| LATEST NEWS | | As Mideast seethes, 3 dead in Bahrain bloodshed | | MANAMA (Reuters) - Police in the Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain attacked demonstrators camped out in the capital on Thursday, killing three, in a move to stifle pro-democracy protests inspired by similar movements across the Middle East. | Full Article | | | Fight over Dodd-Frank headlines Senate panel | | February 17, 2011 07:49 AM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans will escalate their push to delay and defund the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms on Thursday as top regulators appear before the Senate Banking Committee with a new chairman presiding. | Full Article | | Core inflation fastest in more than a year | | February 17, 2011 09:26 AM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. core consumer prices rose at their quickest pace in more than a year in January, but the increase was not strong enough to suggest a troubling build-up in inflation pressures. | Full Article | | A strong ECB president can make a difference | | February 17, 2011 06:03 AM ET | | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - When arch-hawk Axel Weber withdrew last week from the contest to head the European Central Bank, the euro and bond yields dipped -- a sign of how crucial markets think the ECB's president may be in shaping its policy. | Full Article | | Borders files for bankruptcy, to close 200 stores | | February 16, 2011 07:35 PM ET | | NEW YORK/WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc filed for bankruptcy protection and said it would close about one-third of its bookstores, after years of shriveling sales that made it impossible to manage its crushing debt load. | Full Article | |  | | BUSINESS NEWS | | Wall St set to fall after CPI, jobless data | | February 17, 2011 09:07 AM ET | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street was headed for a lower open on Thursday as indexes hovered at multi-year highs after both inflation and weekly claims for jobless benefits came in higher than expected. | Full Article | | Jobless claims rise 25,000 last week | | February 17, 2011 08:57 AM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, according to a government report on Thursday that still pointed at gradual labor market recovery. | Full Article | | SPX Corp earnings top Wall Street expectations | | February 17, 2011 09:14 AM ET | | BOSTON (Reuters) - Diversified U.S. manufacturer SPX Corp topped Wall Street's profit expectations as strong demand for equipment used in food and beverage production offset lower selling prices for electrical transformers. | Full Article | | | | HEALTH NEWS | | | | | RELATED VIDEO | | |  |  | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. |  | | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. |  | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | | ODDLY ENOUGH | | | |
