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Bernanke says Fed to act if U.S. recovery stalls

Reuters - Molly Riley, Emily Kaiser - ‎44 minutes ago‎
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke takes his seat to testify before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in a hearing on ''The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress,'' on Capitol Hill, July 21, 2010.
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4 Oil Firms Commit $1 Billion for Gulf Rapid-Response Plan

New York Times - Derick E. Hingle - ‎1 hour ago‎
Oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. The industry plans to build containment equipment to be kept on standby for emergency use. By JAD MOUAWAD Four of the world's biggest oil companies said on Wednesday that they were committing $1 billion to create a ...
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Lindsay Lohan's Mom, Sister Visit Jail

People Magazine - Eunice Oh, Donnamarie Barnes - ‎4 hours ago‎
Lindsay Lohan's mother Dina and sister Ali visited the jail for more than an hour Wednesday, but it wasn't known if they saw the actress.

Billingsley wins duel with Giants' Zito

MLB.com - Ken Gurnick - ‎48 minutes ago‎
LOS ANGELES -- Casey Blake homered and singled in an insurance run and Chad Billingsley outdueled Barry Zito on Wednesday night as the Dodgers beat the Giants, 2-0, to snap a six-game losing streak.

Jolie disappoints with subpar 'Salt'

Boston Herald - James Verniere - ‎1 hour ago‎
That “Salt” should be taken with a grain of is evident from the “I-was-waterboarded-in-my-Victoria's-Secret-bra-and-panties” opening to its “Dr.

North Korea Says Latest US Sanctions Are Tantamount to `Hostile Policy'

Bloomberg - Bomi Lim - ‎51 minutes ago‎
North Korea denounced new US sanctions against its regime and said next week's naval exercises involving South Korean and American forces posed a threat to regional peace.

Facebook milestone: 500 million members; on to 1 billion?

San Jose Mercury News - Scott Duke Harris - ‎17 minutes ago‎
Facebook on Wednesday announced a remarkable milestone: 500 million active monthly users. And the velocity of its growth raises a mind-boggling possibility: Could Facebook reach 1 billion "friends" next year?

SEC Media Days start with agent talk

MiamiHerald.com - Joseph Goodman - ‎41 minutes ago‎
The first day of the SEC Media Days was dominated by talk of investigations and the influence of sports agents, whom Nick Saban compared to pimps.

AIDS 2010: Local experts weigh in on progress against HIV

Seattle Times - Kristi Heim - ‎9 hours ago‎
News around this week's AIDS 2010 international conference has been coming fast and furious, with results showing a gel capable of blocking HIV, the promise of antiretroviral drugs to prevent infection, and earlier, the discovery of two naturally ...

Mariners rally for 2-1 win over White Sox in 11 innings

Seattle Times - Geoff Baker - ‎29 minutes ago‎
The routine is one that Mariners ace Felix Hernandez knows all too well as he loads up on every statistic other than victories. By Geoff Baker The routine is one that Mariners ace Felix Hernandez knows all too well as he loads up on every statistic ...

Credit Suisse Profit Unexpectedly Rises 1.4% on Tax Credit, Gains on Debt

Bloomberg - Elena Logutenkova - ‎39 minutes ago‎
Credit Suisse Group AG, Switzerland's second-largest bank, said profit rose 1.4 percent, beating estimates after booking a tax credit and gains on its own debt.

Foes Of Arizona Immigration Law Get Day In Court

NPR - Ted Robbins - ‎1 hour ago‎
Enlarge AP Protesters rallied against Arizona's new immigration law earlier this month in Boston, where Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was attending National Governors Association sessions.

Oil Falls to Near $76 on US Supplies, Equities

ABC News - Alex Kennedy - ‎40 minutes ago‎
AP By ALEX KENNEDY AP Writer Oil prices fell to near $76 a barrel Thursday in Asia as growing US crude supplies and weak stock markets undermine investor optimism.

Senate passes jobless aid after lengthy debate

Los Angeles Times - Lisa Mascaro - ‎2 hours ago‎
Democrats criticize the GOP's insistence on a prolonged debate on extending unemployment benefits. The bill is approved 59 to 39.

Israel launches campaign to halt Lebanon Gaza-bound flotilla

Ha'aretz - Jack Khoury, Natasha Mozgovaya - ‎6 hours ago‎
Foreign Ministry instructs Israeli ambassadors to ask senior American, UN, EU and Egyptian officials to pressure Syria and Lebanon to stop latest planned flotilla from sailing from Lebanon to Gaza.

Morgan's Effort to Cut Risk Appears to Pay Off

New York Times - Antony Currie, Rob Cox - ‎2 hours ago‎
Morgan Stanley's postcrisis conversion to reducing risk finally seems to be paying off. James P. Gorman, its chief executive, presided over $1.4 billion of earnings from continuing operations in the second quarter, ...

Harris: Flipboard gives you a magazine just for you

San Jose Mercury News - Scott Duke Harris - ‎4 hours ago‎
Friends and colleagues who love showing off their new iPads may soon be showing off Flipboard, the free "social magazine" app that debuted Wednesday to boffo reviews, resulting in a digital traffic jam at Apple's App Store that ...

New guidelines aim to encourage vaginal births after C-sections

USA Today - Rita Rubin - ‎5 hours ago‎
The country's main professional group of obstetricians published "less restrictive" guidelines Wednesday that could lead to more vaginal births after C-sections, or VBACs.

On The Call: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings

BusinessWeek - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Netflix Inc. has emerged as a major home entertainment hub now that it has 15 million subscribers. But audience size isn't enough to persuade movie and TV studios to license their video to Netflix's Internet streaming library, to add more recent ...

Avandia maker ordered to halt recruiting for trials

Boston Globe - Christopher Rowland - ‎26 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration yesterday ordered the maker of the diabetes drug Avandia to stop enrolling new patients in a controversial clinical trial of the widely marketed medicine, saying it needs time to ...

Clinton In Vietnam To Mark 15-Year Relationship

NPR - ‎1 hour ago‎
by AP US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi for events marking the 15th anniversary of normalized US-Vietnam relations.

Roche shares down 4 percent on FDA Avastin setback

BusinessWeek - ‎52 minutes ago‎
Roche Holding AG shares were trading Wednesday at their lowest level in more than a year after a panel of cancer experts recommended that the US government should remove its endorsement of Avastin for breast cancer.

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