Articles tagged with stop
Tue, May 22, 2012
Rights group aims to stop killing of Canada GMO pigs
By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A U.S. animal rights group hopes to save a herd of genetically modified pigs from early deaths ...
Mon, May 21, 2012
Exclusive: SK Energy to stop Iran oil imports from July: sources
By Meeyoung Cho and Ju-min Park
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's largest oil refiner SK Energy <096770.KS> will stop Iranian crude imports after a European ...
Sun, May 20, 2012
U.S. banking laws unable to stop JPMorgan loss: Republican Boehner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. banking reforms could not have prevented JPMorgan Chase & Co's trading losses, and those involved in the activities that went awry should be held accountable, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said in an interview aired on Sunday.
"I don't believe there's anything in Dodd-Frank (financial reform law) that would've prevented this activity at JPMorgan," said Boehner, the top Republican U.S. officeholder. He made the comments Friday in an interview for ABC's "This Week."
Last week JPMorgan disclosed that it has suffered at least $2 billion in losses due to trades that went bad. The losses from derivatives trading could widen and have placed pressure on the bank to explain what happened as lawmakers and regulators tussle over rules for Dodd-Frank enacted two years ago.
"There's no law against stupidity. No law against stupid trades," said Boehner.
"And as long as depositors' money wasn't at risk and as long as there's no risk of a taxpayer bailout, they should be held accountable by the market and their shareholders," he said.
The 2010 Dodd-Frank financial oversight law was enacted in response to the financial crisis includes the Volcker rule, which bans banks from making speculative bets with company money. But it includes an exemption for trades done to hedge risk.
Since the Wall Street giant announced the $2 billion dollar snafu, Democrats have shown more unity and have said it underscores the need for tougher bank regulation. Congressional Republican lawmakers, many who voted against Dodd-Frank and have sought to repeal the law, have been more splintered in their response to JPMorgan's losses.
"There are big problems for this law, and it needs-- it needs some big changes," Boehner said, when asked if he maintains his position that Dodd-Frank should be repealed.
The Obama administration has avoided criticizing the bank, instead cautioning the losses highlight the need to protect taxpayers with tough financial regulation.
JPMorgan's losses have given regulators a renewed argument for tightening controls on big banks and has placed a focus on whether financial firms should be required to hold more capital to cushion possible losses.
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan's chief executive officer, has been a critic of increased regulation. He has made a name for himself among Wall Street executives as JPMorgan has become the largest and most profitable U.S. bank.
(Reporting By Margaret Chadbourn; Editing by Jackie Frank)
Fri, May 18, 2012
Attacks over Bain Capital don't stop Romney's rise in polls
By Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland
WASHINGTON/TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Is Mitt Romney an out-of-touch elitist and bully who led a rapacious business that ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Liu assumes Olympic burden in home stop
By Nick Mulvenney
SHANHGAI (Reuters) - High hurdler Liu Xiang takes centre stage in his home town of Shanghai on Saturday, ready once again to ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
New York police plan changes to "stop and frisk"
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Police Department announced changes on Thursday to its controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk," saying it ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Several brokerages stop taking Facebook IPO orders
By Jessica Toonkel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors who want Facebook Inc shares when the No. 1 online social network goes public later this week ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
GM to drop Facebook ads due to low consumer impact
By Ben Klayman and Alexei Oreskovic
DETROIT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Tuesday it will stop advertising on Facebook, even as ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
GM plans to stop advertising on Facebook
(Reuters) - General Motors Co will stop advertising on Facebook, a move that comes during the same week the social networking website is due to ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Grant Co. sheriff's find portable meth lab during traffic stop
GRANT COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - Sheriff’s deputies in southwest Wisconsin said they found a portable methamphetamine lab in the back seat of a truck ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Target to stop selling Amazon's Kindle devices
By Alistair Barr and Jessica Wohl
(Reuters) - Target Corp said on Wednesday it will stop selling Amazon.com Inc's Kindle devices, the latest ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Target to stop selling Amazon's Kindle devices
By Alistair Barr and Jessica Wohl
(Reuters) - Target Corp said on Wednesday it will stop selling Amazon.com Inc's Kindle devices, the latest ...
