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U.S. financial markets drifted mostly lower in afternoon trading Tuesday as investors pored through a batch of company earnings and digested the Federal Reserve’s latest assessment of the U.S. economy. In remarks to Congress, Fed Chair Janet Yellen raised the possibility the Fed could raise its key short-term interest rate sooner than currently projected.
Stock ended mostly lower Tuesday as investors considered a new set of corporate earnings and the Federal Reserve’s latest assessment of the U.S. economy. In remarks to Congress, Fed Chair Janet Yellen …
Stocks are closing mostly lower as investors considered a new set of corporate earnings and the Federal Reserve’s latest assessment of the U.S. economy. In remarks to Congress, Fed Chair Janet Yellen raised …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Carl DeMaio is one of three openly gay Republicans running for Congress this year, but he’s the only one who has managed to make political adversaries of both social conservative and gay rights organizations.
President Barack Obama is pressing Congress to make a long-term commitment to keep highway and transit aid flowing to states, but lawmakers appear headed for a short-term patch to sustain projects through …
Ernst & Young has agreed to pay $4 million to settle civil charges of compromising its independence by lobbying Congress on behalf of two companies whose books it audited. The Securities and Exchange Commission …
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two influential U.S. senators have asked fellow lawmakers to support demands that Iran accept tough conditions in nuclear talks, including at least two decades of inspections, before Congress would agree to ease sanctions. The appeal was made as Iran and six major powers, including the United States, approach a deadline in talks in Vienna aimed at a deal in which Iran would curb its nuclear program in exchange for gradual relief from crippling economic sanctions. Democrat Robert Menendez and Republican Lindsey Graham, who believe President Barack Obama’s administration should not act without Congressional backing, distributed a letter among senators saying they want Iran to “come clean” about any military dimensions of its nuclear program.
Patna, July 14 (ANI): People in Bihar on Monday launched a protest against the state government for not providing widows their due under a social security scheme. The Laxmibai Social Security Widow Pension Scheme, introduced in 2007, is aimed at the welfare of widows in Bihar. Under the scheme, widows living under the poverty line are provided with an amount of Rs.300 per month. The protesters said that the state government had promised an amount of rupees 11 lakh in September last year but the amount is yet to be distributed among the aggrieved parties.
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Union Parliamentary Affairs minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Monday that the Congress Party is opposing the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) Amendment Bill just for the heck of it. M. Venkaiah Naidu said, “It is good thing and we welcome it. Congress Party is opposing it just for the heck of it. A bill to amend the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act was passed in the Lok Sabha today.
WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Ken Gray, who represented southern Illinois in Congress and earned the nickname the “Prince of Pork” for bringing $7 billion in projects to his district, died Saturday at age 89.
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