | null | 2016-08-25T19:50:03 | The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda on Thursday asked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to stop attacks on Hispanic communities, inviting him in a letter to meet with the group's leadership. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-trump-hispanics-idUSKCN1102EG%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=20160825&t=2&i=1151076023&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O1JH | en | null | Hispanic coalition asks Trump to stop 'attacks' | null | null | www.reuters.com | Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
NEW YORK The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda on Thursday asked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to stop attacks on Hispanic communities, inviting him in a letter to meet with the group's leadership.
"As we have expressed numerous times, your rhetoric of relentless attacks against our community is an issue of serious concern and has had a significant impact, fueling an alarming trend in our nation," the group, a coalition of 40 Latino nonpartisan advocacy organizations, wrote to Trump.
"We call upon you to consider the consequences of your disparagement of our community and to cease propagating this rhetoric immediately," they added.
(Reporting by Luciana Lopez; Editing by Tom Brown) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-hispanics-idUSKCN1102EG?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7b5591686c0d65b066ca69694a9755be362e92ed87df78ebf53d5f2a3d259fe2.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T21:01:28 | null | 2016-08-26T20:29:56 | The granddaughter of Viacom Inc's controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone has agreed to let a Massachusetts court dismiss claims brought by former company leaders, a step that will help end a battle over the fate of the media empire. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-viacom-redstone-idUSKCN1112C6%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151219207&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1F4 | en | null | Redstone granddaughter agrees to case dismissal, helps broader deal | null | null | www.reuters.com | FILE PHOTO: Sumner Redstone, executive chairman of CBS Corp. and Viacom, arrives at the premiere of 'The Guilt Trip' in Los Angeles December 11, 2012. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo
CANTON, Mass. The granddaughter of Viacom Inc's controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone has agreed to let a Massachusetts court dismiss claims brought by former company leaders, a step that will help end a battle over the fate of the media empire.
Lawyers for Keryn Redstone said at a Massachusetts court hearing on Friday they have also agreed to mediate remaining parts of her family dispute and that she will have an in-person meeting with her 93-year-old grandfather.
"There will be peace in the Redstone valley" said Keryn Redstone's attorney Pierce O'Donnell, speaking to reporters after the hearing at Norfolk County Probate and Family Court in Canton, Massachusetts.
Keryn Redstone's interest in a family trust is worth $1 billion, he said.
While some terms must still be hammered out, Friday's agreements will help end an ongoing legal saga over whether Redstone was mentally competent when he removed former Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman and board member George Abrams from a trust that will determine the fate of his media empire.
On Saturday, Viacom announced that it had come to an agreement with Redstone, and his privately-held National Amusements Inc, which owns 80 percent of the voting shares of Viacom and CBS Corp [nL1N1B10MX}.
Dauman has stepped down as CEO and will receive as much as $90 million in cash and stock-based compensation, according to the agreement.
But Keryn Redstone, who is Shari Redstone's niece and was replaced as a trustee in 2012, had challenged the validity of the settlement agreement because she believes her grandfather is being manipulated by his daughter Shari.
Under the settlement, the board of Viacom added the five directors that National Amusements put forward in June, bringing the board to 15 directors after Dauman departs. Three of those directors are expected to step down after Viacom's annual meeting next year, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters last week.
Despite that settlement, Keryn Redstone filed a cross-complaint in connection to Dauman's lawsuit. In a filing on Thursday she also questioned if Dauman's side did enough to assure themselves that Redstone had the mental capacity to understand the terms.
Friday's court hearing drew about two dozen lawyers representing the various Redstone family members plus Dauman, Abrams and others. A morning session included heated moments as it became clear that most of the family was looking to end the litigation, while O'Donnell sought to raise questions about Redstone's mental capacity.
Sumner Redstone has not spoken on an investor call since 2014 and has not spoken directly about the settlement since it was announced this month.
Attorney Robert Klieger portrayed Sumner Redstone's health as stable, saying the aging media mogul has had "no recent hospitalizations." There is, Klieger said, "No reason to believe that Mr. Redstone will not still be here with us for the duration of this case on any reasonable schedule."
(Reporting by Ross Kerber; Editing by Nick Zieminski) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-viacom-redstone-idUSKCN1112C6?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/9566300f62849964cc13dc29bc39d0a6fad762282ea24016c09b3fc5bb88c738.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T12:52:17 | null | 2016-08-29T12:32:10 | Redhill Biopharma Ltd : | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1B801R%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-Redhill Biopharma announces approval of European patent | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 Redhill Biopharma Ltd :
* Redhill Biopharma announces approval of a European patent supporting RHB-104 for multiple sclerosis
* Phase IIA proof-of-concept study evaluating RHB-104 in patients treated for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis is ongoing
* Says top-line final results expected in Q4 of 2016 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1B801R?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/4edb2020b4d28eaacb2e5fb94ffc89294e1edf5a66fa289e039bd106433dd862.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T02:50:52 | null | 2016-08-27T01:26:23 | Aurora Spine Corp : | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1B70OH%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-Aurora Spine Q2 loss per share $0.01 | null | null | www.reuters.com | UPDATE 1-Sycamore Partners, liquidators bid on bankrupt U.S. teen retailer Aeropostale
NEW YORK, Aug 26 Bankrupt U.S. teen retailer Aeropostale Inc received bids this 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. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1B70OH?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 | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fa76ce0da6c37739c45921fcde8ceadc6fffb2dbb05bac87f1e3b23c7f40a92b.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T06:52:39 | null | 2016-08-31T06:13:20 | Taiwan Finance Ministry says onWednesday: | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSL3N1BC24K%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-Taiwan finance ministry says it has accepted Mega Financial chairman's resignation | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 31 Taiwan Finance Ministry says on Wednesday:
-- It has accepted the resignation of state-run Mega Financial Holding chairman Shiu Kuang-si as he is "determined to resign".
-- It will ask Mega's board to name an acting chairman in one or two days.
-- Earlier on Wednesday, Mega said its chairman has submitted his resignation, in a widening fallout after the company's banking unit was fined earlier this month for violating U.S. anti-money laundering regulations.
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Further company coverage: (Reporting by Faith Hung) | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL3N1BC24K?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/ba97e1edc64baff38da7f2846dec81443aa1c978bdb880c05da6e8666f57db56.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T12:51:35 | null | 2016-08-31T12:27:25 | U.S. private employers added 177,000 jobs in August, above economists' expectations, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-economy-adp-idUSKCN1161KV%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=1151720188&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0VL | en | null | U.S. private sector adds 177,000 jobs in August: ADP | null | null | www.reuters.com | Job seekers listen to prospective employers during a job hiring event for marketing, sales and retail positions in San Francisco, California, June 4, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo
NEW YORK U.S. private employers added 177,000 jobs in August, above economists' expectations, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.
Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 175,000 jobs, with estimates ranging from 135,000 to 225,000.
Private payroll gains in July were revised up to 194,000 from an originally reported 179,000 increase.
The report is jointly developed with Moody's Analytics.
The ADP figures come ahead of the U.S. Labor Department's more comprehensive non-farm payrolls report on Friday, which includes both public and private-sector employment.
Economists polled by Reuters expect U.S. private payroll employment to have grown by 178,000 jobs in August, down from an increase of 217,000 the month before. Total non-farm employment is expected to have risen by 180,000.
The unemployment rate is forecast to tick down to 4.8 percent from the 4.9 percent recorded a month earlier.
(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-adp-idUSKCN1161KV?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/98f10f1c5c26d127af81348d98466c2500c7614f403458f583f5adbcd4b082b1.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T10:52:07 | null | 2016-08-29T10:15:53 | Ovascience Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1B8014%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-Ovascience says it has finalized its commercial agreement with IVF Japan Group | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 Ovascience Inc
* Says it has finalized its commercial agreement with IVF Japan Group
* Says augment treatment is now available in Japan to women through clinic Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1B8014?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/c6fe70bee7a26d13c57aa797c51839c6d97ef0cc87d1a65095f22dbd581ab9b8.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T22:52:18 | null | 2016-08-29T22:23:43 | Radient Technologies Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094RM%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-Radient Technologies announces Q1 results | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 Radient Technologies Inc
* Radient announces first quarter results
* Conducting a non-brokered private placement of up to 70 million units of corporation at a price of $0.10 per unit Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094RM?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/1394bd2a22c5e0afddf9f802896431f182fe243fe1e7f53278b04aaff12d2c0b.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T04:51:47 | null | 2016-08-29T04:23:46 | The following are the top stories on theNew York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified thesestories and does not vouch for their accuracy. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fpress-digest-nyt-idUSL3N1BA1U2%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 | PRESS DIGEST- New York Times business news - Aug 29 | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 The following are the top stories on the New York Times business pages. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- A federal court ruling may halt the spread of municipal high-speed internet providers, which often serve households and businesses where commercial cable and telecom firms have been unwilling to go. nyti.ms/2bL0kgI
- Charles Osgood, whose distinct voice and dapper broadcasting style has made the CBS show "Sunday Morning" a weekly ritual for many viewers, will be leaving at the end of September after 22 years as the program's anchor. nyti.ms/2btxMLd
- The Obama administration's decision to bar ITT Educational Services was the latest step in the federal government's crackdown on for-profit schools that have vacuumed up billions of dollars in government grants and loans but failed to deliver on promised training and jobs. nyti.ms/2c0kLat
- Foreign entrepreneurs building new companies in the United States could soon gain a new immigration option that would grant them temporary entry for up to five years, under a rule proposed on Friday by the Department of Homeland Security. The proposal, which does not require congressional approval, would allow immigration officials to admit entrepreneurs case by case. nyti.ms/2bnOjjF
(Compiled by Shivam Srivastava in Bengaluru) | http://www.reuters.com/article/press-digest-nyt-idUSL3N1BA1U2?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/014b02720d6ac25a505a1ed8ac32ea5d8ae6688f16ea528cc259f180d1b6dddb.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:21:19 | null | 2016-08-26T11:31:13 | A U.S. judge ordered the State Department on Thursday to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Hillary Clinton and the White House from the week of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, among the thousands of additional emails uncovered by federal investigators. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-election-clinton-emails-idUSKCN1102JY%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=20160826&t=2&i=1151110703&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O1LJ | en | null | Judge orders search of new Clinton emails for release by September 13 | null | null | www.reuters.com | A U.S. judge ordered the State Department on Thursday to release by Sept. 13 any emails it finds between Hillary Clinton and the White House from the week of the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, among the thousands of additional emails uncovered by federal investigators.
The order came after the Federal Bureau of Investigation gave the department a disc earlier this month containing 14,900 emails to and from Clinton and other documents it said it had recovered that she did not return to the government.
Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, has been criticized for using an unauthorized private email system run from a server in the basement of her home while she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, a decision she says was wrong and that she regrets.
The issue has hung over her campaign for the White House and raised questions among voters about her trustworthiness.
Judge William Dimitrouleas of the U.S. District Court in southern Florida made his order in response to a request by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, which is suing the State Department for Clinton-era records under freedom of information laws.
Spokesmen for Clinton did not respond to requests for
comment.
At least one other judge has said the department will eventually have to release all the newly recovered work emails, and at least some are expected to appear before the Nov. 8 presidential election.
After the system's existence became more widely known, Clinton returned what she said were all her work emails to the State Department in 2014, and the department released them in batches to the public, some 30,000 in all.
The FBI took her server in 2015 after it was discovered she had sent and received classified government secrets through the system, which the government bans.
Clinton has said she did not know the information was classified at the time.
After a year-long investigation, FBI Director James Comey said last month that Clinton should have recognized the sensitivity of the information and that she had been "extremely careless" with government secrets. But he said there were not enough grounds for a prosecution, a decision criticized by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and other Republicans.
It remained unclear if there were any newly discovered emails that related to the September 2012 attack on a U.S. facility in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed.
"Using broad search terms, we have identified a number of documents potentially responsive to a Benghazi-related request," Elizabeth Trudeau, a State Department spokeswoman, said in a statement. "At this time, we have not confirmed that the documents are, in fact, responsive. We also have not determined if they involve Secretary Clinton."
(Reporting by Emily Stephenson in Washington and Jonathan Allen in New York; Editing by Peter Cooney) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-clinton-emails-idUSKCN1102JY?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/130a62333a2920ddf5af40faf76f4afa7d8a7c0417b2a0567e16c13bef7ca891.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T21:02:47 | null | 2016-08-28T20:39:25 | Chicago police on Sunday said they have arrested two brothers and charged them with the fatal shooting of basketball star Dwyane Wade's cousin as she pushed a baby in a stroller, a murder that has stunned a city plagued by a surge in gang-related violence. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-chicago-crime-wade-idUSKCN11209O%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=20160828&t=2&i=1151368313&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R0GC | en | null | Two Chicago brothers on parole charged in murder of NBA star's cousin | null | null | www.reuters.com | Darwin Sorrells Jr. is pictured in this undated booking photo. Sorrells is charged in the murder of Nykea Aldridge, a cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade. Chicago Police/Handout via Reuters
Derren Sorrells is pictured in this undated booking photo. Sorrells is charged in the murder of Nykea Aldridge, a cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade. Chicago Police/Handout via Reuters
Chicago police on Sunday said they have arrested two brothers and charged them with the fatal shooting of basketball star Dwyane Wade's cousin as she pushed a baby in a stroller, a murder that has stunned a city plagued by a surge in gang-related violence.