Fri, April 27, 2012
Korean Christians aim to stop Lady Gaga's "pornographic" show
By Ju-min Park
SEOUL (Reuters) - Christian groups in South Korea called on Friday for pop icon Lady Gaga to cancel her concert here saying ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Obama seeks to stop Syria, Iran tech assault on activists
By Laura MacInnis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama imposed U.S. sanctions on Monday on those who help Syria and Iran track dissidents through ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Fans Can't Stop Leaving Dumb Graffiti on 'Jersey Shore' House
Many of us always dreamed of taking a trip to Seaside Heights, New Jersey — where MTV's hit reality scourge Jersey Shore is filmed ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
Please, Everyone, Stop Singing That 'Somebody I Used to Know' Song
There is no way on earth that you haven't heard ""Somebody I Used to Know,"" the mega smash by Belgian singer/songwriter Gotye ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Investors losing faith that Nokia can stop the rot
By Tarmo Virki
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Ailing cellphone maker Nokia has the cash to survive seven quarters like the last, but investors are losing faith ...
Sun, April 08, 2012
Dear Sunday, Please Stop Hogging All the Good TV Shows
It's Monday morning and I am absolutely exhausted. No, it's not from running errands all day on Saturday or an overly boozy ...
Sat, April 07, 2012
Dear Sunday, Please Stop Hogging All the Good TV Shows
It's Monday morning and I am absolutely exhausted. No, it's not from running errands all day on Saturday or an overly boozy ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Dear Sunday, Please Stop Hogging All the Good TV Shows
It's Monday morning and I am absolutely exhausted. No, it's not from running errands all day on Saturday or an overly boozy ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Dear Sunday, Please Stop Hogging All the Good TV Shows
It's Monday morning and I am absolutely exhausted. No, it's not from running errands all day on Saturday or an overly boozy ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Hey, Jeremy Renner, Stop Whining About the Press Attention
Jeremy Renner, the Oscar nominee who stars in The Avengers and just inked a $5 million deal to star in Bourne Legacy, the next ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Saudi will not stop its women competing in Olympics: paper
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will not prevent its female citizens from competing in the Olympics, but it will not officially endorse them, the head ...
Tue, April 03, 2012
Dear Sunday, Please Stop Hogging All the Good TV Shows
It's Monday morning and I am absolutely exhausted. No, it's not from running errands all day on Saturday or an overly boozy ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
Heroin bust during traffic stop in Grant County
GRANT COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - A car that was stopped for speeding resulted in a pair of heroin arrests in southwest Wisconsin.
Grant County sheriff ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
Charlie Sheen on 'Today': Stop Apologizing Already!
The warlock's magic has run out. Charlie Sheen can apologize all he wants, but after his 2011 meltdown, most of us have disembarked ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
James Franco Can't Stop Playing Other Stars
On March 26, Selena Gomez tweeted a photo of her bikini-clad self on the set of Spring Breakers with a very familiar ace, but ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
Smiles and a warning as Lindsay Lohan ends probation
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A smiling Lindsay Lohan was released on Thursday from almost five years of formal probation, and told by ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
James Franco Can't Stop Playing Other Stars
On March 26, Selena Gomez tweeted a photo of her bikini-clad self on the set of Spring Breakers with a very familiar ace, but ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Jessica Simpson Can't Stop Talking About Her Butt on 'Fashion Star': Video
Is there anything we don't know about Jessica Simpson? We've learned about her pregnancy cravings and what it will be like when ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Jessica Simpson Can't Stop Talking About Her Butt on 'Fashion Star': Video
Is there anything we don't know about Jessica Simpson? We've learned about her pregnancy cravings and what it will be like when ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Why college students stop short of a degree
By Lou Carlozo
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Aspiring journalist Fruzsina Eordogh dropped out of Loyola University Chicago last spring, just a few classes shy of graduating ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Total: "may be months" to stop North Sea gas cloud
By Oleg Vukmanovic
LONDON (Reuters) - A cloud of explosive natural gas boiling up from the North Sea out of a leak at Total's ...
Sun, March 25, 2012
'Pirates!,' 'Chicken Run' Director Peter Lord: How Stop-Motion Animation Actually Works
As a co-founder of Aardman Animation (the studio behind Wallace and Gromit), the always-reliable stop-motion animation company across the pond, Peter Lord has worn ...
