HBO treats 'Newsroom,' 'True Blood' to new seasons

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• HBO treats 'Newsroom,' 'True Blood' to new seasons
• Pena Nieto to push for quick reforms
• Mexico's next president faces uphill fight
• Lisicki ousts Sharapova in 4th round at Wimbledon
• Ex-NBC president Julian Goodman dies at age 90
• US edging toward decision on new nuclear arms cuts
• Judge orders woman tried in grandson's gun death
• Media General reorganizes operations, management
• GlaxoSmithKline fined $3 bn in US
• Vote set on writing bank settlement into Calif law
• Kinkade estate dispute to remain public
• Airbus sees U.S. market share boost from new plant
• Airbus to open factory on rival Boeing's U.S. turf
• Oil falls on weaker US, China data
• Downstate clerks want to defend gay marriage ban
• Stocks fall as American manufacturing slows
• Family: Crew member dead in SD plane crash
• Dozens of Syrian soldiers defect to Turkey: news agency
• Exclusive: Justice Dept. probes Chesapeake, rival over possible collusion
• Pakistan: NATO supply deal looking more likely
• Top 5 manufacturers of tablet computers in 2011
• How Google's new device compares with rivals
• Barclays boss under pressure as bank inquiry launched
• Pakistan civilian deaths from US drones 'lowest since 2008'
• Olympic medals placed at Tower for safekeeping
• Review: Google's Nexus 7 guns for the Kindle
• Beats headphone maker buys MOG music service
• Manufacturing shrinks, first time in nearly three years
• Pitbull may head to Alaska in Walmart campaign
• Minority leader: Odds long to undo health care law
• Family waits for soldier accused of Afghan rampage
• Twitter told to give up Occupy protester's tweets
• 55 percent of investors expect a state to quit euro in year: Sentix
• Insight: "Green Fleet" sails, meets stiff headwinds in Congress
• Spain fetes its soccer champs with happy abandon
• Islamists continue destroying Timbuktu heritage
• Mexico president-elect to lack Congress majority: sources
• Women and motorcycles: Ridership is on the rise
• Factbox: Large drug industry settlements with U.S. government
• GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case for $3 billion

HBO treats 'Newsroom,' 'True Blood' to new seasons Posted: 02 Jul 2012 01:02 PM PDT HBO says it's bringing back "The Newsroom" and "True Blood" for another season each.

Pena Nieto to push for quick reforms Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:58 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto pledged on Monday to focus on energy, labor and tax reforms and said he hopes to strike deals with opponents to help shepherd changes through Congress before he takes office in December. Pena Nieto won Sunday's election with about 38 percent of the vote, good for a lead of about 6 percentage points over his nearest rival, returning his Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to power after 12 years in opposition. ...

Mexico's next president faces uphill fight Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT The apparent victor of Mexico's presidential race, Enrique Pena Nieto, struggled Monday with the sticky bonds of his party's notorious past, the limitation of his mandate and an opponent who has yet to concede defeat.

Lisicki ousts Sharapova in 4th round at Wimbledon Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:55 PM PDT A month after completing a career Grand Slam and securing the No. 1 ranking, Maria Sharapova failed to get past the fourth round of Wimbledon and lost her grip on the top spot.

Ex-NBC president Julian Goodman dies at age 90 Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:53 PM PDT Former NBC president Julian Goodman, who helped establish Chet Huntley and David Brinkley as a well-known news team and led the network from 1966 to 1974, has died. He was 90.

US edging toward decision on new nuclear arms cuts Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:53 PM PDT The Obama administration is edging toward decisions that would further shrink the U.S. nuclear arsenal, possibly to between 1,000 and 1,100 warheads, reflecting new thinking on the role of nuclear weapons in an age of terror, say current and former officials.

Judge orders woman tried in grandson's gun death Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:49 PM PDT A 74-year-old Michigan woman accused of shooting her teenage grandson at their suburban Detroit home will stand trial on murder and firearms charges, a judge ruled Monday after a police officer testified the woman emerged from the home screaming, "I murdered my grandson."

Media General reorganizes operations, management Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:48 PM PDT News company Media General Inc. said Monday that it is reorganizing to focus on its core television broadcasting business after the June sale of the majority of its newspapers.

GlaxoSmithKline fined $3 bn in US Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:48 PM PDT GlaxoSmithKline was socked with $3 billion in fines by US authorities Monday over charges it marketed drugs for unauthorized uses, held back safety data, and cheated the government's Medicaid program.