In a case that has emerged as a talking point in the U.S. presidential race, Darwin Sorrells Jr., 26, and Derren Sorrells, 22, are facing charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder in the death of Nykea Aldridge, a 32-year-old mother of four, police said.
The brothers, described as "documented gang members," are convicted felons who were out of prison on parole at the time of the shooting, police officials said at a Sunday press briefing.
Aldridge was hit when the suspects opened fire at the intended target, a driver of a car who told authorities he worked for Uber and was dropping off passengers.
In a briefing on Sunday, police did not say why the driver was targeted except to note that the man was from outside the area and appeared to have an exchange of words with the suspects.
One of the brothers was required to wear a monitoring device as a condition of his home confinement while on parole, except from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. when he was allowed to conduct personal business. It was during those hours that the shooting occurred, police said.
Darwin Sorrells was sentenced to six years in prison in 2013 on a gun charge but was "let out early," police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said on Twitter on Sunday.
It was not clear whether the brothers had a lawyer.
NATIONAL ATTENTION
In a city with as many as 90 shootings a week, homicides in Chicago this year are on track to reach their highest since 1997, raising concern about a reversal in the declining rate of serious crime in the country's largest cities in recent years.
Aldridge's death has drawn national attention because of the connection to Wade, a 12-time National Basketball Association All-Star who signed a two-year, $47.5 million deal this summer to play for his hometown team, the Chicago Bulls.
"This tragedy isn't just noteworthy because Ms Aldridge has a famous family member," Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson told reporters on Sunday. "It's noteworthy because these two offenders are the prime example of a challenge we have in Chicago of repeat offenders who ... clearly don't face the consequences of their actions."
On Saturday Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said in a campaign speech that the shooting illustrated why black voters would rally behind him, calling it an example of violence that Democrats have failed to address.
Earlier Trump was criticized for politicizing the killing, and for spelling the NBA player's name wrong, when he sent a Twitter message that read:
"Dwayne Wade's cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!"
Sen. Tim Kaine, who is running for vice president on the Democratic ticket with Hillary Clinton, suggested the remarks were inappropriate when asked about them.
"We ought to be extending our sympathy to the family -- that's the only reaction that is appropriate right now, and maybe a sadness about this gun violence issue, which we know is complicated," Kaine said.
Hours after his initial message, Trump followed up with a Tweet that offered condolences to Wade's family.
When asked about Trump's remarks, Johnson said: "If you have a magic bullet to stop the violence, not only in Chicago but anywhere in the country, please share it with us."
(Reporting by Chris Prentice, Jonathan Allen and Frank McGurty in New York; Editing by Alan Crosby and Andrea Ricci) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chicago-crime-wade-idUSKCN11209O?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/0f683b315061b477164968dfa3429081eb2c9e6f6b86c59289406bfca46ef4be.json |
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"Emily Stephenson"
] | 2016-08-31T05:03:12 | null | 2016-08-31T04:17:23 | Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday night called Democrats the "party of slavery" and praised what he called the millions of African Americans with career success, as he tries to revamp his outreach to minority voters. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-election-trump-minorities-idUSKCN1160C0%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=20160831&t=2&i=1151672663&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U066 | en | null | Trump calls Democrats 'party of slavery' in minority outreach effort | null | null | www.reuters.com | Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Everett, Washington, U.S., August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
EVERETT, Washington Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday night called Democrats the "party of slavery" and praised what he called the millions of African Americans with career success, as he tries to revamp his outreach to minority voters.
Trump has made much-maligned efforts to appeal to black and Hispanic voters, groups that generally support Democrats and are expected to vote heavily for Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 election.
"The Republican Party is the party of Abraham Lincoln," Trump said at a rally in Everett, Washington.
"It is the Democratic Party that is the party of slavery, the party of Jim Crow and the party of opposition," he said, referring to racial segregation laws that once existed in the American South.
The Republican nominee has said Democrats failed minority voters with economic policies that have not improved their job prospects, but his attempts have been criticized for painting a bleak view of the lives of all black and Hispanic Americans.
Clinton last week released an ad mocking Trump’s attempts to reach those groups and showing headlines about a racial discrimination lawsuit the New York real estate mogul faced in the 1970s.
A prominent supporter of Trump’s apologized on Tuesday for sending out a tweet that showed a cartoon image of Clinton in blackface.
Trump sought to correct course in Washington state on Tuesday, saying millions of black Americans "have succeeded greatly" in art, science, sports and other endeavors.
"But we must also talk about those who have been left behind, the millions suffering in disastrous conditions in so many of our inner cities," he said.
(Reporting by Emily Stephenson; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-minorities-idUSKCN1160C0?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/bee6b05fbb39e572ad359f8fb5b48594ba5b1122dad74c2ffbf9bbef71395a7d.json |
[
"Timothy Mclaughlin"
] | 2016-08-30T23:03:06 | null | 2016-08-30T22:48:40 | The chief of Chicago's police department recommended on Tuesday that five officers be fired over their role in the 2014 shooting death of an black teenager, an incident that heaped national scrutiny on the nation's second largest police force. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-chicago-police-idUSKCN1152UJ%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=20160830&t=2&i=1151648138&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1LY | en | null | Five Chicago officers face firing over slaying of black teen | null | null | www.reuters.com | Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke sits in the courtroom during a hearing in his shooting case of Laquan McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/Pool File Photo
Black Lives Matter protesters chant slogans in Grand Central Terminal as they protest the 2014 death of Laquan McDonald from Chicago in the Manhattan borough of New York December 14, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
CHICAGO The chief of Chicago's police department recommended on Tuesday that five officers be fired over their role in the 2014 shooting death of an black teenager, an incident that heaped national scrutiny on the nation's second largest police force.
Superintendent Eddie Johnson recommended to the Chicago Police Board that officer Jason Van Dyke who shot Laquan McDonald 16 times, be fired, along with another four officers.
The shooting made national headlines and sparked wide protests after the release of a dashboard video more than a year after the incident. The video shows the officer continued to fire after McDonald, 17, had fallen to the ground.
The Chicago Police Department has been under federal investigation over officers' use of lethal force.
The recommendation marks the start of formal proceedings in the officers' firing. The Police Board, whose nine members are appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, must consider Johnson's recommendation and then make the decision on firing the officers.
Van Dkye is facing charges of first-degree murder and is on unpaid leave. He has pleaded not guilty.
"Today, the Superintendent filed with the Police Board charges against five members of the Police Department alleging multiple rule violations stemming from the police involved fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald," a statement from the Police Board said.
"The Superintendent has recommended that each of the five officers be discharged from the Chicago Police Department."
The Police Board, whose nine members are appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, must consider Johnson's recommendation and then make the decision on firing the officers.
"The public is reminded that the filing of charges is not evidence of guilt," the statement added.
Sergeant Stephen Franko, officers Janet Mondragon, Daphne Sebastian and Ricardo Viramontes are named along with Van Dyke. According to charges released on Tuesday, all allegedly made false or inaccurate statements about the circumstances surrounding McDonald's death.
An initial status hearing for the cases is scheduled for Sept. 19.
The police reports on the October 2014 shooting conflicted with video footage of the incident, sparking accusations that Van Dyke's fellow officers were trying to cover up an unjustified shooting.
Emanuel fired police Superintendent Garry McCarthy in the wake of the video release, and thousands of protesters took to the streets of Chicago over McDonald's death and the subsequent handling of the case.
Initially Johnson recommended that 10 officers be terminated, though that number dropped to seven because some officers retired, among other reasons, the Chicago Tribune reported. It was unclear why that number dropped to five officers.
(Reporting by Timothy Mclaughlin in Chicago; Editing by Cynthia Osterman) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chicago-police-idUSKCN1152UJ?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/e1bdc1639d7eff44195df1951cc4e7c330d1ff23e54237b54f9e157f09f9a657.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T10:59:58 | null | 2016-08-29T09:14:26 | Seven-times major winner John McEnroe has ended his coaching role with Canada's Milos Raonic ahead of the year's final grand slam, the U.S. Open. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-tennis-mcenroe-idUSKCN1140R6%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=20160829&t=2&i=1151422944&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0DE | en | null | McEnroe ends coaching partnership with Raonic | null | null | www.reuters.com | Seven-times major winner John McEnroe has ended his coaching role with Canada's Milos Raonic ahead of the year's final grand slam, the U.S. Open.
McEnroe joined Raonic's coaching entourage in May as a consultant ahead of the grass-court season, and the world number six reached his first ever career grand slam final in Wimbledon, losing to Andy Murray in straight sets.
The American said his media commitments had become an "issue" at Wimbledon.
"When the US Open starts on Monday, he's got his people. I'm pulling for him and want him to do well," McEnroe told reporters.
"I'd love to see all the guys play their best because I think it's better for tennis. But it's best to sort of separate at this stage. It will just make life easier for everyone."
Raonic, who also has former world number one Carlos Moya among his coaching ranks, will begin his U.S. Open campaign against Germany's Dustin Brown.
(Reporting by Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru; editing by Amlan Chakraborty) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-mcenroe-idUSKCN1140R6?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0c2b8763a6a0011d675c32d1e77f908e0315348ab635364cbca750649331ed0d.json |
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"Jim Finkle"
] | 2016-08-26T21:01:56 | null | 2016-08-26T20:11:29 | Medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical Inc (STJ.N) said on Friday that a report by short-selling firm Muddy Waters and a cyber-security researcher alleging its heart devices were riddled with bugs was "false and misleading." | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-st-jude-medical-cyber-idUSKCN11129K%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=20160826&t=2&i=1151216040&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1E7 | en | null | St. Jude says report by short sellers 'false and misleading' | 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
Medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical Inc (STJ.N) said on Friday that a report by short-selling firm Muddy Waters and a cyber-security researcher alleging its heart devices were riddled with bugs was "false and misleading."
The report, which caused St Jude shares to decline after its release on Thursday, alleged there were significant security bugs in the company's Merlin@home device for monitoring implanted heart devices.
St. Jude initially responded on Thursday with a terse statement from its chief technology officer, Phil Ebeling, who said "the allegations are absolutely untrue." But he did not provide specific examples of errors.
St. Jude on Friday issued a longer analysis, saying the majority of the observations in the report applied to older versions of its Merlin@home devices, which had not been patched with security upgrades that the company automatically pushes out to customers.
"We want to reassure our patients that our systems meet the highest international security requirements, as required by regulatory authorities and international standards organizations," St Jude said.
Muddy Waters founder Carson Block and MedSec executives could not be reached for comment, but Block told CNBC cable television network: "If the deal were to break, I think that we could be $55 or lower," implying a drop of more than 27 percent from St. Jude's current share price.
A spokeswoman for Muddy Waters said he had no immediate response to St Jude's claim that the testing was done on older versions of its devices with unpatched software.
He said his only comment was that "We continue to stand by the report and are pleased the company has actually decided to respond to the allegations."
St Jude shares were little changed at $77.80 after the company released its statement following a halt in trading. Earlier they had traded as low as $75.34 in heavy trade.
Block said on Thursday he decided to short the stock after MedSec approached Muddy Waters about three months ago with results of research it had conducted into its medical device security.
The two struck a deal under which Block agreed to hire the cyber security firm as a consultant, pay it a licensing fee for the research and a percentage of any profits from the investment, Block said.
In its rebuttal on Friday, St Jude said the researchers used a "flawed test methodology on outdated software," demonstrating "lack of understanding of medical device technology."
(Reporting by Jim Finkle in Toronto; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe and James Dalgleish) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-st-jude-medical-cyber-idUSKCN11129K?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/0a7ee8d5aec2da77c9a2e597812b44d6695b0b53d6b81d317d51673e81b6bf7d.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T05:04:38 | null | 2016-08-29T03:45:47 | Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe edged above 60 percent for the first time in almost two years, and nearly the same percentage want him to stay in the top job until Tokyo hosts the Summer Games in 2020, a media survey showed on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-japan-politics-abe-idUSKCN114085%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=20160829&t=2&i=1151398288&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S03X | en | null | Majority want Japan PM Abe to stay on until Tokyo 2020 Olympics: poll | null | null | www.reuters.com | Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves after addressing the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) High Level Panel as part of the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Kenya's capital Nairobi, August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
TOKYO Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe edged above 60 percent for the first time in almost two years, and nearly the same percentage want him to stay in the top job until Tokyo hosts the Summer Games in 2020, a media survey showed on Monday.
