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Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that ...
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NYSE cancels irregular trades in Anadarko stock Bloomberg
Trading in the shares of the $45.15 billion company plunged to trade at 1 cent per share shortly before markets closed on Friday. The stock gained back its losses and closed up 2.5 pct $90.03 on the New York Stock ...
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UPDATE 1-Americas Cup team calls for changes to make regatta safer
Fri May 17, 2013 9:32pm EDT By Noel Randewich and Ronnie Cohen ALAMEDA, California May 17 (Reuters) - The head of the Italian sailing team in the America's Cup called on Friday for lowering limits on wind speeds and other safety measures to make the regatta less dangerous following a deadly accident last week. Prada fashion house co-founder Patrizio Bertelli said if the other three ...
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CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Investor group calls on SEC to review change in JPMorgan voting
Fri May 17, 2013 9:08pm EDT (Changes "letter" to "call" in eighth paragraph) By David Henry NEW YORK May 17 (Reuters) - Pension and endowment managers on Friday called on U.S. regulators to review the rules for shareholder voting after a firm collecting ballots for JPMorgan Chase & Co cut off the bank's opponents from polling information. The Council of Institutional ...
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Yahoo to vote on $1.1 bln Tumblr buy -AllThingsD
SAN FRANCISCO | Fri May 17, 2013 9:06pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO May 17 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on Friday. Such an acquisition would be CEO Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking the helm of the ...
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STXNEWS LATAM-CSN still considering purchase of Thyssens Steel America unit
RIO DE JANEIRO | Fri May 17, 2013 9:04pm EDT RIO DE JANEIRO May 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian steelmaker CSN, or Cia Siderrgica Nacional SA, is still evaluating the possible purchase of the Steel Americas unit of ThyssenKrupp AG, the company said in a regulatory filing late Friday. CSN has made no binding bids or agreements regarding the possible purchase, the company added. Earlier this ...
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Tech labor brandish dueling studies in U.S. immigration fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The technology industry and organized labor are locked in a fight that threatens to complicate the U.S. Senate's immigration ...
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UPDATE 1-LATAM Airlines Argentina unit halts ops until Saturday on provider woes
Fri May 17, 2013 7:36pm EDT SANTIAGO May 17 (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA said its Argentina unit was halting all of its flights in the country until 1330 GMT on Saturday after a state company unilaterally decided to stop providing services to the airline. Intercargo provides Latin America's biggest carrier with ramps at Argentine airports, loads suitcases and manages passenger buses ...
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Seattles Tableau goes from bedroom startup to Wall Street darling
The data-visualization company burst onto the public markets Friday with a steller public offering, jumping 64 percent to close at $50.75, up from its initial $31 price. Nearly 100 employees were in New York to celebrate while parties were held at its offices, including its headquarters in Fremont. Ten years earlier the future wasn't so clear, though Chief Executive Christian Chabot ...
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