LATEST NEWS | Recent leaders juice up Wall Street | NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. investors piled on a dizzying two-year advance in stocks on Thursday, using a brief slip on negative economic news as an opportunity to buy into market leaders. | Full Article | | Dodd-Frank tensions headline Senate hearing | February 17, 2011 03:56 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans escalated their push to delay and defund the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms on Thursday as top regulators warned the Senate Banking Committee of a staff and funding crunch. | Full Article | CEOs see business conditions improving: survey | February 17, 2011 02:04 PM ET | BOSTON (Reuters) - Chief executives of major U.S. companies have a brightening view of business and economic conditions and look for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates modestly this year, a survey by the Business Council found. | Full Article | Starbucks CEO has "very bold" single-serve plans | February 17, 2011 03:12 PM ET | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp has "very bold" plans for the fast-growing single-serve coffee market, the CEO of the world's biggest coffee chain said in an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Thursday. | Full Article | |  | US TOP NEWS | Army deploys after Bahrain police raid protest camp | February 17, 2011 04:07 PM ET | MANAMA (Reuters) - Troops took control of Manama on Thursday after riot police stormed an anti-government protest camp at dawn and fought demonstrators on the streets, killing four people in Bahrain's worst violence in decades. | Full Article | U.S. charges 111 in largest Medicare fraud crackdown | February 17, 2011 03:59 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday charged 111 doctors, nurses and other defendants with Medicare crime schemes that exceeded $225 million in false billings, the largest health care fraud crackdown so far. | Full Article | House to vote on debt idea, healthcare funding | February 17, 2011 02:31 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative Republicans are pushing a congressional amendment to give the Treasury Department the ability to avoid a debt default if U.S. borrowing authority runs out, highlighting possible dire consequences of political gridlock over government spending. | Full Article | Taxing offshore profit up for debate: aide | February 17, 2011 01:19 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The debate over overhauling the U.S. corporate tax system will have to include whether to cut taxes on profits earned abroad, a Treasury Department official said on Thursday. | Full Article | U.S. concern grows over Bahrain, a key Gulf ally | February 17, 2011 04:04 PM ET | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States urged Bahrain's government on Thursday to show restraint amid deepening concern over unrest in the country, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet and a strategic ally on oil supply lines from the Gulf. | Full Article | |  | HEALTH NEWS | | |  | RELATED VIDEO |  | |  |  | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. |  | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. |  | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS |  | ODDLY ENOUGH |  | | |
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