Voters, however, were split over the premier's "Abenomics" growth recipe of hyper-easy monetary policy, fiscal spending and promised reforms, with 47 percent giving a thumbs down to the Bank of Japan's negative interest rate stance, the poll showed.
Support for Abe's cabinet hit 62 percent in the Aug 26 to 28 survey by the Nikkei business daily, up four points from earlier this month. The paper suggested the rise could be due to Olympics fever, after a closing ceremony in Rio de Janeiro where Abe appeared dressed as popular video game character Mario.
"I think the bump up was due to the feel-good factor of Japan doing well in the Olympics and 'Super Mario' is irrelevant," said Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asian studies at Temple University's Japan campus.
Japan won 41 medals, including 12 gold.
Speculation has simmered that Abe, already Japan's longest serving premier in a decade, wants to stay in his post long enough to host the 2020 Olympics.
Doing so would require a change in his Liberal Democratic Party's rules that limit the party presidency to two three-year terms. Abe's second term will end in September 2018.
Some LDP heavyweights have voiced support for the rule change, but potential rivals are less enthused.
A previous Nikkei survey showed 45 percent of voters were opposed to extending the LDP leader term limit against 41 percent in favor.
(Reporting by Linda Sieg; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-politics-abe-idUSKCN114085?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/d8168b205dccc1596ab56b0ea539b61777ee3d5a730c33547fd573317e2800b7.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-26T18:59:31 | null | 2016-08-26T17:40:08 | Two members of Guinea's Olympic team disappeared from the athletes village in Rio and have not been seen since, possibly having become illegal economic migrants, a senior sports official told Reuters on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-olympics-rio-guinea-idUSKCN11124U%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 | Two Guinea athletes flee Olympic village, stay in Brazil | null | null | www.reuters.com | CONAKRY Two members of Guinea's Olympic team disappeared from the athletes village in Rio and have not been seen since, possibly having become illegal economic migrants, a senior sports official told Reuters on Friday.
"The swimmer Amadou Camara and Mame Adama Bangoura, who does judo, fled the Olympic village and stayed in Brazil. They didn't come back with us," said Atef Chaloub, a member of Guinea's Olympic committee.
African athletes have on numerous occasions gone abroad for competition and stayed because of better economic and sporting opportunities in the host country. Five Guineans and 17 athletes from Cameroon stayed in Britain after the 2012 London Olympics.
(Reporting by Saliou Samb; Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Alison Williams) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-guinea-idUSKCN11124U?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/316831726db64c43b61d72d9520ec86434be3322b786e56b27c3bcba1f9d0594.json |
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"Tracy Rucinski",
"Jim Christie"
] | 2016-08-26T18:51:11 | null | 2016-08-26T17:54:59 | Energy Future Holdings Corp [EFHC.UL] [TXEFHE.UL], Texas' biggest power company, won U.S. court approval on Friday for a plan that will allow the bulk of its operations to exit Chapter 11 after two years of battling creditors. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-energy-future-bankruptcy-idUSKCN111228.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Energy Future wins court approval to exit bankruptcy | null | null | www.reuters.com | Energy Future Holdings Corp [EFHC.UL] [TXEFHE.UL], Texas' biggest power company, won U.S. court approval on Friday for a plan that will allow the bulk of its operations to exit Chapter 11 after two years of battling creditors.
"I am going to overrule all of the remaining objections, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi said in court in Wilmington, Delaware. "I am prepared to confirm."
Dallas-based Energy Future filed for bankruptcy in April 2014 when weak electricity prices left it unable to service $42 billion in debt, mostly related to the company's creation through a 2007 leveraged buyout.
It was the largest U.S. bankruptcy since that of General Motors Co (GM.N) in 2009.
The reorganized company will own TXU Energy, the state's largest retail electric utility, and Luminant, Texas' largest power plant operator and largest coal miner. The spinoff of the two divisions into the new company avoids a tax liability that had worried creditors.
The potential for a "massive" tax liability was the "elephant in the room," Sontchi said on Friday, adding he believed the plan "was the best possible deal" to push the company out of bankruptcy.
"A tax-free separation was a critical component to maximizing the value of the estate," Energy Future spokesman Allan Koenig said in an email.
Energy Future's 80 percent stake in power distribution business Oncor, which owns the largest network of power lines in Texas, remains in Chapter 11 and will face its own confirmation hearing in December.
A previous plan by Energy Future to exit bankruptcy won approval from Sontchi last year but fell apart when regulators opposed the sale of Oncor to a group of creditors and investors led by privately held Hunt Consolidated Inc of Texas.
Energy Future agreed in July to sell Oncor to Florida's NextEra Energy Inc (NEE.N) in a deal valued at $18.4 billion but is still accepting other bids for the business.
Before it becomes effective the latest reorganization needs regulatory approval from the Railroad Commission of Texas, which the company said it expects in September.
The plan won broad support from creditors but was opposed by some noteholders who said it would not fairly compensate creditors for tax benefits and back-office operations that would be transferred to the new company.
The new owners, the company's first lien lenders, have yet to select a name for the reorganized company.
(Reporting by Tracy Rucinski in Chicago and Jim Christie in San Francisco; Editing by Matthew Lewis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-energy-future-bankruptcy-idUSKCN111228 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/c0928140807e8bed01ccad25fe079c78983b06e136374c984202d5e1944a2983.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T21:04:49 | null | 2016-08-29T20:39:27 | Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres still leads the race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General after a third U.N. Security Council secret ballot on Monday, diplomats said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-un-election-idUSKCN1142B4%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=20160829&t=2&i=1151491687&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S1B5 | en | null | Portugal's Guterres still leads race for U.N. chief after third ballot | null | null | www.reuters.com | Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees, pauses during a news conference for the launch of the Global Humanitarian Appeal 2016 at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland December 7, 2015. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File photo
UNITED NATIONS Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres still leads the race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General after a third U.N. Security Council secret ballot on Monday, diplomats said.
The 15-member council cast a ballot for each of the remaining 10 candidates, and the choices are: encourage, discourage or no opinion. Guterres received 11 encourage, three discourage and one no opinion, diplomats said.
Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak jumped to second spot in the race, diplomats said.
The Security Council will hold secret ballots until a consensus is reached on a candidate to replace U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon of South Korea who steps down at the end of 2016 after serving two five-year terms.
(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by James Dalgleish) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-election-idUSKCN1142B4?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/8456f9e3724d0c04194c57480ca6686d532f04b89e1283f0d1096f877190e3bc.json |
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"Padraic Halpin"
] | 2016-08-29T19:02:26 | null | 2016-08-29T18:35:43 | The European Commission will rule against Ireland's tax dealings with Apple (AAPL.O) on Tuesday, two source familiar with the decision told Reuters, one of whom said Dublin would be told to recoup over 1 billion euros in back taxes. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-eu-apple-taxavoidance-idUSKCN114211%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=20160829&t=2&i=1151475823&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S15H | en | null | EU to hand Apple Irish tax bill of over 1 billion euro, source says | null | null | www.reuters.com | A customer enters the new Apple store, which is the world's largest, on its opening day at Covent Garden in London August 7, 2010. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo
DUBLIN The European Commission will rule against Ireland's tax dealings with Apple (AAPL.O) on Tuesday, two source familiar with the decision told Reuters, one of whom said Dublin would be told to recoup over 1 billion euros in back taxes.
The Commission declined to comment on Monday.
The European Commission accused Ireland in 2014 of dodging international tax rules by letting Apple shelter profits worth tens of billions of dollars from tax collectors in return for maintaining jobs. Apple and Ireland rejected the accusation; both have said they will appeal any adverse ruling.
The source said the Commission will recommend a figure in back taxes that it expects to be collected, but it will be up to Irish authorities to calculate exactly what is owed.
A bill in excess of 1 billion euros ($1.12 billion) would be far more than the 30 million euros each the European Commission previously ordered Dutch authorities to recover from U.S. coffee chain Starbucks (SBUX.O) and Luxembourg from Fiat Chrysler (FCHA.MI) for their tax deals.
Both companies and countries have appealed those decisions.
When it opened the Apple investigation in 2014, the Commission told the Irish government that tax rulings it agreed in 1991 and 2007 with the iPhone maker amounted to state aid and might have broken EU laws.
The Commission said the rulings were "reverse engineered" to ensure that Apple had a minimal Irish bill and that minutes of meetings between Apple representatives and Irish tax officials showed the company's tax treatment had been "motivated by employment considerations."
Apple employs 5,500 workers, or about a quarter of its European-based staff in the Irish city of Cork, where it is the largest private sector employer. It has said it paid Ireland's 12.5 percent rate on all the income that it generates in the country.
Ireland's low corporate tax rate has been a cornerstone of economic policy for 20 years, drawing investors from major multinational companies whose staff account for almost one in 10 workers in Ireland.
Some opposition Irish lawmakers have urged Dublin to collect whatever tax the Commission orders it to. But the main opposition party Fianna Fail, whose support the minority administration relies on to pass laws, said it would support an appeal based on the reassurances it had been given by the government to date.
The U.S. Treasury Department published a white paper last week that said the EU executive's tax investigations departed from international taxation norms and would have an outsized impact on U.S. companies. The Commission said it treated all companies equally.
($1 = 0.8938 euros)
(Additional reporting by Robin Emmott in Brussels; editing by Ralph Boulton, Larry King) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-taxavoidance-idUSKCN114211?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/c3601e4d990cf677b80d30151d21b5d622bf35d865dfe195a1c2006958bd0748.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-28T16:53:29 | 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%3DlifestyleMolt.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=lifestyleMolt | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/d29b6e63ee199bcb646ed8dbfce607c92e64d8a2c5b6c39552a2660b977991b7.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T07:04:48 | null | 2016-08-29T05:55:51 | A bomb exploded at the Brussels Institute of Criminology in the north of the Belgian capital on Monday but the building was empty and no one was wounded, broadcaster RTL said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-europe-attacks-belgium-idUSKCN1140AS%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 | Bomb explodes at Brussels criminology institute, no casualties: broadcaster RTL | null | null | www.reuters.com | BRUSSELS A bomb exploded at the Brussels Institute of Criminology in the north of the Belgian capital on Monday but the building was empty and no one was wounded, broadcaster RTL said.
Brussels prosecutors confirmed that there had been an explosion at the institute and that there had been no casualties but said the cause had still not been determined.
A car rammed through the barriers at about 3 a.m. local time and one or more attackers exploded a bomb near the laboratories which caught fire, RTL said.
The institute is linked to the Belgian ministry of justice and carries out forensic investigations in criminal cases, it says on its website.
Europe has been on high alert after Islamic State attacks in Paris and Brussels over the past year.
(Reporting by Robert-Jan Bartunek; Editing by Nick Macfie) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-attacks-belgium-idUSKCN1140AS?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/0cd8ac4a642cd3e2cb643fbb6be279f5c96d13b6bd4104649094bcc56cac4ab7.json |
[
"Andrea Shalal"
] | 2016-08-26T13:19:37 | null | 2016-03-30T16:30:03 | The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as "destabilizing," U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-southchinasea-philippines-work-idUSKCN0WW1QB%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://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160330&t=2&i=1128905435&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC2T0YW | en | null | U.S. says it will not recognize South China Sea exclusion zone | null | null | www.reuters.com | Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea this still image from video taken by a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft May 21, 2015. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters
WASHINGTON The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as "destabilizing," U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said on Wednesday.
U.S. officials have expressed concern that an international court ruling expected in the coming weeks on a case brought by the Philippines against China over its South China Sea claims could prompt Beijing to declare an air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, in the region, as it did in the East China Sea in 2013.
Work told an event hosted by the Washington Post that the United States would not recognize such an exclusion zone in the South China Sea, just as it did not recognize the one China established in the East China Sea.
China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year.
"We don't believe they have a basis in international law, and we've said over and over (that) we will fly, sail and go wherever international law allows," Work said.
"We have spoken quite plainly to our Chinese counterparts and said that we think an ADIZ would be destabilizing. We would prefer that all of the claims in the South China Sea be handled through mediation and not force or coercion," he said.
Work spoke as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepared to visit Washington for a nuclear security summit this week.
The United States has accused China of raising tensions in the South China Sea by its apparent deployment of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island, a move China has neither confirmed nor denied.
China, for its part, has repeatedly accused the United States of militarizing the South China Sea through its freedom of navigation patrols in the region and the expansion of military alliances with countries such as the Philippines.
In February, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said his country's South China Sea military deployments were no different from U.S. deployments on Hawaii.
