October 9, 2010
AP – A New Jersey Republican congressional candidate criticized his Democratic opponent Friday amid mounting evidence that Democratic officials planted a tea-party candidate in the race to siphon off conservative votes.
Financial Times EURO DROPS SHARPLY AS FEARS TAKE TOLL The euro tumbled to its lowest level in almost two years asinvestors dumped riskier European equities amid signs thatpolicymakers were bracing for the financial turmoil that couldbe unleashed by a Greek exit from the euro zone. INVESTORS SUE FACEBOOK AND BANKS ...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's main opposition faction hopes to secure support for energy, fiscal and labor market reforms by December if its candidate who is well ahead in the polls wins the presidency, a senior official in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) said on Wednesday. Enrique Pena Nieto of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese national was charged with illegally exporting to China U.S.-made sensors used to produce weapons-grade uranium, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday. Qiang Hu, 47, a sales manager for a Chinese subsidiary of MKS Instruments, was arrested at his hotel in North Andover, Massachusetts ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Patrick Fitzgerald, the aggressive U.S. attorney in Chicago whose investigations as a federal prosecutor ranged from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to CIA leaks and two consecutive Illinois governors, said on Wednesday he would step down effective June 30. Fitzgerald, 51, who was appointed to the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wegelin & Co, the oldest Swiss private bank, is digging in its heels against a U.S. criminal charge that it conspired to help wealthy Americans evade taxes. At a hearing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday, a federal prosecutor said Swiss police on May ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — At a fundraiser for his re-election campaign in Denver tonight, President Obama set out to upend conventional Republican wisdom that his administration has been defined by excessive government spending. “I’m running to pay down our debt in a way that’s balanced...
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico extradited to the United States an alleged drug kingpin who has testified that high-ranking military officers worked with drug cartels, Mexican officials said Wednesday. Sergio Villarreal, also known as "El Grande" and "King Kong," was flown to the United States where he faces federal charges ...
