| LATEST NEWS | | Wall Street dips as Greek talks stall | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended slightly lower on Monday on stalled Greek debt talks, but an afternoon rally cut losses in a sign of the underlying resilience the market has shown early in the year. | Full Article | | | EU leaders struggle to reconcile austerity, growth | | January 30, 2012 04:31 PM ET | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European leaders agreed on a permanent rescue fund for the euro zone on Monday and 25 of the 27 EU states backed a German-inspired pact for stricter budget discipline, but they struggled to reconcile fiscal austerity with economic growth. | Full Article | | Most banks tightening credit to Europe, Fed says | | January 30, 2012 02:55 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than two thirds of banks in a Federal Reserve survey of senior loan officers said they had tightened credit to European financial firms in January, underscoring the continent's severe banking crisis. | Full Article | | OPEC says EU ban on Iran oil to boost prices | | January 30, 2012 11:51 AM ET | | LONDON (Reuters) - The EU's embargo on Iranian oil exports will add upward pressure to oil prices, OPEC's secretary general said on Monday, even though there is no shortage of oil on the market. | Full Article | | U.S. consumers fizzle out even as incomes rise | | January 30, 2012 01:53 PM ET | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending was flat in December as households put the largest rise in income in nine months into their savings, potentially signaling slower consumption early in 2012. | Full Article | |  | | US TOP NEWS | | Gingrich stays on attack in Florida with one day left | | January 30, 2012 02:15 PM ET | | JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Newt Gingrich scrambled to revive his fading hopes in Florida on Monday, lashing out at rival Mitt Romney as a liberal party insider the day before the state's crucial presidential primary. | Full Article | | Democrats slam Tea Party ties in Oregon special election | | January 30, 2012 03:29 PM ET | | (Reuters) - An Oregon special election in which national Democrats have sought to paint the Republican congressional candidate as a Tea Party radical foreshadows a tactic the party will employ in its quest to take back Congress seats lost in the 2010 election. | Full Article | | Arrests in Oakland protests rise to more than 400 | | January 30, 2012 11:00 AM ET | | OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year. | Full Article | | Syrian forces kill 25 in Damascus suburbs: activists | | January 30, 2012 04:14 PM ET | | AMMAN (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 25 people Monday as they battled their way deep into eastern suburbs of Damascus to seize them back from rebels, activists said from the edge of the sprawling capital. | Full Article | | Relief in U.S. food prices seen as crop supplies grow | | January 30, 2012 02:51 PM ET | | CHICAGO (Reuters) - After being hammered by record high food prices in 2011, which helped ignite the Arab Spring uprisings, consumers worldwide may find some relief in 2012 if U.S. farmers, induced by last year's high crop prices, plant more fields to grain this year. | Full Article | | | | HEALTH 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 | | | ODDLY ENOUGH | | | |
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