Tensions between China and its neighbors Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan over sovereignty in the South China Sea have risen after Beijing embarked on significant reclamations on disputed islands and reefs in the area.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Alan Crosby) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-philippines-work-idUSKCN0WW1QB?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 | 2016-03-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7ecab6e6b748890e0eca019d91616e7fe94210c5d7c4160825f9211c7f771b20.json |
[
"Hilary Russ"
] | 2016-08-31T03:03:08 | null | 2016-08-31T02:12:00 | New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday vetoed a bill to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next five years. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-new-jersey-wages-idUSKCN1152JA%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=20160831&t=2&i=1151662683&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1HN | en | null | New Jersey Governor Christie vetoes minimum wage hike to $15/hr | null | null | www.reuters.com | Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie waves as he departs after speaking during the second session at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday vetoed a bill to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour over the next five years.
The legislation would have made New Jersey the third state to adopt a $15 per hour minimum wage, Christie said in a statement.
State voters agreed to a previous wage hike in 2013, to $8.25 from $7.25. New Jersey's rate is tied to the consumer price index and is now at $8.38, according to a database from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
"Despite having a constitutional mandate in place, the legislature now wants to increase the minimum wage by almost 80 percent just three years later," Christie said in a statement about his veto.
Christie, a close ally of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said the wage bill passed by Democrats, who control both houses of state legislature, failed to consider the ability of businesses to absorb the increased labor costs.
Neighboring New York State, as well as California, became the first states to lift the minimum wage toward $15 earlier this year.
While California's higher rate will be in effect statewide by 2022, New York created a two-speed system, with different timetables for New York City and nearby counties, versus the "upstate" regions where incomes are lower and labor markets less robust.
Some cities are also stepping up to higher wage levels. Washington, D.C.'s minimum wage will reach $15 per hour by July 1, 2020, after it enacted a law this year. The city's current level is $10.50.
Washington and 29 states have set minimum wages above the federal rate of $7.25 an hour, according to the NCSL.
Michele Siekerka, president of the New Jersey Business & Industry Association, praised Christie's veto, saying the increase was "too much too fast."
"Had this bill been signed, it would not only have hurt the New Jersey economy, but it would have hurt the exact workers the proponents of this policy are trying to help," she said in a statement.
Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, lead sponsor of the bill, said in a statement the wage increase is a key component to Democrats' strategy to combat poverty.
"A substantial minimum wage increase will help lift countless families out of poverty, decrease government dependency and boost commerce by pumping more dollars back into the economy," he said.
(Reporting by Hilary Russ in New York; Editing by Chris Reese) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-jersey-wages-idUSKCN1152JA?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/332eb451ee16e7cafd3abc8fb9e18eae5e49e0c932036d5df1bad71156df6ea0.json |
[
"Amy Tennery"
] | 2016-08-30T19:00:16 | null | 2016-08-30T17:09:44 | San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's sideline protest during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a National Football League pre-season game last week has generated criticism from current and former NFL stars. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-nfl-kaepernick-idUSKCN1152AJ%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=20160830&t=2&i=1151613719&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1BB | en | null | Kaepernick protest prompts backlash from NFL greats | null | null | www.reuters.com | San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stands on the field before their NFL pre-season football game against the Denver Broncos in San Francisco, California, U.S. August 8, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo
NEW YORK San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's sideline protest during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a National Football League pre-season game last week has generated criticism from current and former NFL stars.
Kaepernick, 28, sat during the national anthem on Friday in a protest against racial injustice in the United States, a move that prompted boos from some fans.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday that while he can "respect" Kaepernick's cause, he doesn't "agree with the method he chose."
"If you want to make a point or take a stand, go straight after the root of that cause," wrote Ward. "Don't disrespect the whole country or the organization that's paying you millions of dollars."
Jerry Rice, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who won three Super Bowl championships while with the 49ers, wrote on Twitter Monday that Kaepernick should not "disrespect the flag."
"All lives matter. So much going on in this world today. Can we all just get along!" tweeted the former wide receiver and 20-year veteran of the league, adding that he respects Kaepernick's "stance."
New Orleans' Saints quarterback Drew Brees tweeted Monday, "I agree with his protest, I DON'T agree w his METHOD."
That said, Kaepernick did attract some unqualified support.
Hall of Famer Jim Brown said on the TV program "NFL Total Access" that he supports Kaepernick's stance.
"I think Pandora's box is open," Brown said. "I'm very happy that it is."
When reached by e-mail for comment, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said that NFL players "are encouraged but not required to stand" for the national anthem.
The San Francisco 49ers, which previously released a statement in support of Kaepernick, declined to comment further.
The team is scheduled to play Thursday against the San Diego Chargers in its final pre-season matchup.
(Reporting By Amy Tennery; Editing by Cynthia Osterman) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nfl-kaepernick-idUSKCN1152AJ?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6f60f05beab684e6343b07358508f9faa90bd3c4b9ee2b3d3f5d1b7504657fd8.json |
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"Rebecca Howard",
"Byron Kaye"
] | 2016-08-26T13:19:54 | null | 2016-08-25T06:59:36 | A New Zealand pizza chain aims to become the world's first company to offer a commercial drone delivery service, a milestone in the once-unthinkable quest to save time and money with an air-borne supply chain dispensing with people. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-newzealand-drones-food-idUSKCN1100H0%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DoddlyEnoughNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FoddlyEnoughNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BOddly%2BEnough%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160825&t=2&i=1150976695&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O09L | en | null | Pizza by drone: unmanned air delivery set to take off in New Zealand | null | null | www.reuters.com | A pizza delivery drone sits with a pizza box underneath before a test flight in Auckland, New Zealand, August 25, 2016. Domino's/Handout via REUTERS
A delivery drone performs a test flight with a Domino's pizza box in Auckland, New Zealand, August 25, 2016. Domino's/Handout via REUTERS
WELLINGTON/SYDNEY A New Zealand pizza chain aims to become the world's first company to offer a commercial drone delivery service, a milestone in the once-unthinkable quest to save time and money with an air-borne supply chain dispensing with people.
Some of the world's biggest companies including Amazon.com Inc and Google, or Alphabet Inc as it is known, have plans to make deliveries by drone and aviation authorities in the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand have been relaxing rules to allow air deliveries.
Last month, U.S. convenience store chain 7-Eleven Inc [SILC.UL] conducted the first single commercial drone delivery - coffee, donuts and a chicken sandwich - as part of a trial.
Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd conducted a demonstration pizza delivery by drone in the New Zealand city of Auckland on Thursday, and afterwards said it aimed to be the first company to launch a regular drone service, late this year.
"We've always said that it doesn't make sense to have a 2-tonne machine delivering a 2-kilogram order," Domino's Chief Executive Officer Don Meij said in a statement.
With clear skies and small population of 4.4 million, New Zealand last year became one of the world's first countries to clear commercial drone deliveries.
"Our enabling laws and regulation means we have the ideal environment," New Zealand Transport Minister Simon Bridges said after the Domino's test flight.
But Philip Solaris, director of another drone company, X-craft Enterprises, said that while New Zealand has accommodating regulations on drones, Domino’s would be held back by a rule requiring drones to be kept in sight at all times.
"I can't truly see how commercially viable that idea is because you would have to literally have somebody walking along to keep it in the line of sight, watching it at all times," Solaris said.
Domino’s service would still need to overcome "random hazards (like) power lines, moving vehicles, children in the backyard playing”, he said.
The Domino's and 7-Eleven deliveries both used drones provided by U.S.-headquarted Australian drone company Flirtey.
Domino's said it is also looking at opportunities for drone delivery trials in Australia, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Japan and Germany.
In Australia, drone deliveries will be legal next month, provided the drones stay at least 30 meters (100 feet) from houses.
In the United States, drones will be allowed to make deliveries from Aug. 29, but not across state lines or over people.
(Reporting by Rebecca Howard and Byron Kaye; Editing by Robert Birsel) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-drones-food-idUSKCN1100H0?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28Reuters+Oddly+Enough%29 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0a94e4fbbe7d41896033962ccd750f23477fd3f0785d0be67ff89d522b979fae.json |
[
"Alex Dobuzinskis"
] | 2016-08-28T11:01:43 | null | 2016-08-28T10:27:55 | A nationwide drive to weaken job guarantees for U.S. public school teachers shows no sign of fading away even though an extended legal battle to stop the practice of granting tenure in California went down in defeat last week. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-teachers-tenure-idUSKCN1130BZ%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | California legal setback fails to discourage tenure opponents | null | null | www.reuters.com | LOS ANGELES A nationwide drive to weaken job guarantees for U.S. public school teachers shows no sign of fading away even though an extended legal battle to stop the practice of granting tenure in California went down in defeat last week.
The California challenge, which would have made it easier for school districts to fire teachers deemed to be underachievers, reached the end of the line when the California Supreme Court declined to take up the case.
The decision was a setback for advocates of sweeping changes in education that unionized teachers generally oppose, including a repeal of tenure and more funding for charter schools.
Even so, advocates of change have wasted little time in regrouping. One group has introduced a federal lawsuit in Connecticut aiming to boost student access to charter schools, while a second group announced plans for a lawsuit challenging teacher job protections in a still-undetermined state.
"Moments like these, for people who understand the legal landscape, it motivates them even more to say 'OK, let's try it somewhere else,'" said Ralia Polechronis, executive director of the Partnership for Educational Justice.
Her group already is behind lawsuits aimed at ending teacher tenure in Minnesota and New York. It said last week it was planning to help bring a similar lawsuit as soon as this year in a state yet to be named.
In addition to opposition to tenure, other like-minded advocacy groups have embraced standardized testing for students, more funding for charter schools and linking teacher salaries to student performance.
In the last five years, North Carolina, Florida and Kansas, all with Republican-controlled legislatures, have passed laws to eliminate or phase out tenure for public school teachers. But most other U.S. states have some form of tenure.
The lawsuits are the latest salvo in a decades-old battle over job guarantees in U.S. public schools, which critics say have failed students despite public spending on education that exceeds that of many other developed countries.
Unions and their supporters say, however, that many schools suffer from inadequate funding and inept administration, not bad teachers. Tenure for experienced teachers guarantees them due process, not necessarily a job for life, they say. It enables instructors to teach controversial topics without fear of being dismissed or pressured politically.
Lawsuits that challenge tenure are imposing a significant litigation cost on states and unions that have to defend against them, said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
"They are on an ideological path to undermine public schools," she said of union opponents.
CALIFORNIA BATTLE
California is among a number of states whose lawmakers tend to support teacher unions and have rejected proposals to weaken tenure laws.
That led a California group called Students Matter to a novel approach in 2012. In a case named after high school student Beatriz Vergara, Students Matter side-stepped the legislature and filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down tenure, arguing that job guarantees infringed the constitutional rights of students.
In 2014, a Los Angeles judge agreed, finding that poor and minority students were disproportionately harmed because they were most likely to be saddled with bad teachers school districts cannot not fire.
In April, however, a California appeals court panel overturned the ruling, saying problems with the state's educational system stemmed from the decisions of school administrators, not just state tenure laws. The California Supreme Court on Aug. 22 declined to review the case, Vergara v. California.
Legal analysts said reform groups face an uphill battle with the lawsuits.
Even so Marc Porter Magee, chief executive and founder of the education advocacy group 50CAN, said more legal actions to end tenure are likely.
Students Matter filed its latest lawsuit in federal court in Connecticut on Tuesday, a day after the defeat of its Vergara case. The lawsuit challenges laws that, according to Students Matter, prevent students from attending charter schools, which are privately run but funded with taxpayer money, or campuses with specialized instructional programs.
The group said it is appropriate to elevate their fight to federal court.
"In our history as a nation, when the states decline to protect the constitutional rights of their citizens under their own constitutions and under their own laws, citizens have had to turn to the federal courts," Students Matter attorney Ted Boutrous said.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Sharon Bernstein and Steve Orlofsky) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-teachers-tenure-idUSKCN1130BZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fcc2e18762aefb525806f5c794655b92b820c9f6c1e286feab68d5e1baeb27bd.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-26T13:20:00 | null | 2016-08-22T19:23:41 | About 1,500 Americans floating down a river that separates the United States from Canada had to be rescued from the water when strong rains and winds sent them illegally into Canadian territory, the country's coast guard said on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-canada-usa-party-idUSKCN10X216%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/r/?m=02&d=20160822&t=2&i=1150647860&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7L189 | en | null | Hundreds of Americans wash up illegally in Canada after river party | null | null | www.reuters.com | A Canadian Coast Guard ship tows floatation devices used by U.S. partiers to the Canadian side of the St. Clair River between Michigan and Ontario on August 21, 2016. Canadian Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters
TORONTO About 1,500 Americans floating down a river that separates the United States from Canada had to be rescued from the water when strong rains and winds sent them illegally into Canadian territory, the country's coast guard said on Monday.
The Americans were taking part in the annual Port Huron Float Down on Sunday in the St. Clair River, which runs between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario.
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The winds blew the flotilla of inflatable rafts and inner tubes off course and toward the Canadian shore. Some rafts deflated, spurring a rescue effort by the Canadian Coast Guard as well as federal and provincial police, coast guard spokeswoman Carol Launderville said in an email.