Sat, March 24, 2012
'Pirates!,' 'Chicken Run' Director Peter Lord: How Stop-Motion Animation Actually Works
As a co-founder of Aardman Animation (the studio behind Wallace and Gromit), the always-reliable stop-motion animation company across the pond, Peter Lord has worn ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
'Pirates!,' 'Chicken Run' Director Peter Lord: How Stop-Motion Animation Actually Works
As a co-founder of Aardman Animation (the studio behind Wallace and Gromit), the always-reliable stop-motion animation company across the pond, Peter Lord has worn ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
'Pirates!,' 'Chicken Run' Director Peter Lord: How Stop-Motion Animation Actually Works
As a co-founder of Aardman Animation (the studio behind Wallace and Gromit), the always-reliable stop-motion animation company across the pond, Peter Lord has worn ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
'Pirates!,' 'Chicken Run' Director Peter Lord: How Stop-Motion Animation Actually Works
As a co-founder of Aardman Animation (the studio behind Wallace and Gromit), the always-reliable stop-motion animation company across the pond, Peter Lord has worn ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Safeway, Supervalu to stop buying "pink slime" beef
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the biggest U.S. supermarket operators, Safeway Inc and Supervalu Inc, will stop buying the ammonia-treated beef ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Safeway to stop buying "pink slime" beef filler
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Safeway Inc, the No. 2 supermarket operator, will stop buying ground beef with the ammonia-treated beef filler critics call "pink slime" because ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Supervalu to stop buying "pink slime" beef product
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supervalu Inc, the No. 3 supermarket chain, will stop buying ground beef containing finely textured beef for its traditional retail stores, the ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Santorum has few chances left to stop Romney
By John Whitesides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rick Santorum is running out of time and opportunities to stop front-runner Mitt Romney's slow, grinding march to ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Safeway to stop buying "pink slime" beef filler
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Safeway Inc, the No. 2 supermarket operator, will stop buying the ammonia-treated beef filler critics call "pink slime" because of widespread customer ...
Mon, March 19, 2012
Activists sue to stop killing of Pacific Northwest sea lions
By Teresa Carson
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Wildlife activists sued on Monday to stop the killing of sea lions that have been eating endangered Columbia ...
Wed, March 14, 2012
Phenomenal field out to stop Vettel at the start
By Nick Mulvenney
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World champion Sebastian Vettel is understandably favorite to open the Formula One season with a victory at the Australian ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Court lets two CVS stores sell controlled drugs
By Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court ruled that CVS Caremark Corp may continue selling potentially addictive prescription drugs at two Florida pharmacies ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello to Rush Limbaugh: “Stop Using Our Music”
Following in the footsteps of Rush and Peter Gabriel , guitarist Tom Morello has demanded that Rage Against the Machine ’s music be pulled from ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Syrian army must pull back first under Annan plan
By Erika Solomon and Douglas Hamilton
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian artillery hit parts of Homs city and at least 37 people were killed in clashes ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
Environmental groups sue to stop California building project
By Mary Slosson
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Environmentalists on Thursday sued to stop a development project that would build a new town on the shores ...
Thu, March 08, 2012
1 in 5 heavy periods before menopause stop naturally
By Aparna Narayanan
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Heavy menstrual bleeding before the onset of menopause occasionally stops without drugs or surgery, a new UK ...
Wed, March 07, 2012
Rush Demands that Rush Limbaugh Stop Playing Its Music on His Radio Show
Rush has joined Peter Gabriel in demanding that its music be pulled from Rush Limbaugh 's talk-radio program, according to The Hollywood Reporter . Attorneys ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Florida deputy shot and killed trying to stop robbery
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A central Florida deputy was shot and killed on Tuesday after stopping a couple suspected of stealing furniture ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
'Frankenweenie' Trailer: Tim Burton's Stop-Motion Magic
Tim Burton's unrivaled flair for fusing the macabre with the whimsical is on full display in the debut trailer for his upcoming animated ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
Japan watchdog orders Adidas to stop price fixing
TOKYO/MUNICH (Reuters) - Adidas
Sun, February 26, 2012
Colombia's FARC to free captives, stop kidnapping for ransom
By Helen Murphy
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's feared FARC rebel group said it would abandon its decades-long policy of kidnapping for ransom and free ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Group moves to stop Powell from being buried next to sons
By Katherine Luck
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Tacoma anti-crime group on Wednesday purchased a pair of burial plots next to the gravesite of two young ...
Tue, February 14, 2012
Romney returns to familiar playbook to stop rival Santorum
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Faced with a new surging rival, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is returning to a familiar playbook to try ...
