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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the US Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol boat. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push world stock markets higher Monday. A gauge of future economic activity issued Friday rose more than expected, a sign that the world’s biggest economy is improving. Consumer confidence also rose, offsetting several lackluster reports on slowing manufacturing and an increase in applications for unemployment benefits. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> In a continuing effort to address concerns that reporters at Bloomberg News looked at terminal subscribers’ data, parent company Bloomberg appointed Samuel Palmisano, a former chairman and chief executive of IBM, to review its privacy and data standards. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> AMSTERDAM (AP) — World stock markets rose steadily on Friday after two key indicators suggested the U.S. economic expansion will continue. The Conference Board reported that its leading indicator index for the U.S. increased 0.6 percent in April, following a 0.2 decline in March, due to recovering housing and labor markets. “In general, the (index) points to a continuing economic expansion with some upside potential,” said Ataman Ozyildirim, an economist at the private research association.
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were muted Thursday following dour European economic data that dampened hopes of a recovery there anytime soon. Losses were limited by another record session on Wall Street. The European Union statistics office said Wednesday that nine of the 17 countries that use the euro are in recession, including France. The combined economy of the 17 countries shrank by 0.2 percent in the first three months of 2013 compared to the prior quarter. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The regional airliner was climbing past 2,700 metres when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several kilometres off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in the ninth row to switch off an iPhone. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A US hi-tech researcher whose family claims he was murdered in Singapore was under treatment for depression and left suicide notes before he was found hanged, a public inquiry was told yesterday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Exposure to air pollution raises the risk of resistance to insulin, a typical warning sign of diabetes, according to a study of almost 400 German 10-year-olds. Insulin resistance climbed by 17 per cent for every 10.6 micrograms per cubic metre increase in ambient nitrogen dioxide and by 19 per cent for every 6 micrograms per cubic metre increase in particulate matter. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By GRETCHEN MORGENSON, on May 7th, 2013 A federal judge ruled that A.I.G. could pursue a fraud claim of more than $7 billion for losses after the federal government rescued it in 2008.
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By By ANNIE LOWREY, on May 6th, 2013 The recession and anemic recovery are behind most of a surprising trend that could help close the federal deficit, new studies show, but higher co-payments have also played a part.
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By By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM, on May 1st, 2013 As expected, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would continue its stimulus campaign at the pace it has maintained since December.
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By , on May 1st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US investigators are heading for Afghanistan to probe the deadly crash of a civilian jumbo jet that fell belly first out of the sky, in a spectacular vertical plunge and fireball that was filmed on video. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two men in their early twenties lie face down in the snow with their hands tied behind their backs and heads doused with dark red paint. A dozen young men, some wearing surgical masks, smash a car with hammers and axes. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on April 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> On behalf of steaming-mad air travellers in the United States – some forced to wait hours or have their flights cancelled – the US Congress has given the Federal Aviation Administration special dispensation to recall furloughed air traffic controllers. The furloughs were linked to steep “sequester” federal spending cuts that took effect last month, with some 13,000 air traffic controllers ordered to take two unpaid days off per month through the remainder of the fiscal year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM, on April 25th, 2013 Janet L. Yellen is seen as a logical candidate to succeed the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, but critics remain wary of her stance on inflation.
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By , on April 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A self-proclaimed leader of the LulzSec international hacking group has been arrested in Australia, police say, after charging him with attacking and defacing a government website. The 24-year-old information technology professional, who went by the online identity “ozshock”, was seized at his office in a town 80 kilometres north of Sydney on Tuesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, on April 19th, 2013 The state failed to spend $455 million of federal money meant to improve water infrastructure in the state, the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.
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By , on April 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A suspicious letter sent to US President Barack Obama tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, the FBI said on Wednesday, adding that investigations into the letter sent to Obama and another sent to Senator Roger Wicker showed ”no indication of a connection” to the Boston Marathon bombings. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By PETER LATTMAN, on April 12th, 2013 Federal prosecutors filed charges against Scott London, who spent nearly 29 years at the accounting giant KPMG, laying bare a brazen two-year scheme.
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By , on April 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets mostly gained Wednesday on the heels of a record high on Wall Street as traders waited for the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes for insight into the U.S. economy’s prospects. Japan’s stock market continued to rise on a wave of enthusiasm for the Bank of Japan’s aggressive new approach to shaking the world’s third-largest economy out of its two decade slump. The Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo rose 0.7 percent to close at 13,288.13 — its highest close in nearly five years. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Drug trafficking charges for US Virgin Islands environment officer
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