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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
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| (Reuters) - Stock index futures fell on Thursday, pointing to a weaker start for Wall Street. By 0859 GMT (3:59 a.m. ET), futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq slipped 0.2 to 0.3 percent.
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| GENEVA (AP) -- Global airlines are undergoing a surprisingly strong recovery with Asian and Latin American carriers leading the way, the leading industry group said Thursday, halving its loss forecast for 2010 to $2.8 billion.... |
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| LONDON (AP) -- Oil company BP PLC said Thursday it will pay $7 billion to acquire exploration rights in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico from Devon Energy Corp.... |
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| ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with emergency staff only on Thursday as workers held yet another general strike to protest painful spending cuts.... |
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| WASHINGTON - There are legislative miles to go before the government will be emancipated from its health care myopia, but it is not too soon for a summing up. Whether all or nothing of the legislation becomes law, Barack Obama has refuted critics who call him a radical. He has shown himself to be a timid progressive. His timidity was displayed when he flinched from fighting for the boldness the nation needs - a transition from the irrationality of employer-provided health insurance. His progressivism is an attitude of genteel regret about the persistence of politics. Employer-paid insurance is central to what David Gratzer of the Manhattan Institute calls "the 12 cent problem." That is how... |
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| Special Correspondent - PHOTO: PTI/ Nand Kumar Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati addresses a press conference in Lucknow on Wednesday.... |
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New laws enacted by Myanmar's military government make a mockery of democracy and ensure that elections due later this year will be a farce, the United States said on Wednesday. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the election measures, which set strict limits on political participation, undercut U.S. efforts to... |
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| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New laws enacted by Myanmar's military government make a mockery of democracy and ensure that elections due later this year will be a farce, the United States said on Wednesday. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the election measures, which set strict limits on political participation, undercut U.S. efforts to... |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) -- A final agreement nearly in hand, President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders are about to embark on one last sales job that will determine the outcome of the president's signature health care overhaul.... |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) -- One is a former Democratic freshman little known outside his Corning-Olean-Pittsford, N.Y., district. The other, a 20-term Democratic kingpin from Harlem, is widely known to New Yorkers and anyone following tax legislation.... |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) -- A conservative group's bashing of several Obama administration lawyers as the "al-Qaida Seven" has struck a nerve in the U.S. legal community, prompting even some fellow Republicans to denounce the group's attack.... |
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| WASHINGTON (AP) -- On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing.... |
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| GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) -- Lindsey Vonn of the United States fell in the first leg of the final giant slalom of the season, opening the way for rival Maria Riesch to make up ground in the race for the overall title.... |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- Defending champion Laura Davies shot a 5-under 68 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Women's Australian Open.... |
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| EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli, who helped lead the Ducks to the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth last season, faces a burglary charge in connection with a theft at a campus fraternity house in late January.... |
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| HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) -- Robert Morris coach Mike Rice preaches to his team that defense wins.... |
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| The UN Secretary-General asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body. |
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| Mystery surrounds the deaths of 75 starlings which fell from the sky on to the driveway of a Somerset house. |
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| The science spokesmen of the three main political parties cross swords on the issue of UK research funding. |
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| The largest meat-eating plant in the world is designed not to eat small animals, but small animal poo, scientists discover. |
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