Bucks: Capital One's Response to Outrage Over ING Direct Purchase

Bucks: Capital One's Response to Outrage Over ING Direct Purchase
The 6th Floor: A Queasy Correction
Young on verge of Man Utd switch
North Dakota braces for flooding
Colleges fear 'bursary shortfall'
Obama Opts for Faster Afghan Pullout
As U.S. Pulls Back, Fears Abound Over Toll on Afghan Economy
Ranger McCormick 'had no chance'
Syrian Official Slams Sanctions
Surgery silences Venezuela's Chavez, controversy grows
Obama Opts for Faster Afghan Pullout
International
Obama to Start Afghan Troop Drawdown
U.K. Charges Man in Cybercrime Case
In Chile, an IPO Boomlet Percolates
Analysis: Argentina president may face stormy second term
Contracts Cloud Who Has Exposure in Greek Crisis
Guard jailed for hospital 'bomb'
Russia bars new opposition party
Giant galaxy cluster crash imaged

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 09:56 AM PDT

Social media sites, including ING Direct's own Facebook page, have erupted with customer antipathy for the deal.

The 6th Floor: A Queasy Correction

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 07:26 AM PDT

Clearing up two errors in the Jon Huntsman article.

Young on verge of Man Utd switch

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:16 PM PDT

England winger Ashley Young is close to completing a £17m transfer from Aston Villa to Manchester United.

North Dakota braces for flooding

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:35 PM PDT

Thousands of residents of the city of Minot in the US state of North Dakota are evacuated over fears that the Souris River is about to flood.

Colleges fear 'bursary shortfall'

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:02 AM PDT

Some further education colleges fear they have not been given enough money for a new bursary scheme to meet the needs of their students, the Association of Colleges says.

Obama Opts for Faster Afghan Pullout

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:55 PM PDT

President Obama plans to announce Wednesday that he will order 10,000 troops to pull out of Afghanistan this year, and another 20,000 troops by the end of next summer.

As U.S. Pulls Back, Fears Abound Over Toll on Afghan Economy

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:46 PM PDT

As American troops and spending decrease, thousands of Afghans who work at or around bases and under American grants and contracts will lose their jobs.

Ranger McCormick 'had no chance'

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:08 PM PDT

A soldier killed investigating a suspicious device in Afghanistan had such severe injuries he had no chance of survival an inquest hears.

Syrian Official Slams Sanctions

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:26 PM PDT

Syria's foreign minister said the country wouldn't bow to external pressure to accelerate reforms and reinforced the regime's offer of a "national dialogue" as the only way out of the conflict between President Bashar al-Assad's regime and protesters.

Surgery silences Venezuela's Chavez, controversy grows

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:43 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - The most verbose president on the planet is strangely silent.

Obama Opts for Faster Afghan Pullout

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:37 PM PDT

President Obama plans to announce Wednesday that he will order 10,000 troops to pull out of Afghanistan this year, and another 20,000 troops by the end of next summer.

International

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 06:39 AM PDT

Obama to Start Afghan Troop Drawdown

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:51 PM PDT

Tonight's speech will detail an initial withdrawal of 10,000 troops by the end of the year as the first step in a gradual plan to extract the U.S. from the Afghanistan war, defense officials say.

U.K. Charges Man in Cybercrime Case

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:55 AM PDT

British prosecutors charged a 19-year-old man with cybercrime offenses in connection with an investigation into an international hacking group.

In Chile, an IPO Boomlet Percolates

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:51 AM PDT

As Chile quickly recovers from recession and the deadly 2010 earthquake, the list of local companies waiting to debut on the local market continues to grow as demand, if not always prices, surges.

Analysis: Argentina president may face stormy second term

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 12:04 PM PDT

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Signs of strain in Argentina's prolonged economic boom point to a turbulent second term for President Cristina Fernandez in the likely event she wins re-election in October.

Contracts Cloud Who Has Exposure in Greek Crisis

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Regulators worry that derivatives that insure against a default may have dangerously concentrated the risks.

Guard jailed for hospital 'bomb'

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:15 AM PDT

A hospital security guard who sparked a six-hour alert after planting a fake bomb where he worked is jailed for 15 months.

Russia bars new opposition party

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 11:15 AM PDT

Authorities in Russia refuse to register a new liberal political party led by four prominent opposition figures, in effect denying them a place in upcoming elections.