Vote set on writing bank settlement into Calif law Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:47 PM PDT California will become the first state to write into law much of the national mortgage settlement negotiated this year with the nation's top five banks, and expand it to all mortgages, if state lawmakers approve wide-ranging legislation on Monday.

Kinkade estate dispute to remain public Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:46 PM PDT Hearings in the dispute between Thomas Kinkade's widow and girlfriend over the late artist's $66 million estate will not be conducted behind closed doors.

Airbus sees U.S. market share boost from new plant Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:45 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus hopes to increase its share of the U.S. market for key narrowbody jets by "more than a few percentage points" thanks to a new assembly line in Alabama, its sales chief said on Monday. Airbus has 20 percent of the world's largest market for jets like the A320 and Boeing's 737, the backbone of most airline fleets, compared with a global market share of 53 percent. Airbus sales chief John Leahy also told Reuters in an interview the planned U.S. ...

Airbus to open factory on rival Boeing's U.S. turf Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:45 PM PDT MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Flanked by local Gulf Coast politicians, top executives from European planemaker Airbus unveiled their plans to build their first U.S. factory -- a move they said that would help them take market share from rival Boeing Co. The unit of EADS believes that opening a plant in Mobile, Alabama, which will assemble its narrow-body A320 aircraft, will help it take "more than a few percentage points" of market share from its prime rival in the world's busiest aviation market, according to Airbus sales chief John Leahy. ...

Oil falls on weaker US, China data Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:44 PM PDT Oil prices fell Monday on reports of weakening industrial production in China and a decline in U.S. manufacturing.

Downstate clerks want to defend gay marriage ban Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:43 PM PDT Two county clerks from downstate Illinois have asked a judge for permission to do what Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan won't: defend the state's gay marriage ban.

Stocks fall as American manufacturing slows Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:41 PM PDT Investors rejoiced over Europe last week. On Monday, they got back to worrying about the United States.

Family: Crew member dead in SD plane crash Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:39 PM PDT A military cargo plane from North Carolina has crashed while fighting a wildfire in the Black Hills of South Dakota, killing at least one of the six crew members aboard and forcing officials to ground the fleet.

Dozens of Syrian soldiers defect to Turkey: news agency Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:36 PM PDT Dozens of Syrian soldiers including top officers, defected to neighbouring Turkey on Monday, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Exclusive: Justice Dept. probes Chesapeake, rival over possible collusion Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is probing Chesapeake Energy Corp and Encana Corp for possible collusion after a Reuters investigation showed that top executives of the two rivals plotted in 2010 to avoid bidding against each other in Michigan land deals, a source close to the probe said. The Reuters report uncovered emails showing that the two natural gas companies repeatedly discussed how to avoid bidding against each other in a public land auction in Michigan and in nine prospective deals with private land owners in the state. ...

Pakistan: NATO supply deal looking more likely Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:35 PM PDT U.S. and Pakistani officials expressed optimism Monday that Islamabad was close to reopening its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies after a 7-month blockade, a move that could significantly reduce tension between the two countries.

Top 5 manufacturers of tablet computers in 2011 Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:35 PM PDT In selling its own tablet computer called Nexus 7, Google Inc. is entering a market dominated by Apple Inc. Six out of every 10 tablets shipped last year were iPads, according to research firm IHS iSuppli. Google's new tablet is being made by AsusTek Computer Inc., a Taiwanese company.

How Google's new device compares with rivals Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:34 PM PDT Google Inc. said last week that it will sell its own tablet computer, the Nexus 7, based on its Android operating system.

Barclays boss under pressure as bank inquiry launched Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:30 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Pressure grew on Barclays Plc chief executive Bob Diamond to quit as Britain launched an inquiry on Monday into a market rigging scandal, saying a "culture that flourished in the age of irresponsibility" among bankers had to end. Barclays Chairman Marcus Agius resigned on Monday, saying "the buck stops with me" as the scandal over manipulating Libor interest rates claimed its first major scalp. ...

Pakistan civilian deaths from US drones 'lowest since 2008' Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT Fewer civilians have died in US drone strikes in Pakistan so far this year than at any other time in the last four years, a report said Monday.

Olympic medals placed at Tower for safekeeping Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:27 PM PDT There's safe, and then there's Tower of London safe.

Review: Google's Nexus 7 guns for the Kindle Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:24 PM PDT In the 1982 sci-fi movie "Blade Runner," there are hints that the hero, played by Harrison Ford, is an artificial human — an "android" or "replicant." His job is to go out and kill other, rogue androids.