Mon, February 13, 2012
Judge to reconsider request to stop new voter ID law because of lawsuit
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - A judge in Madison said Monday afternoon he would reconsider a request to stop Wisconsin’s new voter ID law from ...
Mon, February 13, 2012
McDonald's vows to stop pork suppliers confining sows in crates
By James B. Kelleher
CHICAGO (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Monday it will work with its U.S. pork suppliers to phase out ...
Sat, February 11, 2012
U.N. chief speaks of "grisly reports" from Syria
BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he had received "grisly reports" that Syrian government forces were arbitrarily executing, imprisoning and ...
Fri, February 10, 2012
Exclusive: Walnut growers seek to stop sales to Diamond
By Mihir Dalal and P.J. Huffstutter
(Reuters) - Some California farmers plan to stop selling their walnuts to Diamond Foods Inc in the wake ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
Kodak to shutter camera business
By Sinead Carew
(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co
Wed, February 08, 2012
Obama birth-control rule stokes election-year fight
By Thomas Ferraro and Matt Spetalnick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican in the Congress on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama's new rule on ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Bill would stop allowing family members to escape charges if aiding criminals
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The state Assembly’s Criminal Justice Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on a bill to stop letting family members off ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Mitsubishi Motors to stop making cars in western Europe
By James Topham
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp <7211.T> said it will end production at its only western European plant, in the Netherlands ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Republicans eye government jobs to limit defense cuts
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Senate Republicans wanting to spare the military from further deep spending cuts on Thursday unveiled a money-saving proposal ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Australia culls ducks in bid to stop bird flu outbreak
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday was in the process of killing 24,000 ducks in the hope of stemming an outbreak of bird flu ...
Sat, January 28, 2012
Iran vows to stop "some" oil sales as inspectors visit
By Parisa Hafezi and Ramin Mostafavi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran sent conflicting signals in a dispute with the West over its nuclear ambitions, vowing to ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
State Superintendent calls on Assembly to take up bill to stop voucher expansion
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - State school Superintendent Tony Evers has asked the Assembly to pass a bill that prevents the expansion of tax-funded vouchers for ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers
By Dan Levine
(Reuters) - Apple's Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer ...
Tue, January 24, 2012
Facebook to stop honoring trades in shares for 3 days: source
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook, the social networking company poised to go public this year, will not honor trades of its shares ...
Wed, January 18, 2012
Virus infections stop after suspects named
By Joseph Menn and Jim Finkle
(Reuters) - One of the most common sources of computer intrusions has stopped infecting new machines after security researchers ...
Mon, January 16, 2012
Wikipedia to shut for 24 hours to stop anti-piracy act
By Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wikipedia, the popular community-edited online encyclopedia, will black out its English-language site for 24 hours to seek support ...
Mon, January 16, 2012
Romney unscathed from debate attacks
By John Whitesides and Deborah Charles
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopefuls attacked Mitt Romney's record in business and government on ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
Republican foes try to brand Romney as elitist
By Tim Reid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The labels being attached to Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney seem to be straight out of the ...
Fri, January 06, 2012
Syrian forces kill 33 in attack on rebel town: residents
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian government forces have killed at least 33 people in a rebel town near the Lebanese border in the last few days ...
Fri, January 06, 2012
Merkel, Sarkozy press for quick Greek solution
By Stephen Brown and Noah Barkin
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and France warned Greece on Monday it will get no more bailout funds until it ...
Tue, January 03, 2012
Florida college plan to stop hazing called a stunt
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - A Florida college's new plan to appoint a blue ribbon committee to decide how to stop hazing ...
Tue, December 27, 2011
Iran threatens to stop Gulf oil if sanctions widened
By Ramin Mostafavi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran threatened on Tuesday to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz if foreign sanctions were ...
Mon, December 26, 2011
Pope condemns Nigeria attacks, prays for them to stop
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Monday condemned the Christmas Day bomb attacks by Islamist militants in Nigeria as an "absurd ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Sheboygan will be stop for upscale Great Lakes cruise ship
SHEBOYGAN, WI (WTAQ) - Sheboygan will be a port of call for an upscale Great Lakes cruise ship next summer.
