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Reuters Today U.S. shutdown means more QE | | Sept. 30 - Ben Bernanke could have his hands tioed over the continued wrangling over the U.S. budget and debt ceiling, and keep QE going for much longer, says Ishaq Siddiqi of ETX Capital. |
Siemens' new CEO riles labor reps with news of job cuts | | MUNICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Weekend news of 15,000 job cuts at Germany's Siemens has put the German engineering group's new chief executive, Joe Kaeser, on a collision course with workers' representatives only two months after he took the helm. |
Preparations underway for healthcare enrollment | | Sep. 27 - Starting October 1st, Americans will begin enrolling in health plans under the Affordable Care Act, and preparations are underway to help consumers make sense of the different options. Jillian Kitchener reports. |
'Breaking Bad' goes out with a bang | | Was the series finale of "Breaking Bad" satisfying? Did it tie up all loose ends? Did the character you wanted to live survive and did the ones you wanted to die get their just desserts? Is it sending you back to the beginning to binge watch it all over again? |
'Special One' or stage villain? | | Jose Mourinho needs love. He pretends that he doesn't. He acts tough, reveling in the role of stage villain. But the bad guys need love too and the Portuguese football coach, quite possibly the most entertainingly controversial character in world sport, is no exception. |
Gunmen kill three Egyptian policemen, one soldier in Sinai | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Gunmen killed three policemen and a soldier in Egypt's Sinai region on Monday, security sources said, and Islamist militants released a video of an earlier drive-by shooting of an army colonel, highlighting growing security risks to the government. |
Telecom Italia chief Bernabe considering resigning source | | MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia Executive Chairman Franco Bernabe is considering resigning at a board meeting scheduled for Thursday, a source close to the situation said, as his plans to relaunch the heavily indebted company may not get enough backing. |
Typhoon lashes southern China | | Sept. 30 - Fishermen missing as Typhoon Wutip batters the southern coast of China. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
Comment Ban Sets Off Debate | | The magazine Popular Science has decided to shut off comments on its articles, saying ignorant, insulting and counterfactual posts were polluting the discourse and sowing confusion. |
UPDATE 2-Obama prepares for government shutdown, hopes for deal | | WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday prepared Americans for what he called an "entirely preventable" government shutdown at midnight while urging Republicans in Congress to reach an 11th hour deal to avoid economic harm. |
ArtsBeat Bloomberg Says City Opera Is On Its Own | | Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Monday that neither the city nor his private foundation would step in to save New York City Opera, which has said it will file for bankruptcy protection without support. |
AEG expert MJ was a drug addict | | Michael Jackson suffered a "quite extensive" drug addiction the last 15 years of his life, according to an addiction expert testifying Tuesday in the AEG Live wrongful death trial. |
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