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Monthly Archives: November 2008
NASA reroutes shuttle to land in California
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Astronauts aboard space shuttle Endeavour closed their ship’s cargo bay doors on Sunday and prepared to land in California after bad weather prompted NASA to bypass the prime Florida landing site.
UAW wants limits on carmakers’ executive pay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Big Three U.S. automakers should tell Congress they will limit corporate pay, bonuses and severance packages in return for government loans, the president of the United Auto Workers union said on Sunday.
UPDATE 2-Microsoft-Yahoo deal ‘total fiction’-AllThingsDigital
(Refiles to read Microsoft Corp, not Inc, in paragraph 1)
Microsoft-Yahoo deal "total fiction:" report
LONDON (Reuters) – A report in the Sunday Times that Microsoft Inc is in talks with Yahoo Inc to buy the U.S. internet company’s online search business for $20 billion is “total fiction,” according to a key executive cited by an influential U.S. blog.
Swiss approve prescription heroin
Swiss voters overwhelmingly back a change in health policy that would provide prescription heroin to addicts.
Stocks eye dour jobs, shopping data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street may struggle this week to build on its best weekly performance in almost 30 years as investors grapple with a raft of economic data, including the November jobs report, that will likely provide more evidence of a deep economic downturn.
India considers anti-terror body
India’s prime minister opens urgent talks on setting up a federal agency of investigation after the Mumbai attacks.