| LATEST NEWS | | Waiting for Congress, Obama takes dog Bo shopping | | ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - With his wife and daughters already in Hawaii for the holidays, President Barack Obama took his dog Bo shopping on Wednesday as he waited for congressional leaders to mop up a payroll tax mess that has kept him in Washington. | Full Article | | | Hungary tech firm immortalizes Steve Jobs in bronze | | December 21, 2011 03:40 PM ET | | BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A Hungarian software company unveiled what it said was the world's first bronze statue of Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs Wednesday, calling him one of the greatest personalities of the modern age. | Full Article | | Mystery buyer acquires vatican.xxx web address | | December 21, 2011 04:44 PM ET | | VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Wednesday an unknown buyer had snapped up the internet address vatican.xxx, a domain combining its name with an extension reserved for pornographic content. | Full Article | | Canadian charity throws doomed bunnies a lifeline | | December 21, 2011 03:00 PM ET | | (Reuters) - A Canadian charity, appropriately named EARS, is offering to help a Rocky Mountain town deal with its bunny problem, promising to neuter and spay the unwanted rabbits rather than let the city carry out its trap-and-cull proposal. | Full Article | |  | | US TOP NEWS | | Senate Republican tries to end tax impasse | | December 22, 2011 12:22 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Senate Republican on Thursday sought to break a year-end impasse over extending a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, an issue that has deeply divided his party and raised the risk of an economic downturn in 2012. | Full Article | | Jobless claims at 3.5 year low | | December 22, 2011 11:02 AM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits hit a 3-1/2 year low last week, bolstering views the economy was gaining momentum, even though third-quarter growth was revised down. | Full Article | | Exclusive: Pakistan army wants Zardari out but not a coup | | December 22, 2011 09:45 AM ET | | ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's powerful army is fed up with unpopular President Asif Ali Zardari and wants him out of office, but through legal means and without a repeat of the coups that are a hallmark of the country's 64 years of independence, military sources said. | Full Article | | Baghdad blasts target Shi'ites, kill 63 | | December 22, 2011 10:44 AM ET | | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A wave of bombings killed at least 63 people in Baghdad on Thursday, the first attacks since Iraq's Shi'ite-led government was engulfed in a crisis that risks fracturing the country along sectarian and ethnic faultlines. | Full Article | | Yahoo to weigh deals for Asian assets: sources | | December 22, 2011 10:19 AM ET | | NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is considering a plan to unload most of its prized Asian assets in a complex deal valued at roughly $17 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, winning nods of approval from Wall Street and driving its shares higher. | Full Article | | | | BUSINESS NEWS | | | | | RELATED VIDEO | | |  |  | | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today. |  | | Your daily briefing on the latest tech developments from around the world from Reuters expert tech correspondents. Register Today. |  | | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day.. Register Today. | | | » MORE NEWSLETTERS | | | TECHNOLOGY NEWS | | | |
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