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J.P. Morgan Investors Examine Links With Directors

Shareholders are taking a close look at financial relationships between some J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) board members and the company they oversee, in a sign of the scrutiny the nation’s largest bank faces in the wake of a multibillion-dollar trading loss last year. Continue reading

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Obama’s new issues: Investigations

President Obama faces the bane of many a predecessor: congressional investigations. Continue reading

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Al Michaels — CHARGED With DUI

Al Michaels has been charged with 2 counts of misdemeanor DUI in connection with his arrest in Santa Monica, CA last month … Continue reading

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U.S., Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria carnage

By Thomas Grove and Erika Solomon MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia and the United States agreed to bury their differences over Syria and to try to convene international talks with both sides in the civil war to end the carnage that is inflaming the Middle East. Visiting Moscow after Israel bombed targets near Damascus and as President Barack Obama faces new calls to arm the rebels, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Russia had agreed to try to arrange a conference as early as this month involving both President Bashar al-Assad's government and his opponents Continue reading

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General Motors: Fighting climate change good for business

General Motors is the first major U.S. automaker to sign a “Climate Declaration,” asserting that responding to climate change is good business.“We want to be a change agent in the auto industry,” said Mike Robinson, GM vice president of Sustainability and Global Regulatory Affairs. “As our world faces issues like congestion and climate change, we are at the forefront in transforming the way we mov… Continue reading

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Train plot suspect rejects Canadian law, cites "holy book"

By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) – One of two men accused in an alleged al Qaeda-backed plan to derail a passenger train in Canada appeared in court on Wednesday and disputed the authority of Canadian law to judge him, saying the criminal code was not a holy book. Continue reading

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Grammy Crasher Charged — Facing 6 Months In Jail

He’s pranked Madonna, Will Smith and Adele … but his next victim could be his cell-mate Bubba.Vitalii Sediuk faces jail time for crashing the Grammy Awards stage and messing with Adele’s moment at the February ceremony … Continue reading

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Egypt says will not discuss emergency loan with IMF

Egypt will not discuss the possibility of an emergency loan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and faces “no crisis” in importing essential imports, government spokesman Alaa El Hadidi said on Sunday. Continue reading

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Wall Street Week Ahead: S&P 500 could see peak but Cyprus talks go on

By Chuck Mikolajczak and Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks could break through to all-time closing highs this week, but it could depend on a solution to Cyprus' fiscal woes. On Sunday, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades held last-minute talks with international lenders in an effort to save the island nation from financial meltdown. Continue reading

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Cyprus faces hard choices, tough future: EU’s Rehn

Cyprus faces a very difficult near-term future and must take hard decisions, with no perfect solution available, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Saturday Continue reading

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