Most "floaters" had to be rescued from the water, with many towed to shore, according to the coast guard.
"They were terrified of entering another country without documentation. No one carries their passport or any ID, and a lot were drinking alcohol," Peter Garapick, superintendent of search and rescue for the coast guard, told CBC television.
Some tried to swim back to the United States.
"We had to pull a lot of people out of the water and say 'no,'" Garapick said.
The Americans were gathered at Sarnia, Ontario, and bussed back to the United States by the city's public transit.
Sarnia police did not say whether anyone was charged in the incident and there were only minor injuries reported.
Launderville said the event has no official organizer and poses "significant and unusual hazards" due to the river's fast-moving current and participants' lack of life jackets.
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A Facebook page for the event, which dates back more than 30 years in the city of Port Huron, west of the border from Sarnia, made a post Sunday night thanking Canadian authorities.
"You've shown us true kindness and what it means to be amazing neighbors!" the post read.
The Facebook page appears to be operated by a group named Port Huron Float Down, which says on its website it is not an organizer. The page's operators did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
(Reporting by Ethan Lou in Toronto; Editing by Andrew Hay) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-usa-party-idUSKCN10X216?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28Reuters+Oddly+Enough%29 | en | 2016-08-22T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/9f09d0bfdfc0b1b94c4fc64999b0d856c66ca5c67843a0cb6b537e91201dd6da.json |
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"Dan Whitcomb"
] | 2016-08-30T01:02:58 | null | 2016-08-29T23:44:14 | California lawmakers, responding to outrage over the six-month jail term given to a former Stanford University swimmer after his conviction for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, passed legislation on Monday closing a loophole that allowed the sentence. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-california-rape-bill-idUSKCN1142G9%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=1151505418&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S1DH | en | null | California lawmakers pass rape bill inspired by Stanford case | null | null | www.reuters.com | A hand-made sign referencing consent in relation to sexual assault lays on the ground at the Stanford University commencement ceremony in Palo Alto, California, U.S. June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
LOS ANGELES California lawmakers, responding to outrage over the six-month jail term given to a former Stanford University swimmer after his conviction for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, passed legislation on Monday closing a loophole that allowed the sentence.
The bill now goes to Democratic Governor Jerry Brown for his approval. He has not indicated whether he will sign it into law.
The measure was introduced in response to the sentence given to 20-year-old Brock Turner by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky in June, which was widely condemned as too lenient.
Prosecutors had asked that Turner be given six years in state prison. He is scheduled to be released on Friday from jail in Northern California.
"Sexually assaulting an unconscious or intoxicated victim is a terrible crime and our laws need to reflect that," Democratic Assemblyman Bill Dodd, a co-author of the legislation, said in a written statement following its passage.
Turner was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape, penetration of an intoxicated person and penetration of an unconscious person in the January 2015 attack. Under California law, those charges are not considered rape because they did not involve penile penetration.
The uproar over the sentence, fueled in part by the victim's harrowing letter in which she detailed the assault in graphic terms, comes amid growing outrage over sexual assault on U.S. college campuses.
“This bill is about more than sentencing, it’s about supporting victims and changing the culture on our college campuses to help prevent future crimes," Dodd said.
The case has also led to efforts to remove Persky from the bench. Earlier this month, the judge asked for a transfer to civil court.
According to the legislators, current California law calls for a mandatory prison term in cases of rape or sexual assault where force is used, but not when the victim is unconscious or severely intoxicated and thus unable to resist.
The bill, which faced no serious opposition in the Democratic-controlled legislature, would eliminate a judge's discretion to sentence defendants convicted of such crimes to probation. Under its provisions, Turner would have faced a minimum of three years behind bars.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Leslie Adler and Peter Cooney) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-rape-bill-idUSKCN1142G9?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/cc4591fa4aa1d08d071beeb1b45c360243a995a1e798da0a904dd372df0ad824.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:50:32 | null | 2016-08-29T08:13:43 | A truck transporting Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag inflators and propellants that are at the center of a global recall exploded in Texas earlier this month, resulting in one death and four injuries, the embattled auto parts supplier said on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-autos-takata-blast-idUSKCN1140NJ%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=20160829&t=2&i=1151418023&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0BO | en | null | Truck carrying Takata air bag inflators causes blast in U.S., one killed | null | null | www.reuters.com | The logo of Takata Corp is seen on its display through a vehicle at a showroom for vehicles in Tokyo, Japan, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
TOKYO A truck transporting Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag inflators and propellants that are at the center of a global recall exploded in Texas earlier this month, resulting in one death and four injuries, the embattled auto parts supplier said on Monday.
The truck operated by a subcontractor was traveling to a Takata plant in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Aug. 22 when the accident occurred, causing an explosion which incinerated one home, local media reported.
A Takata spokesman in Tokyo was unable to confirm the date and location of the accident, but said the truck was carrying air bag inflators and propellants containing ammonium nitrate, the volatile chemical compound linked to the supplier's exploding air bags, and that the blast killed one woman.
"Takata immediately deployed personnel to the site and has been working closely with the subcontractor and the appropriate authorities to investigate this incident," the company said in a statement.
The spokesman said Takata has a warehouse in Eagle Pass which stocks inflators manufactured across the U.S.-Mexico border at its plant in Monclova, which has been confirmed as one of the sources of its defective air bags.
These air bags have been linked to the deaths of at least 14 people and have sparked the global auto industry's biggest-ever recall. Prolonged exposure of the inflators to hot conditions can cause air bags to explode with excessive force, spraying shrapnel into passenger compartments.
More than 100 million vehicles worldwide have been slated for recall to replace Takata inflators, which in addition to the deaths, are linked to more than 150 injuries - mostly in the United States and involving Honda Motor Co Ltd (7267.T) cars.
Takata is looking for a financial sponsor to help overhaul its business and carry ballooning costs as it faces potentially billions of dollars worth of liabilities over the sometimes deadly defects in its inflators.
(Reporting by Naomi Tajitsu; Editing by Christopher Cushing) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-takata-blast-idUSKCN1140NJ?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/00a1c6d06414362a5728d839ae5afac29804a18d559b799b2b8f67f16c6075e3.json |
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"M. Seaman"
] | 2016-08-29T16:52:50 | null | 2016-08-29T16:05:53 | By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) - Pediatricians are increasingly encountering parents who don't want their children immunized against infectious | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-pediatrics-vaccines-idUSKCN1141RY%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 | Docs facing more parents who refuse to vaccinate kids | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Reuters Health) - Pediatricians are increasingly encountering parents who don't want their children immunized against infectious diseases, and a leading medical organization wants to help them address parents' fears and questions about vaccines.
The American Academy of Pediatrics found in a 2006 survey of its members that about three quarters had encountered parents who refused to have their children vaccinated. That proportion grew to nearly 90 percent of doctors in 2013.
Parents' attitudes toward vaccines are changing over time, said Dr. Kathryn Edwards, lead author of an AAP statement published Monday in Pediatrics.
Vaccines are often a victim of their own success since they - as intended - prevent diseases from sickening people, Edwards told Reuters Health.
Roughly three quarters of doctors reported that parents delay vaccines due to concerns about discomfort and almost the same proportion say parents delay vaccines over fears about burdening the immune system.
"Parental concerns must be addressed, and concerns will vary among parents," the AAP says in its statement.
Some parents worry that the vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is unsafe and increases sexual activity, the statement says.
"Reassuring parents that the vaccine is safe and that there is no evidence that the HPV vaccine increases sexual activity may dispel their concerns," it says.
About 94 percent of pediatricians surveyed in 2013 said they had tried to educate parents who refuse vaccines. About a third said education changed parents' minds.
"I think parents who have concerns about vaccines should continue to discuss them with their pediatricians," said Dr. Catherine Hough-Telford, who led the survey of the AAP members.
"Parents need to remember both they and the pediatrician want the best for the children and that continuing to discuss vaccines is important to address parental concerns," said Hough-Telford, who is also affiliated with the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
The proportion of pediatricians who dismissed from their practice parents who refuse to vaccinate rose from about 6 percent in 2006 to about 12 percent in 2013.
Pediatricians who turn away parents who refuse vaccinations need to make sure the children can still receive care and won't be turned away in illness, said Edwards, who is a professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
In a separate statement, the AAP says routine childhood vaccinations are integral to the public health infrastructure in the U.S. Most states allow children to be exempt from school-required immunizations; while the AAP supports medical exemptions, it views non-medical exemptions as inappropriate for individual health, public health and ethical reasons.
Edwards said required immunizations are important, because vaccinating the vast majority of children also protects those who for some reason are not protected by the shots.
"As the measles outbreak showed in California, when you have large numbers of unvaccinated children, they also put those who are vaccinated at risk," she said.
Even vaccinated are at greater risk for the disease if they live among unvaccinated children, "because the vaccines are not 100 percent effective," she said.
SOURCE: bit.ly/2bLO4iT, bit.ly/2bLNMsx and bit.ly/2bLON3G Pediatrics, online August 29, 2016. | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-pediatrics-vaccines-idUSKCN1141RY?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/eb6a3019b128266b8ef5dd85a60f7da69991835b207c5026680237ac440d2b6c.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:59:27 | null | 2016-08-26T14:16:55 | German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is unlikely to play for Manchester United this season, manager Jose Mourinho said on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-soccer-england-mun-mourinho-idUSKCN1111OG%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=20160826&t=2&i=1151179551&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0ZW | en | null | Schweinsteiger unlikely to play for Man United: Mourinho | null | null | www.reuters.com | German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is unlikely to play for Manchester United this season, manager Jose Mourinho said on Friday.
Mourinho has used Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini and Spaniard Ander Herrera this season and the signings of Paul Pogba and Henrikh Mkhitaryan have pushed Schweinsteiger further down the pecking order.
The 32-year-old Schweinsteiger, who announced his retirement from international football last month, is yet to make a first team appearance this season and has been training with the club's reserves.
"It is very difficult to happen. I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying that it's very difficult. We have five players for two positions. It's very difficult that an opportunity will arrive (for him)," Mourinho told reporters.
Mourinho is surprised Bayern Munich have not attempted to bring Schweinsteiger back to the club where he played for 13 seasons before joining United last year.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said players were going to think long and hard before joining United following Mourinho's treatment of Schweinsteiger.
"I thought, when I read some quotes from people at Bayern Munich, they would run to Manchester to bring him back, but no, that didn't happen. I'm quite surprised Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is not here to take him back," Mourinho added.
The 53-year-old Portuguese does not expect the top teams to falter like they did last season and believes clubs vying for the title would need more than the 81 points Leicester City collected to win the Premier League this year.
"I think that more points will be needed to win the competition because many of the top teams under-performed last year, which was amazing for the beauty of the competition," Mourinho added.
The former Chelsea boss also confirmed that United were not planning on bringing in more players in the current transfer window.
"So I think we're going to have a very quiet week, not surrounded by helicopters, waiting for somebody to leave or to arrive, so I am more than happy with the squad I have," he said.
Three-times European champions United, who have been drawn in a tough Europa League group alongside Fenerbahce, Feyenoord and Zorya Luhansk, travel to Hull City on Saturday.
(Reporting by Ian Rodricks in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-england-mun-mourinho-idUSKCN1111OG?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/1e30991f3858124129b68ee6edc47fd30eab7d016e5f33b35480161dfb4ea1b5.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:51:04 | null | 2016-08-26T14:31:32 | Wall Street was higher on Friday morning after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the case for raising U.S. interest rates has strengthened in recent months. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-stocks-idUSKCN1111KW.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151175997&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0WT | en | null | Wall Street rises as Yellen says case for rate hike stronger | null | null | www.reuters.com | Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Wall Street was higher on Friday morning after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the case for raising U.S. interest rates has strengthened in recent months.
Yellen, speaking before a gathering of global central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, did not indicate when the Fed would raise rates, but said the central bank thinks future hikes should be "gradual".
"In light of the continued solid performance of the labor market and our outlook for economic activity and inflation, I believe the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened in recent months," Yellen said in prepared remarks.
All 10 major S&P 500 sectors were higher. Financials .SPSY, which stand to gain the most if rates are raised, jumped 0.78 percent.
Bank of America (BAC.N), JPMorgan (JPM.N), Goldman Sachs' (GS.N), Citigroup (C.N) and Wells Fargo (WFC.N) rose between 0.9 percent and 2 percent.
At 10:24 a.m. EDT the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 104.33 points, or 0.57 percent, at 18,552.74.
The S&P 500 .SPX was up 13.91 points, or 0.64 percent, at 2,186.38 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 37.84 points, or 0.73 percent, at 5,250.04.
The dollar index .DXY pared losses to trade largely flat.
"Yellen wants to set the table for a September hike, but perhaps only deliver the hike in November or December," said Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo Funds Management, in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
The markets have been on tenterhooks all of this week in the run-up to Yellen's speech. Wall Street has dropped about 0.5 percent from Monday through Thursday.