The Yorktown will carry up ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Gov. Walker to decide on whether to stop using lawyer involved in ethics probe
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker says he’s deciding whether his administration should stop using a lawyer who gave free legal help to ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Wisconsin to stop planning for 'Obamacare' reforms until Supreme Court rules
UNDATED (WSAU) Governor Scott Walker has ordered Wisconsin to stop planning for the national health care reform law until the Supreme Court decides whether ...
Wed, December 21, 2011
U.S. says killing in Syria must stop
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday it is "deeply disturbed" by reports of the indiscriminate killing of scores of Syrian civilians and ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
Corrected:Bill Gross can't stop bleeding from flagship bond fund
By Jennifer Ablan and Matthew Goldstein
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross's PIMCO Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund, keeps shrinking ...
Thu, December 15, 2011
Gross can't stop the bleeding from flagship bond fund
By Jennifer Ablan and Matthew Goldstein
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross's PIMCO Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund, keeps shrinking ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
Wis. Dems to stop giving running total on recall signatures
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Democratic Party says it is going to stop giving updates on its petition drive. Supporters need more than 540 ...
Mon, December 05, 2011
Milwaukee man refuses to stop vehicle after 4 attempts to pull him over
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -Dane County authorities said a drunk driver from Milwaukee was pulled over four times, drove slowly between each stop, damaged two ...
Sun, December 04, 2011
Cotto retains title after Margarito's eye closes
By Julian Linden
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto avenged his controversial loss to Antonio Margarito three years ago when he beat ...
Thu, December 01, 2011
Wisconsin spending only 8% of recommendation to stop people from smoking
UNDATED, WI (WTAQ) - Wisconsin only spends 8% of what federal health officials recommend to help people stop smoking – or not start in the first ...
Wed, November 30, 2011
Texas asks top court to stop congressional map
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to stop implementation of an interim Texas map for congressional ...
Fri, November 25, 2011
Patent firm IPCom says to stop HTC German sales
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
(Reuters) - German patent firm IPCom plans to halt as quickly as possible the sale of all HTC smartphones ...
Wed, November 23, 2011
Bond market hammers Italy, Spain ponders outside help
By Barry Moody and Elisabeth O'Leary
ROME/MADRID (Reuters) - Italy's borrowing costs soared to their highest levels since Rome joined the euro ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
U.S. to stop sharing data with Russia under arms pact
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it will stop sharing data with Russia under a treaty that limits conventional forces in Europe ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
Stop automatic defense cuts, Panetta urges Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Automatic spending cuts that could result from a special congressional committee's failure to reach a deficit-reduction agreement could "tear a seam ...
Sat, November 19, 2011
Israel: time running out to stop a nuclear Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is less than a year away from being unstoppable in its goal of producing a nuclear weapon, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Strewth! Obama gets free croc insurance for Darwin stop
DARWIN, Australia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a fleeting visit on Thursday to Australia's tropical north, home to some of the world's ...
Wed, November 16, 2011
Perry lashes out at banks in New Hampshire stop
By Jason McLure
NASHUA, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican Rick Perry sought on Wednesday to boost his lagging presidential campaign by sounding a populist note ...
Mon, November 14, 2011
Arab League rebuffs Syria on monitors
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
AMMAN (Reuters) - The Arab League said on Sunday it had rebuffed a request by Damascus to amend plans for a ...
Mon, November 14, 2011
AmberWatch unveils TV channel to stop sex abuse
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A child protection group is launching a television service that it hopes will help prevent sex abuse scandals like the one ...
Tue, October 18, 2011
Bell considers hypnotism to stop her biting nails
The It's Complicated and What Happens in Vegas star admits she has tried everything in an effort to halt her bad habit - but ...
Wed, October 05, 2011
Green groups sue to stop work on Keystone oil pipeline
By Timothy Gardner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Green groups sued the U.S. government on Wednesday to stop the clearing of grasslands and other work on ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Wireless group seeks to stop health disclosure ordinance
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A local ordinance that requires warnings about cell phone safety risks should be blocked from taking effect, an industry group argued ...
Mon, October 03, 2011
Amnesty International seeks to stop Georgia execution
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Death penalty opponents urged Georgia on Monday to halt the execution of a man convicted of raping and killing ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Stop-gap U.S. spending bill wins final approval
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stop-gap spending bill won final U.S. congressional approval on Thursday to avert a threatened government shutdown that had subjected lawmakers ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Fox sues Dodgers to stop possible TV rights sale
By Tom Hals
(Reuters) - Fox Sports, a division of News Corp, sued the Los Angeles Dodgers late on Tuesday to stop a proposed sale ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Seven states join effort to stop AT&T/T-Mobile deal
By Diane Bartz
(Reuters) - Seven states have joined the Justice Department's lawsuit to stop AT&T's proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA, the ...
