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Wed, May 23, 2012

Iran says Western pressure at talks will be futile

By Marcus George

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday that any efforts by Western powers to put pressure on ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) grimaces as she steps off a stage following a family photo with NATO leaders including French President

Wed, May 23, 2012

Stage set for Hollande-Merkel showdown at EU summit

By Luke Baker

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders will try to breathe life into their stricken economies at a summit over dinner on Wednesday, but ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Major powers seek Iran concessions at Baghdad talks

By Justyna Pawlak and Patrick Markey

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - World powers will test Iran's readiness under pressure of sanctions to scale back its nuclear ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Egyptians vote to pick president for first time

By Edmund Blair

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians began voting freely on Wednesday for the first time to pick their president in a wide open election ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner takes a tour of the Marlin Steel Wire Products factory in Baltimore, Maryland, May 17, 2012. REUTER

Wed, May 23, 2012

Guessing game begins over next Treasury chief

By Glenn Somerville

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wanted for the Treasury Department: a new boss who can fix trillion-dollar-plus budget deficits, overhaul the tax system and ...

A U.S. Airways flight from Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina that was diverted to Bangor International Airport after reports of a passenger

Tue, May 22, 2012

US Air jet diverts after passenger claims to have "device"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A passenger who claimed to have a surgically implanted device prompted a US Airways jetliner to divert to Maine on Tuesday in ...

Mitt Romney, U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor, addresses a crowd of supporters during a rally at Lan

Tue, May 22, 2012

Romney wins Kentucky primary, leads in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney won his party's primary in Kentucky on Tuesday and took a commanding lead in ...

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg addresses the crowd after remotely ringing the Nasdaq's opening bell as Nasdaq Chief Executive Robe

Tue, May 22, 2012

Nasdaq shareholders mum on Facebook IPO

By John McCrank

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Not a single shareholder asked a question at Nasdaq OMX's annual meeting on Tuesday, just days after ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Facebook IPO shows galactic divide between investors

By Lauren Young

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's no surprise to anyone that big investors get preferential treatment on Wall Street.

Investors expressed disappointment ...

Tue, May 22, 2012

Exclusive: Massachusetts subpoenas Morgan Stanley for Facebook

By Jessica Toonkel

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth William Galvin has issued a subpoena to Morgan Stanley over an analyst's discussions ...