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Stocks rise on financials, energy, GE

NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Stocks rose on Tuesday as investors scooped up beaten-down shares after Monday's sell-off and news that bellwether General Electric would keep its dividend unchanged in a tough economy. ...  > full story

Rice flies to India to ease tension with Pakistan

NEW DELHI, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was flying to New Delhi on Tuesday to try to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region. ...  > full story

U.S. automakers seek plan as Europe looks to bolster banks

NEW YORK/BRUSSELS, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. automakers rushed to submit restructuring plans to secure government aid on Tuesday while European ministers and Japan took steps to pump credit into the economy. ...  > full story

Militants have power to start regional war: Zardari

MUMBAI, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to India not to punish his country for last week's attacks in Mumbai, saying militants have the power to precipitate a war in the region, the Financial Times reported on Monday. ...  > full story

Microsoft-Yahoo deal "total fiction:" report

LONDON, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — A report in the Sunday Times that Microsoft Inc is in talks with Yahoo Inc to buy the U.S. internet company's online search business for $20 billion is "total fiction," according to a key executive cited by an influential U.S. blog. ...  > full story

World stocks headed toward 6th session of gains

LONDON, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Global stocks headed toward a sixth consecutive session of gains on Friday, although European shares were weak, as investors took some comfort from government moves to stimulate a deteriorating world economy. ...  > full story

Iran signals nuclear work expansion, rules out halt

TEHRAN, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran is now running 5,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges, a senior official said on Wednesday, signaling an expansion of work the West fears is aimed at making nuclear weapons. ...  > full story

U.S. "surge" could prop up allies in Afghan south

KABUL, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — British, Canadian and Dutch troops are doing their best to fight the Taliban in southern Afghanistan with limited resources, but with progress slow, the United States is considering a surge of its own firepower to tip the balance. ...  > full story

Zimbabwe rivals in new talks to end deadlock

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Zimbabwe's opposition vowed to resist any compromise that would leave it sidelined in a unity government with President Robert Mugabe's party at new talks due to start on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Somali pirates hijack Yemeni ship: maritime group

NAIROBI, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali pirates have hijacked another vessel, a Yemen cargo ship, in the Gulf of Aden, a regional maritime official said on Tuesday. ...  > full story
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