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Reuters (pronounced /ˈrɔɪtərz/) is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom owned by Thomson Reuters. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of an independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data. Since the acquisition of the Reuters Group by the Thomson Corporation, the Reuters news agency has been a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters, forming part of its Markets Division. Paul Julius Reuter was born in 1816 in Kassel, Germany. With the electric telegraph, news no longer required days or weeks to travel long distances. In the 1850s, the 34-year-old Reuter was based in Aachen – then in the Kingdom of Prussia, now in Germany – close to the borders with the Netherlands and Belgium. He began using the newly opened Berlin–Aachen telegraph line to send news to Berlin. However, the telegraph did not extend the 76 miles (122 km) to Brussels, Belgium's capital city and financial center. Reuter saw an opportunity to...... (Read more on Wikipedia)

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Jonathan Martinand Manu Raju
Mitt Romney's message from GOP: Step it up - — Mitt Romney's poor performance Tuesday is prompting congressional Republicans to go public with a bracing message to the front-runner: time to step it up, Mitt. — A day after Romney was convincingly defeated by Rick Santorum in non-binding contests …
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Keith Coffman
Colorado student charged in "glitter bomb" of Romney - — (Reuters) - A Colorado student faced misdemeanor charges on Wednesday for flinging glitter toward Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney in an increasingly frequent protest act some commentators say should be subject to prosecution.
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Jim VandeHei
The political transformation of Barack Obama - — There are two indisputable facts about politics. — The first is that every modern president in the fourth year of his presidency resorts to the cheap political stunts, broken promises and truth-fudging it takes to win reelection in what has been and will be a 50-50 nation.
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Steve Holland
Santorum claims momentum with wins in three states - — (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum claimed a surge of momentum and fundraising on Wednesday, a day after his shocking sweep of nominating contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri that dealt a blow to front-runner Mitt Romney.
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Facebook governance a concern for California pension fund - — (Reuters) - Facebook's corporate governance rules, which give shareholders little say in how the social networking website would be run as a public company, are raising the hackles of one of the largest U.S. investors, the California State Teachers' Retirement System.
2 days ago
Patricia Zengerle
Romney's lead dips despite wins: Reuters/Ipsos poll - — (Reuters) - Despite his strong showing in early state contests in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney's support nationwide has dipped slightly during the past month, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday.
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U.S. authorities looking into Murdoch foreign payments - — (Reuters) - U.S. authorities are stepping up investigations, including an FBI criminal inquiry, into possible violations by employees of Rupert Murdoch's media empire of a U.S. law banning corrupt payments to foreign officials such as police …
2 days ago
Jennifer Epstein
California Prop 8 ruling on gay marriage overturned - — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Tuesday ruled unconstitutional Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot measure that banned same sex marriage. — “Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect …
2 days ago
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Lavrov says seeks peace in Syria as forces bombard Homs - — (Reuters) - Russia's foreign minister said he told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday that Moscow wanted to see peace in the Arab world as Syrian forces resumed a bombardment of Homs, a hub of protest and rebellion against Assad's rule.
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Mj Lee
Russell Simmons defends Obama campaign designer goods - — Responding to criticism of the Obama reelection campaign's sale of designer goods, Russell Simmons — whose custom polo shirts are part of the product line — said Tuesday that the president should use whatever legal means are available to raise money.
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