BitGou: Morning Digest: Obama expands lead on Romney, voters more optimistic

2012年7月11日星期三

Morning Digest: Obama expands lead on Romney, voters more optimistic

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07/11/2012

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Obama expands lead on Romney, voters more optimistic

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama expanded his lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney to 6 percentage points in the White House race this month as voters became slightly more optimistic about the economy, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Tuesday..

Libya's Jibril extends lead in latest vote tallies

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's wartime prime minister Mahmoud Jibril extended his lead in the North African country's landmark elections, partial vote tallies showed on Wednesday, as Islamist rivals tried to bolster their score by striking deals with independent candidates..

European shares ease on growth, euro zone woes

LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell on Wednesday after profit warnings from U.S. companies compounded fears the sluggish global economy will erode earnings, while skepticism over the euro zone's ability to tackle its debt crisis pressured other risk assets..

Broadway's Nina Arianda tapped for Janis Joplin film

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The makers of a planned film about rock icon Janis Joplin have tapped recent Tony Award winner Nina Arianda to play the part of the 1960s singer in a biographical movie directed by Sean Durkin, a spokesman for the director said on Tuesday..

Three former Armstrong associates banned for life

(Reuters) - Three former associates of American cyclist Lance Armstrong were handed lifetime bans for their involvement in an alleged doping conspiracy, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Tuesday..

Google to pay $22.5 million to settle privacy charges: source

(Reuters) - Google Inc is close to settling charges that it bypassed the privacy settings of customers using Apple Inc's Safari browser, according to two sources familiar with the matter..

No crustacean, no cry? Bob Marley gets his own species

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reggae immortal Bob Marley has joined Barack Obama and Elvis Presley in the elite club of those who have biological species named in their honor..

Batman could fly, but he'd crash and die

LONDON (Reuters) - Holy crash landing Batman! The crime-fighting caped crusader could fly but if he did, he would smash into the ground and probably die, a group of British physics students have calculated..