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| AIG, Citi deals gave U.S. Treasury least value
February 6, 2009 at 5:22 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department bank bailout program received the least value from its investments in the most troubled surviving institutions -- American International Group and Citigroup, a new report from a watchdog panel showed on Friday. |
| Democrats aim to pass U.S. rescue package Friday
February 6, 2009 at 5:16 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate will again try on Friday to pass a $937 billion economic stimulus package even as moderate lawmakers sought to broker a deal to trim proposed spending some criticized as too much. |
| Toyota losses mounting, U.S. parts firms seek aid
February 6, 2009 at 4:30 am
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| TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota, the world's top auto maker, said its losses were ballooning as global car sales slide, and U.S. auto parts suppliers pushed for government aid to save their companies and hundreds of thousands of jobs. |
| Kyrgyzstan says U.S. air base decision is final
February 6, 2009 at 4:21 am
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| BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan said on Friday its decision to shut a U.S. air base was final, dealing a blow to Washington's efforts to retain what has been a major staging post for U.S. forces fighting in Afghanistan. |
| Phelps handed three-month ban by USA Swimming
February 6, 2009 at 4:18 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Record-setting Olympic champion Michael Phelps has been banned for three months by USA Swimming amid controversy over a photograph published in a British newspaper purportedly showing him smoking marijuana. |
| North Korea eyes disputed sea border for missiles: reports
February 6, 2009 at 4:07 am
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| SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea could be looking to stir up tension by firing short-range missiles at a disputed maritime border with the South, while it may also launch its longest-range missile to check design improvements, reports said on Friday. |
| US Airways crew: "We're gonna be in the Hudson"
February 6, 2009 at 12:59 am
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The crew of a US Airways jetliner disabled by birds that knocked out both its engines over New York calmly told air controllers: "We're gonna be in the Hudson" before splash landing in the river, according to tapes of the account released on Thursday. |
| U.S. estimated to have lost 525,000 jobs in January
February 6, 2009 at 12:56 am
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| NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. non-farm payroll are estimated to have shed more than half a million jobs in January after losing a similar number in December as employers, fearing the impact of a weak economy on sales and profits, shrank their work forces to cut costs. |
| Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg has cancer surgery
February 5, 2009 at 11:20 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75, had surgery on Thursday for pancreatic cancer, raising questions about her future and whether President Barack Obama might get his first appointment to the country's highest court. |
| Judge drops charges in USS Cole bombing case
February 5, 2009 at 11:20 pm
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| MIAMI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The judge overseeing U.S. war crimes court at Guantanamo on Thursday dismissed the charges against a Saudi prisoner accused of plotting the bombing of the Navy warship USS Cole, the Pentagon said. |
| Obama labor secretary-nominee faces tax questions
February 5, 2009 at 5:59 pm
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's pick for Labor secretary faced questions over her husband's unpaid business taxes on Thursday, the latest in a string of embarrassing tax revelations that have hampered Obama's efforts to seat a cabinet. |
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