A report on Friday showed the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than previously estimated for the second quarter. However, consumer spending, which makes up more than two-thirds of economic activity, was revised up to show it increased at the fastest rate since the fourth quarter of 2014.
Shares of Herbalife (HLF.N) fell 5.8 percent after a report said Carl Icahn, the nutritional supplement maker's top shareholder, was looking to sell his stake.
GameStop (GME.N) dropped 8 percent after quarterly revenue at the world's largest retailer of video games missed analysts' estimates.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners on the NYSE by 2,254 to 511. On the Nasdaq, 1,918 issues rose and 596 fell.
The S&P 500 index showed 27 new 52-week highs and 1 new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 86 new highs and 10 new lows.
(Reporting by Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks-idUSKCN1111KW | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/c59a40858cde30c17ed98476b11d89308ef544e57d4f21054e1740ce3cd80904.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T13:03:15 | null | 2016-08-31T12:34:18 | Turkey will not agree a truce with Kurdish militias in Syria as it considers them terrorists, officials said on Wednesday, after strains emerged with the United States over clashes between Turkish forces and the U.S.-backed Syrian fighters. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKCN1160Z1%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=20160831&t=2&i=1151709970&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0NX | en | null | Turkey won't agree truce with Syrian Kurdish militia, despite U.S. unease | null | null | www.reuters.com | Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (C), flanked by Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar (L), Defense Minister Fikri Isik (R) and the country's top generals, leaves Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, after a wreath-laying ceremony ahead of a High Military Council meeting in Ankara, Turkey, July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Turkish armoured personnel carriers drive towards the border in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Turkish armoured personnel carriers drive towards the border in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
KARKAMIS, Turkey Turkey will not agree a truce with Kurdish militias in Syria as it considers them terrorists, officials said on Wednesday, after strains emerged with the United States over clashes between Turkish forces and the U.S.-backed Syrian fighters.
Washington has been alarmed by Turkey's week-long incursion into Syria, saying it was "unacceptable" for its NATO ally to hit militias loyal to Kurdish-aligned Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that Washington supports to fight against Islamic State.
U.S. officials on Tuesday welcomed what appeared to be a pause in fighting between Turkish forces and rival militias, although Ankara denied assertions from Kurdish fighters in Syria that a temporary truce had been agreed.
"The Turkish Republic is a sovereign state, a legitimate state. It cannot be equated with a terrorist organization," EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik told state-run Anadolu news agency, adding this meant there could be no "agreement between the two."
His comments were echoed by President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, who said Turkey would continue striking Kurdish militia until they withdrew from the region where Turkish forces are fighting.
Turkey's aim was to drive Islamic State out of a 90 km (56 miles) stretch of Syrian territory running along the border, Kalin said. Turkey has long said it wants a "buffer zone" in the area, although it has not used the term during this incursion.
After days when the border area reverberated with warplanes roaring overhead into Syria and artillery pounded Syrian sites, only the occasional thud of explosions in the distance was audible from the Turkish frontier town of Karkamis on Wednesday.
Karkamis lies just across the border from the northern Syrian town of Jarablus, which was swiftly captured from Islamic State by Turkish-backed forces when they launched the offensive dubbed "Euphrates Shield" on Aug. 24.
Since then, the Turkish army with its allies have pushed further south, seizing a string of villages in areas controlled by militias loyal to the Kurdish-backed SDF, which drove Islamic State out of the city of Manbij this month with U.S. help.
Turkey, which is battling a decades-long Kurdish insurgency at home, fears Kurdish-aligned forces will capture areas previously held by Islamic State, giving them control of an unbroken swathe of territory running along the Turkish border.
"UNACCEPTABLE"
Since the start of the campaign, the Turkish army has said it has bombarded dozens of targets that it says were held by the Kurdish YPG militia, a powerful force in the SDF. The YPG says its forces withdrew from the area long before Turkey's assault.
Turkey has demanded the YPG cross the Euphrates river into a Kurdish-controlled canton in Syria's northeast. U.S. officials have threatened to withdraw backing for the YPG if it did not meet that demand, but said this had mostly happened.
Turkey's EU affairs minister said some Kurdish fighters were still on the western side and called that "unacceptable."
Eager to avoid more clashes between Turkey and U.S.-backed Syrian fighters, the Pentagon said the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State was establishing communications channels to better coordinate in a "crowded battlespace" in Syria.
Turkey insists that it has not relented in the fight against Islamic State, which has been responsible for launching a spate of bombings inside Turkey.
Islamist militants bombed Istanbul international airport in June, killing 45 people and hammering Turkey's already struggling tourist industry. In July, the group was blamed for an attack on a wedding in southeast Turkey that killed 56.
Interior Minister Efkan Ala said Turkey had arrested 865 people since the start of 2016, more than half of the foreigners, in its crackdown on Islamic State and preventing the would-be jihadists crossing to join militants in Syria or Iraq.
As well as driving away Islamic State out of the border area, it is determined to ensure Kurdish forces do not link up two Kurdish-controlled cantons in north Syria - one east of the Euphrates and the other in the west near the Mediterranean.
Ankara fears that, if Kurdish militia control the entire area along Turkey's southern border with Syria, it could embolden the Kurdish militant PKK group which has fought a three-decade-long insurgency to demand autonomy on Turkish soil.
(Additional reporting by Asli Kandemir in Istanbul, Ercan Gurses in Ankara; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Nick Tattersall and Anna Willard) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKCN1160Z1?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/d81d3fbe5792baa58195760a1934f0186edb53e9a4cd65730ec7b2803a6f1735.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T07:02:29 | null | 2016-08-27T06:03:17 | Bangladesh security forces killed four militants on Saturday, including the alleged mastermind of an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed, the head of Dhaka's counter-terrorism police unit told Reuters. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-bangladesh-militants-idUSKCN11204G%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=20160827&t=2&i=1151251597&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q01T | en | null | Bangladesh security forces kill 'mastermind' of Dhaka cafe attack | null | null | www.reuters.com | Policemen sneak a look inside the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant as others inspect the site after gunmen attacked, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 3, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
DHAKA Bangladesh security forces killed four militants on Saturday, including the alleged mastermind of an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed, the head of Dhaka's counter-terrorism police unit told Reuters.
The militants were cornered in an early morning raid on their hideout in Naraynganj, on the outskirts of the capital, and were killed after refusing to surrender, Additional Commissioner of Police Monirul Islam said.
Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, the alleged mastermind of the attack on the cafe, was among those killed.
Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the cafe attack and, while the government has dismissed the claim, security experts say the scale and sophistication of the assault suggested links to trans-national networks.
Analysts say Islamic State in April identified Chowdhury as its national commander.
The suspected Islamist militants singled out non-Muslims and foreigner hostages in the July 1 evening attack, killing Italians, Japanese, an American and an Indian before security forces stormed the eatery to end the 12-hour siege that has weighed on Bangladesh's multi-billion dollar garments industry.
The government says the July 1 attack -- and another on July 26 in which police killed nine militants believed to be plotting a similar assault-- were the work of domestic militants.
(Reporting by Serajul Quadir; writing by Krishna N. Das; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-militants-idUSKCN11204G?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/a201a875b562892bcfd1daed7fb7440a47e65b529a225e96a8024c0b4361dec9.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T00:52:15 | null | 2016-08-30T00:02:12 | Grenville Strategic Royalty Corp | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094S0%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-Grenville Strategic Royalty announces Q2 results | null | null | www.reuters.com | BRIEF-iSIGN Media announces delay in annual statements
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] | 2016-08-26T17:04:18 | null | 2016-08-26T16:38:37 | Federal police in Brazil have recommended that prosecutors bring charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for corruption and money laundering, Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-brazil-corruption-idUSKCN1111Y0%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=1151197325&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1A0 | en | null | Brazil police recommend corruption charges against ex-president Lula: newspaper | null | null | www.reuters.com | Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts during a meeting with Rio de Janeiro's Governor Luiz Fernando Pezao in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures as he attends a meeting with women activists in Santo Andre, Brazil, August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives to a news conference with international media in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 28, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talks with his wife Marisa Leticia during a ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, June 26, 2007. REUTERS/Jamil Bittar/File Photo
SAO PAULO Federal police in Brazil have recommended that prosecutors bring charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for corruption and money laundering, Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported on Friday.
Federal police in the southern city of Curitiba accuse Lula and his wife of receiving some 2.4 million reais ($747,896.54) in benefits from construction group OAS as part of a kick-back scheme centered on state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), the newspaper reported.
A spokesperson for Lula had no immediate comment.
(Reporting by Daniel Flynn; Editing by Reese Ewing) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-idUSKCN1111Y0?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/e7da49646e2de5b7421899230510aa23b4148c07eb8306fe6a5e91274eaa4381.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:18:05 | null | 2016-08-11T15:47:57 | Australia on Thursday unveiled plans for the largest renovations to the Sydney Opera House since its opening in 1973, with more than A$200 million ($154 million) earmarked to update the UNESCO world heritage-listed site. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-australia-operahouse-idUSKCN10M0GX%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://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160811&t=2&i=1149269360&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7A0AB | en | null | Australia announces $154-million upgrade for Sydney Opera House | null | null | www.reuters.com | SYDNEY Australia on Thursday unveiled plans for the largest renovations to the Sydney Opera House since its opening in 1973, with more than A$200 million ($154 million) earmarked to update the UNESCO world heritage-listed site.
It draws more than 8 million visitors a year, bringing A$775 million into the coffers of the state of New South Wales, Deloitte Access Economics said in 2013, but gets low scores from critics and musicians for its acoustics.
The renovations, which kick off next year and wrap up in 2020, will focus on improving the acoustics and accessibility, and convert unused offices into a family-friendly Creative Learning Centre, the Opera House said in a statement.
"The Sydney Opera House is the symbol of modern Australia,"
said Troy Grant, the deputy premier of New South Wales. "It is our responsibility as custodians of this extraordinary place to maintain and renew it for all Australians."
He pledged that the renovations to Danish architect Jorn Utzon's design, which helped make the Opera House one of the world's most recognizable buildings, would not damage the sail-like external facade overlooked by Sydney's Harbour Bridge.
Since its opening, however, the structure has never quite overcome the disappointment of its acoustics.
In a 2011 survey of performers, spectators and critics, Australian music magazine Limelight rated the Opera Theater as having the worst acoustics among 20 major world venues, with its Concert Hall doing marginally better, in 18th place.
But the renovations should change all that, said Sydney Symphony Orchestra Managing Director Rory Jeffes.
"For the first time the Concert Hall will deliver the true ambitions of the original creators," he said in a statement. "People will be able to enjoy the great orchestras of the world in one of the greatest acoustics in the world."
(Reporting by Matt Siegel; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-operahouse-idUSKCN10M0GX?feedType=RSS&feedName=artsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Fartsculture+%28Reuters+Arts+%26+Culture+%29 | en | 2016-08-11T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/8f1fcbf68d1462b4910ea2ee155d0e907cdc92c18763b260cc11a9fe18b16c73.json |
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"Jeff Mason"
] | 2016-08-26T13:20:10 | null | 2016-08-26T10:07:11 | When Barack Obama became the first African-American to win the White House in 2008, his victory was a turning point in U.S. race relations that set high expectations for progress to come. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-obama-legacy-race-idUSKCN11110Y%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151150941&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0IW | en | null | As racial politics loom over election, Obama's legacy is seen as mixed | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. President Barack Obama, having completed a tour of flood-affected boards Air Force One at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S., August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON When Barack Obama became the first African-American to win the White House in 2008, his victory was a turning point in U.S. race relations that set high expectations for progress to come.
Nearly eight years later, with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton attacking each other over racial politics, the legacy of Obama's presidency looks decidedly mixed, black leaders said.
To some, the tone of the Republican presidential nominee's campaign, as well as a recent series of racially charged shootings involving police, show that the United States has come no closer to overcoming its history of racial strife.
Having a black president, two attorneys general and a chief of homeland security did not result in basic fairness for victims of racially charged violence, said Cornel West, an academic and former Obama supporter who has become a high-profile critic of the Democratic president.
"How many policemen who have murdered unarmed innocent black civilians have gone to jail with that kind of black power at the top? Zero," West said.
Obama could have acted more directly while in office to help blacks, West added, citing persistently high childhood poverty among African-Americans. “The (economic) recovery has not filtered over into black and working poor communities,” he said.
Others said Obama showed leadership on race while making real achievements on healthcare and the economy that helped Americans of all ethnicities.
Al Sharpton, a civil rights leader with close ties to the White House, described Obama as a "transformative" president held back by the need to serve varying constituencies and compromise with lawmakers who had different priorities.
"He tried to be as balanced and respectful as he could, to the chagrin of many in the black community, who felt that he was leaning over backwards,” Sharpton said.
