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Storm leads companies to postpone earnings reports

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

NEW YORK (AP) - A number of major U.S. companies postponed quarterly earnings reports scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, as Hurricane Sandy barreled into the East Coast and caused the first unplanned shutdown of financial markets since 2001. Pfizer Inc., Thomson Reuters Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc

In Vietnam, US relies on pirate site to network

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By CHRIS BRUMMITTAssociated Press HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) - It's a wildly popular website laden with unlicensed songs and Hollywood movies, a prime exhibit of the digital piracy that is strangling the music industry in Asia and eroding legitimate online sales around the world. The

Insurers nervous over prospect of Romney victory

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - You'd think health insurance CEOs would be chilling the bubbly with Republican Mitt Romney's improved election prospects, but instead they're in a quandary. Although the industry hates parts of President Barack Obama's

A week to go: Sandy disrupts presidential campaign

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

By DAVID ESPO and JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Eight days before the election, President Barack Obama switched from campaigner to hands-on commander of the federal response to Superstorm Sandy as it barreled across the Eastern Seaboard. Republican Mitt Romney scaled back his

A week to go: Sandy disrupts presidential campaign

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 29th

Dragon ship back on Earth after space station trip

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By MARCIA DUNNAssociated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - An unmanned Dragon freighter carrying a stash of precious medical samples from the International Space Station parachuted into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, completing the first official shipment under a billion-dollar contract with NASA

New England shapes up as Dem firewall for Senate

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ANDREW MIGA and DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are counting on their New England friends to help them pick up Republican-held Senate seats on Nov. 6 and construct a barrier against losses in Nebraska and elsewhere that could erase their majority. The National

Insurers nervous over prospect of Romney victory

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

Satellite images suggest airstrike on Sudan site

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By MAGGIE FICKAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Satellite images of the aftermath of an explosion at a Sudanese weapons factory this past week suggest the site was hit in an airstrike, a U.S. monitoring group said Saturday. The Sudanese government has accused Israel of bombing its Yarmouk military

Calif Latino grocery chain fights immigration woes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 27th

By GOSIA WOZNIACKAAssociated Press FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Two decades ago, Mi Pueblo Food Center began modestly as a small butcher shop run by an illegal immigrant. Now, the supermarket that caters to the Latino immigrant community has grown into a popular chain of 21 stores in California. But