BitGou: Morning Digest: Senate leader sees chance for breaking fiscal impasse

2013年10月14日星期一

Morning Digest: Senate leader sees chance for breaking fiscal impasse

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10/14/2013

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

Senate leader sees chance for breaking fiscal impasse

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate negotiations to bring a fiscal crisis to an end showed signs of progress on Sunday, but there were no guarantees the federal government shutdown was about to end or that a historic debt default would be avoided..

Iran hopeful Geneva talks can lead to 'nuclear roadmap'

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister and chief nuclear negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced hope Tehran and world powers can agree in talks this week on a road map towards resolving their nuclear stand-off, but warned the process would be complex..

U.S. debt doubts keep lid on shares, yen rises

LONDON (Reuters) - Slow-moving talks to avoid a debt default in the United States and weak Chinese export data kept a lid on European shares and oil on Monday, while the yen rose as some investors moved into safer assets..

Miley Cyrus grabs top slot in UK single and album charts

LONDON (Reuters) - American singer and actress Miley Cyrus became the first person to simultaneously notch up a number one single and a number one album in the British music chart this year, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday..

Dallas Cowboys beat Washington Redskins 31-16

Oct 13 (The Sports Xchange) - Two huge returns from Dwayne Harris helped lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 31-16 win over the Washington Redskins on Sunday night before 90,239 fans at AT&T Stadium..

Facebook buys Israeli start-up app-maker Onavo

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Facebook has agreed to buy start-up app-maker Onavo, the Israeli company said on its website on Monday, without giving any details of the deal..

Astronaut Scott Carpenter, fourth American in space, dies at 88

DENVER (Reuters) - Astronaut Scott Carpenter, who in 1962 became the fourth American in space and the second to orbit the Earth, died on Thursday in Colorado at age 88 of complications from a stroke, his wife Patty Carpenter said..

China offers rewards to six regions to fight air pollution

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Monday it would give rewards amounting to 5 billion yuan ($816.91 million) for curbing air pollution in six regions where the problem is serious, underscoring government concern about a source of public anger..