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| UPDATE 1-Mexico's opposition party proposes sweeping energy reform | | | MEXICO CITY, July 31 (Reuters) - Mexico's opposition conservative party proposed sweeping energy reform on Wednesday to change the constitution to allow more private investment and promote competition, while the ruling party is expected to present its own plans for an overhaul next week. |
| Market Pulse European investors still "bank-shy" | | | July 31 - BNP Paribas the latest European bank to report in the current mega-earnings week. Investors like what they see, but are still extremely cautious on the sector. And Siemens says Auf Wiedersehen Pete. |
| Nikkei likely to trade cautiously as Fed keeps markets guessing | | | TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average may edge higher in a cautious start on Thursday after Wall Street finished flat overnight and the U.S. Federal Reserve gave no clues about when it would start rolling back its stimulus. Investors are expected to take their cues from corporate earnings results and global economic data. The Nikkei is likely to trade between 13,600 and 13,800, strategists said, after falling 1.5 percent to 13,668.32 on Wednesday on light volume. The bro |
| Mexico's conservative political party urges broad energy reform | | | MEXICO CITY, July 31 (Reuters) - Lawmakers from Mexico's conservative National Action Party (PAN) on Wednesday proposed opening up the state-run oil sector to private interests for the first time since the industry was nationalized in 1938, calling for changes to the constitution to give oil companies incentives to boost the country's sliding energy output. |
| Faster than Dodd-Frank? Nearly everything | | | As the landmark financial legislation passes its third anniversary, regulators still are trying to put all its pieces in place. Meanwhile, some of historys biggest projects were finished in less time. (July 17, 2013) |
| Suspected Islamists steal 125 kg of dynamite in north Nigeria | | | DAMATURU, Nigeria, July 31 - Gunmen suspected to be allied to Islamist sect Boko Haram have stormed a construction site in northeast Nigeria, carting off 125 kg (275 pounds) of dynamite and hundreds of detonators, two security sources said on Wednesday. |
| John Wall Signs Contract Extension With Wizards | | | John Wall has missed about one-quarter of the games since he was the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft. He hasn't been an All-Star. His team hasn't won more than 29 games in a regular season. |
| Congress finally votes to cut student loan interest rates | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. college students will likely pay a reduced interest rate of 3.86 percent on their student loans for the new school year, after lawmakers on Wednesday finally passed a compromise bill that would reverse a recent rate hike. |
| Fertility therapy not tied to later heart problems | | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who give birth with the help of fertility treatments don't end up with more heart problems than those who give birth without the hormone injections, according to a new study. |
| Gibraltar's $200m yacht hotel | | | Imagine this in your hot little hands you hold a blueprint for a luxury hotel in one of the most idyllic -- and tiny -- locations in the world. |
| Cubist to pay up to $1.6 billion for two antibiotics makers | | | (Reuters) - Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc has agreed to pay up to $1.6 billion for Trius Therapeutics Inc and Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc, expanding its heft in antibiotics at a time when the number of drug-resistant viruses are on the rise. |
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