Unemployment among African-Americans fell by half under Obama, Sharpton noted, while Obama's remarks on race elevated the issue. In 2012 at the White House, Obama referred to Trayvon Martin, a black youth gunned down by a white Hispanic man, as a boy who would have resembled the son he did not have.
“We’ve never had a president do that,” Sharpton said.
FALSE SENSE OF PROGRESS
Andrew Young, a former Atlanta mayor, congressman, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and adviser to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., said Obama, as a black leader, had to seek compromise more than previous white presidents.
"It was easier for (Jimmy) Carter or Lyndon Johnson, even Bill Clinton as southern whites to do things specifically for black people," Young said.
Backlash from white working class voters had contributed to Trump's rise, Young said.
"We really haven’t had a complete psychological adjustment to a multi-racial society," he said. "That’s what’s rallying people behind Trump. They're frustrated by the complexities of this day and age. And (Trump), like others, gives a simple answer and blames it on somebody else."
Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, blasted Trump on Thursday as a divisive candidate who was stoking racist groups. Trump criticized Clinton, saying she had let black Americans down and was falsely labeling Republicans as bigoted.
Clinton supporters were more likely to want to address race relations than Trump supporters, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll of more than 2,800 people found in late March.
Obama has said race relations are not as bad as some suggest. Friends say he never expected his presidency to wipe away centuries of racism and slavery's legacy.
"To expect to erase all of that legacy of injustice or racism and discrimination in eight years is unrealistic," said Valerie Jarrett, a White House adviser and close Obama friend.
"Were there people who probably had a false sense of progress based just on an election? Sure," she said.
The administration wants to advance criminal justice reform legislation before Obama leaves office, aiming for a win on an issue watched closely in the black community. But prospects of passage in Congress during an election year are uncertain.
Obama, who has made clear his disdain for Trump and his frustration with Congress, has said he hoped his own voice on race would help improve things for future generations. "We plant seeds, and somebody else maybe sits under the shade of the tree that we planted," Obama said at a news conference in July.
(Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obama-legacy-race-idUSKCN11110Y?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/5c65b4cb833de8665523e93ec38d0c1e252b07ea2538c2282f181b12f5efe7aa.json |
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"Jeffrey Dastin"
] | 2016-08-26T20:52:11 | 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%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=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=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/d234974eadc27cceff7ae23b844009a572c6f5e43f0fdebd6ecf9effe37f73e3.json |
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"Hyunjoo Jin",
"Se Young Lee"
] | 2016-08-26T13:18:02 | null | 2016-08-26T12:30:53 | One of the top executives at South Korea's Lotte Group was found dead on Friday, a suspected suicide, hours before he was to be questioned by prosecutors conducting a criminal probe into the country's fifth-largest conglomerate. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-lottegroup-executive-idUSKCN11102Z%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=1151138929&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0CI | en | null | Lotte vice chairman found dead amid probe; suicide suspected | null | null | www.reuters.com | A flag bearing the logo of Lotte Hotel flutters at a Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea, March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
Lotte Group Vice Chairman Lee In-won speaks during a charity event organized by Lotte Group in Seoul, South Korea, December 1, 2015. Lim Hun-jeong/Yonhap via REUTERS
Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin and Vice Chairman Lee In-won (R) attend an opening ceremony for Lotte Miso Microcredit Bank in Seoul, South Korea, December 30, 2009. Yonhap via REUTERS
Inspectors examine the car owned by Lotte Group Vice Chairman Lee In-won at a police station in Yangpyeong, South Korea, August 26, 2016 Park Jung-ho/News1 via REUTERS
A photographer points at where the body of Lotte Group Vice Chairman Lee In-won was found in Yangpyeong, South Korea, August 26, 2016. Choi Hyun-kyu/News1 via REUTERS
The body of Lotte Group Vice Chairman Lee In-won is wheeled into an ambulance on a stretcher at a hospital in Yangpyeong, South Korea, August 26, 2016. Yonhap/via REUTERS
SEOUL One of the top executives at South Korea's Lotte Group was found dead on Friday, a suspected suicide, hours before he was to be questioned by prosecutors conducting a criminal probe into the country's fifth-largest conglomerate.
Lotte Group confirmed the death of Vice Chairman Lee In-won, which comes after the group was riven by a family succession feud last year and subjected in June to widespread raids by government prosecutors.
Lee had been with the group for 43 years and was the most senior executive outside the Shin family that controls the conglomerate, or chaebol. He was a longtime CEO of Lotte Shopping (023530.KS), one of the group's biggest businesses.
The police said Lee's body was found on Friday morning under a tree along a walking and cycling path near Seoul. They said he had left home around 10 p.m. on Thursday. A four-page note was found in the executive's car parked nearby.
An autopsy showed Lee's death appeared to be a "typical case of death by hanging," which appeared to be suicide, police said.
"When I arrived after the call, the deceased was lying down, crouched here," Hyung Dae-ryong, Seojong precinct police station chief, told reporters gathered at the site.
The deceased, wearing shorts and a black windbreaker, appeared to have hung himself from a tree with a necktie, Hyung told reporters.
A maroon umbrella with the Lotte logo was found nearby.
Lee was the top lieutenant of Chairman Shin Dong-bin, who last year saw off a bitter challenge from his older brother for control of the group founded in 1948 in Japan as a maker of chewing gum by their father, Shin Kyuk-ho, who is now 93.
"He (Lee) oversaw Lotte Group's overall housekeeping and core businesses and accurately understood the minds of Chairman-in-Chief Shin Kyuk-ho and Chairman Shin Dong-bin to be carried out well in subsidiary companies," Lotte Group said in a statement.
Lee was also engaged in finding new growth opportunities for Lotte, the group said.
A prosecution team of about 200 people raided Lotte offices in June, looking into a possible slush fund as well as breach of trust involving transactions among the group's companies, sources said at the time.
Lee, who was 69, had been scheduled to appear before prosecutors on Friday morning, a Lotte official said.
A South Korean prosecutor, who declined to be identified by name, expressed condolences for Lee's death and said prosecutors planned to reconsider the schedule for the ongoing probe.
INVESTIGATION SETBACK
Park Ju-gun, head of corporate analysis firm CEO Score, said Lee's death was likely to hamper the investigation.
"Lee's standing within Lotte was almost on par with that of the owner family members," he said.
The investigation into Lotte had already exacted a devastating toll on its business, which ranges from hotels to retail to chemicals. Its Hotel Lotte unit was forced in June to shelve an initial public offering to raise up to 5.27 trillion won ($4.73 billion), which would have made it the world's largest this year.
Also in June, its Lotte Chemical Corp (011170.KS) unit withdrew from bidding for U.S.-based Axiall Corp (AXLL.N), citing its difficulties in South Korea. Rival Westlake Chemical Corp (WLK.N) ended up with a $2.33 billion deal for Axiall.
($1 = 1,113.3500 won)
(Additional reporting by Hyun-young Yi, Nataly Pak and Yun Hwan Chae; Writing by Tony Munroe; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-lottegroup-executive-idUSKCN11102Z?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/711799dd21d6515bba98bf84758ff0d1fdac66640b1f47e6d70cd9b2b794ae5f.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T18:59:40 | null | 2016-08-27T16:53:14 | National League quarterback Colin Kaepernick of San Francisco 49ers refused to stand for the national anthem before a preseason game on Friday, drawing boos from some fans and criticism on social media, but his team said it backed his right to protest. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-nfl-kaepernick-idUSKCN1120NM%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=20160827&t=2&i=1151287984&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q0HO | en | null | NFL's 49ers support quarterback after he refused to stand for anthem | null | null | www.reuters.com | San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stands on the field before their NFL pre-season football game against the Denver Broncos in San Francisco, California, U.S. August 8, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo
National League quarterback Colin Kaepernick of San Francisco 49ers refused to stand for the national anthem before a preseason game on Friday, drawing boos from some fans and criticism on social media, but his team said it backed his right to protest.
Kaepernick, a former starter who led San Francisco to the 2013 Super Bowl but has since been demoted to backup, said he sat on the bench during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" to make a statement about racial injustice in the United States.
"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick later told NFL Media in an article posted on Saturday. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way."
Kaepernick appeared to be referring to police use of deadly force, which has come under increased criticism in recent years as incidents have been captured on cellphone video.
He said he was prepared for rejection by the public and did not warn anyone of his plans.
"If they take football away, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right," Kaepernick said.
When Kaepernick came into the game at the team's home stadium in Santa Clara, California, fans greeted him with boos and cheers.
The team, which has unsuccessfully tried to trade Kaepernick to another team since his demotion, issued a statement of support after the game.
"The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pre-game ceremony," the team said. "In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose and participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem."
Social media was less forgiving. While some Twitter users supported his right to free speech, the feed of sports website Busted Coverage, which has 70,000 followers, called him "an idiot."
"Colin Kaepernick can get the hell out of our country. No respect for this guy," said Tyler Nelson, who calls himself a Carolina Panthers fan with 134 followers.
Athletes have long used their fame to make political statements, as typified by the Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos holding up their fists in a black power salute during a medals ceremony in 1968.
Two seasons ago, players on the NFL's St. Louis Rams entered the stadium for a home game with their hands raised, a reference to the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" slogan adopted by protesters in demonstrations against the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Steve Orlofsky) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nfl-kaepernick-idUSKCN1120NM?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6d43464c2f3917e2cbd49a1fc366d140a7bc83fe59484ceba4ef1e6b2eab307a.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T03:03:09 | null | 2016-08-31T02:15:25 | Florida health officials on Tuesday said they were investigating three new Zika virus cases likely stemming from local mosquito bites in Miami-Dade County, including two cases outside of the known areas of active transmission. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-florida-idUSKCN11605O%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=20160831&t=2&i=1151662857&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U02P | en | null | Three new cases of local Zika transmission in Florida: officials | 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
Florida health officials on Tuesday said they were investigating three new Zika virus cases likely stemming from local mosquito bites in Miami-Dade County, including two cases outside of the known areas of active transmission.
The new infections bring the state's total of non-travel-related cases to 46, according to the Florida Department of Health. Only one of Tuesday's three new cases was linked to Miami Beach, which is known to be an active area for local Zika transmission.
The health department said it was investigating the other two cases to determine where they occurred, but cautioned, "One case does not mean ongoing active transmission is taking place."
The department said it believes ongoing transmission is only taking place in parts of Miami Beach and the trendy Miami neighborhood of Wynwood, the site of the first local Zika transmission in the United States.
Zika infections have been mounting in popular tourist areas and may have caused concern among wary vacationers. 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.
Florida health department workers have been going door-to-door in Pinellas, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade Counties to talk to residents about the virus and offer voluntary tests.
The Zika virus was first 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, including microcephaly. It has been linked to more than 1,800 cases of microcephaly in Brazil.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Leslie Adler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-florida-idUSKCN11605O?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/3adf50371fccd54ebf7160a9f11ec8bb93417eda2e2262c5782c6d72b3df888e.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T00:51:27 | null | 2016-08-31T00:02:15 | Joe Sutter, known for leading Boeing Co's engineering team for the iconic 747 jumbo jet in the mid-1960s, died on Tuesday at the age of 95. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-people-joesutter-idUSKCN116001%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151653667&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U002 | en | null | Joe Sutter, father of the 747, passes away at 95 | null | null | www.reuters.com | Joe Sutter, Boeing's chief engineer on the original jumbo, and known as the ''father of the 747.'' walks in front of a newly unveiled 747-8 jumbo passenger jet at the company's Everett, Washington commercial airplane manufacturing facility, February 13, 2011. REUTERS/Anthony Bolante
Joe Sutter, known for leading Boeing Co's engineering team for the iconic 747 jumbo jet in the mid-1960s, died on Tuesday at the age of 95.
In addition to the 747, Sutter worked on projects including the 737 and 707 aircraft models, Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief executive officer Ray Conner said in a message to employees.
Sutter and his team became known as "the Incredibles," for producing the world's largest airplane within 29 months from the time of conception.
Sutter served the company as a consultant after his retirement from the company in 1986.