Beats headphone maker buys MOG music service Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:23 PM PDT Upscale headphone maker Beats Electronics is buying MOG, a music subscription service that has struggled to compete with rivals such as Rhapsody and Spotify.

Manufacturing shrinks, first time in nearly three years Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:22 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manufacturing shrank in June for the first time in nearly three years as new orders plummeted, according to one measure of the sector that showed the starkest sign yet of the extent of the slowdown in the economy. The Institute for Supply Management said on Monday its index of national factory activity fell to 49.7 from 53.5 the month before, missing expectations of 52.0, according to a Reuters poll of economists, and below even the lowest forecast. It was the first time since July 2009 that the index has fallen below the 50 mark that separates expansion from contraction. ...

Pitbull may head to Alaska in Walmart campaign Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:21 PM PDT Rapper Pitbull may soon have a date in Alaska.

Minority leader: Odds long to undo health care law Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:20 PM PDT It's on his to-do list, but U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the odds are against lawmakers wanting to gut the health care law championed by President Barack Obama.

Family waits for soldier accused of Afghan rampage Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT The wife of the soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan in March says she has not told their children — a 5-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy — why their father isn't coming home.

Twitter told to give up Occupy protester's tweets Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT Twitter must give a court about three months' worth of an Occupy Wall Street protester's tweets, a judge said in a ruling released Monday after the company fought prosecutors' demand for the messages.

55 percent of investors expect a state to quit euro in year: Sentix Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:12 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - Around 55 percent of investors expect at least one country to leave the euro zone within one year, a survey by Sentix research group showed on Monday. The survey of around 1,000 investors, which was conducted on Friday immediately after euro zone leaders agreed at an EU summit to take emergency action to bring down Italy and Spain's borrowing costs, showed there was "no all-clear for the euro", Sentix said. Some 94.5 percent of individual investors who expect the euro zone to break up considered Greece the most likely country to leave, as did 90. ...

Insight: "Green Fleet" sails, meets stiff headwinds in Congress Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy oiler slipped away from a fuel depot on the Puget Sound in Washington state one recent day, headed toward the central Pacific and into the storm over the Pentagon's controversial green fuels initiative. In its tanks, the USNS Henry J. Kaiser carried nearly 900,000 gallons of biofuel blended with petroleum to power the cruisers, destroyers and fighter jets of what the Navy has taken to calling the "Great Green Fleet," the first carrier strike group to be powered largely by alternative fuels. ...

Spain fetes its soccer champs with happy abandon Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:11 PM PDT Swathed in the red-and-yellow colors of Spain, tens of thousands packed central Madrid to give a hero's welcome Monday to "La Roja" — the national soccer team that erased the country's gloomy mood by winning the Euro 2012 Championship with such flair.

Islamists continue destroying Timbuktu heritage Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:10 PM PDT Muslim extremists continued destroying the heritage of the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu on Monday, razing tombs and attacking the gate of a 600-year-old mosque, despite growing international outcry.

Mexico president-elect to lack Congress majority: sources Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:08 PM PDT MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican election results indicate President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto's coalition will not have a majority in either house of Congress, electoral sources said on Monday. Passing reforms could prove an uphill battle and he may need to negotiate with opponents including the conservative National Action Party (PAN), whose own reform agenda was stymied by Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). (Reporting by Tomas Sarmiento, Miguel Angel Gutierrez and Lizbeth Diaz)

Women and motorcycles: Ridership is on the rise Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:04 PM PDT Cris Baldwin was 7 when she commandeered her brother's minibike on their Wisconsin dairy farm and first felt the wind in her face. More than 250,000 miles and 42 years later, it's still two wheels and a gas tank for the school administrator.

Factbox: Large drug industry settlements with U.S. government Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday it agreed to pay $3 billion in U.S. fines for illegally promoting its antidepressant drugs Paxil and Wellbutrin for unapproved uses, and for failing to report safety data about its diabetes drug Avandia. The settlement represents the largest ever in the drug industry, topping the $2.3 billion in fines paid by Pfizer on similar charges in 2009. Here are some of the largest prosecutions of the last 10 years: * Pfizer Inc in 2009 pleaded guilty to a U.S. ...

GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case for $3 billion Posted: 02 Jul 2012 12:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials on Monday described as the largest case of healthcare fraud in U.S. history. The agreement, which still needs court approval, would resolve allegations that the British drugmaker broke U.S. laws in the marketing and development of pharmaceuticals. ...

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