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Analysis: Penn State report may increase university’s liability

YoopyaJul 13, 20120

(Reuters) – A devastating report blaming Penn State and its top officials for covering up the sexual abuse of children by former assistant football coach

New jobless claims fall sharply to four-year low

YoopyaJul 12, 2012August 14, 20240

(Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week fell sharply to the lowest level in four years, a hopeful

Obama orders new steps to help small business

YoopyaJul 12, 2012August 14, 20240

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered a series of modest steps aimed at helping small businesses, his latest election-year effort to counter Republican

Romney speech to NAACP draws boos, raises questions on strategy

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was booed by a mostly African-American crowd on Wednesday, as a speech before a civil rights group became

Obama, Democrats put tax cuts at center of 2012 agenda

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Congressional Democrats and President Barack Obama on Wednesday plotted their legislative priorities for the months leading up to November’s elections, showcasing an extension

Romney slams Obama for playing down threat of Hugo Chavez

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Republican Mitt Romney chided President Barack Obama on Wednesday for playing down “the threat” posed by Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez as he sought to

Ex-FBI chief to release report on Penn State sex abuse

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Former FBI director Louis Freeh is due to release a report on Thursday on an eight-month probe into how Penn State University handled

Exclusive: U.S. probing failed broker PFGBest’s use of small auditor

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – U.S. futures industry investigators are looking into why Iowa-based collapsed brokerage PFGBest used a tiny accounting firm that appears to be operating from

Clinton warns against threats in South China Sea dispute

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday urged rival claimants to the South China Sea not to resort to threats and intimidation

Insight: As lawsuits climb, J&J may have new hip trauma

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson faces a potentially more damaging and costly sequel to the $3 billion recall of its ASR all-metal artificial hips two