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2012-02-02 12:20	Reuters UK	Facebook's laundry list of risks
2012-02-02 12:20	Reuters UK	JPMorgan wows Wall Street with Facebook IPO win
2012-02-02 12:20	Reuters UK	Hacked companies still not telling investors
2012-02-02 12:20	Reuters UK	Sony sees $2.9 billion loss, new CEO warns of pain
2012-02-02 12:20	Reuters UK	Intel CFO faces fewer worried investors
2012-02-02 12:20	Reuters UK	Euro zone woes will widen UK property gulf
2012-02-02 12:20	Reuters UK	Hedge fund managers to outspend bankers on London homes
2012-02-02 12:20	Reuters UK	House prices fall unexpectedly
2012-02-02 12:07	AP Top News	NATO ministers mull Afghan drawdown BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO's top official joined the U.S. and France on Thursday in calling for Afghan forces to take the lead in all combat operations by mid-2013, a year earlier than originally expected, while Western troops would shift to back up roles in the fight against the Taliban. Both U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have suggested in recent days that the coalition should gradually transition out of combat in 2013....
2012-02-02 12:05	Reuters UK	FTSE boost from M&A muted by outlook warnings
2012-02-02 12:02	AP Top News	From shipwreck in Italy, a treasure now beckons ROME (AP) - In the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board the cruise ship: jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th century Bohemian crystal glassware, thousands of art objects including 300-year-old woodblock prints by a Japanese master. In other words, a veritable treasure now lies beneath the pristine Italian waters where the luxury liner ran aground last month....
2012-02-02 11:50	Reuters UK	European shares hit fresh six-month closing high
2012-02-02 11:47	AP Top News	NYPD document: Collect intel at Shi'a mosques NYPD document: Collect intel at Shi'a mosquesNEW YORK (AP) - A secret police document shows that the New York Police Department recommended increasing surveillance of thousands of Muslims and their mosques based solely on their religion. The Associated Press obtained a copy of a May 2006 NYPD intelligence report on Iran. It says police should expand clandestine operations at Shiite mosques. It then lists mosques around the Northeast....
2012-02-02 11:32	AP Top News	Attack on Kenya orphanage yields $80k in donations NGONG, Kenya (AP) - Anthony Omari earned the still-fresh 11-stitch scar that runs from his forehead to his upper lip in one of the noblest ways imaginable: By taking a machete to the face while defending an under-resourced Kenyan orphanage from attacking thieves. Young, traumatized orphans witnessed the assault, which split open Omari's face and soaked his clothes in blood....
2012-02-02 11:32	AP Top News	'They use you up': Hall of Famer Dorsett suing NFL The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his Hall of Fame NFL career. "It was like a freight train hitting a Volkswagen," Dorsett says now....
2012-02-02 11:07	AP Top News	Bernanke urges caution in sharp deficit cutting Bernanke urges caution in sharp deficit cuttingWASHINGTON (AP) - Ben Bernanke is urging lawmakers to balance their desire to cut deficits with policies that could help boost the weak economy in the short run. Bernanke told the House Budget Committee that he recognizes that huge budget deficits represent a serious threat to the economy....
2012-02-02 11:07	AP Top News	Fewer seek unemployment aid as job market improves WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to a level that signaled a steadily improving job market. The figures came one day before the government is expected to report that January marked another solid month for hiring. Unemployment applications fell 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, dropped for the third straight week to 375,750....
2012-02-02 10:57	AP Top News	Serbia: 11,000 trapped in remote villages by snow BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities said Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong deep freeze rose to 122, many of them homeless people. The stranded live in some 6,500 homes in remote areas that cannot be reached due to icy, snow-clogged roads. Emergency crews were pressing hard to try to clear the snow and deliver badly needed supplies in areas facing their harshest winter in decades....
2012-02-02 10:52	AP Top News	Romney stock trades clash with divestment pledge WASHINGTON (AP) - During his presidential campaign in 2007, Republican candidate Mitt Romney promised that a trust overseeing his financial portfolio would shed any investments that conflicted with GOP positions toward Iran, China, stem cell research and other issues. But Romney's family trusts kept some of those stocks and repeatedly bought new investments in similar holdings as recently as 2010, when they were sold in advance of his latest White House campaign, a detailed review of Romney's financial records by The Associated Press shows. Recently disclosed 2010 tax returns for three family trust funds for Romney, his wife, Ann, and their adult children show scores of trades in such investments, worth more than $3 million when the holdings were all sold in 2010....
