Bloomberg.com Region - US News http://www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg LP en-us Financial News Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House approved the most far- reaching changes to the nation’s health-care system in four decades, voting to require all Americans to get coverage and to subject insurers to new restrictions and new competition from a government program. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aTGUrC1.HCVI&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aTGUrC1.HCVI Sun, 8 Nov 2009 01:03:21 EST Financial News Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The trade deficit in the U.S. probably widened in September, reflecting increasing demand for foreign oil and automobiles as the economy grew, economists said before reports this week. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aTAfUa5AS_fQ&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aTAfUa5AS_fQ Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:33 EST Financial News Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Kraft Foods Inc., the world’s second- largest food maker, may increase its 9.8 billion-pound ($16 billion) bid for confectioner Cadbury Plc by tomorrow’s deadline to keep its takeover attempt alive. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=at5m70w0USEY&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=at5m70w0USEY Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The International Monetary Fund said traders are probably using the dollar to fund “carry trades” around the world and the currency may still be overvalued even after its slide this year. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aopODqoEZ.mU&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aopODqoEZ.mU Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:01:00 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- UCBH Holdings Inc.’s United Commercial Bank, a San Francisco-based lender with $11.2 billion in assets, was seized by regulators, becoming the 120th U.S. bank to fail this year. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ayPwsBV1DI3c&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=ayPwsBV1DI3c Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:03 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Group of 20 governments split on whether to tax financial trading as part of a broader strategy to ensure the global economy’s expansion is less crisis-prone. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aEzHydQvgE9c&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aEzHydQvgE9c Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:48:10 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The unemployment rate in the U.S. jumped to 10.2 percent in October, the highest level since 1983, threatening the emerging economic recovery and giving President Barack Obama and Democrats a bigger hurdle to overcome before next year’s Congressional elections. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=af34srfRSY94&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=af34srfRSY94 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:01 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Krish Panu, a managing partner at Galleon Group LLC, resigned from the board of software maker Concurrent Computer Corp. after the New York hedge-fund firm’s involvement in an insider-trading scandal. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=auf_ZGBsx36s&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=auf_ZGBsx36s Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, who began building his media group with the Adelaide News in 1953, said he’d like one of his children to succeed him, amid regular discussions about who will take over at the U.S. company. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=av0NTuuwBmRU&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=av0NTuuwBmRU Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:53:09 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. has failed to correct a problem with the throttle control system on some of its vehicles, causing them to suddenly accelerate, lawyers for consumers said in a lawsuit. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=asUT1V4AurHk&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=asUT1V4AurHk Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01:01 EST General News Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. drugmakers, medical-device companies and insurers are gearing up for another chance to make changes to House-passed legislation overhauling the health-care system when the issue moves to the Senate. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=auD2TZKx.l2c&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=auD2TZKx.l2c Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:08:56 EST General News Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama paid tribute yesterday to soldiers and civilians who rushed to the aid of fallen comrades during a deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, that he called “a crime against our nation.” http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a5tLluj5Ow5A&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a5tLluj5Ow5A Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST General News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty criticized health care legislation in Congress as he appeared in what may be an early audition for a 2012 presidential bid. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aXEjqCDWKTRY&refer=us http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aXEjqCDWKTRY Sat, 7 Nov 2009 21:41:39 EST