(Reporting by Shalini Nagarajan in Bengaluru, editing by G Crosse) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-joesutter-idUSKCN116001?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/549f20c65df242ea9d9dd94ed858b4fa9523c7c864f18be2f3a45bcca7862efe.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T22:52:23 | null | 2016-08-30T21:56:46 | Performance Sports Group Ltd | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BB0NM%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-Performance Sports extends deadline for filing its annual report on form 10-k | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 30 Performance Sports Group Ltd
* Executes amendments with lenders extending deadline for filing its annual report on form 10-k
* Company continues to have ability to borrow under its revolving credit facility to fund operations
* Retention of Centerview Partners Llc to assist in review of strategic alternatives; files application for management cease trade order in Canada
* As a result of amendments, annual filings and co's Q1 filings must be filed or provided to lenders by October 28, 2016 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BB0NM?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/38b3d41fa0de6879d66e77114bc46bee4a82dc869b1be928e7fcd66f6559f918.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T17:04:42 | null | 2016-08-28T15:51:26 | Yemen's Houthi-run governing council said on Sunday it was ready to restart peace talks with the country's exiled government provided a Saudi-led coalition stopped attacking and besieging Houthi-held territories. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-yemen-security-houthis-idUSKCN1130PA%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=20160828&t=2&i=1151355845&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R0FE | en | null | Houthis say ready for fresh Yemen talks if attacks stop | null | null | www.reuters.com | An armed man loyal to the Houthi movement takes part in a protest against the Saudi-backed exiled government deciding to cut off the Yemeni central bank from the outside world, in the capital Sanaa, Yemen August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
An armed man loyal to the Houthi movement holds his weapon as he gathers to protest against the Saudi-backed exiled government deciding to cut off the Yemeni central bank from the outside world, in the capital Sanaa, Yemen August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
SANAA Yemen's Houthi-run governing council said on Sunday it was ready to restart peace talks with the country's exiled government provided a Saudi-led coalition stopped attacking and besieging Houthi-held territories.
U.N.-sponsored negotiations to end 18 months of fighting in the impoverished country on Saudi Arabia's southern border collapsed earlier this month and the dominant Iran-allied Houthi movement there resumed shelling attacks into the kingdom.
At its weekly meeting at Sanaa’s presidential palace, the council said that its willingness to restart peace talks was contingent on the "total cessation of the aggression and lifting of the unjust siege on the Yemeni people".
In talks in Jeddah this week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the conflict had gone on too long and needed to end.
He said the Houthis must cease shelling across the border with Saudi Arabia, pull back from the capital Sanaa, cede their weapons and enter into a unity government with their domestic foes.
Yemen's internationally recognized government, based in Saudi Arabia, has made similar demands but insisted that the Houthis fulfill all those measures before any new government was formed. However Kerry suggested they could move ahead in parallel.
The exiled government suggested in a statement carried by the Saba news agency that it was prepared to consider the ideas outlined by Kerry.
It said: "The government is prepared to deal positively with any peaceful solutions ... including an initial welcoming of the ideas resulting from the meeting in Jeddah that included the foreign secretaries of the U.S.,the United Kingdom and Gulf states."
The Yemen war has killed more than 6,500 people and displaced some 3 million. Saudi Arabia has launched thousands of air strikes on the country.
(Reporting by Mohammed Ghobari; Writing by Celine Aswad and William Maclean; Editing by Andrew Roche) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-houthis-idUSKCN1130PA?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/57a3c1f7312ac2604a8b4e786246a6ad0c41dc263f8544b3df2e8bce47369b5c.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T00:51:55 | null | 2016-08-28T23:54:40 | The union representing most Canadian autoworkers has voted for a strike mandate, it said on Sunday, bolstering its position in contract negotiations with the Big Three U.S. carmakers. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-autos-labor-canada-idUSKCN1130YC.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151383323&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R0M3 | en | null | Union votes for strike mandate in Canadian auto talks | null | null | www.reuters.com | General Motors auto workers prepare rows of the new Chevrolet Camaro for delivery, at the company's Oshawa Ontario facility April 8, 2009. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill/File Photo
TORONTO The union representing most Canadian autoworkers has voted for a strike mandate, it said on Sunday, bolstering its position in contract negotiations with the Big Three U.S. carmakers.
Unifor, which represents more than 20,000 autoworkers, is pushing General Motors Co (GM.N), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCHA.MI) and Ford Motor Co (F.N) to invest further in the province of Ontario, home to nearly all of Canada's auto industry, in talks that began this month.
Members voted close to 100 percent in favor of granting Unifor a mandate to strike, according to a statement from the union.
That means workers are in a position to walk off the job if the parties cannot come to terms. The union's current four-year contract with automakers expires on Sept. 19.
Unifor President Jerry Dias has said the union is asking for higher wages and would not agree to a deal unless GM commits to building new vehicles in Oshawa, and Ford decides to keep its engine plant operating in Windsor.
GM's Oshawa plant could shut one of its two assembly lines, with several vehicles already produced elsewhere or expected to move in 2017.
Between 2001 and 2013, some 14,300 jobs were lost in vehicle manufacturing in Canada, according to Hamilton's Automotive Policy Research Center. Some automakers have found cheaper labor in places such as the southern United States and Mexico.
GM Canada has said the negotiations are separate from the carmaker's future investments because labor is not the only cost it considers when deciding where to make new products.
GM said it will make future product decisions for Oshawa only after a labor agreement.
Automakers, however, had agreed to make investments during bargaining with the United Auto Workers in the United States. GM's 2015 deal with the UAW generated $1.9 billion in additional investment in U.S. plants.
GM, Fiat Chrysler and Ford did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
(Reporting by Ethan Lou in Toronto; Editing by Bill Trott) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-labor-canada-idUSKCN1130YC | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/aabcaf0fd3e543b827c9de6684c3abcabc3ed6645cdab08741fc4a13238a270f.json |
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"Jonathan Stempel"
] | 2016-08-30T03:02:56 | null | 2016-08-30T00:57:07 | By Jonathan StempelValeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (VRX.TO)(VRX.N) was s | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-valeant-lawsuit-idUSKCN114230%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=20160830&t=2&i=1151512989&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S1CB | en | null | Valeant is sued over Philidor ties, alleged racketeering | null | null | www.reuters.com | A sign for the headquarters of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc is seen in Laval, Quebec June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi/File Photo
A sign for the headquarters of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc is seen in Laval, Quebec June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc (VRX.TO)(VRX.N) was sued on Monday by buyers of its drugs, who accused the Canadian company of racketeering by forcing them to pay exorbitant prices.
The proposed class-action complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan on behalf of unionized New York City police detectives and hotel workers, regarding Valeant's ties to the now defunct specialty pharmacy Philidor RX Services LLC.
The plaintiffs accused Valeant of violating the U.S. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and seeks compensatory and triple damages for U.S. health plans and others that bought its drugs from January 2013 to October 2015.
Valeant did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
U.S. prosecutors are probing whether Valeant defrauded insurers by shrouding its ties to Philidor, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 10, citing people familiar with the matter.
Investigators are looking at the companies' disclosures to insurers, a person familiar with the matter has told Reuters.
According to Monday's complaint, Valeant steered patients and doctors away from generic equivalents and toward its branded drugs through a network of pharmacies linked to Philidor.
By hiding its ties to Philidor, the complaint said, Valeant created artificial demand that let it drive up prices, including by more than 800 percent for diabetes drug Glumetza.
If the Laval, Quebec-based company had not done this, the plaintiffs "would have denied claims submitted by pharmacies in the Valeant Enterprise and insisted on the substitution of generic equivalents," the complaint said.
Plaintiffs include the Detectives Endowment Association of the City of New York, which represents 17,500 active and retired detectives, and the New York Hotel Trades Council & Hotel Association of New York City Inc Health Benefits Fund, which serves active and retired hotel workers.
Other defendants include former Philidor Chief Executive Officer Andrew Davenport and his brother Matthew, which the complaint said held himself out as CEO in documents filed with the California State Board of Pharmacy. Neither could be reached immediately for comment.
In afternoon trading, Valeant shares were down nearly 2 percent at C$39.38 in Toronto, and down 2 percent at $30.23 in New York.
The case is New York Hotel Trades Council & Hotel Association of New York City Inc Health Benefits Fund et al v. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 16-06779. | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-valeant-lawsuit-idUSKCN114230?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7b62a6a8665f8ee69eb059c27667d31f84172e3912512872e397de438e43cd0e.json |
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"Stephanie Kelly"
] | 2016-08-26T19:01:37 | null | 2016-08-26T18:17:56 | U.S. public universities are increasingly turning to public-private partnerships to develop student housing and other campus projects, sometimes using the structure to transfer borrowing and liability risks to the private sector. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-education-financing-idUSKCN11126B%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | U.S. public universities turning to private sector to meet campus needs | null | null | www.reuters.com | NEW YORK U.S. public universities are increasingly turning to public-private partnerships to develop student housing and other campus projects, sometimes using the structure to transfer borrowing and liability risks to the private sector.
Over the last five years, there has been an "uptick" in universities and colleges leveraging the private sector to deliver housing needs, said Kevin Wayer, an international director and co-president of the Public Institutions group at commercial real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle.
"The notion of having the private sector deliver student housing is something that has been going on for many years, but I think it has definitely increased in utilization since the financial crisis," Wayer said.
The financing structure, known as "P3," is being employed both by schools that are fiscally strapped and those with healthier balance sheets.
Brailsford & Dunlavey, a project management firm, has seen on average a 50 percent year-over-year growth since 2011 in P3 transaction values it has consulted on for higher education institutions, said Brad Noyes, senior vice president.
In 2011, the transaction value for such P3 projects was $320 million, he said. Year-to-date the firm "has $2.5 billion worth of transactions we're providing advisory work on," Noyes said.
Use of P3s can contribute to reduced debt on universities' balance sheets, said Todd Duncan, assistant vice president of housing, food and retail services at the University of Cincinnati's main campus.
While still only a "fraction" of the U.S. municipal infrastructure market, the P3 market is building, Moody's Investors Service said in a report issued in March.
"Universities are also expanding their use of different types of P3s beyond privatized student housing to include other university facilities," Moody's said. The report added: "More local governments and higher education institutions are exploring different types of P3s with more hybrid P3s and DBF (design, build, finance) structures."
Universities might engage in P3s for a number of different reasons, including the efficiency that developers can bring to projects, Duncan said.
Increased operating costs for institutions and decreased state contributions have led to a financing gap, said Kurt Ehlers, managing director at Corvias Campus Living, a development group.
From fiscal 2008 to fiscal year 2016, state spending per student at public two- and four-year colleges decreased 18 percent, according to Michael Mitchell, a senior policy analyst at the Washington, D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships, a non-profit that advocates for P3s, lists 18 types of P3 partnership structures on its website. The council did not have a national figure for how much money is being spent on higher education P3 projects.
A newer P3 structure gaining in popularity has the developer not only help finance, build or renovate a project, but also maintain the facility, sometimes for decades, Ehlers said. In return for maintaining standards, the developer can count on a fixed incentive fee.
"From a sustainability standpoint, these properties, these assets become self-sustaining," Ehlers said.
At the University of California in Merced, developer group Plenary Properties Merced will finance, build and maintain project areas that include student housing, academic facilities and recreation spaces.
The four-year $1.3 billion project will be financed through payments from the university and through funds contributed by the developer. UC Merced plans to fund its contribution of roughly $600 million by issuing bonds, said Stuart Marks, senior vice president at Plenary Group and a leader on the 2020 Project.
The developer will fund the difference via Plenary equity and privately placed notes, he said.
The university will pay the developer over 35 years while it provides continued maintenance of the facilities, Marks said.
"You get the economies of scale and efficiencies through having one developer responsible," he said.
(Reporting by Stephanie Kelly; Editing by Daniel Bases and Dan Grebler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-education-financing-idUSKCN11126B?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/951d82df1d1373035d2cf64e5817fec994aa87b49ac9d24ca17dc0658775a7df.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-30T11:05:03 | null | 2016-08-30T09:49:17 | China will be the 'loser' if it does not recognize an international court ruling against its territorial claims in the South China Sea, Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-southchinasea-philippines-china-idUSKCN1150D8%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=1151531453&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T05T | en | null | Philippines says China must recognize South China Sea ruling | null | null | www.reuters.com | A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea March 29, 2014. Picture... REUTERS/Erik De Castro
MANILA China will be the 'loser' if it does not recognize an international court ruling against its territorial claims in the South China Sea, Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Tuesday.
An arbitration court in The Hague infuriated China in July when it ruled that China had no historical title over the South China Sea and it had breached the Philippines' sovereign rights.
China has ignored the ruling that none of its claims in the disputed Spratly Islands entitled it to a 200-mile (320 km) exclusive economic zone. Its construction work on reefs there has alarmed other claimants, as well the United States and Japan.
"We are trying to make China understand especially when the dust settles that unless they respect and recognize the arbitral tribunal, they will be the losers at the end of that day on this matter," Yasay told a congressional hearing.
Prior to starting bilateral talks, the Philippines plans to seal a deal for China to allow Philippine fishermen to access the resource-rich waters, Yasay said.
China seized Scarborough Shoal in 2012, denying Philippine fishermen access, one of the factors that prompted Manila to seek arbitration.
"When we start formal negotiations or bilateral engagements with China, we will have to do it within the context of the arbitral decision. There are no buts or ifs insofar as our policy on this matter is concerned," Yasay said.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of trade moves annually. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims in the sea, believed to be rich in energy deposits.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said last week he expects talks with China to start within a year.
(Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales; Editing by Nick Macfie) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southchinasea-philippines-china-idUSKCN1150D8?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/ff0ff82fefabd9f3d5fe2c860292ff9c503170544589c38228f0a5c7c0971017.json |
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