2012-02-02 10:50	Reuters UK	Villagers scramble for fuel in Europe's big chill
2012-02-02 10:42	AP Top News	Egyptians blame military for deadly soccer riot CAIRO (AP) - Egyptians ranging from soccer fans to lawmakers blamed the country's military rulers for a bloody post-match riot Thursday as anger mounted over the failure of police to stop the violence when a narrow stadium exit turned into a death trap in a seaside city north of the capital. A network of soccer fans known as Ultras vowed vengeance, accusing the police of intentionally letting rivals attack them because they have been at the forefront of protests over the past year, first against former leader Hosni Mubarak and now the military....
2012-02-02 10:40	Reuters UK	Insight - D.Boerse/NYSE deal undone by smart opponents
2012-02-02 10:25	Reuters UK	Bank should buy more private-sector debt - Bank's Posen
2012-02-02 10:22	AP Top News	Rate on 30-year mortgage falls to record 3.87 pct. Rate on 30-year mortgage falls to record 3.87 pct.WASHINGTON (AP) - The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week to a record low, the ninth time that has happened in the last year. Even with the cheapest rates in history, the housing market remains depressed. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-year loan dropped to 3.87 percent this week. That below the previous record of 3.88 hit two weeks ago....
2012-02-02 09:57	AP Top News	NFL adding new fantasy game with $1 million prize NFL adding new fantasy game with $1 million prizeNEW YORK (AP) - The NFL wants to add even more fans to the millions already following the sport - and is willing to pay $1 million to do it. The league will run an ad during the Super Bowl introducing the "Perfect Challenge," a deceptively simple new fantasy game....
2012-02-02 09:52	AP Top News	Pa. groundhog 'predicts' 6 more weeks of winter PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair to "see" his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter. But, at this rate, that might not be so bad....
2012-02-02 09:42	AP Top News	Cornelius' legacy lives on in Chicago CHICAGO (AP) - When this proud city welcomed back hometown hero Don Cornelius last year, it wasn't just Chicago-style - it was "Soul Train" style, complete with Afro wigs, bell bottoms and hip-shaking in the streets. The 40th anniversary celebrations for "Soul Train" traced a remarkable journey for a former Chicago police officer who got his start in broadcasting when he pulled over a radio executive in a traffic stop and then had to build up his pioneering show one step at a time....
2012-02-02 09:32	AP Top News	Treasure hunter says he found $3B WWII wreck PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A treasure hunter said he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum bars now worth more than $3 billion. If the claim proves true, it could be one of the richest sunken treasures ever discovered....
2012-02-02 09:22	AP Top News	Fewer seek unemployment aid as job market improves WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to a level that signaled a steadily improving job market. The figures came one day before the government is expected to report that January marked another solid month for hiring. Unemployment applications fell 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, dropped for the third straight week to 375,750....
2012-02-02 09:12	AP Top News	Treasure hunter says he found $3B WWII wreck PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A treasure hunter said Wednesday he has located the wreck of a British merchant ship that was torpedoed by a German U-boat off Cape Cod during World War II while carrying what he claims was a load of platinum bars now worth more than $3 billion. If the claim proves true, it could be one of the richest sunken treasures ever discovered....
2012-02-02 09:02	AP Top News	Professor documents cancer battle in online videos COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calcified scar tissue from a previous surgery. But the growth didn't go away, and his sore back grew more painful. A doctor's diagnosis confirmed the worst: He had a form of upper throat cancer called nasal pharyngeal carcinoma. It had spread to his lymph nodes and bones....