Fri, September 16, 2011
Vinny to Take a Break from 'Jersey Shore' to Stop By '90120'
Vinny Guadagnino: master thespian. Just the other day, we heard that The Jersey Shore's by-default most reasonable star was enrolling in improv classes ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
Gosling urges slaughterhouse bosses to stop fowl play
The animal lover has teamed up with PETA bosses in a desperate attempt to get chicken and turkey meat producers to humanely euthanise birds ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
Gosling urges slaughterhouse bosses to stop fowl play
The animal lover has teamed up with PETA bosses in a desperate attempt to get chicken and turkey meat producers to humanely euthanise birds ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Routine Colorado traffic stop turns up $10 million in cocaine
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A routine Colorado traffic stop led to the discovery of 220 pounds of cocaine with a street value of ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Routine Colorado traffic stop turns up $10 million in cocaine
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A routine Colorado traffic stop led to the discovery of 220 pounds of cocaine with a street value of ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
U.S. tries new ways to stop terror financing
By Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Terrorists are increasingly turning to robberies and kidnappings to raise money, U.S. officials said on Thursday, posing problems ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Low chance U.S. can stop Palestinian U.N. bid: Mitchell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - George Mitchell, former U.S. special envoy for Middle East peace, said on Thursday there was little chance U.S. officials would ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
French court rejects call to stop wireless auction
PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest administrative court rejected a bid by telecom operator Iliad to block the government's auction of fourth-generation mobile licenses ...
Fri, September 02, 2011
Next Jump to stop emailing Borders customers
By Nick Brown
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marketing engine Next Jump Inc agreed to stop emailing Borders Group Inc's customers while the parties hash ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
Judge allows challenge to New York "stop and frisk"
By Basil Katz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk" will ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
Stop sale of J&J breast implants: Consumer groups
By Anna Yukhananov
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Consumer advocates asked health regulators to take silicone breast implants made by Johnson & Johnson off the market because the company has not been able to provide enough long-term safety data.
The groups spoke on Tuesday at a two-day Food and Drug Administration advisory panel meeting to discuss follow-up safety studies for silicone implants that have already been approved for sale. The FDA said the issue of product removal was not under consideration during the meeting.
But groups including the National Organization for Women Foundation and the National Research Center for Women and Families pressed the case.
The FDA approved silicone gel-filled breast implants sold by Allergan and Johnson & Johnson's Mentor unit in 2006, on condition both companies follow 40,000 women for 10 years to look at safety issues, as well as extend smaller pre-approval studies.
Allergan has collected preliminary two-year data for 60 percent of participants, while Mentor has collected three-year data for only 21 percent.
"It's unacceptable that many patients Mentor and Allergan were supposed to track were lost," said Jan Erickson, of the National Organization for Women Foundation.
"Mentor's approval should be rescinded right away. And Allergan should be required to conduct further studies."
There were almost 400,000 breast enlargement or reconstruction procedures in the United States in 2010, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. That includes silicone and saline implants.
In June, the FDA said the risks of breast implants are well understood, after looking at the companies' results as well as reports of negative events and scientific literature. It said women who get silicone implants are likely to need additional surgery within 10 years.
The agency had banned silicone implants for most U.S. women in 1992 after some said the devices leaked and made them chronically ill.
During the Tuesday meeting, patients complained of side effects such as rupturing or hardening of the device, and said the companies' long-term studies could be biased against patients who have problems.
In addressing low response rates, company representatives said the studies had perhaps "over-reached" by trying to keep track of so many patients, and by requiring each to fill out a 27-page questionnaire each year.
Mentor also said it may have had particularly low response rates because the company made patients participate in the study as a condition of getting an implant, but later changed it to voluntary participation.
"In retrospect, it's perhaps not surprising that if a patient or surgeon enrolls because they are required to, and then a patient is told because of voluntary consent they're not ... that might contribute to low follow-up rates," said Dr. John Canady, medical director at Mentor, when asked if the company's study had any design flaws.
"That's something we would go back to change, but obviously can't in this study."
Jean Silver-Isenstadt, executive director of the National Physicians Alliance, said the FDA needed to show its commitment to enforcing post-approval studies.
