Reuters: Science

Greeks strike against austerity before crucial vote
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:37:11 -0500  
ATHENS (Reuters) - Striking Greek workers denounced a new wave of austerity on Friday as an imposition too far by Europe and the IMF. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told the nation it faced a stark choice between sacrifices inside the euro area and bigger sacrifices outside.

Obama shift on birth control seeks to placate Catholics
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:43:54 -0500  
(Reuters) - The White House, in an abrupt shift aimed at quelling an election-year firestorm, announced on Friday that religious employers would not be required to offer free birth control to workers and that the onus would instead be put on insurers.

Bombings, bombardments killacross Syria
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:16:12 -0500  

Consumer morale sags, trade gap widens
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:58:57 -0500  
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Concerns about weak incomes weighed on consumer confidence in early February, but rising optimism over the jobs market should help to support spending and the broader economy.

U.S. banks agree to $25 billion in homeowner help
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:30:10 -0500  
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five big U.S. banks accused of abusive mortgage practices have agreed to a $25 billion government settlement that may help roughly one million borrowers but is no magic bullet for the ailing housing market.

Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:44:02 -0500  

Hedge fund manager charged with insider trading
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:27:09 -0500  
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A California-based hedge fund manager surrendered to FBI agents on insider-trading charges on Friday, the latest in a series of cases brought by the U.S. government in recent years against money managers and traders.

Rep. Bachus faces insider trading probe: report
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:34:30 -0500  
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Spencer Bachus, who oversees the U.S. banking and financial services industries, is under investigation for possible violation of insider trading laws, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

Bernanke urges action to heal housing markets
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:47:06 -0500  
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday issued a call to action to restore housing markets, saying depressed house prices and sales are a serious drag on the economic recovery.

Exclusive: Brazil jets deal heats up as Boeing freezes bid
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:43:44 -0500  
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Boeing has frozen the price on its bid for a multi-billion-dollar Brazilian air force jet contract, sources close to the deal told Reuters, as the global race to sell military hardware to emerging economic powers becomesmore competitive.

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