Secret Service chief may have misled on scandal - U.S. senator

By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican senator on Friday accused the head of the U.S. Secret Service of making potentially misleading statements to Congress about a prostitution scandal involving agency employees before a presidential...

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Google mulls FTC settlement over patents - WSJ

REUTERS - Google Inc is considering a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over potential claims it broke antitrust law in its handling of patents for mobile devices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The dispute has to do with whether...

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Taylor Swift paints love 'Red' in new album

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country-pop star Taylor Swift has won over a legion of devoted fans in the past six years with her raw, honest lyrics of romance and heartbreak. Now, at the grand age of 22, the five-time Grammy winner is says...

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Gold holds above $1,740, euro summit eyed

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold held steady above $1,740 an ounce on Friday as the U.S. dollar slipped against other currencies, but investors were likely to take a breather before the outcome of a euro zone summit to solve the region's debt crisis. FUNDAMENTALS...

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Asian shares rise after U.S. data, China GDP in focus

By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose to their highest in seven months on Thursday, buoyed by a surge in U.S. housing starts that has followed other positive economic data, helping to further ease worries about a slowdown in global growth....

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Gold flat as investors eye China data, euro zone

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold traded little changed on Thursday - after rising for two days on a weakened dollar - as investors marked time ahead of key economic data from China and a euro zone summit. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was little changed at $1,749.40...

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Apple manufacturer Foxconn says underage workers used in China

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Apple Inc's largest contract manufacturer, Foxconn, has acknowledged hiring teenagers as young as 14 in a Chinese factory, in breach of national law, in a case that raises further questions over Foxconn's student intern programme....

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Vikram Pandit may exit Citi without much of a parachute

By Tom Hals and Dena Aubin REUTERS - Vikram Pandit may leave Citigroup Inc without a rich exit package, compensation experts say, although final terms of his departure likely will not be known for several days. Pandit, who stepped down as chief executive...

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Weight loss surgery tied to increase in drinking: study

REUTERS - People who had weight loss surgery reported greater alcohol use two years after their procedures, according to a U.S. study. The researchers, whose findings appeared in the Archives of Surgery, said it's possible that some patients may turn...

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NRI from Punjab seek mechanism to cast their vote

From Lalit K Jha Washington, Oct 16 (PTI) More than a year after the Non-Resident Indian's were granted voting rights, a representative body of NRIs from Punjab has urged the Indian Government to develop a mechanism which will facilitate them to exercise...

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Audits will be conducted to check corruption in MNREGA: Ramesh

Indore, Oct 14 (PTI) Expressing concern over complaints of corruption in MGNREGA projects, Union Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh today said the government has decided to conduct audit of ten per cent of villages on a random basis every year....

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Naxals torch 4 vehicles, attack police team in Chhattisgarh

Raipur, Oct 14 (PTI) Naxals today torched four vehicles and attacked a police team, injuring two police personnel, in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. The incident occurred in the forest area in Surokhi village, police said. The Naxals intercepted...

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Alang observes bandh for second consecutive day

Ahmedabad, Oct 13 (PTI) Ship-breaking companies at Alang Ship Yard observed bandh for the second consecutive day today protesting arrest of three ship-breakers under stringent IPC sections in connection with the death of six labourers in a blast on an...

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Teacher assaulted for scolding students

Jodhpur, Oct 13 (PTI) A teacher of a private school was assaulted today for allegedly scolding two students, prompting police to round up four teenagers including the two students of the institution. After being struck in the cheek with a knife, Hitesh...

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