"We believe that this agency has to walk the walk," she told Reuters. "Its mission is to protect patients, and when it sets criteria for approval, that should be real."
"When the agency begins to look more like window-dressing (for companies), that will shake the faith of physicians and patients."
The advisory panel will make its final recommendations on post-approval studies on Wednesday.
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Tue, August 30, 2011
Obama pushes transport bills, says jobs at stake
By John Crawley and Lisa Lambert
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Congress Wednesday to quickly pass multibillion-dollar temporary funding bills for aviation and ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
Consumer groups: Stop sale of J&J breast implants
By Anna Yukhananov
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Reuters) - Consumer advocates asked health regulators to take silicone breast implants made by Johnson & Johnson off the market because ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
Hip fracture risk rises after women stop hormones: research
By Megan Brooks
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Wed, August 24, 2011
Starbucks CEO:100+ leaders to stop political gifts
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Tue, August 23, 2011
Youth curfew to stop flash mobs in Philadelphia extended
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A youth curfew has worked so well at quenching flash mobs in downtown Philadelphia that it has been extended until school resumes ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Man arrested for trying, unsuccessfully, to stop truck with feet
CHICAGO (Reuters) - It was a yabba dabba don't that caused a bam bam, bam bam.
A 24-year-old man was arrested near Detroit this ...
Mon, August 15, 2011
Buffett higher tax call strikes a nerve
By Ben Berkowitz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett has touched a national nerve.
The 80-year-old "Oracle of Omaha," one of the world's three ...
Sat, August 13, 2011
Conservationists ask court to stop Idaho, Montana wolf hunts
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Conservation groups on Saturday asked a federal appellate court to stop upcoming hunts in Montana and Idaho that ...
Fri, August 12, 2011
"Don't Stop Believin": "Glee" cast will be back
By Zorianna Kit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Laying low" must not be in the vocabulary for the television musical comedy "Glee."
For a show that ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
Obama orders measures to help U.S. stop atrocities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama ordered new measures on Thursday to boost the U.S. ability to stop mass atrocities such as genocide and ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Idaho police tell man to stop wearing bunny suit
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Police in Idaho Falls said on Tuesday they have told a 34-year-old man to stop wearing a bunny ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Punishing heat does not stop Texas high school football
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - It takes more than 107 degrees in the shade to stop a true Texas tradition, as high school ...
Sun, July 31, 2011
Syrian forces kill 3 as tanks enter coastal city
By Dominic Evans
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian troops killed three people as tanks swept into a coastal city on Saturday, activists said, in a crackdown ...
Thu, July 28, 2011
Rebels in captured town plan push towards Tripoli
By Michael Georgy
BIR AL-GHANAM, Libya, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Libyan rebels who seized this town 80 km (50 miles) south of Tripoli said on ...
Thu, July 14, 2011
Florida lawmaker wants to stop jurors from cashing in
By Barbara Liston
ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - After a juror in the Casey Anthony trial reportedly demanded thousands of dollars to sit for a news ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
Waushara Co. deputies stop high-speed chase on golf course
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Sun, July 10, 2011
Axeing paper may not stop wider brand damage for Murdoch
By Jodie Ginsberg
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But ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Lundbeck acts to stop misuse of drug in executions
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Thu, June 30, 2011
Murray in the mood to stop Nadal at Wimbledon
By Martyn Herman
LONDON (Reuters) - Briton Andy Murray is hitting all the right shots and saying all the right things as he prepares for ...
Sat, June 25, 2011
Governor's veto will stop "pay-during-appeal" benefits for fired Milwaukee officers
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Mon, June 20, 2011
Indiana Planned Parenthood to drop Medicaid patients
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood of Indiana will stop seeing Medicaid patients after Monday because of an Indiana law that cut the ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Pfizer stop-smoking pill raises heart risk: FDA
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Thu, June 09, 2011
U.N. summit sets plan to stop HIV child infections
By Patrick Worsnip
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - World leaders at a U.N. AIDS summit launched a plan on Thursday to try to eliminate by ...
Tue, June 07, 2011
Lagarde says size of new Greece bailout not decided
By Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Kumar Singh
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that the size of the additional ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Groups sue to stop SunPower plant in California
By Nichola Groom
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two conservation groups and a California resident have sued to stop construction of a SunPower Corp solar power ...
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