2012-02-02 09:00	Reuters UK	Glencore and Xstrata "should be together" - Glasenberg
2012-02-02 08:55	Reuters UK	Europe gets bond market respite, real economy pain
2012-02-02 08:52	AP Top News	Romney stock trades clash with divestment pledge WASHINGTON (AP) - During his presidential campaign in 2007, Republican candidate Mitt Romney promised that a trust overseeing his financial portfolio would shed any investments that conflicted with GOP positions toward Iran, China, stem cell research and other issues. But Romney's family trusts kept some of those stocks and repeatedly bought new investments in similar holdings as recently as 2010, when they were sold in advance of his latest White House campaign, a detailed review of Romney's financial records by The Associated Press shows. Recently disclosed 2010 tax returns for three family trust funds for Romney, his wife, Ann, and their adult children show scores of trades in such investments, worth more than $3 million when the holdings were all sold in 2010....
2012-02-02 08:47	AP Top News	Fewer seek unemployment aid as job market improves WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment aid fell last week, a sign that companies are cutting fewer jobs and likely stepping up hiring. Weekly unemployment applications fell 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, dropped for the third straight week to 375,750....
2012-02-02 08:47	AP Top News	Professor documents cancer battle in online videos Professor documents cancer battle in online videosCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calcified scar tissue from a previous surgery. But the growth didn't go away, and his sore back grew more painful. A doctor's diagnosis confirmed the worst: He had a form of upper throat cancer called nasal pharyngeal carcinoma. It had spread to his lymph nodes and bones....
2012-02-02 08:47	AP Top News	Serbia: 11,000 trapped in remote villages by snow BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia's mountains, authorities announced Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe's weeklong deep freeze rose to 114. Those stranded live in some 6,500 homes in remote areas that cannot be reach due to icy, snow-clogged roads, emergency police official Predrag Maric said. Emergency crews were pressing hard to try to clear the snow and deliver badly needed supplies....
2012-02-02 08:42	AP Top News	Fewer seek unemployment aid as job market improves Fewer seek unemployment aid as job market improvesWASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment aid fell last week, a sign that companies are cutting fewer jobs and likely stepping up hiring. Weekly unemployment applications fell 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, dropped for the third straight week to 375,750....
2012-02-02 08:35	Reuters UK	Deutsche Bank's Ackermann era ends in loss
2012-02-02 08:32	AP Top News	Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documents Facebook surrenders its privacy in IPO documentsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook is baring its business soul. The unveiling came late Wednesday when the company that depends on people to share their lives online filed its plans to raise $5 billion in an initial public offering of stock. It's a revelatory moment that prospective investors, curious competitors and nosy reporters have been awaiting for two years. During that time, Facebook established itself as a communications hub and emerged as a threat to the Internet's most powerful company, Google Inc....
2012-02-02 08:30	Reuters UK	Six advisers lined up for Glencore and Xstrata - sources
2012-02-02 08:22	AP Top News	Pa. groundhog 'predicts' 6 more weeks of winter PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair to "see" his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter. But, at this rate, that might not be so bad....
2012-02-02 08:05	Reuters UK	Little new in IAEA-Iran talks - diplomats
2012-02-02 07:57	AP Top News	Egyptians blame military for deadly soccer riot CAIRO (AP) - A narrow stadium exit turned into a death trap. Crowds of Egyptian soccer fans fleeing supporters of the opposing team armed with knives, clubs and stones rushed into the corridor, only to be crushed against a locked gate, their rivals attacking from behind, survivors and witnesses said. The result was the world's worst soccer violence in 15 years, with 74 people crushed, suffocated or stabbed to death....
2012-02-02 07:57	AP Top News	Pa. groundhog 'predicts' 6 more weeks of winter PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair to "see" his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter. But, at this rate, that might not be so bad....
2012-02-02 07:55	Reuters UK	European shares steady near 6-month high, miners up
2012-02-02 07:47	AP Top News	Egypt PM dissolves soccer federation board CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's prime minister has dissolved the Egyptian Soccer Federation's board and referred its members for questioning by prosecutors after post-match clashes that left 74 dead. Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri announced the decision during Thursday's emergency parliamentary session, a day after a match between Al-Ahly and Al-Masry soccer teams in the Mediterranean city of Port Said turned deadly....
2012-02-02 07:42	AP Top News	Pa. groundhog 'predicts' 6 more weeks of winter PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney emerged from his lair to "see" his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of winter. But, at this rate, that might not be so bad....
2012-02-02 07:40	Reuters UK	The great French breast implant scandal
2012-02-02 07:40	Reuters UK	Italian surgeons sue over faulty breast implants


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